... 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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... EXCITING SCE-NE ON OULTON BROAD. AN AlDERMAN'S WIFE DROWNED. Mrs. SmalL wood. wife of Alderman Smaliwood-! deput-r amyor of Scratford-on-Avon, lost her life yesterday afternoon owing to the capsizing of a lugmsil boat on Oulton lircsd, near Lowastoft. Alder-an and Mrs. Smillwood, accompanied by thrwe other ladie and gentlemen, hsd engaged the bout to witnetf the ras of the Cambridge t'niver- ...

... ?? S JORI0NING'Si ?? SI AN E W S. I ?? ?? 'n Git Uitrltzir, zutid to hoet 0( i 'to rat whilist 'tot'is4el IL I I t,4' l ?? ,i. ?? Ins$tru1ct or' ~!%1ztrtzlnlilit at 1ii i'dihtr;' * ?? i, returnied frite iaTn-%,, S i nI% ~il Zit at~lh'i thel a .\l. ?? Wilfred [ruti- fn Au lt ity athas It nt 3 -u-t ?? 1 ,Ilowo wit ,j, ~~~in MIr. Galkinax'. tt sox''t that the danlger of i-ij't.alet Iv~td Pas ...

... ,riu. C'O.NL'FRRMM I CCR 1iAL| (;lRKf%-lNG.S AT IAV..RRh)Ol. me. pxoinrgs of tho AlVnnel COntlmee o tve l ;eoi .Scalmtsisal t Live.trpoo whitol inl ow1 ns M t i nu~er ?? CcXutvd Ovor tha woek, wfroe I * rr 5.Y ,Kxn>.e::xaz vhatt-dzkv. Ts lletitig xvis | w cth Coittltintt(' ...

... iJaU I Axif *x-Ittt Offitt, 18, CHAFING CRoss R*AV, W.C. The Duke and Duchess of York intend to pay a visit to the Earl and Countess of llopetoun at their Midlothian estate of llopetoun, near South ()tippnqfpr,'u .i-3,in, tfl nr--nt rnitil-. South Queensfer-y, during the present autumlil. The King of the liellenies is to make a brief halt on his way from Aix- ?? to Copenhagen at Friedrichshof, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...