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[1899.

SCOTLAND.— Balfour, Hon. J. B., ap- pointed Lord Justice General, 68. DOFPERIN, Marquess of, elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 67. Free Church and United Presbyterian, union of the, [240]. Leven and Mel- ville, Earl of, Lord High Commis- sioner to the General Assembly, 17. Liberalism, growth of, [239]. Robert- son, Rt Hon. J. P. B., appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 65. Trade, condition [240]

8ERVIA.— Belgrade, state of siege, 41. Frontier disturbances, 34. Knbze- vttch, trial, [3221, 59. Milan, ex- King, attempt on his life, [322], 40

Ship, Hospital, fitted out for South Africa, £2351 [390], 67

SHIPPING DISASTERS. — Aldeburgh life-boat, capsizes, 72; Alesia disabled, 5; Ariosto stranded, 76; Bulgaria found drifting, 9; Carlisle Castle wrecked, 41 ; Charleston wrecked, 67 ; City of Sew York wrecked, 41 ; Collingxoood and Curafoa, collision be- tween, 5 ; Denton Grange grounds on rocks, 73 ; Du Guesclin and Ross-shire, collision between, 2 ; Eight British lost in the Atlantic, 16 ; Goodwin lightship run into, 24; driven from her moor- ings, 76 ; Ismore goes ashore, 72 ; Lab- rador runs on a rock, 13 ; Paris runs on the rocks, 28 ; towed into Falmouth Harbour, 41; Palria takes fire, 69; sinks, 69; goes ashore, 76; Pavonia disabled, 9 ; Hapidan grounds off Cape Town, 73; Sans Pareil and a schooner^ collision between, 49; Scots- man strikes on the rocks, 58; Stella runs on to the Casquet Rocks, 19; Surprise runs into a steam collier, 48 ; Tyne, H.M.S., grounds on Bern bridge Ledge, 73 ; Walmer lifeboat, upset, 60

Ships launched, The Glory, 15 ; The Implacable, 15 ; Oceanic, 4 ; Victoria and Albert, 26

8IAM.— Pbrak, boundary dispute adjus- ted, [364]. RAiLWAY,constroction,[363]

SPAIN.— Budget, opposition to, [334]. Carlos, Don, on the treaty of peace, 10. Castelar, Sen or, his funeral, 30. Catalonia, taxes, refusal to pay, [335], 63. Cortes, summoned, [332]; dis- solved, [338], 16 ; reassembled, [334]. Elections, result, [334]. Generals and officers acquitted, 50. La- dronbs and Caroline Islands, ceded to Germany. [3341, 31. Monttjo, court martial on, [332], 58. Murcia, bomb explosion, 73. Peace, Treaty of, ratified with the United States, [334], 8, 16. Polavieja, Gen., resigna- tion, [335], 60. Press offences, free pardon for, [331]. Riots, [335], 37, 38, 63. Sagasta Cabinet, resig- nation, [333]. Seville, decision of the Chamber of Commerce, [332]. Siege, state of, 27 ; removal, [332], 8. Sil- vela, Senor, forms a new Cabinet, [333], 13; reconstructs, [335]. Val- encia, manufacturers agree to pay new taxes, 71. Wbtlbr, Gen., on a mili- tary revolution, 46

State Papers.— Transvaal, 187-219 ; Vene- zuela, 220

Statues unveiled, Cromwell, Oliver, 68 ; Lessens, F. de, 69 ; Republic, Paris, 69; Schulze-Delitzsch, 48

Stokes, Prof. G., presentation of medals, 31

Stonbhbngb, offered for sale to the Gov- ernment, 51

STORMS.— Cyclones, Azores, 54; Ber- muda, 56 ; Kirksville. Missouri, 24 ; Monte Video, 51 ; West Indies, 49. Floods, Athens, 69 ; Austria, 57 ; Piraeus, 69; Texas, 40. Gales, British Isles, 9, 21, 76 ; England, 3. 5, 67 ; English Channel, 60 ; Europe, W., 1 ; Ireland, 3. Hurricane. Queensland, 15. Snowstorms. Amer- ica, N., 9; England, 17; Moscow and St Petersburg Railway, 62; Scotland, 17. Storms, Mississippi River, 33 ; Newfoundland, 57 ; Santi- ago, 51 ; Valparaiso, 51. Thunder- storm, London, 55. Typhoon, Japan, 62

STRIKES.— Alsatian Mechanical Works Co., Belfort, 63; Colliers, 23; gas- stokers and lamp-lighters, Paris, 49; Iron workers, Creuzot, 59, 61 ; Donbs, 70; Plasterers, 6, 14, 38; postmen, Paris, 28 ; signalmen, Brahmans, 26 ; textile workers, Briinn, 37 ; track- men, Canada, 31 ; tramway drivers- and conductors, United States, 43, 45 ; Ontario, 40

Stuart, Mr. J., his address as Lord Rector of St Andrews University, 5

SWEDEN.— Budget. [343]. Election, general, [344], 60. Frisson, M. von, his Suffrage Bill, [346]. Ministers, resignation, [346]. Norway, relations- with, [343]. Norwegian Flag question, [3431, 3461. 68. Riksdag opened, [343].

SWITZERLAND. — Arbitration Tribu- nals, work of the, [830]. Life Assurance Bill, [330]. State Bank, proposal to establish, [329]

TASMANIA.— Commonwealth Bill, 46. Constitution Amendment Bill, 52. Federal Enabling Bill. [413].

Female Suffrage, £413], 40. Hark system of voting, [418J. Ministry resignation, [418] ; the new, [413]

Tate Gallery, new rooms added, 71

Telegraph Co., Eastern Extension, offer to lay a cable, 43

Telegraph, Cape to Cairo, 66

Telegraphy, wireless, first press message transmitted, 18

Tenby, pier opened at, 26

Tennyson, Lord, appointed Governor of South Australia, 7

Trafalgar Day, celebrated in London, 64

TURKEY. — Anglo-French agreement, protest against, [74], 19. Armenians, measures for, [319], 62. Bessarabia, disturbances in, 49. Constantinople, Mahomedans arrested at, [320^ 71. Frontier, disturbances, 34. Ipbx, meeting of Albanian notables at, [319]. Macedonia, condition of, [319]. Mahraoud Pasha, escapes from Con- stantinople, ft|j t j Zl