... Zbe zslsa- court, I - I WUinUlero Cast le, 'Satirday. The Queenls dinner party last, evening in- cluded the Prince LLnd Princess of Wales, _ *tlhe Dur eiJ Dnachess of York, Princes-s; Louise (Duc'cs oF Fife), Princess; Victoriaos of Wale i, and th. Duke of Fife. The Marcbmoueee of Lansdowune hai the honoul r at bei ng received 'by 'Fer Majesty this acternoee. !Thle Dowa~ger Marehiotiess of ...

... | REUNTION OF THE SK-UIISH CHURCITES. The foilowing appeared in the 'Dundee .Couriar.jast week :-*-Various ionferen~-rs halve |-been Seld'by leaders in the ula'of Seotiahti .itu4a-.eiew to ultimately bring aboot a union of .tl*S>Aeveg1 denominations, 4isd '- - 3st pi churqh luminaries is to be held in iadinbsrgh to- day (Thurgday) to jet into closer relantionshij, and exchange views ohile ...

... ITHE WALKATO SALVAGE CASEt I , LTARGE CLAIM BY ADAM STEAMSW1P COMPANY. In the Admiralty Court, London, yes- terday, Sir Franois Jeune and she Trinity Masters had before them a claim by the Adam Steamslhip Company, owners of the steamship Asloun, her master, and crew, for remuneration for salvage rendered to the New Zealand steamship Wailkato in the Indian Ocean in September and October last. ...

... DE ATH OF REV. aIR GPAle, ELGIN. Rev. W. A. Gray, minister of South Free Church. Blgin, died early on Saturday nornitig at tle manse. Hav Street. For some years he had been in ill health. and received assistance in the work of his congregation. Inr hopes that a change of climate would improve his health, he was last winter given the charge of the Pres- byterian Church at Bieri'ltz. and during ...

... I A~I T D NORTIERN poar 0~uruoshhave appoint~4j 1, Scn'1 tllen Bart-. of Leys, chairman. -.7, u hrr -eld has been unasal- . r ienrn Firk f the Free Church at 5:lo 3v. ppJr1 , RirkcaldY, has been| -Rev5 _ initer of Tiarlanid Free e .Gle, reserve of oflicsrq, has 7 Royal hcottisli Reserve 'imanding the 1st Aber- L'', s, been granted an lrrte C U-nmLand for four years. ernde (Militia). at ...

... EERAL -Al,.ASEMB12IES& 0gt'RCH OF SCOTLAND, B ty~o THEr Qll a, NSLiEflT HOME \1{SSTON WOR.K. TheGeerl tecoirblv of the Church ofco Tb.4 ~ ter yete a ele'ttioroe lZ, -5 yomoMaclend, modeorator. The Ealrl of jeve Nrand Pllcl ok his i-Cat 0n the, throne onptiv ac, the' hour Of Ineetllill-a (till 14oose. .0' Im 1alour ot ludi;tlibentee o,,4Ai,eTh~ andi wits grceeted with hIntl xe-eira. yrcairl' ...

... EXTRAORMiARY P2OBBEPY Di LONDON. rt jMRS PATRICK CAMPBEL'S MONM et STOLE. to j REMARABLE STORY. r .Who srtole Mrs Patria- Campbas`rMre, s.d Fd i'l WVs- the theft done? Thtese ot sac to ihc Daily Express. are puzzling blih Mn is Cacmpbell aol Scotland Yard. On i;er alter. noon a cer'-, Mr Le Butte. was seat Parr's -w Bank to coasi a cheque for 'I. recaiv the money and TUt it in a lcatser kg, ...

... i It is often said that our prison system has m1-ore to do with creating hardened criminals than anything else. said a detective, but there is another aide to the question, says a writer in Cassells' Saturday Joornal. 1 I kn)w s ,. ...

... THE ATTACK ON THE I PRINCE OF WALES. DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR. tti RDPOR.T FROM BRIT-is; MNISTER. ti afit (OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.) t We learn officially that the followMingt tele- tj grain from Sir F. Plankett, British Minister at Brussels, reached the Foreign Office TY shortly before midnight on Wednesday:- m Brussels, April 4th, 1900. gi I deeply regret to announce that a A dastardly attempt was ...

... INTERESTING DECISION TO FRIENDLY SOCIATLs. A question of interest to friendly societies has retently formed the-subject of protracted arbitra- tion proceedings, and has now been settled. S3everal years ago thle British Order of Free Gar- deners, at their annual movable delegation, re- sOlved that the raLeNs of contribution payable by members should be increased from lest January, 1898. ander ...

... [ AMEIiCAN COMMERCIAL PRICES. NEW YORK STOCKj MARKET. I Tosesnt. A moderate profit taking carried the majority of active stocks lower early in the se.;sion, but the decline was mostly recovered in the afternoou, when some fresh covering orders arrived. Atchison issues were themostnoteworthy features. On foreign buy-mg thereof Atchison Pref. torlched the record. The market closed dulll, b'ut ...

... FItUJRTHER WAR DESPATCHES, LORD METHUEN'S REPORT ON MAGERSFONTEIN. LORD ROBERTS CRXTIOISES GEN-RAL GATACRE.: London, Friday evening. - Further official despatches were i6sued to-night dealing with the engag6Amenii nt Magersfontein and Stormberg. Lord-Retjts, in enclosintg to the Secretary of State fr. WVar the despatch which he saya Lieut.-General Lord Methuen has: prepared on the action at ...