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GLASGOW HJSRALJ0, MONDAY 3S93 SECOND EDITION, Hkbald Office, 5.15 a.k. of aa Of all queer boons tne ss! xuxmiw in Carlton Jail, Edin disasters have been most frequent the tnl two-emmence evu localities which hold an evil of "ibis tSorougbJy fed Bill into an ARCHD. FRASER SON, ierranean, is delayed at Spithead. The steamer Hampshire has gone ashore at Gurnard's Head, St Ives, and only one man has been saved out of a crew of THE MIDLAND SETTLEMENT. APPEAL BY P8SS1IEHT OF MINERS' F93ATiSN.

Mi-Pickard, reached Barnsley from the Rosebery Conference on Saturday ngn, was heartily congratulated. Referring to the refusal of tlT maSe-ent at the West End CoUiery (Moriey) not allowing resumption of work at the old rates, said it slewed a direcc violation of the arrangements made by the conference As one of the party who signed- the agreement, he caLed upon the secretary of the West Yorkshire owners to wire instructions to those masters to aUow the men to resume work on the old terms. Mr Pickard said he hoped that no owner, wnatever THE help the needy-whether these attend church j.s not. If this policy is founded on the hope churches will be better filled by con- sistently following itnobody will grudgesuch appropriate reward falling to well-doers. One reason that may make the promoters the present movement hopeful is found in fact that in an unobtrusive fashion the organisation of women workers has already made considerable progress within the Established Church.

The professional with pious phrases and wholly unpractical, has of recent years bean sharing fortunes of her kinswoman Mrs Gamp, and tending towards extinction. Deaconesses duly accredited, and distinguished by an attire suggestive their vocation, after the manner of the conventional white tie affected by their male colleagues, have been playing their parts in poverty-stricken places. No one will grudge these devotees a distinctive and becoming when it is remembered that the wearer it finds from experience that she is able to visit the most dubious localities at all hours without the slighest fear of insult or molestation. This tribute paid from most unlikely quarters to the charitable side of Church operations ought to be. the strongest incentive to perseverance in the path that has been opened up.

As we understand the appeal made by DrMacleod, it is intended that agencies of this character shall be multiplied extended over the whole country. An institution connected with the Established Church alrep.dy exists, in which female missionaries go through a course of training the duties which they mean to undertake, and where in particular they taught the art of nursing. The Home Mission Committee believe that through this institution a supply qualified women workers can at once bo found, and they hope, by mean3 of grants, to encourage the extensive employment of these of others whom they deem duly qualified. Macleod, as convener of the Home Mission Committee, may be congratulated on opening a promising field. A complaint has sometimes been made that the Church in its eagerness to demonstrate strength has created too many pauper parishes.

That policy is longer pursued except within reasonable limits. The addition it is proposed to make to the agencies of such parishes can scarcely fail to act as a tonic to parochial system, which is the best vindication of the continued existence of Church or Scotland. It is worth noticing that in America, where Presbyterianism bulks largely, on paper at least, the services of women have of late been greatly in request. Hart- College, in Connecticut, which trains a large number of young for the ministry, has now arranged department in which young women receive instruction in the subjects appropriate to a theological course, in virtue of which they finally proceed to a divinity degree. is done with the avowed intention that students so trained may in due time act "assistant ministers" or "clergy-women." The folk who point to the United States as the field in which the triumph of Voluntaryism has been demonstrated do not to give prominence to the fact that the supply of ministers in country parts there falls lamentably short of the existing number of charges.

Education in schools has, in America, passed largely into the hands of women, and in the case of the Churches there appears to be a decided drift in the same direction. In the Board schools of Scotland the certificated mistress seems to be rapidly taking the place the male assistant, but there is no sign of dearth of men willing to fill Scottish pulpits The embarrassment of all the home Churches arises rather from the difficulty experienced in cutting down the of candidates for the ministry. Women, indeed, are now freely admitted to the Universities, but they are not as yet knocking at the doors of the Divinity Halls. It may be assumed that the Glasgow Professor Church History would relish their presence the capacity of "regular" students in his class-raom as little as on a political platform. Nothing, however, is asked for now beyond recognition and regulation of services which women are peculiarly suited to render, and which both the Church and society may gratefully receive attheir hands.

DrMacleod entitled to expect both sympathy and support in his philanthropic undertaking. Now that the great storm has to all appearance come to an end, its cost must be counted. This, however, is a matter of some difficulty. When hurricanes are limited particular districts, it is easy enough to sum up their ravages, but the gale of Friday night and Saturday appears to have extended over the whole of the United Kingdom. From all parts of the country east and west, north and south reports are published this morning, indicating its widespread and devastating nature.

But their tale of disaster, serious as it is, cannot yet be looked upon as by any means complete. will be days, perhaps weeks, before the full details can be ascertained. At present the loss of life is estimated at more than two hundred, while the damage to property both on sea and land is simply incalculable. Large numbers of vessels have been wrecked on almost every part of our seaboard. Many of our railway systems have been blocked, more especially in the North of Scotland, where there took place heavy falls of snow.

Telegraph and telephone lines have come to grief. Several church spires and chimney stalks have been thrown down. In more than one case darkness has fallen upon towns, in consequence of accidents to the gasworks, and generally great havoc has resulted from the gale, which, taking the country al! over, is believed to be the most severe experienced since the hurricane of December, 1879, which led to the fall of the Tay Bridge. It seems, moreover, to have been'preceded, as most of our notable storms are, by terrible weather in tie Atlantic. All the incoming steamers have in consequence had protracted voyages.

Even the liner Lneania. which holds the record of the Eastern passage, has been very much delayed. Instead of accomplishing the voyage in five days and a half, she only reached Qneenstown on Saturday morning, snore than twenty-four hours late. Captain Mackay, whose experience of the Atlantic is probably unrivalled, declares that he never met with a more violent tempest, a statement which meets with confirmation from one of the passengers, who has crossed to and fro on a hundred occasions. At times huge seas broke mercilessly over the gigantic steamer.

Some of the saloon cabins were flooded through the ventilators, and several of the voyagers were more or less seriously injured. The fimK lomTOr. that the Lucania and other ocean liners have passed scatheless through such a hurricane speaks volumes for the stoutness of their construction and the skilful manner in which they are navigated. Though most of our coasts bear evidence Jof tlrn damage caused vue storm. i iHe'f by "Anatomy is sno of its very 'P Sav as a ceilto or a nau-aigeswu wu place book it is worthless, and the reader i i will b9 at a loss to nna many original power and spirit which Dr Johnson professed to discover in its pages.

The sage of Bolt Court must have been in one of his i 1m ilblirprfw? that -paradoxical moans sentence, for in tne same ore marked that the work was perhaps overloaded with quotations." A book can hardly, be "overloaded" with what forms its essence and staple, and in Burton the. author's own words are simply the mertar that holds together the stones quarried from the Oxford bookshelves. It is the piling together of these stones that makes the interest of the work the structure itself is rude and inelegant enough, but there is a kind of mosaic of odd and inexhaustible interest in the materials snat lorm w.w-a. The strange anecdotes, the solemn and antique opinions, never fail to fascinate us, and the roll of learned names wmcn are heard in perpetual citation has an indubitable charm for the ear. The book, of course, is much more than its title promises its scope includes all things in heaven above and in the earth beneath.

It ranges from divinity to medicine and from demonology to physics, and darkens every topic with the dicta of Cardan and Avicenna Co. A better example could not well be had of the mere accumulation of opinions of the ancients and the learned which passed for knowledge in the tw centuries that followed the Renaissance. Burton's erudition is simply a heaping un authorities without the least attempt at a critical examination of them. He believes in witches, because, though Ewichius and Euwaldus deny them, yet Austin and Hemingius and Chytraeus are on the other side. Similarly he has faith in astrology, and, if either Sextus Entpiricus, Picus Mirandula, Sextus ab Heminga, Pererius, Erastus, Chambers, have so far prevailed with any.

man that he will attribute no virtue at all to the heavens or sun or moon more than he doth to their signs at an innkeeper's post or tradesman's shop," such an one is referred to Bellaatius, Pirovanus, Marascallerus, Goclenius, and After that, of Sir Christopher Heidon. course, there is no more to be said; one cannot stand up against a squadron of names like these. Burton lived in a dark and dusty wona oi uooks, ana peruaps jib is. lus Dest wnen singing tne praise vi tuem, extolling the "vast tomes extant in law, physic, and divinity for pleasure, profit, practice, speculation," and going into raptures over the "many great libraries full well uniished like so many dishes of meat served out for several palates." One likes to think ef him poring over a volume of Olaus Magnus or Cornelius Agrippa in his rooms at Christ Church, or revelling among i. -i-il J.

T-3l' I tne treasures oi cpo jimUo pu. it is a pity that he did not take more i TMB COVBT. Windsor, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome) and Princess Beatrice, with her children, arrived at the Castle at a quarter-past sine o'clock morning from Balmoral. Her Majesty went out, attended by Miss M'Neill.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany, attended by the Hon. Mrs R. Moreton, visited the Queen, and remained to luncheon. The Queen received yesterday at Aberdeen the sad intelligence of the death of Prince Alexander of Battenberg, Count Harteaau, watch deeply grieved Her Majesty. The Queen had great regard and admirtion for this distinguished and amiable Prince.

Prince Henry of Battenberg started yesterday for Gratz, where Prince Alexander The Queen and the Royal Family and the members of the Housahold attended divino service in the private chapel this morning. The Very Rev. tie Dean of Windsor officiated. Rectorial Electioh at Aberdeen. The election ef Lord Rector of Aberdeen University took place in Marischal College buildings on Saturday forenoon.

The nominees; were the Marquis of Huntly (who has been Rector for the past three years) and Mr William Alexander Hunter, LL.D., M.P. for North Aberdeen. The contest was neither political nor personal, but turned mainly on a question of university organisation, Mr Hunter having promised to support the "centralisation of the classes" at Marischal College, whereas Lord Huntly has in the Court advocated the retention of the greater part of the Arts classes at King's College. Then Lord Huntly has distinguished himself by constant attendance at the meetings of the University Court, and his supporters contended that Mr Hunter, however willing to follow that example, would be prevented, by his Parliamentary duties from doing it. The voting was by nations, the nations being four in number Mar (Aberdeen and adjoining parishes), Buchan (the remainder of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire), Moray (all Scotland north of Banffshire), and Augus (all other parts not included in any of the three previous nations).

The voting re sulted as tollows Huutij. 124 100 Hunter. 85 76 4S Mar Buchan Moras AnfUS 317 SS2 Lord Huntly had thus a majority in three nations, and was thereby elected be had also a majority of 95 the total votes recorded. The full voting strength of the nations was' 738; the total votes given numbered 599, so that 139 voters were absent. A torchlight procession was held in the evening, the success of which was greatly interfered with by the stormy weather.

The following is the list of Rectors since the fusion" of the two colleges I860. S. F. Haitians (afterwards Lord Barcsjlelt 1S43. Earl Russell.

1866. M. E. Grant Buff, SLP. 1869.

M. E. Grant VmS, MVP. 1872. Professor Hmley.

1673. W. E. Forster, M.P. 1878.

Earl of Rosebery. 18S1. Alexander Bam, LLJ. 13S4. Alexander Bain, J.L.1.

1887. G. J. Goschen, M.P. 1890.

Mamobof Huntly. A Glasgow Will. The personal ef the late Mr George Mill Koss, wareaov 'man. who resided at 1SS Langside Road, has been returned at 1 (26. Roy al College op Petsictaks, Edinbukgh.

We understand that Irrotessor fcairaner, ot Glasgow, will in all probability be elected presi- i dent of this college. The IirrEENATiosAL Mawttjiz Congebss. Messrs Unwin Brothers, Pilgrim London, have just published tie minutes of pro ceedings or this ijongress, wikhtos piace, is will be in London in July last. The papers read in the four sections are printed in separate volumes, and with each are fairly full reports of the discussions. In the which deals with shipbuilding and eirgineering there are papers on Steam Communication with the Continent," by Mr A.

E. Seaton-r on "Ocean Passenger Steamers," by Professor Biles; on "Marine Boiler Construction," by Mr Stromeyer and "On' Shipowners and Shipbuilders in their Technical Relationships, and Sme Points of Interest for their Mutual Consideration," by Mr A. Denny." CHBTSAKTHsanm Snow at the Botasio Gabdeks. Mr Dewar, the cuator of the Botanic Gardens, had on viewos Saturday and Sunday a show of chrysanthemums in tho Kibble Palace. the exhibition wia necessarily liraitediin ex tent.

made as excellent display of the material ,7. 1 rPk. nn.J the. nrance to the Palace was reocisiittraed for the purpose, and plants were built upon it in The passages, also, were lined with tbe favourite flowers. Altogether about 600 plants were shown, comprising about 50 varieties, At this time of the year, when there is practically nothing else in Sower, the cbrysscthemum bloom looks particularly brilliant its contrast the surrounding greens.

The public patronised the exhibition in large numbers, and showed their appreciation of the efforts of the eunitor to, popularise the majrnificeiit glass honses ia the Botanic Gardens. It is roughly estimated tfeat on Bator-day 13,000, persons visited tbe Kibble Palace and on Sunday 17,000. On the. opening day the additional attraction of -amuaed promanade by the band of the Black Watch was provided. The popular band discoursed music in tbe' Kibbk Palace from two till four o'ciack, kutdly giving their services for an extra half hoar owing to the thorough appreciation of the visitors.

Besides the chrysanthemum show, the orchids and eatnelias, which are fBIblm.Hraifid lOTriffarahfa Aftienfriaa, was served on Monson burgh, late on Saturday night. It proceed in the usual way at the instance oi wi Advocate, and is directed againa. -John Monson, prisoner in the prison of Edin burgh, and Edward Sweeney alias Scott, sometime residing at Ardlamont House, parish of Kilfinan, Argyllshire," and charges them first, with endeavouring to drown young Hamhrough in Ardlamont Bay on tn evening oE 9th August last and secondly, with having murdered Hambrough on the morning ot tne 10th August by shooting him ina wood neat Ardlamont House. Annexed to the indictment is a list of productions to be founded on by tne Crown and a list of witnesses. The productions are nearly SCO in number, among them being tne famous rowan tree, a skull, and part of a boat.

The list of witnesses contains HO names. ine pleading diet is in the Edinburgh SheniF House upon the 25th and the trial in the on 12th December. The counsel for the defence are Mr Conine Thomson, Mr John Wilson, and Mr William Eindlav, the young Glasgow Advocate who joined the bar last year after a distinguished iiniversity career at Edinburgh and Heldel-berS- Mb Georgh Gbossmtth at ras Rooms. -Mr George Grossmith had a nattering reception on the occasion of his reappearance as the Queen's Rooms on Saturday afternoon, ihe hall was crowded to excess, and the warmth ot his welcome must have given him pleasing propt of his popularity in the city. Since he was iast with us Mr Grossmith has been to America, where his unique and picturesque recitals have captivated the public taste no less completely Wn side of the water.

He tells ns that he has only one impression of America, and that is that he is going back next January, it we may use the metaphor, this brief announcement terse, and indeed epigramatic, in form, is itself a choice bit of art of the impressionist type vivid in colour and infinite snggestive-ness. Bat despite its elegance it conveys only a partial truth, for Mr Grossmith bas a great deal to say of America and its people, and he says it in his own inimitably delightful way He is not merely a refined humorist and skilful entertainer, he is a keen observer, and, taking as Ilia texts, what are, after all, but everyday commonplaces of socia. and public life, he places them under the lens ot his dexterous raillery, or of his simple and not too logical philosophy, and so provides all sorts and conditions of people with a variety of opportunities of seeing tbejgplves as others see them. If his wit is alwayagjimble and his sarcasm sharply pointed, his -shafts are never aimed to wound, and those who are likely to relish his hamour most are just those own experience enables them to appreciate it most highly. Across the Atlantic Mr Grossmith has acquired a wealth cf material with which to charm his audiences, and his monologue on How I discovered America willlong remain one of the most amusing items in his wonderfully rich and varied collection.

A special feature in the sketch is a bright, and, from a musical point of view, an exceedingly clever travesty of The Paderewski Craze." It shows Mr Grossmith at his best both a3 a mimic and a musician, and the pleasure it affords is in no small measure intensified by the knowledge that it has received the sanction of the master-pianist himself. The programme on Saturday also included a new sketch called "The Art of Entertaining," and a selection of humorous illustrations and imitations. Mr Grossmith will give another recital on Wednesday evening. Mas Disowned at Greenock. On Saturday morning the body of a seaman wan got in the basin at the entrance to the James Watt Dock, and was removed to the police mortuary.

It is supposed to be that of Thomas Hstnlin, boatswain cf the steamer Europa, who went amissing on 27th October. Haniin belonged to Newry. T.THTPI Lifeboat Sattjhtiay JTokd. The following -r been received Charl Tennant. 20: Charles Tennant 10; per Alex.

Barr. 42 Bath Street. 10 15s per Miss S. Hodsert. 462 Rutherglen Koad, los per Miss Miry Tsherweod, 16 Gilmour Street, 2 3s Id per Miss R.

Wallace, 4 Adelphi Street, S.S., 15s lid. Death in a Police Cem. Early yesterday morning a labourer named Bernard Hassan, 37 years of age. was found dead in one of the cells of the Southern Police Office, Glasgow. Shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday night Hassan was r.

a. Miar of drunkenness, and although he was seen on several occasions by the turnkey, James Ferguson, nothing nnusual was noticed. Oh Dr Chalmers making his usual visit about one o'clock yesterday morning Hassan was lying dead in his cell. The doctor mads an external examination of the body, but did not certify the cause of death. Serious Railway Accident.

Yesterday morning a travelling tailor named Patrick Malone, 60 years of age, was discovered by William Allan, railway guard, lying on the Caledonian Railway about 100 yards south of Bridge Street Station, Glasgow. Both feet were fearfully mutilated, and it isconjectured thatMalone wasknocked down and run over by ao engine or train. The injured man was placed on an engine ad taken to the Centra! Station, and thence to the Koyal Infirmary in an ambulance waggoa. Malone stated that hs was intoxicated on Saturday night, and was nnabl to say how he got on to the railway or met with the accident. He bad intended proceeding to Greenock, He was married, but had not seen his wife since he left her in Manchester nine years ago.

At the infirmary it, was found that Malone had sustained a compound fracture of both feat, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Fatal Vas Accident neae On Saturday night an accident, attended with fata! results, occurred near Ayr Road Station. Andrew Jardine, vanman with Mr Eadie, baker, LarkfaaH, bad been going round his customers atCorneiiloch Colliery Rows, and cc coming on to the Edinburgh and Ayr Road the wheel of the van came in contact with a large stono jutting oat from the roadside, and the van was upset. Jardine was thrown to the ground, his skull being fractured by the fall. The tram of the van fell on his arm and pinned him to the ground.

He was shortly afterwards discovered by a boy passing, who took the ip.ws of tbe acciden to Ayr Koad Station, and the stationmaster relieved tbe unfortunate man from his position and had him couveyed home. DrLyon night Jardine became unconscious and died between five and six o'clock yesterday worning. Deceased was a steady, experienced man, and highly respected in the town. He leaves a widow arid two young children. Educational Institute.

Glasgow Local A-ssociATMjr. Tho monthly meeting was held in the hall of the Philosophical Society on Saturday at noon Mr Eindlay, president, in the chair. The meeting was entirely devoted to business. Tbe first subject was a discussion on a draft bill on tenure of office for teachers sent down by the fe'neral meeting to the local associations. By the ill any teacher may be removed from his office in the following manner: 1st, For immoral conduct or cruel or improper treatment of his scholars by the judgment of the Sheriff of the county, whose decision shall be final; 2d, for incompetency or unfitness or inefficiency a teacher's dismissal by a School Board shall not have effect until confirmed by the Education Department.

Along with the draft bill of the General Committee was an alternative by Mr Macarthur, in which it is proposed to make the Education Department the court of appeal in ali cases of dismissal. After discussion and division it was resolved that this association thanks the General Committeef or bringing forward a teimre of office bill, but whilst welcoming any solution of the question, the opinion is that effort should be directed towards a favourable modification of tbe Mtiudella Act, so that tbe majority necessary for legal dismissal shall be two-thirds of the whole Board. It wa3 felt that the granting of superannuation to teachers, which had been favourably received by both political parties, would practically secure teachers in office, and that there is little hope for the speedy passing of such a bill as tne tieaerai isommittee nas suo-mitted. Thereafter the proposed alterations oa the roles were considered, the chief point in which is the establishment of a. defence fund.

For this purpose the meeting proposed that 1000 of the funds of tbe institute be set apart. Laegs. Fatal Accident to a Solicitor. Mr James Patrick, solicitor, Largs (of the firm of Patrick Wood), died on Saturday morning from trieeSects of an accident on Friday afternoon. Mr Patrick, it aaid, intended having a days shootiag oh Saturday, and in anticipation of this he was engaged in cleaning bis gua within his own house, Seafleld Villa, Largs, on Friday afternoon.

He was unaware that the piece wag loaded, and in working with it he accidentally dischargtd it, the contentsofthecartrideeenterinffhis bodv. Medical aid was at once sent for, and DrsCaskie and Moves were soon inattendarice. Their skill wasunavailmg, however, and Mr Patrick died about five o'clock on Saturday morning. The deceased eentleman was a native of Dairy. He was admitted as a procurator in lobo, in wluca year be came to Largs, being appointed Procurator-Fiscal of the Justice of Peace Court for the Lares district of Ayrshire in succession to Mr Mercer.

His career as a lawyer was a very' successful one, and he was regarded as one of the most abls practitioners in the district. In 1882 Mr Patrick opened a branch in Glasgow, and in 1885 he assumed Mr Wood as partner! The firm hold the office of ttwnclerks of Millport, and collectors of the parochial rates and ubollectors of comity rates, Mr Patrick retained the office of rrocnrator-Fiscal 6 the J.P, Court doring his whole professional career his partner, Mr Wood, beiug latterly associated with him in that office. He was also the first procurator of the Burgh Court, as office now held by Mr Wood. The deceased was clerk to the heritors, of the parish at the time of bis death, and clerk to the busying ound offices which he has held for many years, a took a strong interest in all public affairs, both imperial and local, and was a keen partisan. He was a member of the first School Board of Largs, and also served at ons time as a Commissioner of Polic for the burjtjh.

He was a Conservative in politics, aDd hisfirm'aeted 'as partjr agents for the district. He was an indefatigable worker foi kis party. Mr Patrick was very fond of outdoor sports, such as bowling, shooting, His many friends held him in tbe warmest esteem and affection, and his sad death has evoked many expressions of sympafiiy. Mr Patrick was some 'roats. over 50.

aud leaves s. widow, irtrt so famihb- localities wnicn noia an theanna.oftheWreekRste, Aboard pre-eminence theaimalsoftheWre6Kegister. meseaDoara of Banffshire, for example, was on Saturday the scene of three casualties. In connection with two of them any loss of life was averted by means of gallant efforts on the part of those who have charge of the lifeboats and rocket apparatus. In the third case, howeverthat of a large steamer, thought to be the Moray there seems too much reason to fear that all board perished.

On the rockbound coasts of the Pentland Firth and of Orkney and Shetland several- shipwrecks also occurred. Vessels in the Firths of Forth and Tay have by no means escaped unharmed. The Tay, indeed, presents a somewhat serious record, two vessels having driven ashore, and one of the wrecks being attended by the loss of four lives. On the most exposed portions of the English coast the losses sustained by shipping were equally severs. The shores between the North and South Foreland are stated to be strewn with wreckage, while the dreaded Goodwins, on which so many vessels have foundered, had an addition made on Saturday to the list of its disasters.

All the Channel steamers had fearful passages, the sufferings of those on board being described as painful in the extreme. From the Welsh coast comes a remarkable illustration of the violence of the gale. It is to the effect that the waves frequently broke over the Menai Straits lighthouse, a structure which stands sixty fest above the level of the sea at high tide. As some vessels ere reported to have struck on the Flattens Rock, at the entrance to Holyhead harbour, it may be hoped that some action will soon be taken with the object of clearing away this obstruction to navigation. It is well known that the London and North-Western Railway Company have frequently approached the Board of Trade with the object of joint measures being adopted for the removal oi the reef.

Hitherto the authorities have remained obdurate, but the evidence furnished on Saturday as to the dangers attending the rock ought to prove conclusive on the point. The Irish csasts suffered the full force of the gale, At Londonderry the quay land- ing stage were swept away, while a steam ferryboat was sunk in the river. A still more melancholy disaster took place off Mfilin Head, a barque bound for the Clyde foundering and seven of the crew being i drnwned. These catastrophes, moreover, are only typical of numerous others occurring at many points from Cape Wrath to the Land's End cn the Western coast, and from the Pentland Firth to the Thames on the Eastern coast. Nor have shiDoins casualties been confined to our seaboard, two steamers having been overpowered and sunk in such a well- Wected lake as Windermere.

As regards other accidents in the inland districts of the HiBiV niimhflr is legion. Houses have been unroofed, sheds, spires, and chimney stalks blown clown, telegraph and telephone wires destroyed, roads rendered impassable by snsw drifts, and railway communication impeded. In connec tion with many of these events, there has unfortunately been great loss of life, along with injuries which may in several eases prove fatal. The railway block, attended with the greatest amount of inconvenience, happened on the Highland system. Whilst the gale was at its height a goods train from Inverness to Perth came into collision near Killiecrankie with a huge tree that had been blown- across; the -line.

Nearly the whole of the trucks left the metals, all traffic being completely stopped both up and down. Some workmen despatched by special train to repair the damage encountered a series of unpleasant adventures on their way, and it was not until a late hour on Saturday night that the line could be cleared. The delay was to a large extent due to the heavy snowfall which accompanied the gale in the North. No snowstorm has yet taken place in the West of Scotland, but judging from present meteorological conditions it may come soon. If, moreover; our weather prophets axe to be credited, the first winter gale which has just spent its fury on sea and land will be followed by others no less severe.

It remains to be seen whether any greater faith is to be placed in these forecasts than in others which emanate from kindred sources. According to all past experience, however, we are uouuu pay during the months of December and January for the phenomenally fine weather that prevailed in the summer and autumn. If only the editor of the new edition of the "Anatomy of Melancholy, which is announced by a firm of London publishers, keeps his promise, he will deserve to be ranked a3 the most conrageeus and indus trious of his kind. He has undertaken, we are told, to verify every one of Burton's myriad quotations, a task from which former editors of the work have not unnaturally: shrunk. Carlyle used to strain all the, resources of his vocabulary in complaints as to the toils of his research among the relics of Cromwell and Frederick but even the worst of his buckwashing must have been child's play compared with the task which the Rev.

Mr Shilleto has essayed, and even, it is said, performed. Imagination quails at the idea of following the track of Demo-critus Junior through- "the voluminous tomes of Galen, Areteus, Rhasis, Avicenna, Alexander, Paulas Etias, Gordonerius, and those exact Neoterics, Savonarola, Capi-vaccius, Denatus Altomarus, Hercules de Saxonia, Mercurialis, Victorius Faven- tinus, Weaker, Piso, To any ordinary man the consequence of such an attempt would probably be that he would sink into a condition of mind like that of Burton himself, who, after his book had been written, never smiled again," save when he listen to the ribaldry of the Oxford bargees. And no -wonder either the com-paxry of Feraelios and Fuachius, and all those other gentlemen with Latin names, must have been just about as enlivening as a hare or the melancholy of Moor-ditch. Poor Burton, it is true, was never a very cheerful person, and his natural disposition to dumps and dolefnlness was not at all mitigated by a sedentary life and the task of bolting the Bodleian. They say that it was i order to get rid of his melancholy that he set himself to anatomise it but, if so, the remedy turned out even worse than the disease.

He has helped others his book was the only one that could get the melancholic Dr Johnsen two hours sooner eut of bed than usual but for himself he was a castaway. For in Oxford it was the general, and not improbable, suspicion tfiat, as Anthony Wood charitably puts he had "sent bis soul to Heaven, through a slip about his neck," and that so was to be explained the ambiguous i sentence on his tombstone, Oat vitam dedit tt mortem MdaneMta. About the vita, at anyrate, thera is no question whatever gave Barton his death, it is melancholy that has given bis name a Jifewbickaasamises to be as ianK as that of THE DISASTROUS STORM, LATEST ESTIMATEJF LIVES LOST. The Press Association, telegraphing at raid, night, states that the total number livy actually known have been lost during thj gale, according to messages received up ts hour, is 134. This-, however, does not the crews of vessels unknown which are re.

ported to have been seen to founder, so that a yery moderate estimate may place the IosaoJ life at least at -200, irrespective of the boat belonging to various tishiijg fleets, of which na definite news can hope to be received ior several days. THE ST IVES CATASTROPHE. The loss of the steamer Hampshire is bj iaj the most serious catastrophe in this district, 1 yesterday morning the ccast-'uardsm stationed at Gurnard's Read were surprised ta find at their door a stranger who implored tor shelter. He was found to be Mr James Swan, son, chief officer of the Hampshire. Without waiting to hear more than that the rasa feared his comrades had perished clsse to him, the coastguard scoured the coast but without success all that conld be founi were the remains of a boat and a few life-buoys and life-belts.

Mr Swanson was himself terribly battered, and suffering intense pain. He "We left Liverpool on Thursday afteraooa about four o'clock, and by midnight had met with strong weather off Holyhead. On Satur. day evening we were due north of Gcndrevy Light about nine miles, and were then in a very bad condition. A spare shaft which we had bolted up got loose and fractured a plate below the water line.

The Captain and I had arranged to run her on the sand and beach her at the most favourable opportunity. By seven o'clock one of the ship's boats was torn amy with its davits, and smashed to pieces. In another two hours our ship was we had two boats ready. Four men accompanied one two firemen, an able seaman, and the boatswain. There were thus 17 men waiting to go off in the captain's lifeboat.

I saw the captain's beat lowered, but I cannot say whether she was ever cast off from the ship. It was about two o'clock Then we first canght sight of land. Our boat was then drifting rapidly towards the recks, and we used every effort to keep at sea until the morninj, bu' a heavy sea struck us, and turned her clean over in a moment, and we were all struggling in the water. Soon after I got in the water my life buoy got riown round my and canted me over, head downwards. I gave up all hopes then of Earing myself, but after a moment I gave one final kick, and luckily succeeded in getting rid of the encumbrance.

I should think I was at least 50 yards from the beach. I then secured a piece of the boat which floated past me, bat something struck me on the head aud knocked me senseless. I remember nothing more until I got ashore. I managed to scramble upon the beach, and up the face of the steep cliff to the coastguard house." Mr Swanscn's story leaves no room for deubt that all the men iiava perished. THE STSSfASRSAB.

(standard telecram.) Paris, November 19, Night. A storm of exceptional violence was blowing in the Channel last night. At Cherbourg all the vessels composing the North Sea Squadron goS up steam fearing their moorings would give way. TheEngish scheonerTrois Jeannes, Swansea, bound from London tp Liverpool, was driven by the gale as far as Carteret, and went ashore about three miles from that port. The crew of this vessel was saved by the Carteret lifeboat.

The brig Marie, of Nantes, broke away from her anchor chains, and went ashore in front of the Cherbourg seabathing establisnment. The crew escaped in one of the ship's boats. The sama accident happened at Cherbourg to the coasting vessel Marie Reine du Ciel, of which the crew was also saved. The English three-masted vessel Alpha, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, went ashore eIo3e to the BarSeur semaphore, but the crew was saved. A steamer supposed to be English, is now ashore near the St Aubin Semaphore, and near Cape Levy, between Vrasville and Eetoville.

A Iar" steamer with a yellow funnel is ashore. Dunkirk, November 19, Night. A violent storm, with a tremcndus sea, raced here last nisht and this morning. 'J he statue of Victory surmounting the column, which was erected a few months ag to commemorate the Battle of Hondeschoote, was blown down. A ship is reported asnore at Gravelines, and several bodies have been cast ashore.

(BETTTEa'S TELEGRAM. Calais, November 19. A terrific gale has been blowing since yesterday and tbe Continental lines are interrupted. Twenty-two fishing boats are ashore oa this coast, and 13 men have perished. 'Paisley.

Destbucttve Fakm Fibe. About twelve o'clock on Saturday it was discovered that one of the stacks in the yard at Blackball Farm, occupied by Mr David Hiddell, was on brt. A very high wind was blowing at the time, and be; fore the Fire Brigade arrived about 30 stacks 0: hay and corn were in flames. These were -'iKJ. destroyed, and several others were partly bnrnea.

Atonetims the wind earned the flames in the direction of the farm house, but through the efforts of the firemen the buildings were saved. 1M total damage caused is estimated at 1000, wnica is covered by insurance. The Canal Railway runs past the farm-yard, and it is thought that a spars from a passing engine caused the outbreak. Paisley. Hasdel's Messtah.

On Satnrdir 4.T rtiftl. Moll nprfnrmaDOS UJ. uutuuci a u.aiuiiv XT 31'. IVfescioh WiS ffivea Wallneuk Mission Choir, the conwrt Dn fifth of the series, under the auspices of the "WoinftfcrQtawa nnri Town fjouneil. Ineie large attendance.

The choruses were very enr. tivelv rendered by the choir, which is composed of young people, and the principal were Mrs Gibson, soprano Miss J. 2N. Sneaaos, contralto; Mr A. C.

Miller, tenor ana James Flemins, bass. Mr W. Agate, aius. presided at the organ and Air Jau Pattiason, Mus. Bac.

(Cantab), discharged tot duties of conductor in his customary etnciem manner. The concert was a most successful one. Paislet. Lecture et Mr Toji Tom Mann, ot London, lectured on atu.rot;; night in the Town Hall, under tho auspices ot Provident Co-operative Society Educational up partment, on The Abolition of Poverty now do it." There was very large attendance, on which Mr Peter Eadie presided. In tne -his lecture, Mr Mann said he was deeply and tinuousiy persuaded that the poverty problem i the all-important question of our time agreed with those who contended that all she political, social, and religious problems wereUvK.7 insiimificant when put bv the side of the problem.

Some people said p- couttt not do soiveo, cus did not agree. It was but natural that should be some laggards, the race would s1 the swift and the battle to the strong. he contended, was not caused in conseqae the pressure of population, but because tae pw. that existed brought with them an capacity to produce, and taey were much more enectiveiy man tney Therefore, one of the very best methods they could extricate themselves from po- would be to take such steady, erra. and courageous action as would raise tneir for consuming commensurately with their i ing capacity to produce.

Proceeding, condition of the British elector was talicea -over the land, how he had the power to contro Government of the country. And yet, return to Parliament landlords, interes ods and others who lived off the produce ot we of the land. This was not as it should -JLk trusted the people of Britain would see bu u. ai tnose sooner or uiusj -zwoperJ- hearers who were not trades' unionists or cearers wno were not irauca tors would become sueb at once, not tor of gaining money, but that they migM m.p more unfortunate brethren to better theuv Wh to assist in the solution ot tne grau' i the age tbe abolition of poverty. A'JLji sion of ihe meetisg Mr Mann was hearty vote of thanks.

Moonlighting in Irelakd. The 0f at Killamey have received lnforaw 4 moonliebt outrage near Killarney. lD- the solution of trie greaii j- a woman named xmg was aE(j rc and disguised men. who demanauu ceived ten shillings. They then ieiw t.

At tissue JSiaau. TU Kelt" tb tn RVpnoh. R.M., -l00" was charged with attacking the AwSaXteAgi' a farmer named David Leahy at and navmg nren snots ai jjej fn-the inmates. The accused was returnea Ahsbican and Canadian Meat lawgri foUowing 12 steamers landed, cattle, snr fresh meat at Liverpool during las American and Canadian 685 cattle; the Umbria, with lcS beef the Lake Winnepeg, with 303 Columbian, with 570 cattle and 2096 qn beef tbe British Princess, with 111b oKa. beef; tbe Mongolian, with 298 catfae with S39 cattle and 289 sheep; SbeS; with 425 cattle and 1234 quarters jjsi Pavonia, with 1945 quarters of beef, i of with 360 quarters of beef the BojfUj Saf cattle and 2287 auarters of beef; "i beet-: more, with 396 cattle and V.jj t.i ssflS cattle.

269 mafcmg a total ot 3oo catues ih4 gs quarters of. spared with tn nreosdinz weefi, they snow asd 7S42 ouartea ebullition of spite. But as a matter of fact Mi Chamberlain's attitude to the Bill ifl exactly the same as it was when the measure was introduced and when it was before the Grand Committee. "The main defects of the Bill," he says, "are two. Ia the first place it makes no provision for accidents which do not arise from negligence, but which form nearly one-half of the total accidents which occur in a manufacturing industry.

In the Becond place, it destroys all the existing voluntary insurance arrangements by which employers have in many cases largely contributed, and many of them do provide for every case of accident, and insure to the workmen employed an absolute certainty of compensation without question and without litigation." These have along been Mr Chamberlain's main caarges against the Bill. The first is his own peculiar property its sole weakness is that suggests a policy too large for the grasp of ordinary politician. The second charge of course, that which the Opposition helped a few Radicals to drive nome me other evening in the name of the true principle of democracy. As to the Parish Councils Bin, Mr uuam- berlain simply endorses Mr Balfour's policy, points out calmly and without a suspicion menace what will happen if the Govern ment refuse to make terms with the Opposition in this matter. It is pretty clear that Ministers have not yet discovered the magnitude of their task.

They display remarkable characteristic obstinacy in meeting amendments with a non possum-js and the more Radical the quarter from which an amendmentcomes, the more unyieldingis their opposition to it They are beyond question irritating section of their following, as the cave on the woman suffrage question proved. is no longer possible for the Govern ment to shut their eyes to the fact that it their own supporters who are retarding desiderated rapid passage of the Bill. The Unionist party has of late been conspicuous by its scanty representation both indebate and in the division lists. Radicals are insist upon that minute examination of every detail which they grudged to the Opposition when Home Rule was on the tapis. If, then, ordinary rate of progress of the measure through Committee is likely to be slow, what will it be when we come to that stage at which the George Russell type of discontent must come to a head? Is it altogether, inconceivable that Ministers may, after all, obliged to make a pact with the Opposition to save them from their own friends Stranger things have happened.

However, the meantime Ministers and their more subservient supporters are all firmness. Mr Sye; ow'er is beiiJ2 urced to ape Mr Asquith strenuousness. Compromise is scouted, and number of Bombastes Funosos are i-i, i. dangling the gag betere an that steadfastly refuses to come out and IIEIilt. A loiig-suSenng JUegisiature it.

threatened with the loss cf its Christmas holidays if it will not yield to the anmstenal dictatorship. How childish is all this Was ever Government offered more loyal help by Opposition for the completion of its programme Surely there was never a Cabinet that took an offer of that kind more churlishly. As Mr Chamberlain, puts are strusaline to ob tain a favourable situation before going to a dissolution. The Opposition propose to help them to make two excellent election cries on certain reasonable condi tions. Yet they insist pettishly on the whole their Bills, and nothing but the whole.

they do have recourse again to wholesale closuring, they will certainly create any- thing bufc a "favourable situation for themselves. For it is not iiJeiy uiac tne people- of this country would tolerate the use of the mecuamcai xrisu rush British Bills. It is amusing to note how Mr Harrington at Drogheda yesterday punctuated Mr Chamberlain's remarks on this head. The Anti-Parnellites, who were very fearful of hurting the Government by demanding that the full Irish, representation should be maintained under Home Rule, did not scruple to help the Radicals to defeat the Government on the question of the female voter. Mr Harrington insinuates that the "faction" have been seduced by the blandishments of Radical London society.

The true moral of his tale is that an uninterested, conscienceless party is a standing menace to good legislation and consistent government Br a happv accident the friends of the Church Scotland in Glasgow were able on Friday reply very effectively to the agitators who on the previous evening showed themselves eager to kill the National Church out of pure kindness. The crowded meeting of church women presided over by the Duchess of Montrse pledged itself to the support ot a form of benevolent activity that has rceivl little official recognition within the bounds of Presbyterianism Henceforward qualified women will t.rin ditect sanction of the Church courts, form an integral portion of the ministerial staff in a fully equipped parish. Under various names aud forms, as is well known, temale memoers of the Church have proved themselves a miaister's best assistants in poor and neglected districts in Scotland as well as elsewhere. But there has been a strange hesitation on the part-of Presbyterians to take advantage of and to organise the services of those who without doubt constitute much the larger half of the member-shipf their churches. Perhaps the stern words with which St Paul found it needful to repress feminine zeal may have had something to de with the reluctance Immi shown to look for women's riirhtful place in the ecclesiastical system.

The possibly unreasoning pre-1 judice which has haunted the Jtrotestant mind in all that pertains to nunneries and sisterhoods has assuredly not been without its effect. The- unacknowledged aid which has been rendered to the parochial economy by women's hands in the way of raising money and of personal ministration to i-poor people H34a ny uuv some to rest ana Be tnanKim wren thincs as they are. But many who, like Professor Story, cannot abide political women, would view with unfeigned satisfaction the encouragement and regulation of their activities -within a sphere which is peculiarly their own. It' is refreshing to find the admission made by church leaders that they, too, are heartily weary of conferences about non-churcb-going, and of the endless calculations as to the adherents belonging to this er that particular denomination. Tbe alienation of multitudes from the churches, whatever tie amount as expressed in figures may be, is frankly admitted, and it is likewise owned that this is due more to the church methods that have been followed than to anything else.

Non-rbttreh in(? is now declared not to be a sin so much as a "symptom oi eviis arow" churshes have not set- themselves to cure. A new departure is taken in the rule Venn laid cown tnat it tho broaden dufest- of Christians to RUIW or that an of the the of garb of thus the now and for are of and Dr its no the the ford men a may This the as care of a list of in the is to It WISE MEKCHAKTS, 31 ST T1SCESI PLACE. (ESTABLISHED 1535.) CflOKBKy. JKWRlMais ArrorV.i.VHiaitrrBB. Tin uf seem won one.

CAUTION. GENUINE CHLORODYNR UwU-totnvnRraea for COUGHS. BHoscHms, neubamia. TOOIHACHB. hears on tils Government Stamp the the Inventor.

Br. j. oollis browns. De J. OOiaAS BSOWyg'S CKLOKODYKE.

GKATEFITL. COMTOBT1XG. BREAKFAST SUPPER. BOILING WATEE OR MILK. 3iSGA1, ABISE PEER SBE WEEKLY BBRALD CONTESTS.

CHAMBEELAIX KEDIVIVOS. FEMALE CLEP.ICS. EESCXT3 OS THE STORU. THE AJJATOMY OF MELAKCEOLT. DISASTROUS STORM.

1SS OF TWO HUNDRED UVES. OF SBII-PiXG-GRBAT DAMAGE TO PP.OPXP.IV. TERRIBLE SGEKES ON LftKO ANB SEA. BIOCS ON BIGELAJVD K.i WA Y-A DYEXTUKS OF PASSEXCEES. URD RQBE87S IB EDiNBUfiGH.

ZXEEDOM OP CITY SPEECH TO TEE V0LU8TKKBS. FIRST PACE. Irrss, Furnishings, Jtc. Public Notices. IiOt Stolen Foaai Article: Wanted or ior Rale.

Musical ic. Ltrp-SiKcic Orrinse-, Van-. Isl-ycles Tricycles. fr Sals. 'IVa: i Wiaee.

fcc Mt.c:ilii-,rier,us. notices. Fartncrahipn. General Agencies. SitiTftttonr.

Vuearjt. fiitnatioriB Wanfil. Milliners. Teachers. (lurerne-isca, lie Friva.e Tuition.

Board ami Whines Wanted. Voan! and To L. Houses, Wanted. THinn pa or. Town and Suburban Bowes.

1 raicios. Cnaat and Country Houses. r-ruv-. ty Wanted. Warehouses, Shrii3, To Let.

i to Sell or Let. Country (Toniissa XoLet. I forSale. Gr-nui. raraw to iiel.

Kfii FuraishiDjs, to. Minerals. FOVP.Ttr KtTSIC AXD Tlifl DRAMA. LITEEATliflE. Entertainments, Roberl Yooric.

Profctwional Krjffaseaieat. 3 larl Ho3a Corruany. Fine Arts. v'ti flcn'rea- t'ooscrvjuvej. i cVurt of bci5J0n.

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(ixsul Britain and the Amrc maurn pack. THE STOKSI-CoNTiNC-eo. Rescue of Cresv. ort th-; Lebigh VaUcy U.d. and Ha Tfce Ncir U.S.

Cruiser. AujeiiL i Commercial Ken-a. AV.VT.7 THK SEW EVC 1 SPECIAL NO FOOTkAU Orchestral Oonccrr. Jparnllitc Medio-; a Drosbeiia. IT CL IV.

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Banicrs. OrnitnblnsicaL Q0ititr. "Weather Keport and ranU. Cric-AOt. of Tr: "or Oclobor.

liied Cbutch. PACK. visit of i.oki r.or rn nNBup.GH. Tl) THE liDITOR. FAIRS AXD STOC SAIOSS.

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MONDAY, November 20, 18S3. Lord Roberts visited Edinburgh on Saturday and fulfilled a number oE important engagements. In the forenoon the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him in the University. Later in the day, at the Free Assembly Hall, be was the recipient of the freedom of the city.

In his speech he referred to the reluctance of British capitalists to invest money in commercial enterprises in India in comparison with their readiness to support similar undertakings in other countries. This he believed was due to a feeling doubt as to the stability of our position in that country, and more particularly to the sentiments of our Indian fellow-subjects toward the British rule. His friend the Rajah of Kapurt hala, in an address last summer before the London Chamber of Commerce, bad, he believed, truly represented the sentiments of the people and princes of India. It was impossible to answer for 300,000,000 people, but he believed that, with the exception of a small minority, they were well disposed towards us. In the evening he presented tho prizes won during the year by the members of the 1st Edinburgh City and the 1st Mid-Lothian Artillery Volunteer battalions.

Addressing the men on the efficiency and muiremente of the Volunteer service, he said if this country were en- gaged with any one or more Continental Power the regular troops available in the j. n-rutln scarcely be sufficient to i n.r.iiinned. well-ercamsed, and -d -ilitia he -would hope that the home army would be able aot only to secure tho safety by land deience of the mother country, but also to remtorce Iedia, 10 garrison oox colonies and coaling stations, randtounderteke such 'Jf might be considered dearable. He was entertained at dinner by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Advices from all parts of England, Ireland, aad Scotland point to the fact that the storm I which broke over the British Islands on Friday, was one of exceptional severity.

The loss of life, so far as is at present known, extends to about two hundred. On the Highland railway traffic has been interrupted by a fallen itrsc. Prom all round the coasts comes tales of shipwreck fii loss a life. Thirty miles of the coast is strewn with wreckage. Near Land's End a steamer was wrecked, and it is feared that her crew of thirty have perished.

The captain and six of the crew of the barcrae Miramaohie have been drowned at Malin Head, where their vessel went ashore. The steamer Princess, of Sun derland, ha3 sunk off Mamborougb. Head, and her entire crew have been lost, and near Scarborough Pier a Scotch fishing boat has been seen floating keel upwards. Much arudety is felt for the safety of a hundred Scotch fishing boats which passed West HarUe-; pol before the storm broke. The steamer Union, of Dundee, foundered near Newport, gjjd four of her crew were drowned.

Part oi the quay and landing stage at Londonderry emunt a.wav. and a ferrvboat was swamped. i At Saltbara-by-the-Sea a "fishing smack was and her crew oi four drowned. Hawe. under orders for- tho Medi, 2 i 24.

He was terribly injured. The zreat force of toe wind was felt along the French coast, where many fishermen perished. 1 I- i 1UB IfUttZUrei fcVWiiUCnS eiVpjJCM iiiimrw. XUQ Broadstairs lifeboat went to the assistance of a number of vessels on the Goodwins, but had to return. Though on land the loss er life has sot been so great, the damage to property is enormous.

Houses have been blown down or unroofed, and a number of fatal accidents from this source are recorded. The bodies of two privates of the South Wales Borderers were found is the saow on Hill. An extremely limited business took place en Saturday's Stack Exchange, largely due to telegraphic communication with the Sontis being interrupted for a time through Friday night's storm. Home Railways were very nrm, par ticnlarly English stocks, on the settlement of the Midlands cosltrade dispute. Canadians ana Americans were neglected and rather easier.

Among the former Trunk Preferences gave way while American securities were as a rule from to lower. Minerals were good in tone, notably Copper and Gold stocks. Miscellaneous steady. On the Freight Market homeward rates, which ruled dull all week, were without improvement. Outward coal chartering was suspended, shippers holding back for lower orices of fuel in consequence of the settlement of the strike in England.

An improved feeling prevailed on the Sugar Market, though values were unchanged. Dnlness continued to characterise the Grain Market, prices being still against sellers. Unfavourable weather considerab3yinterfered with Saturday's football hxttxres. in wie League championship matches defeated Renton by 2 goals to Q. The match between St Mirren and Heart sf Mid-Lothian onrlori in n.

fim.w. In the semi-finari ties for the Glasgow Cup Rangers defeated Celtic by 1 goal to 0, and Uowlaire aeieaiets yuecn jrara. vy goals to 0. Under Rugby rules St Thomas Hospital defeated London Scottish by 1 try to 0. The match between Cambridge University and Blackheath ended in a draw.

A meeting, at which Lord Kelvin was the principal speaker, was held at Largs on Saturday night for the purpose of forming a Unionist Association for the district. MrC. BineEenshaw was the principal speaker at the annual meet-in" of the West Renfrewshire Conservative Association held in Paisley on Saturday night. At the close of his address, a resolution was adopted approving of the action of the House of in rpim-tiniT the Home Rule Bill, and expressing continued confidence iu the leaders of the Unionist party. The factory of Messrs W.

Black Son, Kose Street, Dundee, was destroyed oy are on Saturday, the damage amounting to 2000. The byres connected with the dairy of James Baxter, Dunipace, Denny, have been destroyed by fire, and fifteen cows stalled therein either suffocated or burned to death disastrous stackyard fire occurred near Paisley on Saturday, thirty stacks of hay and corn being destroyed and several others injured. The damage is estimated at 1000. A special meeting of Cork Chamber of Commerce was held on Saturday to receive a deputation from the Dublin. Chamber and the Royal Dublin Society on the subject of the Irish mail service.

A number of proposals were submitted for the acceleration of the service, and the discussion which followed extended over three aours. Tne (JorK namuei juub tion in tne matter. The annual general meeting of the Association Teachers in Secondary Schools in WrlinlmrrtVi on Ksturdav. when -vT Ua. -nrfltiirjerit.

delivered iur tne. cppfmrt'irv ednca-i AlNmir P. M'Bain, i M'Bain, Kdinbargb Academy, was elected president for the enwiini! year. I Rumours are current in Rio Janeiro that Admiral Msllo will hoist the Imperial Sag, and proclaim the eldest son of the Comte Eu Emperor of Brazil. The naval representatives of eight nations have decided not to permit the landing of munitions of war in Rio.

Major Goold Adams has effected a junction fct itiuwavo with the forces of the Chartered Bit! Company, who were laager near me r-ving a kraal. The loss of the company's forces up te date is eight, killed and four wounded. The students of Aberdeen University on Satm-dav elected Lord Huntly thetr Lord Pvector by 347 votes as compared with 252 re corded for Mr Hunter, Mr Patrick, solicitor, Largs, died there on Saturday from the injnries received by the accidental discharge of his rifle on the previous evening. Mr Tom Mann lectured in Paisley on Saturday night on The Abolition of Poverty How to 'do it." Lord Blvthswood on Saturday laid the stone of Titwood Established Church. The indictment was served on- JMorlsos in -i on Safnriiav niffht.

Vaitutl uiajovi.u, The return of Mr Chamberlain to his place threatens to disturb the waters of Parliament, at present as still as a duck-pond. For it is certain that whatever he may say or do in the House of Commons or out of it will be wrested by the more truculent of the Gladstonians to a pretest for the use of the closure. He impersonates chief obstructor in the Gladstonian myth. We may take it that the mythopeeists will not let go their pet creation for lack of invention his slightest difference ofoDinionwiththeGovernsnentwillbe invested with an air of malignity he will not be able to make a motion but lie will be accused of '-wrecking the bill;" his "fiendish smile" the discovery of certain imaginative journalists will be conjured up as a direct incitement to the application of the gag. Mr Chamberlain has another mythi-caf character which his enemies are doubtless ready to revive.

Me is commomy represented as playing Cassius to Mr Balfour Brutus, as continually egging on the leaner oi tne vousenouro to fight the Government with sharper fbn the latter cares to use. This is the more beautiful myth of the two, and the more interesting to the student, because it builds the larger superstructure on the slenderer foundation. It is ornamented, too, with insinuations of jealousy and reckless airy, which would be very discreditable to riva Mr Chamberlain were mere tne smaller atom of troth in thara. It is unnecessary to inquire into the origin of these myths. Enough to say that while they are a tribute to Mr Chamberlain's great powers as a leader in Opposition, they have served their day, and it will be very difficult to furbish them up for fresh use during the fag- i i.

end of this session. They were tne proauct of a portentously dull time, when the common Gladstonian mind was, by the action of the Government and the self-denying ordinance, turned in upen itself, and finding no outlet in speech, was forced to germinate fiction, air Chamberlain, it may be presumed, will simply take up his old rOe, and the duties of leader of the Opposition will be divided between Mr Balfour and himself in the former ratio. We do not deny the division, or the difference of temper either. Mr Chamberlain has lost ao time in declaring himself upon the present situation of politics. And as he has a right, in virtue of his leadership of the Liberal TTnionisfe, to a say in the direction of the policy of the Opposition, we should not think well of the prospects of the party had he intimated to his interviewer any intention, of taking np a line independent of Mr Balfour.

But nothin" of the sort was to be looked for. Mx Chamberlain takes the same common-sense view of the situation as the great body of the Unionists who have been at work while he has been at well-earned play. He ia not trains to run amuck at anything, oitbfii- to satisfy the Radical hunger for the closure or for the pur malignant delight of smashiiiH his old friends, which the rfnmvwsrs attribute to him. Much Will doubtless be madeof bis proclaimed hostility to the Employera' Liability Bill, and full -t lt. advantage mil oi wis the.

public memore to twist all it the is and of bat It is the ing the be in an of If to so of to might have been his private reasons ior swin-s muld stand in the way ot resumption oi wSshiSiv deAmbie thai the miners everywhere ut nothing in the -y -ugpt, cf ttJZ'zsszri resumed speedily- tiimra kM VJzr.Z nr, eomes reports of arrange mentsfor resuming work without dway. "Jleh of these preparations. their representatives on the proposed Board of CotVeiliiion, especially as that tody to hold its first meeting until the middle of next month. Th miners' delegates at their private mating in Westminster Palace Hotelon Saturday decided to leave that matter over to be dealt with at their conference ia Birmmgnara cn December 7 and the Coalowners' Federation have not yet made any appointment tor the purpose. With regard to Friday's conferenceat the Foreign Office, the employers, wh ile regarding themselves as bound not to discloSB how the result was reached, are understood to demur to an impression which has got abroad that they refused some figure proposed by Earl Roseberv as the minimum.

Altnougn the subject was mooted bv tbe noble chairman, his Lordship did not propose any actual maximum, and it was agreed by common consent to lve that subject as well as other points to be dealt with by the new Board of Conciliation, which will shortly be constituted. The understanding arrived at was that no report of the debate at tho Foreign Office should be published, but that each party should be furnished, for the exclusive purposes of private record, with a verbatim transcript of tbe official shorthand notes of the deliberation. Thejminers' agents are anxious to emphasise the appeal made to the public in one of their resolutions on Saturday for continuance of the relief subscriptions for at least another week. They state th many of the colliers wi'l not be able to resume work earlier than the middle of this week, if so soon, and that as it is the custom employers to keep a week of the men's pay always in hand, it will probably be neariv a fortnight bsfore most of tlifl miners will be able to take home any earnings for the sustenance of their wives and children. A telegram from Sheffield states that the whole of the piss belonging to the Nunnery CoUiery Company, and also those cf Messrs John Brown wiil be re-opened to-day, but owing to the condition of the pits many of the men will not be able to rosum work for some time.

Several of the Nunnery miners had an interview on Saturday afternoon with Mr Bainbndge, the managing director, who, after tnanlong tnem ior tueir paux-ful attitude throughout the cor.flictoffered to make advances to the men in need, ihe miners subsequently met, and resolutions were passed expressing satisfaction at the terms of the settlement. THE LOTHIANS' MINERS. Eflpresentatives of the Lothians' miners met in the Scientific Hall, Dalkeith, on Saturday afternoon. Mr William Shaw, Tranent, presided, and the proceedings were conducted in private. The following collieries were represented NewbattTe, Arniston, Vogrie, Niddrie, Loanhead, Penicuik, Gilmerton, Bellyford, Wallyford, Carberry, Penston, Rosewell, Polton, OrmistoD, House o' Muir, Edgehead, Tranent, Preston- grsnge, ana iranean.

mo 11. of the treasurer showed that the contributions and levies from the 'miners of the 19 collieries of Mid and East Lothian had amounted to about 400 for the past eight weeks. Matters relating to tbe dispute at the Newbattle pits of the Lothian Coal Company (Limited) was then taken up. It was reported that there was no change in the situation, as no proposals had been made on the part of the management. The meeting unanimously agreed that the miners should continue to be supported at the rate of Ss per week each man, with la additional on account ot each of his family under 13 years of age, until a concession was obtained.

The delegates were unanimous that 10 per cent, advance must be obtained on the conditions of employment at the ether collieries throughout the Lothians before work was resumed. It was resolved that the rate of levy upon each of the the Federation throughout the Lothians should be 2s per week. The wage rates generally were thereafter considered. Mr Brown was instructed to write the secretary of the nulmntpn' Association demanding a further advance, seeing that the rates in the Lothians were still 10 pr cent, below the prices ruling in the West of Scotland. A grievance of the "oncost" workers at those of the collieries which are in the masters' association was also considered.

Having suffered th deduc tions along with the other collieries irom time to time, it was contended they were justly entitled to participate in the advance given on the 1st November. The federation agreed to support the men in their demand, and the secretary was instructed to write the coal masters to this effect before taking drastic measures, and pointing out they had not Kept iaicn wn tire iensi ssui their secretary to the miners when it was stated that the "rates would be restored to the wages ruling previous to the last reduction." Sravrmsn Women's Benefit Sootstt. The annual social meeting of the Scottish Women's Benefit Society was held on Jfnday night, in tne hall of the Y.W.C.A., Lsndressy Street, Bridgets. The. was larcre attendance of members and their friends.

Apologies for absence were intimated from Mrs xnomas iNeison, jcamourgn Mies Christie, of Cowden Ut Alice fliiaciaren, jut Elizabeth Pace, and others. The Secretary reported a considerable increase in the membership, tha rwtnls of eleven meetings which bad been held during the year. Addtesses were given by Mr James Wiilock, Mr Robert Buchanan, and others, and the proceedings were varied ny recitation and notes of travel in Holland. Death op Me A. P.

Cowrs. The Johannes-hum Star- contains the following notice of the death of Mr A. P. Cowie: "Mr T. Andrew, general manager of the Birthday Mine, reports the death of Mr A.

P. Cowie, C.E., clerk of works 1 manager of the Glencairn Company at the Rand. CO COlUiany. www was ivtuicuy I and had also held various stood appointments at home, having been manager at the Glengamock worKS ot Messrs merry ct tiningname, colliery owners and ironmasters. He was, Mr Andrew states, one of the most efficient civil and mining engineers in South Africa, and was of a kindly, genial nature, which caused him to be much liked.

Mr Andrew attributes Mr Cowie's death to heart and kidney disease, as far as he can ascertain in the absence oi any doctor at Letaba." Volunteer Medical Officers' Dinner. The annual dinner of the Volunteer medical staff of the Glasgow and Clyde brigades was held on Friday, in the University Club, Bath Street. Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel J. Bwan Brodie, of the 3d Volunteer Battalion H.L.I., occupied the chair, the two vice-chairman being Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, of Botbwell, and Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel John Dunlop, 3d L.R.V. Forty gentlemen sat down to dinner, which was purveyed in a style reflecting great credit on the club.

The toast-list was short, the toasts being proposed and responded to with commendable brevity and point, thus leaving more tima for tbe songs, which were a feature of the evening. Altogether the dinner was a great success, the members being unanimously of opinion that it was one of the best that the VoluBtetr uedical staff have yet had. Corporation Galleries. The third of this season's art lectures ia the Galleries was delivered oa Saturday evening in presence of a crowded audience, the lecturer on this occasion being Mr vy. omrntts, sculptor, wao took lor ms subject Bronze Foundiner." The chair was occutried bv Bailie Cumming, who briefly introduced Mr Shunns.

Toe lecturer nrss noticed tbe high antiquity ot too metallic compound with tbe artistic employment of which he had to deal. That antiquity was sufficiently manifested by the Bronze Age ot premstonc times, ana, further, he pointed out that in the most ancient literature the poems of Homer and the works ef other early Greek authors there is abundant reference to bronze and its artistic applications. He pointed out that centuries btfore the Christian era the Phoenicians, who were the great traders of early times, resorted to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles tor tne tin wnica iorms an essential ingredient in the allov. The various kinds of bronze which were in use among the Greeks he briefly described, and the numerous applieatisns of the metal for other besides statuary purposes were noticed. Mr Shirriffs then dealt with the employment ot bronze for artistic and other pur poses in Italy and in various other countries, illustrating his remarks with a series of excellent lantern slides of the principal known triumphs of the bronze-founder'a art.

Mr Shirriffs further dealt in detail with the various technical methods of founding bronze. The lecture was listened to with close attention, and at the close, on the motion of; the chairman, a hearty vote of thanks was awarded to Mr Shirriffs. Am The Birth of ah Eeir to the Elie ant Cambcsdoon Estates. In celebration of tbe birth cf a son and heir to Mr William Bairdjof Elie and Gambusdoon the tenantry were entertained to dinner on Saturday evening in the Monumeot Hotel, Alloway. jar James Johustoae, factor, occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of those connected in the estate.

The health of the young heir was proposed in appropriate terms by Mr John Gray, Midton, the oldest tenant oa the Camhusioon estate. Mr Baird, he said, had been a kind and considerate landlord during the lone period of agricultural depression which they had passed through. It was right and fitting that they should rejoice with Mr Baird aad his esteemtd lady in she happy event of tho birth of a son and heir. It gave confidence to a tenantry upon an estate when there were prospects of a settled line of proprietors Othes toasts followed, including that of "Mr and SmiJissmiiaIsWCeeli. 1.