... A1?ERiCA. GENERALt[ A\ND COMMNERCIAL.i Tjtt giNqIORAicUDA CANAL ThEoATY-ASSUIs'pTT CF FRANCE.' jtttLECI..511 FroOM As sECIAt. corPr.PO; 75owDtsi l t New7 Yorki, February 25.' 51. Cambon, te 1Frellch Amebassador, yester- fu avclotsdedf sO 3ir 1 ay the assent; of France to, t;]e neuitralit.y cilanse in the I~ay-Pasxnccfeto Troat S conterintS; she Niearagcia Canal. 'rho dcliva inl giel:?g esseent ...

... ?W TROOP& Departures fi-omt Liverpool. Jer~ege .'not dlepzartre fromz Liverpsool of theo first, Lr'.r; ei'afrs of the lmp'rial leomtanry. t nhe have li~~ he' nl .cicrned far ar'ive sept:c 'e ?? ih ?? n,7tit. V..1- mae.; '1 liv a disals c-e f popi;lar enzhis;t.smi they ?? c~i ...

... LTTERS TO-lME-TDiTOR. THR WAS,~.&SUGGESTION. that: Sctatoun Roase, December .30, 1899. os Si-ti-as, time of many suggesticons with., ?? to strengthening oar national dlefences: an- and I -venture to make a proposal which ifba enegei~alY taken up by our young Meanofr would, I believe, gliie an immense reserve of mecat force to the country~. I suppose itwibety L;ganerally admiitted that the one ...

... NO T S anC 6661 THE SCO TTISH MINERS. foA Fife Executive and the Demnand for an Increase. A meeting of the Executive Board of the Fife and Kinross 'Miners' Association was held at Dunifermiline yesterday-MrU James Innes, the president, in the chair. Reports -were given in from various collieries in regard to the proposed advance in wages. The reports submitted showed that the men were ...

... : APPEAL TO 'BOER DESERTERS. (From War Correspondent oF Daily Chronicle and Glasgow Herald.) Sterkstroom Camp, February 6, 4.35 p.m. p The intimation which has been circulated in 01 ho border towns to the effect that the Orange Free State deserters w-ill be well treated by the ta Daritish military authorities and reinstated upon 'their farms when the country has been taken. and advising ...

... AT MNODER RIVER. H I I ARRANGIN(G FOR A BACE MlE ET I NG. l (From War Correspondent of Daily Is Telegraph.) e (Arrangement with Glasgow Herald.) aiodder iver. Decembcer 30, 6.50 p.m. r There is nothing important to record here, c the worst being a very had dust storm, which raged all yesterdaq. A cavalry patrol out north vas fired on, bit no damage resulted. Major-General Babington tok ...

... I UE [rE~us TO THE EDITOPl. s, SCOTTISH SxATION AIL RED COSS b ;f The lUniversity, Glasgow, February 14. as Sir,--I venture to appeal to the pub lic ofo it Scotland, on behalf of a project th~at is now J 5' Dr George Beateon, chairman of the Red Crogss 's Exdteuitivad al Synumber ofignfluentioal ladies, a sc ?? ted nrjin th p°roposed Scottish Nationalib y~ Rod Cros Bosptistto th i~~tal, etng ...

... WXEDNESDA, FrBRIr.Y I, 71900. In thv rSZo*s: of Lords tie' Marquis of Lans- dnwrve stated tr:st ,.s thne Imparial Yeomanry - _ . r r~- would not be enploved as a separate force of mounted mnell, but would be distributed amongst the other cavalry brigades, chap- lains to minister solely to the Yeomanry could not be appointed. A chaplain had been secured, however, to attend to the Yeomanry ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENTSREPORT t - r Views of the Railwaymnen. e t v In regard to the report of the Royal Commi'- I sion on Railway Accidents, published yesterday, Mr Richard Bell, general secretary of the Amal- gamated Society of Railway Servants, has lost -no time in issuing a statement recording the - j views of the railway servants of tho country as - 1to the recommendations of Lord Jamses of ...

... a( COLO~l4PLUMER'S MARC-H TO MAFEKING. h r 1ti.Szl. 10 'uauarv ?? *'pa - r:;t Co a1! Bc'tish subterts on mc TI..Xl xe 1)24'al] > .i it Ap -it.ar', pn o nsports nnt ,: nox ?? rcaec tc fat- mcma iil. n ai; the ccvai;ltry. lze a; civ o all a )-Cr rtct eata mite hris-h i rcazs baron crc'ang icr- tc-la hy two dire: drifts carsiv thil r-. rImite. am'l a fghtt is trotnitat. .i -mt;. ;i ; a;ou d h at ...

... THEs PRIMROSE LEAGUE IN SLOTLAND. ad | g, A meeting of the Grand Habitation (Scottish I Lk Branch) of the Primrose League was held in the , at Rloyal Hotel, Edinburgh yesterday afternoon-:P erR is Sir Jarnes Buchanan of Craigend Castle, Mile- ?? gavie, presiding over a fairly large attendance. ca The Scerstoary (Mr John Turner, Turner Hall, tie Ellelln) presented the fourteenth anniual report ...

... NATAL LEAD YSMITH B]3OMIIT'4Ul'ED1, Notes from Frere Camp. (From W 5ar Correspondont oF Dnity Chronicle an? `G Hasgow Hcead'; 'CI !Cifi\'es is i;;rt t1h1 lix Bo, s L I d I sits h t' C u-fisr Afric - i I ' I' x S I ?? 5 :!iii;r t Ihe Soolt f ?? ll-l' C i, i te r . ?? tn' C ti orf th(' ?? C ?? 'S'llCt': [axE i-''lt ?? nCICCii,1 OF nt ?? 10i ; 'viii9l, ?? 1'h- ?? hoc>'. 1 rn''e thnL a'Z ?? S ...