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THE GLASGOW HEKALX), FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895. IV 1 greatest care by one of tho THE EVESHAM ELECTION. THIRD LANARK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. IE A. J.

BALFOUR AT MANCHESTER. PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. suuo. ar also uhl "ta strength of the corps and other nvi' which all look for. The ct' caretully narrated, and portraits famous men of the year.

Tli'is Zaim year after year with an auunoW greatest value, and ths handling subjects shows the amount of v-i, '-jrar, more near, to our hearts than the financial solvency of She Indian Empire. India is not only a dependency of whom we are proud anci of whom we have a right to be proud, it is country, in which we have takes great responsibilities on ourselves, which responsibilities cannot by any possibility be fulfilled'if the financial position of India is insecure and, recollect, the taxation in every country is a difficult matter, out is a doubly and trebly difficult matter in India. It is not enough to say that India is neb, as, indeed, I think in one sense of the word she is rich. Most of her population, take them unit by unit, are very poor. The sources of revenue open to any Government are extremely limited, and even if wealth available for the purposes of taxa SPEECH ON INDIAN COTTON DUTIES.

Jwatuignt Mr Balfour delivered the second of fee series of speeches he is making this week to his sonstitoents of East Manchester. The meeting present volume opens with new chronicles events of vast "r'-'v and the editor may cvngr.itu'::i; high literary character of tie been able to lay before his excellence of the book as a whole. ilK tt MR S. R. CROCKETT i GLASGOW.

ij was held in the Christ Church School, Bradford Ward, a small hall shaped like a capital with Sheplatform in the comer. The place was densely crowded many persons were unable to get ad Last Bight Mr S. R. Crockett mittance. An hour of waiting iu3ide was beguiled by patriotic songs, mostly of a nautical cast.

On tion, which, if it could be got at, would not either dest'rov the springs of the industry or inflict any great hardship upon the general population of the country, that wealth cannot by any machinery at our disposal really be got at, arid the sources therefore open to' the Indian Government, and on which alone the Indian Government can rely in order to meet its financial obligations, areneces-sarily few, aud are very nearly exhausted. That is my third proposition. Very well, in the face of these throe general principles, what course ought we to adopt, what course ought Lancashire ana England to adopt, in reference- to these cotton duties Gentlemen, I think there can be no doubt in the first place that the cotton duties dri'hitsn industry the Athenteiun, Glasgow National Humour in Fiction. Kev. b.V, mr Balfour's arrival he was accorded a very The annua! meeting of the Third Lanark Rifies was held in the headquarters, Victoria Road, last night, when the prizes were presented by Hon.

Colonel Sir John M. Stirling-Maxwell, Bart. There was a very large attendance. Colonel Morton occupied the chair, and among those present were: Colonel Merry, Colonel Mactear, Rev. D.

Millar, Mr James Nicol, City Chamberlain Colonel Macfarlane, Captains Stont and Robinson and Lieutenant Carswell, 1st Lanark ex-Major M'Laren, Lieutenant Wilson, Queen's Edinburgh, and a number of representatives from other corps. Colonel Morton said it was gratifying for Him to be able to state that the past year had been the most successful in the history of the regiment. (Applause.) They were stronger than ever they had been, and at present there was not a single-vacancy for an officer. (Applause.) The parades were exceptionally well attended, and these led up to an extremely creditable inspection. A new departure was made in that they carried through two instructive field days at Pollok.

thanks to the kindness of their hon. colonel, and should thiy have the same advantages this year he looked to the battalion turning out in strong force on these occasions, as it was only in that way they could expect to perfect themselves in the attack and defence of a position. Recently they had been honoured by having the newly formed Glasgow Brigade Bearer Company attached to them. men were exceedingly smart and intelligent, and tinder their eminent officers they could look to them with confidence to carry out their noble work. The regiment would probably be ordered into camp this summer, when he hoped to see a large muster.

The stivngth of the regiment at 31st October was 111S efficients, 6 a Macleod presided, and amor; present were Lord Provost ex-Bailie Graham, Rev. Thomas Somerville, as we have never seen, and that the effects of that wofiiS recoil, not upon the capitalist, bat upon those whom they employed. (A Voice, "Why? Why? Because the first person who is injured is the person who depends upon weekly wages and no longer gets them. (Cheers.) The next question is, "What are the measures the Unionist party will bring forward if returned to power?" Ladies and gentlemen, a Queen's Speech is beyond my capacity at the present tirne. (Laughter.) I am not yet in a position to announce autboratively what will be the' rheasu'res'brbught forward in the first session of Parliament should you be kind enough to.

return us in a majority but I think we have said enough I myself last night, Mr. G'hamberlam (loud cheers) Lord Salisbury, the Duke of Devonshire, arid the other members of the Unionist party, have over and over again explained the kind of measures, the kind of object, which we have in view, and which we hope to see carried to a successful conclusion in' a Parliament whose time is ho longer clogged and whose energies are no longer undermined by this crazy desire to carry out. great constitutional changes. The third question and, so far, the only other question, is What remedy have you for the unemployed (Hear, hear.) Ladies and gentlemen, in a working class, and I am afraid in some respects a very poor, district like that in which I ana speaking, at a time when trade is languishing in -almost erery department, the question of the unemployed is one which "will never meet with the gibe or the sneer of any responsible politician. It weighs too heavily upon our hearts and consciences for us ever to throw it lightly aside as of no account; but.

if you ask me whether anything in the power of the Unionist party, or any other party, whether anything within the compass of the vtifc of man to devise is sufficient to prevent the curse of want of employment now and again touching heavily great masses of. the population, I fear that we can look forward to no prospect of that have suggested I think it is a wild and a dangerous suggestion that, at the cost of the ratepayers, of the country in some forei or another, there should always be ready national or municipal workshqps in which every man could find employment at the full rate of wages- (A 'Voice Well, gentlemen, the first person that, that would ruin would be the ratepayer the second person it would ruin would be the workman who now gets work and the working-man who gets work and the ratepayers in most cases belong to the same class, and are the same individuals. But one thing I think is possible. I do think it possible that our great municipalities should so contrive to apportion between RAILWAY MEETINGS. THE WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY.

The'statutory half-yearly general meeting of the West Highland Railway Company was held yesterday at i Princes Street, Edinburgh the Marquis of Tyeeddale presiding. The Chairman, in submitting the report and accounts for the approval of the' meeting, said he was pte'aspd to say that the undertaking of the West Highland line had proved, so far, very successful, that the traffic over the line had' exceeded their expectations, and that they anticipated continuous development of the traffic. The only feature not altogether satisfactory was the amount of the cost of the undertaking in excess of the estimate. The North British Com pany's engineer had now taken "charge of the line, and any little work required for its completion would be carried out under his supervision. They might therefore rely on this being done in the most efficient and economical mariner.

The Chairman concluded by moving a resolution approving of the report and that payment of dividend at the rate of 'Ah per cent, be authorised. Mr Campbell seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr Donald Cameron of Lochiel was re-elected a director of the com pany. A special general meeting of the company was thereafter he'd to' consider a bill to empower the compariy'to construct new railways and a pier, to raise further capital, and for other purposes. Lord Tweeddale said it was necessary to hold this meeting to comply with the standing orders of Parliament with reference to a bill which, it would probably be known to all of them, had been deposited for a line from Fort-William northwards.

The extension of the railway through the Great Glen to Inverness was a scheme which, under ordinary circumstances, would in due time nave been brought forward by this company, but this step had been precipitated by the action of the Highland Railway Company in proposing that the last' link in the route over the West Highland railway from Glasgow to Inverness should be constructed by them. Such a proposal they of the West Highland line deemed absolutely fatal to the proper working of the route, and therefore, opposed to the interests of the north of Scotland, commercial and otherwise, besides being contrary to the arrangement between the companies whereby the district between Fort-William and Inverness was recognised by the Highland Company as the territory of the West Highland Company, fie was glad to say that since this meeting was called the directors of the Highland Company had asked the directors of this company and of the North British Company to appoint commit which is not too thriving a condition at tne present moment, and do strike.it a very severe blow. Some of you who are engaged iii the textile indus try know even better than 1 do wnac condition that industry is at the present moment. From al! I have' heard the margin of profit is almost at a minimum. The vast capital eDgaged in tne trade (FROM THS SPKCTAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) The change in the weather, although welcomed by those who have suffered from its former severity, has not proved an unmixed blessing.

Owing to the heavy fall of snow, followed by the thaw and' subsequent downpour of rain, the Worcestershire rivers have become very much swollen. The Avon, which runs through the town of Evesham, has overflown its banks, and threatens to invade neighbouring houses. Those who hav to drive to and from meetings in the country tell stirring tales of adventures by flood and field. In many places the water lies several feet deep across the roads, and belated legislators have found themselves seated in vehicles immersed up to the axles. A number of journalists located in an hotel by the riverside are preparing to shift their quarters in order to avoid the complete isolation which is threatened by the advancing tide.

It speaks for the political enthusiasm and determination of the parties on both sides when it is said that, notwithstanding all the olistacles with which they have to contend, there is no abatement in the activity with which tha fight has all along been maintained. Yesterday the principal source of interest was in a measure transferred from the county to the town. The Liberal party, not satis-tied with the conference of market gardeners which was held on Monday last, and which thy regard as a Conservative gathering, convened another conference, which took place in the Merchants' Dr Woodward, who was prominent amongst thoss who interrogated Mr Chaplin as to his treatment of Sir E. Leeh-mere's bill, occupied the chair, and there was a large The audience, however, was made up not. so much of market gardeners and tenant farmers (though both thesa classes were well represented) as of market-gardoii labourers.

Still, market-garden labourers have votes, and the way in which they yesterday punctuated the speeches with applause showed that they are not wanting in that intelligence which the farm labourer whose life is spent more remote from centres of population seems sometimes to sadly lack. The Chairman, in alluding to the explanation which Mr Chaplin had given of his connection with tiie Compensation Biil in Parliament, said that that right hfin. gentleman' had attempted' to'-twist "yes" into "no" and "no" into "-yes," but notwithstanding what he had said it was his opinion that Mr Chaplin blocked the bill. (Cheers, and a Voice "No doubt' he Mr Channtngi, M.P. (president of the Central Chamber of Agriculture), who had been invited to attend to reply to Mr Chaplin, was received with much cordiality.

He said that the situation in which he found himself involved the performance of a somewhat painful duty. Mr Chaplin was a friend of his, and he was deservedly popular in every rank of life, but there was this fault to be found with him. When upon any agricultural miration the interests of the tenant became in and on which hundreds of thousands of operatives of both sexes depend, scarcely make sufficient profit to mase it worth while to continue the in dustry at alf. A "Voice They die millionaires. Well, it is a very serious matter for Lancashire audience and a Lancashire member to have to" deal COAL MINING INDUSTRY OF THE WOULD.

PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED. The Board of Trade issued yesterday a series of tables showing the coal production, consumption, and number of persons employed in the principal countries of the world for each year from 1S83 to 1893. In an accompanying memorandum the following salient points of the return are given Turning to the European countries, it will be seen that the country which has the largest output Of coal after the United Kingdom is Germany it win be 'observed, however, that the quantity of coal produced iu that' country does not amount to the-half of that produced in the United Kingdom. After Germany comes France, which latter country only produces a third of what is produced in Germany, while next again comes Belgium, where the amount is not very far behind that produced in France. The average value of the coal produced, taken at the pit's mouth and it should be remarked that; as stated in the tables them: selves, the average value at the pit's mouth has in all cases where it is stated been taken compares as regards the United Kingdom arid Germany in very singular way.

Thus the average value atr the pits mouth in the United Kingdom in 1891 was Ss per ton, in 1S92 it was 7s 3Jd, and in 1S93 fe 9Jd, While in Gerniany the average value was identical in 1891, 7s4Jd in 1892, and 6s 0d in 1893. These results are indeed curiously approximate, but when' they are compared with those of France and Belgium they become the more remarkable. Iu France it will be observed that the average value at the pit's mouth was in 1890 93 7d, in 1891 10s Sd, and in 1S92 9s Hid, whilst in Belgium it was iri 1S90 His fiid. in 1801 10s 0d, in 1892 Ss 2id, and in 1S93 but whether or not these latter were at the pit's mouth does not appear 'from the returns received. Taking them to be so, however, as is protably the case, it "will be seen that' the value of coal worked at the place of production certainly in France, and probably in Belgium also is far higher than it is in either 'the United Kingdom or Germany.

There is one other country, however, with which it is necessary to compare the output with tliat in European countries namely, the United States. In the latter country the quantity of coal produced has in recent years increased very considerably, until it now almost equals that of this country. In the earlier years (18S3-S5) the average output of tile" United States was 104,000,000 tuns; in the later years (1891-93) it was tons. During the saine period the average value at the pit's mouth, which in the earlier years was 6s 3d, fell in the last years to 5s -Id, which was a much lower figure tha-n iri the United Kingdom or in Germany, and not ranch above half what it was in France and iu Belgium during the same period. These figures as to the value of coal at the place of production are iii all casi-s official figures, but it is impossible to give detailed information as to how the values are obtained.

There is ho doubt, however, that attention is given to the subject by the statisticians of foreign countries, and that the figures are generally fairly trustworthy for comparison, although, in tho absent of definite information as to the method by which the results are obtained in each cent! try, minute comparisons ought to be avoided. It should also be understood that the differences in value at the place of production may involve to wmie extent differences in quality as well as differences in cost of production, and that the comparison is not between coal of the same quality in different countries. With regard to the number of persons employed, in the coal mining industry, it will he enthusiastic receptioa. Colonel Willmott Mawson, president of the Conservative Association, took the shair, and he was supported by the chairmen of the various Conservative Clubs in the dietrict. The Chairman having uttered some words of high commendation of the constituency's member, Mr Baltoor, who, on rising, was loudly sheered, said Mr Chairman and gentlemen, your chairman in his opening observations recalled to my mind a quotation from some old speech of mine, which I confess I had forgotten, delivered evidently a few years ago, in the height of what was known as the Irish crisis.

In the words which he read from that old speech, of dine he expressed that feeling of security which I isave always entertained from the consciousness that, however difficult the task laid upon me by jircnmstances, I had behind me the great working class constituency of East Manchester. (Cheers.) Sentleiaen, I will not pretend that at the present time the personal difficulties of a political character in which I am involved, the controversies in which I have got to take a part, are as. difficult as those which marked the great struggle with Irish lawlessness to which your chairman jeferred. But though the heat of that battle is past, though the incidents may have certain extent faded from our minds, though all the bitterness, at all events, has long with a condition of things of that kind. ut they tell vou that although Lancashire goods are taxed this is riot a Protective duty levelled against "Lancashire, hpoause there is an eonivalent duty total of 1124 or an increase of 10 raised upon similar' productions in arid that therefore, whether Lancashire industries "be or be not injured, the principle of" Free Trade is safeguarded, and a Lancashire manufacturer will suffer ho more than his brother.

over ISTiS. The capitation grant earned was 2562 17s, being 3S ISs over 1S33. and the largest amount ever earned by the regiment. The in India from the import duties that have been number of proficient officers and sergeants was 105, being an increase of one there were 13 officers passed in tactics the average individual firing wns 144 'SO, a decrease of 5'05 battalion figure of merit, lb'S'70, a decrease of 2 '45 marksmen an increase of over year, and an increase of 15 first-class shots. Volley and independent firing win carried out in 1894 with better results than hitherto.

The best shooting company was again put on. Well, I believe that the uovernmenc have honestly tried to safeguard the principle of Free Trade. I believe that they' have" made an honest effort to carry oiit this very ungrateful task in the least injurious way iu which it can be dealt with. But, if I ain rightly informed, the 'Excise duty that is to say, the duty placed upon the Indian manufacture touches different times of the year the labour of which they have to dispose that the inequalities ot tne labour market would be to the very greatest possible extent minimised and planed away. That could be done.

No economic disadvantage onlv those goods which it this moment' come Company. (Applause.) In dealing with the shooting, he need hardlv tell them that their sue can follow upon that no burden upon the poor or upon the rich and i. think a consideraoie alleviation of the unemployed but to suppose that we can provide machinery which, whether trade be cesses la.st season were without parallel in the history of ririe shooting. In Lieut. M.

S. Rennie (applause) they had thii winner of the Queen's good or bad, whether there be or whether there be rnze ot iXM, gola medal and gold badge, with not a demand for the goods produced, whether or not the goods themselves can be undersold by foreign countries, that we are to supply workshops to work on those principles I am sure will commend itself to no working man who gives his mind to the subject, and who seriously thinks over all the th highest score on record. (Loud applause.) In Major Brown they had the winner of the Scottish Championship and 100 and gold badge, also with a magnificent score, having regard to the trying weather conditions which prevailed, (Applause.) In Thos. Muirhead they had the champion of the Green Isle. (Konewed applause.) Sergt.

Pillans volved with those of the landlord, he was bound by I tees to center on the subject with a committee appointed by them. They had both agreed to do so, and he had no doubt an early meeting of the parties would take place, but in the meantime it was necessary this bill should receive the sanction of the shareholders. He m.jved its approval. Mr D. Cameron of Locheil seconded the niotiou, which was unanimously adopted.

KIRKCALDY AND DISTRICT RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at 4 Princes Street, Edinburgh Lord Tweeddale presiding when it was agreed to introduce into Parliament a bill entitled "A bill to confer further powers upon the North British Railway Company in connection with their undertaking; to construct railways in connection with the Kirkcaldy and District Railway to empower the East Fife Central Railway Company to make deviations in their authorised railway for amalgamating the Kirkcaldy and District Railway Company and the East Fife Central Railway Company with the company and for other purposes." WILLSAND BEQUESTS. (FROM THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.) won the Daily Tderrrnvh Cup of the valus of o0. with the highest possible at GOO yards. (Applause.) tlis predilections ot nis niimi ana oy ins position to take the landlord's side.

(Loud cheers.) What he (Mr Channiug) had to say was this the bill was killed by Henry Chaplin. (Cheers, anr? insprnmhion.l He was there, he said in Brown, Mr J. M. Macleod, j). The lecturer, who was well not live long in our country made aware in ways ple.i.-ant ami (:...

the grott amount of popular Irue, up from the heart of tbe coiumur: the Scottish dialect, he suit! who locked upon it as met. a -English. It would be, indeed! tnr modem English wasacorruptmid variety of Scots. For the uld JxoLt had a history both long and In it Dunbar sang "i Dominie, and Makkur iVoli-d Burns, Seotr, Hogg, am! UaU of noble names. Ot" recenc creasing localisation of ther.

danger that this old literary broken up into dialects ech unn sessed its interpreters, accurate doubt, but out of the U'le arid apostolic succession. Now, 4 be the duty of the Scottish roni.au -r should not attempt to peculiarities of pronunciation i.i hi-. 5 trict, 'but that he shmiM -nu-n; with giving the local a.lvur. in tliu noble, historical, well language which was found suiin irilt of islnox, of Scott, and of ijiitns to names. Leave so the grim and fats" and iars." Let tli-v" maker, excellent and indispnsanV e' cunning accents and even great alone.

fur hours of ease. As Mr to him, Jamieson is not c5 '-wi pregnant guying, au.i r'4. much sense. There was difficult to write tlie ScoftiVii dialeet. to be vulgar in dulect.

great literary language he tv.iifbs the vulgarisms ot the local fiuniv dition of a mere iuiom'f Ceruiriiv, if wanted it so. But there was no nel rubbish Scottish dialect. For discern a flavour of antique ge.M:emi;,li;;ls man's Scots, something thc tuuk knee-breeches and buckled sh to ij and Kilmarnock bonnets, 1'iiry miqbt a little coarse in those days, 1ms t'u-'; vulgar. There never was a noU-r ur sive language than the toupee of tU ladies who wera our grandmothers .31 grandmothers in the southern and ties of Scotland. They should trv equally free from by rail; Irishisms, wiiscii urrn-i the short sea route innuendo of the music-hall eoude refinements of the boaifitug all additions, subtractions, divisions by whomsoever iiitro.iue'-d rui; There was an idea abroad that ir, r.r,:r Scottish dialect it was Hi- 4 final g's and to write "dae" for he begged leave to say, bungler.

Now, the 1mw quean clean, snod, well-pm-oii. IK-a nee was not to bo picked up upr.n any close mouth. The day v. a. v'uet a lady, and so she should be standard of manners and spree)) as that of her sister of she S.uh.

would not show in the reports the Trade, neither would it make yet more abundantly, or shipi sal about the Tail of the Bank, lint r.i give broad Scotland a right to uuv a. of a Scottish language, and iu: nrrdv 1 Dundee, a Gallowa' or a accent. It would give her again t. frankly national, written in according to the finest am! me-t models. But the story of Soitlasd-iu: rain-threshed, glorious, and ireai was not half nor quarter told.

Flag had yet to take the air again, cockade bad to bo worn oiiee more, mi ofcener than either the hodden gtvy biin lifted, and the true hearts revealed tiiai f.t it. And men and women net ir hearing of these things till they craani Private P. Macgibbon was second for the Queer's Prize, Private Thos. Mnirhead fourth, and Private dangers and all the difficulties which must inevitably attend any such project. (Cheers.) I am next asked, "Will Mr Balfour kindly show us in what way the working man has been affected financially by the partial adoption of the Socialist programme, namely, the Corporation employers I am uot quite sure I understand the question arightly but the answer which hue they had no fewer than nine reply to the interruption, as representing ono lzatt ninth vanished, certainly from my mind, I hope from yours, I hope even from those with whom I am brought into immediate conflict yet though that rjiase of the controversy is past, let us not cherish 4he illusion that the perennial Irish question has Eosite So a conclusion.

Gentlemen, I think sometimes we are too apt to forget that Home Rule, though we hear little of it, though it is kept in the background at every election, though English orators fight shy of it, though English statesmen touch it very gingerly, that nevertheless Irish Home Rule is at this moment in the very forefront of the programme of onr opponents, and shat if they are returned, as I cannot fcelieve they will be returned, but if they are returned with a majority at the next election they will be compelled, not by the inherent vigour oi their own convictions, not 5y the burning ardour of missionaries in a great sause, but by the absolute necessity of retaining the favour of those Irish voters by which they iarist they will, I say, be compelled to bring for-era-rd another measure of Home Rule, aud if possible to pass it into law. Therefore the great crisis which made the Unionist party, which created, as I believe, a new party destined permanently to bear a prevailing share in the work of the Government of this country that crisis, I say, is not nasi. It does not impress our imaginations representatives who reached the final stage and into direct competition with Lancashire manufacturers. I believe, to put it technically, it is cotton goods above "twenties" I aril riot sure that I have got the technical phrase quite right-it is only the cotton goods above "twenties" which we export to India, and it is therefore only cotton goods above twenties'" which hAve. excise duties put upon them equivalent to the import with which we are burdened.

On the' face of it that seems fair; but I arri' told I wait for further information' as to whether it is. true or not but I ant told, what I confess is an extremely natural and probable thing, that the result of putting a particular tax upon cotton goods of this class, upon cotton goods above twenties," will be to decrease 'the consumption of that class of cotton goods, arid' to increase the consumption of the classes of cotton goods'below "twenties." which we do not export, and on which there will' be no tax at all. (Cries of From all I know of the general principles bt "taxation, that is the natural, the I had almost said the inevitable, result and'if it Be the inevitable result, then it remains the fact that the English Government have assented to a scheme of taxation in India which does amount in substance and in truth to a protective prohibition against Lancashire goods; and I say that is a. very serious responsibility for any Government', Indian or English Government, to' "take upon themselves. (Hear, hear.) I do not know enough of the details' to know whether, if the deficit in the Budget which had to be made up were not made by taxation it could be made up iu any other way.

I admit it rriusE be made up but what impresses me rrios't strongly in gained the coveted Queen's badge. (Applause.) of the great agricultural bodies of the country, as a member of Parliament, as a man of honour. (Cheers.) The loss of the bill was a calamity to agriculture and a disaster to agricultural reform. Mr Chaplin spoke the truth in saying that he did not block the bill, which would have made it Lieut. JJalglish was toji scororin the IMcho match.

(Applause.) In the International Twenty con test five of thi-ir members were selected. i gave to the previous question mil snow tnau i am fully alive to the duties which all municipalities have to those who are in their employment. I do not kaow whether there is any other question. In default oE Questions I think, gentlemen, their average being fll'o per man, thus greatly contributing to the grand score with wmcn Scotland won the match. (Applause.) Private John seen that by far the largest number is employed in the United Kingdom.

The circumstances under which Dersons are so employed, and whether they we shall be reduced to another song -(laughter) Boyd was the highest average scorer in regimental The will (dated November 12, 1S91), with which is perhaps as instructive. On the motion of Mr Clkgg Livessy. seconded contests, with th fine average of M1'4 lo com codicil (dated February 7, 1S9-1), of Mr Robert petitions. (Applause.) In their team-shooting otriitb; D.L., J.P., of 1 Lombard Street, banker, and of Goldings, near Hertford, who died oh contests thev were uot so fortunate as in the year by Mr Councillor Tdnstall, and supported by Mr Aseroft, oandidate for Oldham, the following resolution was passed enthusiastically by the preceding, although thrn was little reason for regret. The defeat by their friends of the Queen's Edinburgh and 1st Lanark by nine points and two October 21, was proved on January 4 by Reginald Abel Smith and Eustace Abel Smith, the sons, the executors, the value the personal estate meeting, with only about a score of dissentients "That this meeting records its complete and unabated confidence in our representative, the Right Hon.

A. J. Balfour, M.P. It also thanks points respectively would make their next meeting amounting to upwards Of 422,000. necessary to put a written notice on the order-paper; but Mr Chaplin sent in an amendment, the effect of which wa3 to make tho provisions of the measure permissiva instead of compulsory.

Sir K. Lechniere told Mv Chaplin that that amendment! would destruy the value of the measure, and therefore it was withdrawn. The amendment was thrust upon them at the last moment. It was a lamentable course for any public man to take. Mr Chaplin had spoken of the knowledge which he had gained since.

He (Mr Charming) suggested that he had been educated by the necessities of the Unionist party in this division. (Cheers and laughter!) In ah interview which- he (the speaker) had had with the leader of the House of Commons the other day, the latter showed that the Government wers absolutely with the advanced men of the Liberal party who wished to do justice to the tenant farmer. (Cheers.) Mr Wm. Masteks, a market gardener, asked the more interesting, his reverse met with at D.irnley meeting in the inter-regimental match, him tor the valuaoie services ne nas rendered to his country, and assures him of its unswerving in which nine battalion teams of 20 men took the The will (dated February (i, Ii5s2), with a codicil (dated uly 25, 1891), of Mr Henry Aid win Soames, of East Hall, St Mary Cray, Kent, who died on November 23, was proved on January by Eley Soames, the brother, nild James Thompson, the we are bored to death with Home Rule. I suppose 5 am nut addressing a single man at this support in his determined efforts to maintain tne moment who is not sick of the subject.

I hope and believe there are some gentlemen here executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over 71,000: are'employed in haulage above ground or as clerks and timekeepers, or whether again they are employed during the whole of the week, or only on certain days thereof, vary so much that it is impossible to compare the results. The figures dealing with the number of persons employed in the production of coal in' each country; it must be understood, are given quantum valcant, and a word of caution is necessary here as to their use. For the United Kingdom itself hofigureeonomineexists as to the number of persons employed in coal mines, and the figures given are partly estimated. The summaries of statistics of mines and minerals compiled byKer Majesty's inspectors of mines include all persons working in ironstone, fireclay, oilshale, and other minerals, along with those employed in. coal mines under the Coal Mines Regulations Act.

It is found, however, that the production of coal by weight ia approximately 92 per cent, of the whole of the said minerals, and, assuming the proportion of persons employed to'be in the same proportion, a figure is arrived at as to persons employed in working coal alone, which may be taken as correct for practical purposes. With regard to the consumption of coal in each country, this has been arrived at for the purpose of the present tables by adding the imports and deducting the exports of coal in each case to or field, thus forming one of the most important and extensive simultaneous matches wver held anywhere. (Applause.) At the close of the season, in the great struggle for supremacy lietween al! Lanarkshire battalions, the 3d Lanark team for the seventh year in succession won tho Colonel Forrester Cup with the splendid average of S4'12 points for ofi men, while the Lord-Lieutenant's Cno was also won by their team with the average The will (dated January 14, 1SS6), with a codicil (dated August's, 1S91), of Mr Cosmo Richard Howard, of 32'Gloucester Place. Portman Sauare. who died on November 21, was proved on January 8 by Cosmo Gordon Howard, the son, and Miss whether Mr Chaplin was stronger than the Government and its supporters, seeing that Mr oF flO'2 points per man.

(Applause.) There were Dora Louisa Howard and'Miss' Salisbury Jleliora Howard, the daughters, the executors, the value Chaolin was allowed to cause this presumed ob no belong to too otuer party, wmcn 1 ao not represent but even to them I would appeal whether the very word Home Rule, and these long controversies which it has excited, does not now produce in their minds a feeling of weariness, a feeling of disgust, a feeling that the controversy is a stall: and an outworn controversy, profitable for Jittle either to them who believe in it, or profess to believe in it, or for those who oppose it. All that is true. I do not like talking about Home Kule any more than you like listening to it but mark this Home Rule is still the question which divides the great parties in the State. Home Rule ss still the subject with which the Gladstonian Government, when it gets a majority, will have to all this is that if we had had a reasonable monetary system as between India and England, there'rieed have been no deficit' to begin with, there' ne'ec! have been no cotton duties there need have been no taxation of Lancashire goods', there need have been no protection, direct or indirect, in favour of the Indian manufacturer. Because, recollect, and this is at the very root of the question I know I am rather taxing your patience the difficulties between England and India are exchange difficulties, and exchange difficulties alone.

If India at this moment has got to make up a deficit, she has got to make it up simply and solely because she has to make payments in gold in England, and has only depreciated silver wherewith to make them. If there was a par of exchange between gold and silver there not only would be no deficit in India at this riiom'ent, but there never would have been a deficit in all these years and the surplus in the hands of the Indian Minister of Finance would have been sufficient and more than sufficient for all the reouirements (a voice. more than of the personal estate amounting to upwards of integrity of the empire and to defeat the revolutionary proposals of the present Government." Mr Balfour, in acknowledging this vote, said-Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting is divided into two unequal parts. (Hear, hear.) There are the twenty gentlemen who very properly expressed their views contrary to the motion, and there is the great mass of this vast audience (a Voice "A ticket who expressed their opinion in favour of it. Let me address one word to each of these two sections.

With regard to my opponents, I can only express my regret that the room was not big enough to contain more oE them, because I cannot help eptrtaining the conviction thaS if I am not fortunate enough to be able to convert them to my way of thinking, at all events the more we meet the more are likely to recognise in each other Honourable straction. In the next place, Mr Masters asked whether it was any use kicking the corpsu of a The will (dated June 27. 1873). with a codicil (dated November 13, 1894), of Lieutenant-Colonel dead bill about. (Laughter.) Mr Chan-sting, in reply, asked if it was dead, who killed it? (Cheers.) As to the other question, he remarked that the bill, having been agreed George William atacnoole, of 16 Walton Place, Chelsea, who died On November 19 at The Grove.

Harefield, Middlesex, was proved on December 31 upon by those mainly concerned, it could have been passed any night by the mere raising oE the hat bv Sir E. Lechmere but for this threatened by William Henry Heatori-Armstrong and George William Heaton-Arfnstroag, the nephews, the acting executors; thV value of the personal estate rrom tne home production. is wiu ub seen aum the result that the exnortinsr countries are the ODnosition of Mr Chaulin. United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and to a APeusoN in the audience complained that this deal. Home Rule is still the subject which, more than any other, unites the strong feeling of the Unionist party, and which cements if cement be still required every element of which that party is composed aud therefore, though I do not mean to do anything so unprofitable as to again survey the controversies which we discussed at verv small extent the United States: while the amounting to upwards ot The will (dated December 6, 1S93), with a codicil (dated July 5, 1894), of the Right Hon.

William importing countries are Russia, Sweden, France, sufficient foral! requirements of the.depehdeney. I Spain, Italy, and Austr.i-Hungary. Thi; question Unarles, Uarbery, who died on iNovember7. understand some gentleman questions that, my authority is the Indian Finance Minister. (Loud of the exnorts of coal from each country is super' was proved on 'January.

4 by Lady Carbery, the such wearisome length all through the Honi fioiallv comolicated by the fact that it is impossible sunshine and shower or a co.ii.-ri chased each other over her I i. is in manv instances to ascertain definitely the pro wiuow ana sole executrix, tne value or tne personal estate amonntinsr to over 43.000. other shooting items deserving mention, but he need not further enlarge. In conclusion, he was perfectly certain every man would do his utmost to maintain the high prestige of the regiment to which they were all proud to (Loud applause.) The prizes having been presented, Colonel Mekry proposed a vote of thanks to Colonel Sir John Stirling-Maxwell for having distributed the prizes. He congratulated the regiment upon their record year, and hoped they would not be carried away with their success, because success was not a good thing unless accompanied by modesty.

(Laughter.) He hoped the regiment would continue to persevere, and not rest contented with bing the crack shooting corps, but also th best in drill. (Applause.) He would like to make ons or two remarks on the general 1 question. When in command of the regiment he: had assisted in getting the capitation grant up to its pr-ent amount, and he then told the War! authorities that it would be sufficient for all requirements. Although it might be an unpopular statement to make, he was still of that opinion" This, however, was qualified by tbe fact that, beforn the grant was increased, regiments all oer the country had incurred considerable debt for drill halls and rifle ranges and he would suggest that a. committee should be appointed to make a thorough inquiry into the financial position of every regiment, and after removing the debt let the Volunteers start with a clean sheet.

Then the grant would be sufficient for all their requirements. (Applause. Another point needed amendment. He regretted tbe abandonment of the old brigade cheers.) If my friend will look at the Blue Book recently published by the Government he will see that the Indian Finance Minister distinctly states Hule debates, still I should not be doing my duty in this visit to my constituents if I do not tell 6hem. every man who has a conviction on this sub cedure in each case with regard to what is called as the smiles and tears upon vxauxsu bunker coal." In the United Kingdom, and in so manv words, and with the utmost explicit- they read.

On the motion of the Lord Proves: li: ject should allow that conviction to regu The will (dated April 9, 1894) of Mr Thomas Lyon of 96 Eaton Place, who died on September 8 at Baynards Manor, Horsham, was proved on JannarV2 by Major Edward Hovell ness of expression, that the deficits are due to was thanked for his lecture. exchange, to exchange onlv. and to nothing but late his vote, and tliat it he stui oeiieves, or if he. believes that Home Rule is, The Lord Dean of UuiJd proposed a ws exchange. If, therefore, you can cure the' evils France also, all coal for the use of steamers engaged in the foreign trade is, in these tables, included in the while coal for the use of steamers engaged in the home or coasting trade is excluded but whether the same course is pursued in other countries it is not Thiirlow, R.A., and Cecil Thomas Molyneux thanks to the chairman, winch wds tuunsmuaf the first place, destructive or the empire, and.

in the second place, an action dishonouring agreed to, and the proeceoui's termituivw Montgomene, tne 'executors, the value of the personal estate amounting tc upwards of 30.000. possible to state. The point, however, does not The will (dated November 4. 1889), with two codicils (dated November 15, 1889, and October 15, 1894), of Mr Thomas Faulconer, J.P., of 8 St seem material in a. comparison of the consumption oi coal in different countries.

As regards to us as involving the betrayal of one-third of the Irish population if he believes that it will destroy English policy, English finance, and the English constitution, he is bound at the next general election to give bis vote for the only party to whose hands the unity of the empire can safely be confided. Gentlemen, Colonel Mawson, in the course of his opening remarks, told you that he Johtfs Wood Park and of I he Poplars, Oxhey the consumption of coal rfer head of population, was not an answer to tne question, but tne chairman, ignoring the interruption, called upon Mr George Lambert, M.P., who was followed by Mr Harry Lawson, M.P. Mr Isipky, the Liberal candidate, who next spoke, threw out three suggestions for meeting the requirements of the market gardeners: (1) The tenant should be allowed to make any improvement on the land without the leave of the landlord (2) the tenant should be given absolute property in and a right to all improvements he made, and supposing anything happened to him the benefit of the improvement should go to his successors (3) the tenant should have the power to sell the whole of the improvements, and ii he was turned out of his holding to demand the value of these improvements. The second canvass has not yet been completed on either side. The Unionists will probably have their returns all in by to-night or to-morrow morning.

It is likely that in a certain eventuality a letter will then be addressed by prominent member of the party to some one in the constituency with a view to its freo circulation. The Liberal party's second casvass is expected to be over by to -morrow night. Mr Lawrence Levy, the Midland agent of the licensed victuallers' trade, keeps the interests of his clie-ats well to the front. He issued a manifesto yesterday, in which he elaborately sets forth the recent opinions of Mr Chamberlain on the liquor traffic, and adds" Col. Long thinks and agrees with Mr Chamberlain." What promised' to be a lively meeting took place last night at Peckenham.

It may be remembered that the Lane, Watiord, who died on JMovemhersj, was proved on January 5 by William Rudston as might be expected, the highest proportion is found in those countries where steam traction is Fauleoher. the soni and Francis Biikett Roberts. mostly in use. such as the United Kingdom and BRITISH SOUTH AFitICA COMPANY THE RECORD FOR TWO YEARS, Following upon the annual report directors of the British South Africa issued to the shareholders on Weans- was sent out Lust night a reeord of lie- 1... the comoanv- from November, lrj, thS' executors, the' value of the personal estate.

opponents men who say what they think, wno have as the sole end of their public action the good of the community at. large and depend upon it when, honourable men once come to that view about each other, party differences lose all their sting and all their bitterness. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, although I have no expectation I am not so vain as to suppose any number of orations from me would convert the important body of opinion which I know exists in any constituency upon the opposite side of politics to that upon which I am, I rejoice to meet a fair opponent face to face, arid to tell him candidly and honestly what I have to say. (Cheers.) I turn to the majority of this meeting, who are of my way of thinking, and to them I return my most heartfelt thanks, not merely for. the support they have given me to-night, not merely for the enthusiastic reception accorded to me on my entrance and the patient attention they have given to the somewhat dry arguments I have addressed to them, but.

for the support they have given me in times past, and for the personal affection, if they will permit me to use that phrase, which has always bound us together, and which, I am convinced, no change in political fortune, none of the ups and downs incidental to party warfare, will ever diminish in the slightest. degree. Ladies and gentlemen, whether you be friends or whether you be opponents enemies is a word I refuse altogether to use whether you be friends or opponents I thank you all heartily for the reception yon have given me to-night and. I trust when the great conflict conies, as come it must, though I shall not be able to claim the support of those who differ from me in opinion, they will at all events accord me that respect which one honourable opponent always owes to another. (Cheers.) The proceedings then terminated.

tha United States, and the lowr-st iri those tvas not aware on what subject 1 should address amounting to over you to-night. I have said a few words upon a countries where steam traction is, comparatively Rnnalcintr. but little used, such as Russia aud GLASGOW AND DISTRICT FRUIT THE Austria, in jrance cue consumption or coai pet- MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. head ot population, tor a country so lar aqyancen in civilisation, appea-rs at- first siht to be very On Wednesday evening this comparatively new small, but this may be accounted for a great question wmcn interests every elector as a citizen 4f the empire. I propose now to say a few words cpon a subject which does indeed, or ought indeed, to interest ever voter as a citizen of the empire, but which has a special interest for Lancashire, if not for this particular district of Lancashire, which is hound up with the great industries identified with Lancashire, and which has at this moment excited a degree of feeling, and.

I may almost sav. passion, which I think must cause em drills at Hamilton, and in lieu of these he suggested that, as some of the brigades bad never met as a whole, it should be made compulsory for them to meet in brigade once in three years. (Applause.) He also regretted that for the Volunteer Jong-service medal those who had a break of service of one year had been barred from its possession, even though they had more than the necessary qualification. They had five of these in their own regiment Captain Rome, Captain measure Oy tne large quantity ot tuei oi otner 1801, This report, which is a bulky over 100 quarto pages, is fr the wv. sorts, such as tarf, wood, and lignite, wnicn are all extensively used in that country.

cal in Cllalacctr, anu la- ady largely known. Ti.ere tar. aire inber ot aau 1. nu GLASGOW YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN antage to all ciuicei neu lo a adv barrassment and misgiving to all those who are Tames Stewart, Lieutenant Ferrier. Orderly- iuous narrative in mill tin ins responsible for the government or Ji'ngland and India, and for the relations between the two.

Room-Clerk Wood, and Private H. Is. Ralston and better men were not to be found anvwhere. up as it oiks jcti Rev. T.

Thompson, of Londonderry, who ishere or behalf of Col. Long, challenged the Rev. You all know that I am referring to the recent nen covered 1 whic ASSOCIATION. ANNO At MEETING. Ths annual meeting of the Glasgow Young action of the English and of the Indian Government in relation to the cotton duties.

(Hear, hear.) do not imagine that many of those whom I am (Applause.) Colonel Merry concluded by askm" for three cheers for their honorary colonel. (Loud applause.) Colonel Sir Jons STIRT.ixG-MAXWEtX, in acknowledging the vote, said he was proud to be pre O'Connor, an Irish supporter of Mr Impey, to a debate in public on the Irish question. Mr O'Connor replied that he would not engage in any tolS92. The directors t'scc concessions obtained byil. trace the railway extension of tie' Here, in regard to the Beehuairuur.

iso association neld its farst annual soiree ot memoers and friends in the City Hall North Saloon. The chairman was Bailie James Ferguson, of Denny, aud he was supported by Messrs J. Cashrnore, James' M'Kenzie, F. L. Millar, George Russell, Joseph Biggar, Sproat, P.

Baird M'Nab, and others. The body of tbe hall was filled with the principal merchants in Glasgow and the districts for 40 miles round about. After tea, The Chairmak addressed the meeting! He said we welcome yon all to rejoice with lis at this the first annual soiree of our association. As you are all aware the association was formed on the principle of defence, not defiance. It originated at a time when the brokers had passed a resolution to increase the "lot money but as soon as this association was formed the brokers called another meeting, and rescinded their previous resolution.

The existence of the' society has therefore proved a boon to the merchants. As' yoii are aware we have been endeavoured so far as we have been able to get "lot money" abolished altogether. We appealed to the brokers, and we asked the assist Women's Christian Association was held last night such encounter, nut mat at z'eeKennam last niguc sent on this memorable occasion. He would not Mr Thomnson might put any questions newished. from which the difficulties of exchange arise if you can adopt any system of currency, as I think you can', by.

which these difficulties would be avoided, all this bitterness of feeling of which we have not seen theeiid, mind you all this pressure put upon the Government by the Lancashire members to interfere with the Indian finances would never come about. The evil would be cured at the root, and you would not have to occupy your time with any quack remedies or expedients. Gentlemen, I daresay inany of you know that I have always been, myself ah advocate of a monetary system by which these evils would be absolutely avoided. I do not see, I do not myself think any danger is attached to that. I do not argue that question now.

Those most bitterly opposed to it will, at all events, admit to themselves that it would produce that steadiness of exchange between England and India which in the first place would prevent the English manufacturer ordinary times from being hampered by all the uncertainties of sudden changes which now make trade so difficult, and which, in the second place, if they were carried out, would render it absolutely unnecessary for all time, or in any circumstances whatever, for the Indian Government to have to raise from the Indian people or the Lancashire people, whichever it is, money to pay the differences of exchange which they lose by the rise of the value of gold as compavrd with the value of silver. These, gentlemen, are the views which I hold upon this difficult question. I do not believe that any solution is possible other than a currency solution. If this country refuses, as it has a perfect right to refuse, to accept a currency solution, it is not in my power by argument or otherwise to make them take a different course. I speak of the question as I have always spoken, not as a leader of a party, but as an individual but I should not be doing my duty either to the general public or to the Lancashire public if I did uot, in the face oE the grave crisis now attacking Lancashire industries, reiterate the opinion which I have held ever since I studied this question twenty years ago the opinion, namely, that if we wished to have our monetary affairs placed upon a solid basis fitted for the commerce of our country, whose commercial relations penetrate to every quarter of the globe, to every country, to every nation, to every tribe if we are to have a currerfcy fit to carry on these great commercial operations it must be one settled by international arrangement, one which will avoid all these' difficulties of exchange, one which will not be subject to perpetual and uncertain fluctuations which now afflict us, one which will serve the main purpose which every currency is intended to serve namely, that of proving a tolerably firm standard of value as the measure of transactions between man and niau.

I have say that the regiment bad touched the zenith of their shooting, because that implied that they were in ths City Hall. Professor J. G. M'Kendriek presided, and among others on the platform were Rev. Dr Elder Cumming, Revs.

J. Edpar, T. Moreom Taylor, W. Nelson, and Geyer; Messrs George MaeEariane, Alexander Sloan, D. Dreg- actuallv addressing at the present moment are engaged in our great textile manufactures.

(A Voice" A good many of Well, I did not think there were niauy but I do not doubt there are some, and, in any case, the industries of Lancashire are so entwined one with another that it is quite- impossible that a blow could be struck at one which would not profoundly injure several other Thereupon the Unionist party at once arranged that the hall should early be filled with their own followers, and at the time of writing lively proceedings wera expected. The Liberal party held now going to decline and he well knew thev had no intention of declining from the position they had attained this year. Tile successes which the a largo meeting at Evesham last night, Sir Walter CAPT. SINCLAIR AT CUMBERNAULD. Last night Cap.

Sinclair, M.P., addressed a meeting of the electors in the Public School, Cumbernauld the Rev. Hugh Morton, U.P. Church, occupied the chair. Capt. Sinclair, after expressing his pleasure at meeting with the electors, remarked that it was a pleasure for him regiment had won were not only remarkable in Foster, M.P., being amongst the speakers.

themselves, but they were also quite unique in the horn, and James Brace; Mr and Mrs W. M. Oatts, Mr and Mrs Mirrlees and Miss Reynolds, U.S.A. Letters of apology for absenoe, it was intimated, had been received from Lord Provost Bell, Lord and Lady Overtonn, Rev. Dr Marshall Lang, and Sir David and Lady Buchanan.

After lVilOa.v as, i-iju. tiou is similar to that port which appeared in People who desire to eunirraie to or Matabeleland will iii.d tho pf-1 n-full of information as to Cost, D.11CG CC. After describing the extension of lines tip to the end of the year, ta-: at length with tiie MatabeWanU its cause, the preparation--; and the carrying of it througu. also sketch the new oi under the agreement witu llei- M---'i ment of May last, and both th- ii' relative cider of the Queen in extaw. The details ot the if- how that branch of 'f'Z7i average weekly weight of pare en-.

-l; farihrti-ir now exceed HI'S ance of the Town Council, but as yet we have not THE GLENLARA MURDER, PKTITIOS FOR A SErBIEVE. been successful. As vou will remember, the to note that, at manv of his meetings, were people who differed from him politically. He said some History ot any volunteer regiment in the kingdom. The regiment had won the- Queen's Prize in the pereon of Lieutenant Rennio, and they had stood second, fourth, anci ninth, while nine had been in the final stage it had carried off the magnificent cup presented by the Daily Telegraph it had also the Scottish champion, and the champion of the Green Isle.

The regiment had every reason to be proud of itself. (Applause.) The bosom of tho honorary colonel had expanded with pride ever At a largely-attended meeting of the inhabitants tea, people thought there should be no reform, but in a country like ours with ever varying changes, difficulties would arise which must be faced and The Chairman, his introductory remarks, of Kanturk a committee was appointed to draw up a memorial to the 'Lord-Lieutenant praying for a reprieve in the case of John Twiss, who awaits said that they had been accustomed for' many vears to Youne Men's Christian Associations, and rrtft-Wl 1 it. tuoc: fnr t-lip pWfcnra tn decidft for Council's representative, Mr Anderson, gave as a reason for refusing our request that the market was used bya great many outsiders, who ought to pay something extra. In point of fact, the question was never properly entertained by the Council, and, failing the brokers giving way, we will have to approach the Council again. Our fruit trade has been one of tremendous growth.

Not so many years ago the quantity of grapes brought into the city consisted of some 500 barrels, which supplied the city and surrounding districts. Last year one the party which would Lie the Dess exponent oi tc A they knew tne great wors tney naa aone in au narta of the world. Manv a vouuer man dated his success from the time he became a member of one of these associations, and the plau of bringing elaborate details follow of the tueir opinions, ever a the people thoroughly it was the. present Parliament, bu the very first bill presented to the House Lords was threwn out, and the gauntlet thrown down to the House of Commons. There was no check whatever on the House of Lords.

vouB2 men together in this way had been produc tive of the greatest benefit, not merely to the execution uont oau 101 participation in tne Glenlara murder. The Chairman, Mr J. D. O'Sliea, condemned Chief-Baron Palles and the Cork jury who tried the case, while Mr O'Gorman and others denounced the Nationalist papers which hud approved the verdict. If the late Government had been in ofSce the verdict would have been strongly condemned by these organs as the result of jury packing, but now they wished it to go forth that because Mr John Morley was at the head of tbe Irish' Executive a fair trial had been secured.

This change of front was made because the conductors of these' journals did not xvant to embarrass the Government. At the Tralee Board mmmg in the various Oitrw. native labour the follo'-vnis given Shangaans (who are the y- the mines), i and food per n'a'ie to 1 and food per month boys (not being Cape boys), 1 npr month: Cane bovs, The Crown could be checked, the House of since tnese achievements came to pass (hear, hear) and he had now to ask Colonel Morton to allow htm to provide the regiment witl a challenge cup in commemoration of these victories. (Applause.) Years hence, when he was very old, he would remind his grandchildren (laughter) that these achievements took place the very year that he became honorary colonel of the regiment, and he would leave them to infer the sequence of events. (Laughter and applause.) He hoped theregiment would continue to maintain is future the high position it had attained.

(Applause.) Colonel Morton thanked Sir John Maxwell for Commons could, but this Hereditary House was not responsible to any body of people. This question was not produced by the Liberal party. It was a question ia which there was TLionf-Vi wit-, or without food. for those proceeding to the co an inherent amicuity. we neyec i-u what is called a written constitution.

we have always been mending and changing of Guardians a resolution was adopted calling upon She Lord-Lieutenant to review the whole the handsome manner in which he had offered the survey of farms and the 1 Land may be purchased under -for Is (id per morgeii in Ma-huii-' per niorgen in Matabeleland. i summarising their review oi ne ou- thrift much as the neCe.soil' I' spoken to you, ladies and gentleman, to-night partly as a member of the Unionist, the great Unionist party, partly as a Lancashire member, ease with a view to a commutation of the death sentence. partly as an individual, witn very clear convictions not univerallv entertained by his own friends war is to bo regretted, it industries tins vast manuiacsuring District. Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I do not profess to be expert upon this subject. I have had no access official documents; I have had no means to acquaint myself with any of the circumstances of the case outside the ordinary channels of information in newspapers, of Blue -Books, snd in the like and, therefore, of course, everything I say to you, responsible as I am oot only to you, but even to a larger sodie-nce outside, everything I say to you must be subject to such modifications as a more perfect knowledge of the circumstances may bring home to mv mind.

But I am going to tell you honestly sxactlv how the matter strikes me at the present moment. Well, in the first place, I repudiate on behalf of myself, and I repudiate on behalf of everv Lancashire man for whom I may have the sight to speak, the idea that we regard India as nothiug else than a source of wealth to us, as a onurtunity which we cart control for our. own pecuniary" benefit, and from which it. is ssot only in our power, but also in our light, to extract, to wring, so to speak, tho last grain of profit that our superior powers render it possible for us to extract from her. That would be indeed a mean and an ungenerous policy that would indeed be utterly unworthy of the traditions of England and the traditions of liancashire and, for my own part, neither now Bor at any time will I make myself the spokesman of a party, if party there be and I do not believe there is such a party which takes so degraded a view of the relations which subsist between us sod our great dependencies.

Having made that statement, to which I am convinced every man will agree, let me say I think that I detect in some, statements which I ba ve seen upon the other side of the question a view of the proper relations which ougnt to subsist between Great Britain and her dependencies, which seems to me to err grossly upon the other Side, I do cot think, and when the proposition is fairly put before the country I am convinced that nobody will think, that we are to permit dependencies, for whose government we are jesponsible, to erect, for no adequate object, between us and them those fiscal barriers which we never should permit to exist within the circuit of the four seas. After ail, we are conscious of having done a great civilising work not only in India, but in many other greatropical and sub-tropical regions which we still and which probably in any future which we need contemplate never will have self-government given to them in the sense in which self-government is given to Australia, to Canada, and to the Cape. Oa those great dependencies jr. diva snent blood and treasure; we have and colleagues upon the subject of the currency. will have proved by no mean --1 Ufa Mil- 1 believe 1 nave tne support oi trie great mass oi broicer sold alone 104,000 barrels.

This growtn grapes also applies to every other kind of fruit. The trade has grown to such an extent that the bulk of the business is conducted outside the bazaar altogether. We think the time has now come when the Council should increase the accommodation we require. The brokers are a smart class o'f men, and we are on the best of terms with them; but we consider that the conduct of the business is in many respects more favourable to them than to us. Their conditions of sale are altogether one-sided, and do not give purchasers their legal rights' when the' fruit purchased does not in bulk come up to the sample shown.

There is also a ednimori cry with the brokers that this is is the iC last cargo of tie season but, strange to say, cargo after cargo succeed one another. We iuust not overlook the fact that while the brokers have duties to us, we have also our duties to the brokers' and to the public. Our splendid fruit shops testify to the great benefit which tbe public get frptu the use of fruit. It is not generally Known that in fruit there is albuminous matter, and ii you wish "to take a quantity of this equivalent to the contents of an egg you must eat either' lib. of cherries, lilb.

of grapes, 21b. of strawberries, 2Mb. of apples, or 4lb. of The evening" was further spent by an address from Mr M'Nabi and in song and recitation provided by ruenjbers and their friends, and was a great success. mv own constituents in au tnree urancnes said to exist in the face of the matters tp suit the wants of time.

The House of Lords was not always hereditary. It was only by a process of evolution it became so, and the Liberal party objected op principle to the hereditary state. Captain Sinclair explained at length the nature of the death duties, and the claims of the Government Budget being called the "People's Budget." fie entered into detail on the Parish Councils Bill, remarking that the powers of the bill would have been greater and more valuableif it were not for the Conservative party and the House of Lords. He ridiculed the charge sometimes brought against the Liberals that they were always seeking to destroy this, that, and the other thing. Captain Sinclair finished by dealing with disestablishment.

He was awarded a unanimous vote of confidence. otiered by the presence on vi ciplined and savage army. of my. speech. (Cheers.) I believe that you agree with rue as a Unionist politician, that yon agree with me as a Lancashire member, that you agree with me as an individual (cheers) and that in all three capacities I have your confidence.

(Renewed cheers.) I therefore shall no longer take Kaids on the ilasnonas ftfot, 1-n ad tii: 3s--' system has been broken ui up your time with a speech, because last night, in another part of the constituency, all the available time being occupied, no opportunity was given tor an important bearing on tie: speedy development 01 the which necessarily depend so tion of labour. Hitherto tie-procurable had been that of the make bad workmen, owing to. NATIONALISTS AND CHEQUES. THREATENED QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr Vesey Knox, M.P., a member of the majority section of the Nationalist party, writes to a Cork paper expressing regret that Mr J.

F. X. O'Brien's reported speech 'at St Pancras has so directed Conservative attention to the cheque incident, and especially to the alleged cheque for 2000 from Mr Marjoribanks, that the matter will be discussed as a matter of privilege so soon as Parliament meets. Referring 'to this matter at a meeting of the Cork National League, the Chairman, Mr Slattery, said he thought it was the duty of Independent Nationalists to investigate the matter thoroughly, and ascertain "how many more cheque had been received concerning which they had heard nothing. When they had an employer who paid his employees well, there was no thanks due those employees when they did 'what their master bade them.

There was nothing, therefore, now surprising in the spectacle they had been witnessing for two years of Nationalist members of Parliament running about the House of Commons lobbies and answering to tne crack of Mr Marjori-banks's whip. weakness and want oi spirit. their COIliliU ISO'' questions to be asked, and I determined that tonight I would give a full opportunity for questions, that 1 would make my speech shorter, and give a full chance to any gentleman who Wished to be informed as to what my views are on any of the great questions of trie day. I will endeavour, with such capacity as I have been endowed, to give any gentleman putting a quest-ion a straight, a complete, and an honest- answer. (Loud cheers.) soldiers gone, have offered tiieiiise; young men themselves, out to society ac large.

(Applause.) It was only, however, in comparatively late years, so far as he was aware, that Young Women's Christian Associations' had come to the front. One of the distinguishing peculiarities of Glasgow was the great number of religious and philanthropieagencies at work in it, and there was no doubt that one of the most beneficent of them was the Young Women's Christian Association. The association was founded on a thoroughly Christian basis; He was convinced that the one agency capable of coping with our social evils and raising people to a higher status was Christianity, and as time went on the solution of the social evils and great national sins would be the application to them of the principles that were laid down in the Word of God. Auother feature of the association was that it was practical it was not a dreamy notion of getting women to think of higher things. Neither was it merely educational; it was, in fact, thoroughly practical in all the details of its work.

A third feature was that the association was successful, and he wished them further success in the coming'year. Mrs W. M. Oatts submitted the secretariat report for the past year. The total membership was now 2830, an increase of 270 as compared with lust year.

"Besides this number there were S50 attending the meetings who were not yet members of the association. There were in all 41 branches of th association, of which 5 were junior sections for girJs under 15 years of age. Sixteen of the branches were quite" undenominational, 19 were connected with churches or mission halls, and brie was a union for hospital nurses, with 156members, all of whom were trained nurses. The society had two institutes a central one in Bath Street and another in the East Knd. "In the former they had a boarding-house, a restaurant, a servants' home, and a registry for domestic servants, which during the year bad been taken advantage of by 3613 employers and 4072 servants." The association had a strong interest in-foreign missions, and 17 of members were now in the field, of whom 4 went out during the past year.

Mr AlexaVdee Sloan submitted the treasurer's report, whi'ch showed that' thtf year coimnehce'd with a balance of 350 13s 5d, and that the total income amounted to 2393 and the expenditure to 2312 0s 9W, leaving a balance in hand of 331 16s 6H. Of this sum 214 0s 7d had been lent to' the Ifiast End Institute; 'white the balance of 117 13s lid remained in 'the bank and in hand. With regard the building fund, donations amounting tp 3902 had been received for building and 487 for furnishing. These sums had'' beeh; principally expended orr the purchase of ground and the building of the East End Institute, which altogether cost 41SQ for building and 309 for furnishing. The reports were adopted, and the meeting was afterwards addressed by Miss Reynolds and the Rev.

T. llorcom Taylor. cup to commemorate this year, and he had the further pleasure of intimating that Colonel Merry had also very handsomely offered to present a cup. (Applause.) On behalf of the regiment, he had to thank their honorary colonel, Sir John Maxwell, and Colonel Merry, for their gifts. (Applause.) Colonel Sir John Stirmng-Maxwsli, then presented Colonel Morton and Major Brown with the Volunteer decoration for twenty years' commissioned service.

The members of the Carlton Dramatic Club afterwards performed The Spitalfields Weaver," and the Regimental Gymnastic Club gave an exhibition of musical and physical drill. The annual appearance of the Third Zanrtrk Chronicle ts an evidence that time is passing rapidly onward. With this number a new volume is begun, and the Rev. Dr W. W.

Tulloch, the chaplain, fitly opens it with an introductory article, written in Bombay, whither he has gone to escape the severity of a Scottish winter. Colonel Morton issues his address to the members in these pages, and while referring with thankfulness to the high position taken by the regiment, holds out pleasant prospects for the summer months of manoeuvres at Pollok and a week with the regulars at Barry to make up in a small way for the disappointment of being unable to go to Aldershot. The various organisations of the regiment come ir. for and, as might be expected, the Amateur Historian and the author of "Bisley, 1894," have a good deal to say with reference 'to the doings of. the famous five Major Brown, Lieut.

M. S. Rennie, Sergt. Pillans, and Privates P. Macgibbon and Thos.

Mnirhead the winning of the Queen's Prize and the Scottish National Championship, and other cognate subjects. The Battle of Pollok last summer has been woven into fiction, in which, of course, the fair sex hold a very prominent place. The editor ha3 taken a hint and given us first instalment of a His the mines ana eisewnere, great strength and endurance. fitted. The history of Juw Anrlr.fr the Veal' l-si work in the direction bocii The Ukaikman men mvitea questions, ana there being some little hesitation in sending any c-ni'i pre; riecfiOoiuell C- Yes, let us have up 3 cry was raised for a song.

a song" said Mr Balfour Oak." Hearts This was accordingly started and sung in chorus. is pronounced by students ui tory to be unparalleled in rauiditv. vents have shown tn settlers' which the country aive.riv 1 now that the means ot access to it Mr Balfocb, then rising, said there has only Wn one ouestior. so far sent up. and it is of rather a'general character "Your" views on the IMPROVE! Sa.NITA.RY INVENTION'S FOR THE HoHR.

Oc'e of the'cnierditEcalties whicK a housewife to' contend with is the keeping' of the water used in various corkni opsrations 'pure and wholesome. Eitherto all ordinary appliances bavo been inefficient, but by a very useful invention called the Patent introduced by Messrs lianestaff e. Banks Pecfeofl'er, of 19 'and 21 Bury Street Street, -London, W.C., the ia kettles, kitchen boilers, and pipes is automatically coU'ectefl and all contamination avoided, the water beinj: 'softened and purified; -and- the -collection of fur inside the boilers, prevented; This refnarkable invention ie sow very widely adopted in the best houses, and belns small in cost, ranging from 2s 6d upwards, should be tStilfsed in every Cord Lady Rose, iady Pirz-Serald, and many others Have-written testifying to its efficacy. The same firm are itlso responsible for another excellent invention" called the Patent Sanitary Sink Basket. There 'is no" part of fhe hoiistf more productive of 'dfsease thati the "kitchen sink, which is the receptacle of so -much refuse fcroni pots, puns, rbe sanitary sick basket, placed in the comer of the kitchen sinfc, retains all sbGJ matter frdm duty JrtfceV thrown "Into it, a'nd keeps the" waSteJipe always clean, thus 'preventing bad-odours and ensuring a healthy and- wholesome sink: The sink baskets range in price from 1b 6d to 5s 9d each.

These two inventions are of Bu'cimpor'tahce'to'h'eallh and comfort that it is to" be hohed'thev'-wili be' universally 'applied. Order proved, a constantly inerea population during theeoimn; vear in Independent juaoour party. (rjaugnter.j Well eentlemen, I am a little at" a MAJOR NORTH DALKYMPLE AT ROSLIN. Major North Dairymple addressed a meeting of electors at Roslin last night. Dealing with the Irish question, be ciaimed that Mr Gladstone had proposed to surrender the independence of the British Empire for the sake of a few votes.

He considered the question of giving the Irish their rights had been made ridiculous by the fact that they subsidised by cheques. He went on to point to the disadvantages Of the policy which the Independent Labour party sought to bring about, and drew attention to the position ot Lord Rcseoery and Lord Tweedmouth in asking that party to ally themselves with thejm. In referring to the Seaoad Chamber, he that the House of Lords certainly checked the present Government, and said they would not make Home Rule the law of the land until it was the express wish of tbe British people. Had it not been for. this, he believed Home Rule would baye been ip operation by this time, although against the distinct wishes of the people.

A resolution oi coeSdence was adopted unanimously. Lord Twhermooth left towa yesterday for Scotland, and is espected. to remain in the north till Monday. PoweWs BitSAM of Axiseed Estrflorciipary Kemedy. OfceU'6 Balsam Cooghs.

Astbiba. Powell's Balsam of Aniseed. Coughs. BroncliitiB. Power's Balsam Qf Aniseed.

CotijKs, BowSU's Balsam 61 Aniseed. Oonfcfcs. BunsTrtrataes. Powell's BalsatD Aniseed. Coughs.

Kisht CoasaS. riently anticipiueo. i-' in minimr and farming lui staoles, fully equalled the expw and witn cneaper inooui extension of the company ram- The Brewebs' Exhibition. A meeting of brewers interested in the annual Brewery Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the London Chamber of Commerce, to discuss the advisableness of the exhibition being held every three years instead oi annually. Mr H.

J. Worssam (Messrs G. J. Worssam SonsJ'presided. After discussion, the question whether tbe exhibition should be held triennially or annually was put from the chair.

Sixtaen voted for the triennial show and three against. Several members did not vote. Mr system, the outlook is very directors see no reason to Tll-tf that the territories wm the administration of the comnaiiv from your irgrrmoireer. next few years be regarueu valued of English colonial possessiou-- tory of the Regiment," which cannot fail to prove of great interest to the present as well as to the past members of the Third Lanark. Edinburgh.

Dean op Guild Gocbt. At the Edinbure-h Dean of ftnftrJ Court yesterday Dean carried out conscientiously, liberally, freely we iiave endeavoured tosgivethera the blessings which we ourselves enjoy and it is Rn extravagant and, I think, even an absurd view to take of our relations to these great dependencies, to say that they are to be permitted, they being under our control, to feepermitted to erectthose barriers, those commercial barriers, between us and them which foreign nations lave the right, -and unfortunately do exercise the rcrht, to raise between our manufacturers and their consumers, and which are the great danger ihreatening the British in dustnes stead. (Cheers.) Therefore, while I repudiate with indignation the notion that we are to take a selfish, a purely selSsn -view of our relations, either to India or to any other of our dependencies which are subject to us as India is, it is ridiculous to say that English interests are never to be considered, that the English producer is the jjersoawho has never to lift up his voice, that the English manu-; Sacturer is the man who should be dumb nnder every cireuenstauces, no matter wiiaS is done. (Cheers.) Having laid down theso sro principles, I lay down a third, and the third Price said that as the vhole of the exhibitors had not been invited the meeting was merely a hole-and-corner gathering. Mr Roberts Rvrrw Fatal Accident.

loss to know how to answer this, as it involves a judgment upon a great many excellent and perfectly honest politicians. Everybody has a right in this country, which is a free "country, to belong to what party he likes every party ought to be an independent party. I have no objection to a Labour party, but froin what I can leairf of the actual programme, so far as I can understjind it, of the Independent Labour party, it is not irj my power to give my assent to the various objects of which the programme consists, and I dissent from it, not in the interest of one class or another, not in the interests of capital, not in the interests of land, not this, that, or the other interest. I dissent from that, fundamentally in the interests of the great labouring population themselves, who after all are the great majority of this country, an'd whose interests ought to be first. (Cheers.) It is because I think that their interests would not merely not be furthered by carrying out that programme, but because, on the cuntrary, any attempt seriously to' carry them into law must inevitably produce such istv to trade, mwU itsiswwi vi isQHslry, of Guiid MUlec presiding in aU fifteen applica Reference is marie to the losses and gains in the battalion durintr the vear.

and the an unmarried, man, 35 yeao Sween, residing at the Joint Lmeat Lugton, killed. It was M'Sween's duty part of the line More any of senger trains passed, and it is suPPdrtSS1! pointed out that the meeting was intended for the members of the brewers' section, and they were not obliged to invite showcard-makers and "ganger pop" manufacturers. He moved the formation of a committee consisting of the chairman and 10 other members with a view to taking into consideration the desirableness of holding the exhibition trienniaily, and to report to a subsequent meeting. The motion was aeqonded by Mr O'Neill, tions were made. Six warrant were Kramea, ana these included alterations W.

B. "Cowan at Sl'Kudcleuch Street, and alterations by the North British Kailsvayoa a shop fronti at 29 Lothian Koad. An interim warrant; was granted to Mr jVlTadseapj who appeared for Adamson's Trustees, for the removal oi fehe eorth gable of a tenement at 52 Minto Street C. BxAJOAUSit Oa's Circular-Pointed Peas write as smoothly as a lead pencil, and neither scratch nor apart the poet laureate of the corps sings sweetly of the victories of his comrades at Darnley and Bisley. A chatty and delightful article reveals a little of the inner life of shooting as seen by the markers fn the trenches, and the editor publishes a correspondence with'she War Department in reference to the lowering of the price of ammunitioa.

"All; will regret that the friendly letters have not been I front of the irisrs Cotisns. -innnenza. Cousta. Believes lostanuy. Coughs.

Sfe and Reliable. Coughs. Established 70 sears. Coughs. Kefuse Cous'ns.

Sold by Chemists. floulifL Trade Mark. Powell's Balsam of Aafcecd; Powell's Balaam of Aaiseed. Powell's Balsam of Powell's Balsam Aoiseed, Powell 'b Balsam of Aniseed. Powell's Halsam of Aniseed.

Powell's Balsam of Aniseed. avoid another train comin redirection. Tie remains were at DELICIOUS MAZAWATTEE TBAS. BBLICIOTJS TEAS. PEIilCIQIK MAZAWATTEB TEAS.

At 16, mV, S1. SUO, livr iiWSas and the relatives ot me Coughs. Lion, Ket, Moas. and agreed to, and the compAitteti having been I more effectual. PoweU'B Bajsanj Of Aniseed, The shooting recoras are, asusuai communicated ftiih.

full of interest, and hitvo' been compiled with the. (Ujprrwis j. lay oown sa tills. Was tnera a so aSSg.LHttKS95 BSC BSjK, WUEa VttKii.