... LA UNCIZES A-D TRIAL TRIPS. Mesrs Scott & ?? enginoers and shiobhilderz, , relo'-,. launc-hed yesterday forenoon thae - re.-teaner Achilles oi 5800 tons gross. Her c I ~mcoios are :-Lent~h. 440ft., breadth, 52ft. bin.; dptsh, 35ft. losoulded); gross disolace- 1 ment. 13,410 tons; desd87eight 8t75 gross tons. f 'The builders wvill fit her wvith triple-expansion .nnineos of 4500 horse-powver, ...

... Russian Troops at Chefoo. (CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRA.I ) Cheefee, June 20, Noon. The reported return of Admiral Seymour's force to Tientsin is not confirmed. Nothing authentic concerning his movements has reached here now for nearly a week. Endless rumours are circulating, but all based upon surmise- Meantime the Russians are daily landing more troops at Taku. Evidence increases that pro- minent ...

... i Hamilton Burgh Bill.. The Select Committee of the House of Lords of which Lord Ribblesdale is chairman pro-; ceedededyesterday to hear evidence on behalf of:; the promoters of the Hamilton Burgh Bill, which seeks to repeal the exemptions from rating in respect of minerals contained in section 86 of the Hamilton Burgh Act, 1878, and to apply the Common Good to the whole burgh as ex- ] tended ...

... ?? ., - I INSPECTIN QFRGLASGOW. - I WATER-WOEKS. I The annual inspection of the Glasgow Cor- PI poration Water-Works ?? by the Lord ProvotT Magistrates, and Town Council began yesterday, z- and will t'be .continued. through-out to-day.s Be- T sides the members of the Corporation, invita- tions we~re sent ?? John Muir, Sir David le Richmond, Dr John Ure, ?? Chisholm, f( 'Coathridge (brother of ...

... tI1 di I 1 00SURRENDER OF 224 .i BOERS. SI t ~YEOMANRY. 150 MENl OF HIGHLAND VFi BRIGADE CAPTURED. GENE'GRAL HAMILTON EN E HEIDELBEhERG. ~TERE COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN A TTACKAEED. BRIDGES BURNED AT HONING SPRUIT. -HUINTEUR ARTRIVES AA T I JOHANNESBURGG. NCLOSING RORND GENERAL DE WET. E'r Iil1'CHENER TO CONDUCT THE OPERATIONS; DR JAME2SON DFEFNDS THE EAlD. WHAT THM WA.R HAS COOST IN OFFICERS AND ...

... i LO Bailie Stevenson's Report on 8 Paris Congress. S, l The report of Bailie D. M. Stevenson, who attended the Cong3ress On Cheap Dwellings held -A at Paris on the 19th, 20th, and 21st June, wasa submitted to the Magistrates, and received their A approval, at a meeting held yesterday. The 11 discussions were presided over, the report said, j by M. Jules Siegfried,. ?? of Com- 3 umerce, and ...

... FIFE MINERS AND LABOtB REPRESENTATIO.N I sed The first of a series of mass meetings of r,, int miners for the purpose of ascertang ey views on the question of returning & La of member to Parliament was held in the he deners' Hall, Buckhaven, last night Mr ta rge Goldie, a member of the Fife Miners' Ersnaii emf Board, presided, and the speakers ere onWeir, Fife Mliners' secreharv, teP: Ms ...

... 'SCOTCH PRIVATE BILLS IN i PARLIAMENT.- Hamilton, Motherwell, and Wishaw Tramways Bill. The hearing Tof evidence on behalf of the pro- moters of this bill was resumed yesterday by the Select Committee of the House of Lords, of which Lofd Ribblesdale is chairman. There appeared for the promoters (the British Thom- ?? Company, Limited) Mr Balfour Browne, Q.C.; Mr Ernest Page, and Mr W. Russell. ...

... CCorCMATWXV X.QU l The- fortanigl tte aiig of letter herpeeation of Glasgo ~ or t e dispos i u ..o ' ' i i Of bu Mines in e 0eo- tion with the Police Department wastheld yea- terdat-.-the Hon. Lord Provost (Mr Samuel Chisholm) in the chafir. The Grafton Square Rkkerition lOtiySe. Bailie M1'teod Thomson said he understood that a large number of the electors of Townhead district wished to be ...

... THE PEKIN MASSACRES. I CONFIRMAY CHINESE OFFICIAL DETAILS OF THE ASSAULT ON LEGATION. [ THE WALLS DESTROYED BY ARTILLERY; I AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED. v t LIST OF EUROPEANS IN THE f CAPITAL. CHINESE DEFEAT AT TIENTSIN. SIX GUNS CAPTURED AND ARSENAL DESTROYED. HEAVY LOSSES OF THE t ENEMY. r The Governor of Shan-Tung has stated that the Legations at Pekin, which were safe on the 4tb t inst., have ...

... it The .oint Boatd of Examiners have issued thg ;efoliQ'-- statistics relative to the. preliminary Is exri. n ioni i'riats and scioncaninmdin r- of thz :,cottish universifieh, Marcb.-April.19000: in id TLBTe.' L-ShOWing the number of Passes aned Failones ity each subject of the Arts and Science Prelimillai$ ?? in each onirerity is ~ U2;ryznaTe Or ST A2MRi`rwe 3- ?? 3f E glia ?? . . 18 4 14 ...

... DIVIDFED Go N-SEELSw IN- CHINA. THE LESSON OF 1860. ISnc If it be true that the operations of the Allies 1eff at Tientsin have been hampered by the want ser do leof a Comimander-in-Chief having absolute con- I r trol over the whole of the troops engaged, it ant would be :n strict accordance with precedent. The great precedent is, of course. the war against COt 4k( China in 1350, waged by the ...