... OSBORNE, August 29th. The Queen and her Royal Highnenss Princess He-or) of Battenberg drove out yesterday afternoon, attended bv the Counltess of lvtton. Vice-Admiral Sir John Fullerton, AD.C., H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert, and Lady Fullerton had the honour of dining with her ilajesty last eveninl. and Staft Captain G. Broad, I-I.Y. Alberta' Staff Commander J. Tully, IlM.Y. Elfin, Lieut. ...

... . LONDON COTNTY COUNCIL PROSECUnTIOUN At Worship-street Policc-court, yesterday, Charlu Toohbe., 62, scale maker, of Camden-street, Beth- ram-green, who had been arrested on a warrant charging him with counterfeiting and using a die or stamp for stamping weighing instruments con* trary to the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 an 1889; and Morris Sfchapnithki, a butcher, of Wena, worth-street, ...

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... PILGRIMAGES. THE PILGRIMAG:. TO-DAY for the second time within a few years Holy Island is to be the resort of a numerous band of pilgrims. Why ? Partly for the outing, as we may secularly allege ; partly by reason of the many early Christian associations of the Holy Isle ; in part also, more especially, owing to the close connection of St. Aidan, St. Cuthbert, and other bishops with the ...

... CABLE ITEMS. The Pacific cable scheme is making progress, and the New Zealand House of Representatives is the latest to adopt resolutions promising to con- tribute towards the cost of construction andi maintenance. Meanwitile the Eas-teirn TelegraiphiComnpany is Showing_ whether from the. effectscifthie rapid constunction of the Cape overland wire or not really in Itters little, that it canl ...

... I -I SERIOUS CHECK AT THE POLLU SIGNIFICANT MAJORITrL HEAVY REPUBLICAN DEFEAt (MoM OURB CORRMM020DNYT.) NEW YORK, WedneadsK The by-election. which was held in the eighth Congressional district of Missouri, yes. terday, hba attracted national attention, be. cause it was the first contest in which the issue of Expansion and Imperialism has been dis- tinctly made before voters since the war in ...

... Wh|at Ofike4 for Pearce. ONiX thing thrat mnqke'd for peace in tile Frlrlalvlijbl, irf -pito of inter- Inittimnt al1arnw, is tbze fact that 5*I)4&'2134I NIMJinJJ , 15 LOU Iack Ltililt Mir Kruger's ?? abroad take a caltmer and a jister viewv of British policy than the fecw whu are defending hin here at home. The 'Noue Wiener 'T'agblntt remarks that the demndils of Great Britainl are nssureffly ...

... LETTE RS TO THE EDITOR. WRIY ARE MAIDENS FORLORN? Sir,-This being tire season of this year when your corresponecnts ltrs allowed to ventikte their grioivsnces in your valiuable colualms, I write to ask if ally of your readers can give mos information on a Ito me) very important subject? It is this: Whet constitutes ?? in wonarn? To take my own case ase an instance, I am young, ?? among my own ...

... Cop of the Norning. cbe SAD BOATING ACCIDENT AT LOWESTOFT. Mrs. Smallwood, wife of Alderman Smallwood, deputy Mayor of Strat, ford-on-Avon, lost her life yesterday afternoon, owing to the capsizing of a lugsail boat on Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft. The party had sal ed a short distance up the broad when it was decided to return, and while the boat was beinc put about a sharp squall struck her, ...

... iONDJON, TUESDAY, An gst 29. 1 - ?? The Trangval aovernnient host notified Sir Alfrrd Milner thant it q*theres to its late.t offer, I I. - - and will nkude no forither enucesaion. Yesterday the sitting of the Court-Martial at Renines wIL4 entirely occupied with the evi- deneo of tile handwriting experts, most of Whom controverted ?1. Bertillon's conclusions. Thbo Court has ordered that the ...

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... THiE PRIGCE OF NETHERAVON. I A FAVOURABLE, ARBI'TRATION FOR THE CHlANCELLORt OF TilE EXCHEQUER rjThe, plain facts about thie siio of Sir MN-icbael 11 t'It- 1-hari'h' Nothei'ai'on eitate to thet, Wair Ofva~re teoo unusutal Itt res~~t without further ehttquor's ostate was Itowg t. wvithl manvi ot-itrs to appoint it;.s alrlotrtor for [hoe valittioit of llnit osta~t, ehut til) tresttt hlas linen ...