... THE LAST YEAR OF THE CETLTURY-A CLEAR STATEMENT OF THE CASL Sir Chihchehn Lofengluih writes from Uir Chinese Legation to the orning Fe,: most lucid and admirable letter on the Cereaty qulestion, which is giving trouble to a good rna. people:- I submrit Ihe says) that the twentieth cer-SO! hem; iis Onl JanUary 1, 1001, and not on Jes4 1, 000 ' ' 'i flrfli I were ossirons of asecrtaini e nial ...

... UTE H1OUSB-Tuesday, January 2. (Befor Lord Syllachy.) POLOcr V. NORTr.]lfllH REAWAT'COIQA-SY. In this action Walter Pollock, farmer, Yoker Mains,(Yoker, sue&the North .British- Railway Company for-payment of--200 as damages and. loss -which he-sustained between the summer of 189T. and the--spring- of; IS9SLthroughc being-de- prived. of. theuse of a road-eading-fo-certain fields connectea with ...

... i CRIMMS- AfD,,Cf O EXECUTWN -zF A WQMAWFZ'CW7 '.URDER. h* MVienna,I Jana` Juliannei e, ?? lentexwzedt eneed for the murder of her cfld~hybneglectv executed ibis morning-in the Court of the Piw n of Justioe About 30 person3-rrep'd1* officials, and doctors --wer present. e g demned woman never ceased to-protest lat? nocence. Up to the last moment.she-did- abandon hope of a reprieve. She. lerf ...

... OUTER HOUSE-Wednesday, January 3, th (Before Lord Pearson.) at AIT.EGJD FORGERY BY A LCER0GY1N. ye Lord Pearson has issued judgment in an action at by James Curror. grain merchant, Alexandria fit Villa. Buantisland. treasurer of the vestry and h, congregation of St Serf's Episcopal Church, if BPIroTtislalnd, with the consent and Concurrence as of the Rev. Tlenry Hardy, rector of the church, tv ...

... I ASSIMILATM§N OF LIVERPOOL PORT I CHARGES. i At a meeting of the Mersey Docks and ?? bour Board held yesterday at Liverpeel Mr il C. Woodward. chairman of the Worelesose C=- mittee, in moving that the Albert Dcc'k qgu: be open to the general trade of the pert, *ri that all charges for quay delivery, stora . tx. be shown as net rates, said that it vas the first proposal would result in a ...

... WorMEMEN'S COMIPENSATION CASE. _ ?? ZTERZSTImG GLASGOW DECISON3. Elar _(T Sher~fr Guthrie has given judgment in a case which dcalt with a question frequently raised in G our Law Courts-whether the trade of a painter comes within the Workmen's Compensation Act. I C The action his Lordship decides is at the in- stance of Jonathan Paton, painter, Tarbet Street, against Thomas Robertson, master ...

... CoUTRj oF SESSioN. hi OUTER HOUSE-Friday, January 5. (Ba T or] (Before Lord Kiincairney.) Sin . ACKRSNZE V. FElIREE. he Lord Kincairney has issued judgment in an offi action at the instance of Lewis Mackenzie, to painter, Linlithgow, carrying on business under tire the firm nanie of Mackenzie Brothers, with the ma consent of John Mackenzie, against James ten son Ferrier, gunpowder agent, 63 ...

... CRIMES AN) CIiIU.t SWCGULAR ASSURANCE FflAUD. I At the Central Potiee Couzrt vf.ordsr-p,;. Cloeland ?? pEril. aced 7$. iat East Side Street, Kirkri: illecv. WA .i iwith' ?? a scheme to ?? frh Tic:- - Accident Au:suranco Comrnalty, 19 ?? Street, Glasgow, by cbainilng mccoy n- hi pretences by prcetnding to P. IV. Tlhe-r-> manager o; the com.panly. that i tel arthorised by a mincr nam-el Jrol h ) ...

... GLASGOW POICREFOR NEW APFNTIIN2s Cbief-Cczstable Boyd ' repr dt a th of the Watcing and Lighting Cesnnte I terday that he had that morning fill e 7 vacancies in the police force causera by t4 signations of Supeuintendent Andrew , r Western Division, and Superintedend , t of the Marine Division. Lieutenant A C-ow Lindsay, of the Central Division Superintendent Andrew, while Li W liam M. Dougl ...

... r r WOMAN FOUND DEAD-HUSUAND IN GUST UDY. The Glasgow Police are investigating the cir- cunstances attending the death of Sarah M'Kechnie or Reilly, 36 years of age, the wife Jan. of a marine fireman, Michael Reilly. The couple lived in a one-apartment dwelling on the ground 4 floor at 29 Salizbury Street. AEbout midnight on _6 ?? Reilly informed a constable in Cumber- Su' Iland Street that ...

... ?? CRIMES Ale CHEARES.-0 HIGH COURr OF JUSICIARL the A sitting of the High Court was held at Editn- Cra burgh ?? Lord Justice-Clerk on the of a bench. cone Imet Ticket-of-Leave Man Sent to Penal Servitude. Bl Thomas Gallacher came up for sentence for Poll Istealing on Christmas Day from William *ict | M'NTaught, 61 Catheart Street, Glasgow, a, mai watch case, a chain, and £E while in the Gal-: ...

... - WoBl fl- COMPENSATION CASE | A Generous Offer Refused. e An action 'was recently raised at the instance of Mrs Johanna Jack or Henderson, of 47 Burns Street, Leith, against the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, craving decree for the sum of £350 to her as an individual, and the sum of £400, being £200 for each of her pupil chil- dren, William Herderson and Walter Hender- on, or ...