... 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 ...

... 1 SAD 'ND OF AhN OLD SOLDIER. Yesterday afternoon a melauchobly but most I determined case of suicide took place at Aber- deen, when an old man, between 6W and 70yearsf of age, named- William Thomson. a perwioner, who had been staying in the Corporation Lodg- ing Housr. jumped from the jestt at Point LawI ino the river and was drowned. About noon the old man spoke to two anglero fishing a-t. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ) ...

... ELGIN COUNTY ASSESSMENT APPEAL I -, COURT. I I . I The annual Asaessmert Appeal Cnourt for the county of Elgin was held in the Old Court House, Elgin, yesterday forenoon-NMr Yool, Calcots, prta siding. There were only three appeals dealt with, a considerable number of certafied paupers being relieved of their assessments PETER TAYLOR STILL PROTESBUTI NO EXEMPTION. COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... I HOW ANi ABERDEEN-SlIRE GIRL CGAVE UTP HEPER PLAE. Domestic servants, who form such a larze ar.4 important section in our modern economy, a-c often taunted by their mistresses with lszin I. Perhaps the mistresses may have good reasor' to complain in a number ci case-s, but it often happens that there are considerations oi great importance which are not mken into accoun.z and the girl may be ...