... THE PROPOSED REGISTRA- TION OF FII.uAS. I LETTER FROM, SECRETARY FOR SCOTLANT. :Difflculit.es of Putting the Proposal in Force. 1 The Conemitiee of the Holise of Commionns on the Registratiion of Firms Bill met again yes- terdrlv-tile Attorney-General for England ?? Robort Finlay) presiding. A letter was read from the Bar Committee of England, in which they exprcssed approval of the general ...

... di ESCAPE, OF A FOREIGNER'S t et SERVANT. or a- -. A Chinaman's Story. ry a (From Special Correspondent of Daily 0. . Telezraph%) ae 20 is (Arrangement with Vlasgow Herald. of . A .; Shanghai, July 22. id wire from Tientsin says- that the Russian t ,h .nsjil his received news from a' good Chinese a source that all the Mfiihs't wefe alive in Pekin doh Juidy 10. if i A Chinaman has arrived at ...

... spIJCIAL EDITION' ESKALf Onxcz 6.30 A5. M ThE but4LIN CHINA. DESPATCHI OF ITALIAN TROOPS. 1r\TRAL NEWS TELEGRAM1.) ,July 3. Evenng. Ca aubet to-ccsy, in ?? to a ques- 'fu Tlrsti on Italy's colonial policy, *&ter tregrarthe Premier, declared that Italy wish e te of acquire territoris in China, but ' dr ~ ~cuegletitle honiour of Italy aind !6 .eifore$} July 3.-Onent Brespect for it Would ...

... AUSTRA LASIAN DEFENCES Mr Seddon's Scheme. Wellington, July 21. Mr Seddon, Premier and Minister of Defence, .to-day subtiitted a scheme to the New Zealand Parliament having reference to the harbour de- ;!fences, to the defence forces, and to the per- l manent Imperial Reserve. The scheme pro- vides for an Imperial Reserve force of 10,000 good riders and shots in New Zealand for Im- perial or ...

... SPECAL EDITION, 1 } ?? OrEcs, 6.30 A.AL tTHE CHINESE CRISjS MORE DETAILS OF PEKjIN ,Ci FIGHTING, o (Ters TELEGRAM. PER PRESS ASS3Cr.-rToy .c Pe'sin August 1.5 e On the 13th the Allies Parched iD Aug 15 e; columns clo~se to Plclin marchein four para (31~SCoet ei.The Japan-a eec I the north, the Russians in the centre and th r- |A rnriericnR and British on tithe su t he of I ceiglet the tiee ...

... 1RASnSMIS5IAGua Thrsaar.'The breeze of last, ni-hty mnade a inaportait improvement on the catch ta-day. The 1 , w a: I 0o *c '>ud na t ealy ts wern.The lihtrer fished, and the first a0ltnot average more than sr a the later arri h amn bowa-s ever. erre mos.tly good shots, andhe average forang fobots r would beabout 10cmoS. The qoality Was Much mixed. b rd the prices ware regulated entirely by ...

... GLASGOW. ~jLEFLAGTEI l1~IsAa. Cases in Hospital 113 Under t8 ob>stervation. fe OciWl bullet' isjsed last night by Dr tffeeical ficer of health, stated that crrii ' 16 ct'e of bubonic plague in Belvi- * set 're5a and 2 doubtful ci sse, while 113 Irere uld~r ?? in the reception e is shob5t an increase of one on the I b ,s-; iving the ceose personal attention ?? of the medical officer of ...

... II CORPORATI)N OF GLASGOW. r . I Accounts of Police Department i The annual accounts of the Police Department of the Corporation of Glasgow for the year end- ing 31st May, 1900, have just been issued. The revenue during the year has amounted to £728,808 19s Ild, as a'rainst a corresponding I amount in the preceding year of £708.550 13s 1d. and in the year before that (1597-981 of, £66t,345 Ile ...

... LAHARKSHIRE-SOUTE. ?? H. C. Hezier (CQ ?? 4tt R. Lambic jtIl) .. . ? , .Elect.rztr-L t etcc'tin, 9136; presant election, 1234. 1 The Liberal candidate for this constituency i- Mr \ 'alter Menzies, J.P., East Park, Ruther glen who will oppose the sitting member thre Hon. J. II. C. Hozier (Conservative and Libera' . 'Unicnist.).. : ,fr Mcurzies last night opened the eampaigc . Ubv addrcskk 7 r ...

... 1- Earl Spencer addressed a great political meeting n last night in the Gralnd Theatre, Derby, in sup- I- port of the eandidature of Sir Thomas ls ofor ;t the borough and of Mr H. H. Raphael fur South d Derhyshire. Although the proceedings were not d to begin before eight o'clock theapproachlesto e the building were throngged by half-past six, and 1) immediately the doors were thrown open e ...

... AEORICAO .XENERAL AND COMMERCIAL THE NEWFOUNDLAND ELECTIONSS-EFEAT OF THE REID PARTY. I T RzaU FROM SPECEAL CORMESroPrtNT.) NOW York, November 10. Cables from St John's, Newfoundland, con- t firm the reports of the utter defeat of the Reid 'party. There will be at least a majority in the 3 Assembly of 24 Liberals pledged to overthrow the contracts under which Mr Reid secured the monopoly of ...

... ' i t | RENFREW. ay A statutory meeting of the Renfrew County er Council was held yesterday in the County Hall, ,sI| Paisley. Colonel King of Levernholnae pre- he Isided, and there was a good attendance of miem- X_ ?? in I imposition of Rates.t ht A report was submitted from the Finance.cr, go Committee recommending the imposition of the sh 'P following ?? general assessment' th ad (which ...