... Id DEPTUTTATION TO LORD SALISBURY. Yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, a depota- ' tion from the National Ancultunral Union waited upon Lord Salisbury, in order to advocate such an alteration Of the duty as would encourae the brewing of beer from h British barleyv, mnalia and hops. Lord Winubilsea, the 'f President of the union, headed the deputation, whicb r included Colonel Kenyon ...

... WEST BROMWICH. i WSSERrAN FOREIGN MISrSoVART SOCr'. - LaSt night a lectre, in connection with the Weslevan Forei8n Missionary Siety, was delivered in the Beecbes Road Chapel, West Bromwicb, by tb2 Rev. Arthur Male (of ] Hounsiow), before a large audience. His address was on India. the Ladl of Romance, which lwas illustrated by limelight views. CaAEGE OP FAte PB=r XCs.-yesterda7, at the I ...

... Gossip R TRUTff. - IIA Her Majesty had a dreadful pasfle aross the Solent last Thursday from Gospart to east Obvse, as a hight and verv 61bd wind was blowmg,: and there was a trespendous sea. Tbe Alberta was tdsed about in a very unpleasant manner for some tune. and the :asage took mbcli- longer than canal, the Quedu being nearly tbree-cjiatters of an -our late in arriving at sborine. Several ...

... BR'DGlN4 THE TUGELA. RAPID LOCAL WORK. A few months ago American bridge-builders were flouting their English coosins concerning the cnntract for the Atbara bridge. They had outbid English :om- petitors on what might almost be considered their own ground, and, more than that, they had bult the bridge in time which, to use an expression not then tttered, was calculated to stagger hbumanity. ...

... I THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLLA j I MENT. l CIVIC CEPLEMONY AT THE ROYAL. EXCHANGE. A great crowd assembled on and aboat the steps of the Royal Exchange yesterday morning to hear the reading in the presence of the Lord Mayor and civic dgn:it2ifeS, of toe Royal Proclamation dissolving Par- liaisnt. The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and city func- tionxrie3, all wearing their robes and insignia of office. ...

... FORNIlNG EXPRESS EDITION Jr oIN SOUTH AFRICA gO3ERTS AT NELSPRUITrr JN TOUCH WITH BULLER.'J CAPTURES AT SPITZKOp. gOER REMNANT FIGHTING M11ERCENARIES IN ARMS. t WJIITE-FLAG TREACHERY. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. Tke f-ollowing despatch was yesterday after- Trill issued bv the War Office:- t From Lord Roberts to the Secretary of State f for War. C Nxnsrr}rn, September 18, 8.50 p.m. S-2rhcenOn s Brigade ...

... - - ir J -V AID JOURNAL. TUESD.kY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1900. LOC.UI AVFA-rTi.R FORECAST.-Yar7uing Southrly (Soae- ci~er'iv to l -rcccs; j7no at firat, ?? .nhd ?? lazlcr, uadh sortie rr zi and 7erhaps tkurndcr A Privy COuncil was held at Balmoral yesterday, .-hen the QuEEN signed a proclamation dissolving Parlia-menr on the 25th inst. The writs for the elections will be issued on the same day, and ...

... SOME INTERESTING PREMINISCENCES. Good progress is being made in the execution of % the scheme arranged by the City Council with the Bishop of Coventry for widening the thoroughfares on three sides of St. Philip's by the curtailment of the area of the churchyard. This is not the first time the churchyard has suffered in like manner, but it is satisfactory to know that whenever a small portion ...

... MORNING EXPRESS ED!TIOKJ crwS FROMMACDONALD, I TNSTERS STILL SAFE. pRO--,MPT RELIEF NEEDED. CORF1iN rOFFICE REPLY. pELIEF -FORCE'S ADVANCE. REPORTED AT PEKIN. £EiREAT OF TIE ENEMY, OFFITI IAL MESSAGKES. -Secr. -aarv of the Admiralty stated yester- ;tRir- ?? Bruc~,- tulegrauhing from -. -s t'hatle has recesved the fullowina f--nra the General at Ho-Si-Wu A.gusc.- Troop s distant from FPekin , ...

... It appears to be generally supposed that the Strh abandoned his visit to England in consaequeiln of the death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and at the request. of our Court. As a matter of fact, the Quent was fully prepared to receive the Shah at Osborne last Friday, as a function of public duty, and it vas by his own partioular wish that his visit to England was abandoned. Tihe London ...

... .CORRESPONDENG1 I NOrrcz T0 CB2. SPOHD&TST-AiI -tWttJ OIttudet fre PUN ohticn 'Mt be ecapaaiai by ?? %mme and eddis,, ftle -,itsr.; wet Wmieeps'jfyjbrpe4tieoeN, but-fee the ineymreioe of the iti. W s a-s to re 2on Ore ?t giotw in : CaWtef ft om p or , thesrs I ldqza to d4etaend that tp 6r vsiue to siir ut infeneeiuced .f. We annoet itum rejected oraircS 5l.f JK F. -lt is impossisle to say. ...

... A telegram from the Dean of Wells states that Canon Bernard has been steadily improving since Munday. T'he Bishop of London has inaugurated a scheme for promoting and assisting the studies of the clergy in his diocese. The plan of work adopts the rural deanery as the unit, with reading circles and centres, lectures by experts of fist-rate authority, and meetings of members for the discussion ...