... PROCESSION TO RED:gAL. The celebration of the Queen's birthdavr and the relief of Mifeking by a cycle parade to Henley-in-Arden so pleased those who took part in it that they unanimously resolved to organmse a processioa on similar lines on the Saturday following the occupaion of Pretoria. Owing to the Whitsuntide holidays the parade had to be posa- poned -until last Saturday, when it caine ...

... AND JOUtRNAL. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. LOCAL NDF.ATHE!R Fo. ...

... A WARWICESHIRE YE'OMANYS EXPERIENCES. A Birmingham yeoman writes to his friesns:_ - We have had a erey eventful NVhitant~ide. On Svndai Mar 27, tee were in the saddle and off at S a-=. We mnarced till 3 p.M., when we off-saddled and sat down to bully beef and biscuits. Our saddles were un- packed, and our horses picketed all reads for teo night. At 4 p.m. t-o of Nesbitt's horse galloped in ...

... I IIANTLEY. The Quarter Sessions for the borough of Han]y were held at the Town HIll yesterday, when the recntrly-appeinted Recorder (Idr. WVilliam Henry Clay) was acomnpanied o>n the bench by the Mayor (Mr. George Ellis), and MIes-s-. C. Adams, T. Biekley, J. T. Howscn, J. Lowe, W. Hampren. B. J. Ban_- rnersle~y, and A. B. Jones, borough ?? Mla-yor cordially weloomed the Recorder in the name ...

... [REUTER'S TEL EGRAIIS.M BEsRa,; June 27.-After a trial extending over uveral days, the Berlin Provincial Court has passed sentence upon the persons charged with taking part in the rioting at the Rosenthaler Thor on Mav 20 on the occas1on of the tramwav strie. Eleven theaccused were sentenced to terms of imptiscn- ment ranging from three weeks to nine months, and four to imprisonrnent frorm ...

... I SECONDARY SCHOOLS A-ND NATIONAL I ; DEFENCE. The Rev. Dr. Warre, headmaster of Eton College, tead a paper on the relation of public secondary 4 schools to the organisation of national defence, before X an audience presided over by Major-General Sir J. F. I Maurice, at the Royal United- Services Institution, I eyesterday. Dr. Warre expressed anxiety that the nation should profit by the ...

... . ?? PLOT IN JOHANNESBURG._ TOWN FORTS TO BE SEIZED H THE SCHEME BETRAYED.k _ _ ?? FOUTR H UNDRED ARRESTS.jC FOREIGN CONSPIRATOR.S. t E IAN HAMILTON'S CORPS. I a NORTH KOPJES CLEARED.J We have received the following extract of h General Orders published by Lord: Robertes, dated t Pretoria, 61,h June, 1900 :--4 The 19th Brigade, consisting of the following J ?? of Cornwall's Light Infantry, t ...

... TIENTSIN BOMBARDMENT. d GARRISON HARD PRESSED. s RELIEF FORCE RETIRES. n RUSSIANS AND AMERICANS FAIL. d A CRITICAL SITUATION. h The Admiralty last evening issued the follow- it bg:- Cl A telegram has been received from the Rear- fj Admiral at Taku, dated Che.oo, June 23, stating I that the allied admirals were working in perfect1 accord, with the RPussian vice-admiral as senior officer. | The ...

... THE HU.RRICANE IN TEXAS. DISPOSING OF THE DEAD. [Press Association Foreig 1S9eiL3 Nsw Your, September 13.-M y of the bodies which were thrown into the bay have been washed ashore again, and the work of picking them up is so trying that few of the men engaged in it are able to continue the task for more than ten minutes at a time. It will never be known how many perished, as it has been ...

... KING- EDWARD'S SCHOOL. ANNUAL REPORT. e) The report of the Governors of King Edward's c' School for the year 1899 has just been issued. The W vacancy among the Co-operative Governors, caused by the resignation during the year 1898 of Mr. tl S. Timmirin- was filled on 25th January by the elec- tion of the Rev. A. J. Robinson M.A4. On the 26th a April the resignation of Mr. J. b. Goodman was re ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDENCE LoxnDoN, Monday Sight. at A urPORT reaches me to-night that the rec Queen is considering a scheme by which she cit will make herself personally resptorsible for the m: education of a number of children orphaned Fr during the war in South Africa. The scheme, it is said, has been designed by Princess Henry sil of Battenberg; but it owes its inception to the benevolent ...

... A-ND JOURNAL. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1900. LocAL WPATagr FoREwAsT.-Westerly to out&-we&eterly winds, lisit; fair. NEWS OF THE DAYM. Tn the House of Lords,'yesterday. Lord SALis- BUFRY informed Lord KIEUBER.LEY that the papers on affairs :n China wgere in an advanced state, and he hoped the delay in their publication would not be long. The Duke of DEvONsHInE moved the second reading of the Edocation ...