... I1 UNEASINESS AT CAPE. ATTITUDE OF FREE STATE RUMOURS AS TO ITS DECISION. LATEST BRITISH ACTION. 2ND GORiIONS SAL FOR CAPE. (DAILY CHRONICLE SECOND EDITION. TELEGRAM.) Cape Town, Friday evening I have the best authority for stating that the Free State Rand isas unanimously re- solved to assist the 'fransvaal against British aggression. (PRESS ASSOCIATIoN FOREI1GN SPECIAL.) Cape Town, Sunday. ...

... THE FAIE OF ANDREE. Carl Siewers write; as follows - s It is to be feared that the views expressed by I the ex-c&,'tain ol the Virgo, now at Bostoa I (Lines.), as to Andrea and his companions being still alive, are too tsinguine; and no doubt le was not awire that -the East coast of Greenland, Spitzbergen, Franz Josef Land, and Novaya Zenmbla had been searched in vain for any trace y of the ...

... i CONSEMCIATION OF TflJ, LIGHTFOOT I !MSLE, ST IMARGARETS, DDAEAIAR. ! Yesterday being St Matthew's Day, the Bishop of Aberdeen consecrated the aisle of the new F Church of St Margaret's, Braemar, erected in memory of the late Bisihop of Durham, Dr Ligic- foot. The service, which was at 8 a.m., began in the temporary wooden church with the read- l ing of a petition for the consecration of the ...

... GREAT NORTH PRAWAY REPORT OF TIE'DlR330TolS The report by the directors of the r of Scotland Railway Company tobreat orth io thedne poprs tora at Ea mieeting i Abesrdbitte, accounts for the half-year endins 3follost hel are herewith submitted to the stho July, T9h 1. The following is the bitrac`eof t accounts:- t of the reveals lr~ecdi'turs.£ ,. . B,9 Balsnce of net revenue BCCoUt, -- Balance ...

... I I VISIT OF FRENCH SAVANTS. The principal feature of Saturday's proceed- ings of the British Association was the visit of about three hundred delegates from the corres. ponding French Association now in session at Boulogne. The visitors, upon their arrival at Admiralty Pier, were received by Sir Michael Foster, president, and other dignitaries of the British Association. They afterwards had a ...

... I I ABERDEEN BORDER LEICESTER CLUB. ANNtUAL SHOW. Yesterday the annual show of sheep in connec- tion with the Aberdeen Border Leicester Club took plane in the Belmont Auction Mart, and was in every way successful. In the hands of Mr Alex. C. Hunter, secretary, the arrangements were carried out in a manner which gave the greatest satisfaction. Although the number of sheep forward was somewhat ...

... AIFFtRAY IN A WEgT-ENUD MANSION. I A DUKE WOUNDED. An extraordinary affair is reported at 47 Cadogan Gardens, Sloane Square London. the palatial residence of the Due de Atacpoole. On Saturday a passing eabman was sud- denly covered by a sltower of glass splinters issuing from the windows of the dining-room, while at the same time lie heard what he took to be a report of a pistol. Immediately ...

... : COMMERCIAL NE IWS. ABERDOEEN STOCK EXCHANGE. Anianngas, Tuesday. On the Stack Exchange the follo~wing business was marked, viz:-Alexander Pinie and Sans; Preference shares at E11 l~s 9d; Texas Land .and Mortgage shares at £li2 l~s (halls done dftar hours) ; Great North of Scotland RailWay 4 par Cent. Lien stack at £136; Northi British and Mercantile insurance shares at £239 Is Gd; Sickness ...

... BANKIIUPvOY OF A CULLEN FISH- OURER. In Banff Sheriff Court yesterday - Acting Sheriff-Substitute J. Ogilvie Kemp presiding- James Wood, fishourer, Cullen, appeared for examination under a petition for sequestration at the instance of creditors. There were present Mr George Shearer, accountant, Banff, the trustee; Mr Alexander Watt, solicitor, Banff, his agent; Mr Alexander Colville, solicitor ...

... NEW PUBLIC HAILL AT ElNSHE BANDEN | OPENING OF H.ALL AND BAZAAR BY MIR AND IS bMefACPHMRSON GRANT. Mr John Macphorson Grant, yr. of Ballin. dalloch and Insvoreshie, and Mrs Mdacpherson Grant. yesterday afternoon performed the double function of opening a now public hall for the parish of Insh, on the invereshie estato of Sir I George Maopherson Grant, and also of opening a bazaar organised ito ...

... | _ I IJUFIi'OW-N. Sudden Death. - Mr Henry W-ardL o the firm of Mesfrs Garden ant l ard, pa:inIters. of thi.t town, dited ra ther soddenly at hi. recsdenct-r in Fifo St.reert at two ocloek ye-terdaxv mtmrning. H-i had not been well ioz a numb er tf day. hirt ni thiing sierious wfas nitioipllated. and his death, uftor i fev bourn' ilitite, UaLUSmdl notch surprise in the burgh. loe- 1teasd %Vtt ...

... THE STRANDING OF THE IH A RLAW. BOkRD OF TRADE INQUMy 'AT ABERDEEN. Yesterday, in Aberdeen Courthouse, a Board of Trade inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the stranding of the steamer Harlaw, or (Gotha, belonging to the Aberdeen Steam Naviga-, tion Company, on a rock west of Quoiness, near Hund, Pentland Firth, on 25th August. Sheriff Burniet presided, and the nautical assessors ...