tore," 29; at Aldershot, 39; receives
the officers of the Italian Squadron,
39; holds a private investiture, 46;
receives the Bechuana chiefs, 64
QUEENSLAND.-BUDGET [412].

M'IL-
WRAITH, Sir T., resignation [411].
NELSON, Mr. H., Colonial Secretary
[411]. Norman, Sir H., retirement
[412]. PARLIAMENT opened [411].
REVENUE [412]

RACES. ALTCAR Coursing Meeting, 15;
ASCOT, 34; BICYCLE-RACE, 47; CITY
and Suburban Handicap, 23: CY-
CLING, 35; DOGGETT'S Coat and Badge,
44; DONCASTER, 51; DoublE-SCULLING
match, 62; EPSOM, 23, 29, 30; GOOD-
WOOD, 44; GRAND Prix de Paris, 31;
HENLEY, Regatta, 39; KEMPTON Park,
26, 55, 56; LINCOLNSHIRE Handicap,
18; LIVERPOOL, 18; MANCHESTER
Cup, 31; NEWMARKET, 24, 25, 27, 37,
54, 56, 57, 59; SANDOWN, 41;
SCULLING match, 11, 48, 51; SKATING
Association, 8; UNIVERSITY Boat-
race, 18; Valkyrie" and "De-
fender," 50, 51; WINGFIELD Sculls,
42

RACKET Match, at Brighton, 25.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

- BELGIAN

State Railway, 47; Bodmin Road, 21;
Brieuc, 43; Chemnitz, 53; Craighead
Station, 38; Dannhausen, 71; Kobé,
43; Mexico, 13; Montparnasse termi-
nus, 59; St. Neots, 62: Ottignies,
56; Wellingborough, 54

-Conference of presidents, New York,
57

-Congress, opened at the Imperial
Institute, 35

-opened from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria,
38.

London and N. W., fast journeys, 48,

50.

Natal-Transvaal, first train on the,

"

63
RAMSAY, Prof., his paper on 'Argon," 7;
awarded the Leconte Prize, 69
RAYLEIGH, Lord, presented with the Fara-
day Medal, 18: awarded the Lecomte
Prize, 69

RHODES, Rt. Hon. C., Privy Councillor, 1;

at a meeting of the British South
Africa, Co. [355], 5; reception at
Cape Town, lÏ

RICHMOND, Mr. W. B., elected Acade-
mician, 43

ROSEBERY, Lord, deputations on a teach-
ing University for London, 5; opens
the Clerkenwell Town Hall, 32; illness
[88]

ROSELLE, Miss A., shot, 64
ROTHSCHILD, Baron A. de, explosion of
letter, 48

ROUMANIA.-BUCHAREST,

Ministry

change of [298]. RAILWAY System
[297]. TCHERNAVODA, opening of a
railway bridge [297]

ROYAL Exchange, two frescoes unveiled,
30

Literary Fund, annual dinner, 25
Society, presentation of medals, 66

RUSSELL, Lord, of Killowen, delivers the
inaugural lecture in Lincoln Town
Hall, 60
Dr. W. H., knighthood conferred, 29
RUSSIA.-CHINA, loan to [283], 31;
treaty with [283], 59. FRANCE, re-
lations with [282]. GIERS, M. de,
death [281]. LIQUORS, sale of in-
toxicating, 2. Lobanoff, Prince,
Minister of Foreign Affairs [281], 12;
his circular [282] MARTENS, M. F.
de, arbitrator in the Costa Rica packet
case, 52. News, the, extract on the
new foreign policy [281]. PAMIR
question, settlement of the [279]-[281].
Petersburg, St., students arrested, 9,
11; telegrams on Prince Ferdinand,
45. Press, hostility to England [282],
59. SIBERIA, inundations, 50

Czar of, his policy [279], 7; petition
from journalists, 19; receives Abys-
sinian envoys, 39

Czar and Czarina of, at the New
Admiralty Docks, 30; birth of a
daughter [279], 63

SALISBURY, Lord, Prime Minister and
Foreign Secretary [141], 35; Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports, 59; de-
putations of the Miners' Federation,
15 on the voluntary schools relief
[196], 64; from the Wesleyan Con-
ference [198]; on the British claims to
the Kachin country, 65; on agri-
culture [199], [200].

SANDWICH, Lord, Governor of Bombay, 1.
SCARBOROUGH, Liberal Club opened [183],
58.

SCHNURDREHER, Dr., falls over a preci-
pice, 48.

SCHOOLS, Voluntary and Board, report of
the Archbishops' Committee on [44].
SCHWARTZ, Herr, of Mülhausen, stabbed,
57.

SCIENCE.-Retrospect of:-
ASTRONOMY, 100.
BIOLOGY, 110.
CHEMISTRY, 105.
GEOGRAPHY, 115.
GEOLOGY, 102.
METEOROLOGY. 100.
PHYSICS, 108.
SCOTLAND.-ASSEMBLY, National, meet-
ings [208]. CROFTERS' Commission
209]. DEER Forests Commission,
Report [209]; Dundee University
College, question of the affiliation
[209]. ELECTION, general [205].
HOLYROOD Palace, meeting of Peers,
42. Strikes [206]-[208].
SCOTT, Sir F., and troops leave Liverpool,

65.

SELWYN College, dedication of the chapel,
58.

SERVIA.-CRISTITCH Ministry, resigna-
tion [297]. MINISTRY, policy of the
new [297].

King Alexander of, leaves for Paris, 6
Queen Natalie of, returns to Belgrade,

26

SHIPPING DISASTERS. Boat capsizes,
21;"Catterthun," wrecked, 45; "Cleve-

SHIPPING DISASTERS, cont.

land" and "Duffield," collision between,
43; "Colima," wrecked, 29; "Crathie"
damaged, 7; "Cristobal Colon," driven
ashore, 55; "Cumbrae" founders, 68;
"Diana" goes ashore, 34; "Don Pedro'
strikes on the rocks, 29; "Edam" sinks,
52; "Edgar," launch of the, founders,
63; "Elbe" sinks, 7; "Empress," dam-
aged, 1; Escurial" lost in a gale, 6;
Fishing boat, wrecked, 6; French
steamer, collision with a sailing vessel,
39; "Gravina" founders, 28; Italian
steamers, collision between, 42;
Kingstown life-boat, capsizes, 70;
'Lady Wolseley" goes ashore, 51;
"Leo" founders, 63; "Principia," runs
ashore, 65; Raft sinks, 56; "Rapide
breaks down, 66; 'Reina Regente"
founders, 15; "Scotia" run down, 35;
"Seaford" founders, 47; Spanish cruiser
sinks, 52; Spree" goes aground, 69;
Steamer catches fire, 2; Steamer sinks,
37; Steamers, collision between, 63
SIAM. BUFFER State Commission [351].
Mahavajirunhis, Prince, death [351]
Crown Prince of, officially proclaimed,
4; invested with the insignia [351],

14

"

SILVER ingots, stolen from a van, 54; two
men arrested, 61

SION College, meeting of clergy and laity,
53

SMITH, Col. G., Governor of Western
Australia, 53

SNOWSTORMS.-Algiers, 7; England, W.,
7; Europe, 3, 7; France, 3; Ger-
many, 3: Italy, 2, 3; Riviera, 7;
Tunis, 7

SOCIAL Democratic Congress, Breslau, 56,
57

SOUTHAMPTON, new graving dock opened,
45

SPAIN.--BILBAO meeting at [309]. Budget

[312] CASTILLO, Senor C. del, his
Cabinet [310], 17. Cortes, prorogued
[313]. Cuban insurrection, measures
for the suppression [311], 18. DIS-
CONTENT, Symptoms of general [313].
MADRID, demonstration [314], 68;
strike [313], 39. Ministers, charges
against [313]; resignation [314], 68.
Morocco envoys, insult to [309], 7.
Municipal Councils, elections [312].
PRESS, attitude towards the army
[309], 15. RIVERA, General P. de,
shot, 30. SAGASTA, Senor, resignation
[310], 16. TREATY negotiations [308]
SPEAKER, resignation of the [77]; election
[77]-[79], [112][115], [163], 20
SQUADRON, British, anchored off Lemnos,
54

Italian, visits Portsmouth, 38; at
Windsor, 39

Spanish, at Cherbourg, 40; Ply-
mouth, 41

STERN, Mr. S., peerage conferred, 35
STORM, Adelaide, S. Australia, 68
STRAITS SETTLEMENT.-SINGAPORE,
members of the Legislative Council
resign, 2

STRIKE, boot and shoe trade, 14, 16; offer
of the Government, 19; settled, 22;

SUPPLY, Committee of [132], [136], [143],
[172]

SWEDEN.-COMMITTEE, appointment of

a secret [324]. GRAIN and flour, duty
on [322]. LANDTMANNA parties,
amalgamation [323]. NORWAY, dif-
ferences between [324]. PEOPLE'S
Parliament [326]. RIKSDAG, measures
passed [326]. SLAGERUP, M., his min-
istry [325] UNION Committee [325]
SWITZERLAND.-ARMY Reform Bill
[305], 61. Berne, Convention signed
with Italy, 65. DIPLOMATIC represen-
tation, law [306]. FRANCO-Swiss
Treaty [307]. LACHENAL, M., Presi-
dent [308]. MATCHES Bill [306].
ZURICH, proposal for the protection of
animals, 70

TASMANIA.-PARLIAMENT opened [413].
Premiers, Conference of, at Hobart
[412], 7.
UNIVERSAL Suffrage re-
jected [413], 50

TASSO, tercentenary of his death, 23
TELEGRAPH Hill, Hatcham, recreation
ground, 20

TELEPHONIC communication, between
London and the principal towns,
inaugurated, 32

TEMPERATURE, high in England, 53;
Western Europe, 53

low over Great Britain, 1, 9; Europe,
7,9
TENNYSON, Lord, bust of, placed in West-
minster Abbey, 30

THOMPSON, Sir J., funeral, 1
THUNDERSTORMS in London, 5, 48
TILLETT, Mr. Ben, his letter to the Times
on Collectivism, [13]

TRADE Union Congress, Cardiff [178], 50
TRAFALGAR, ninetieth anniversary of the
battle of, 59

TRISTRAM, Dr., on the marriage of
divorced persons, 25
TURKEY. AMBASSADORS, proposals
for reforms [285], 24, 27, 62.
ARMENIA, massacres in [160]-[163],
[284], [290]-[294], 45, 49, 53. 55, 56,
57, 60, 61, 66. CONSTANTINOPLE, Im-
perial Bank, run on the, 61; Patri-
arch of the Holy Synod, his reply to
the Papal Encyclical, 62. Crete,
insurrection in [294], 68. DJEDDAH,
Consular representatives, attacked, 30.
Djevad Pasha, dismissed [285], 31.
' HINTCHAK' society [286]. KHALIL
Rifaat Pasha Grand Vizier [292], 62.
Kiamil Pasha, Grand Vizier [286], 55;
Governor of Aleppo, 62. LEBANON,
Mutualis and Druses, 58; number of,
killed, 71. REFORMS, details of the
proposed [287]-289]. SAID Pasha,
Grand Vizier [285]; at the British
Embassy [292], 67, 68. Shakir Pasha,
Imperial Inspector [285], 35, 44.
Stamboul, Mahomedans arrested, 58.
Syria, disturbances, 64

Sultan of, proposed Concessions
[286], 68; reforms [287], 31, 33, 58;
grants amnesty. 42; his letter to
Lord Salisbury [292]

UNITED Irish Societies, meeting of repre-

his

sentatives, at Pittsburg, 47
UNITED STATES.-AHLWARDT, Herr,
failure of his lectures, 69. BAYARD,
Mr., censured, 68; Bicycle, despatches
by, 35; Bimetallic Conference [377].
CARLISLE. Mr., his report on finance
[384], 69; Cleveland, Pres.,
Cabinet [375]; changes in the [383];
on the financial situation [375], [389],
7, 70; his annual message [383], 67;
on the Venezuelan dispute [202], [387],
69; Congress opened [383]. Cuba,
rebellion in [381], 55. Currency
agitation [377]. DEBS, E. V., released
on bail, 5. Decoration Day" [382].
ELECTIONS [382], 19, 61. Exhibition
opened [382]. FREE Silver Coinage
[377], 11, 48. GENERAL Deficiency
Bill [376] Gold balance, 6; Bond
Bill [375], 9, 10. Gresham, Mr.,
death [383] HAWAII, policy towards,
6; heat, deaths from, 30. INCOME
Тах Bill [376), 20, 28; Irish
"physical force convention [381].
LYNCHING, cases of [380], 14. MEM-
PHIS, Sound Money convention
[377]; Miles, Major-Gen. N. A,,
in command of the Army [381].
Monroe doctrine, origin of the
[384]. Morgan-Belmont Syndicate,
dissolution [378]. NAVAL Ap-
propriation Bill [376]. NEW YORK,
Athletic Clubs competition, 53; Demo-
cratic State Convention, carried, 54;
Sunday closing question, 48; Yacht
Club appoint committee of investiga-
tion, 64. New York World, editor
of the telegrams on the situation, 70.
Nicaragua Canal Bill, 13. OLNEY,
Mr. R., Secretary of State [383], 31;
on the Venezuelan question [385].
PENSION Bill [376]. Pittsburg, free
library erected at, 61. REED, Mr.,
elected Speaker [383], 66. Riots
[380], 6, 8, 15. SALISBURY Lord, his
despatches on the Monroe doctrine
[385]-[387] Sandy Hook, comple-
tion of fortifications, 21. Seal fisher-
ies Bill [376], 12. STATE legislation
[376], 22. Strikes [378], 5. TAM-
MANY Hall, meetings [382], 70.
VENEZUELAN Commission Bill, 69,
70; dispute [384].

WALDSTEIN, Dr. C., elected Slade Professor
of Fine Arts, 12

WALES, Prince of, at the Imperial Institute,
6; elected Chancellor of Wales Uni-
versity, 37; at Leeds, 55

- Prince and Princess of, open the new
graving dock, Southampton, 45

Princess of, returns from Russia, 8
Princess Maud of, betrothal, 60

WAR Office, reorganisation of the [136],
[174], 64

WASHINGTON and Lafayette, statue-group.
unveiled, 66

WATERWORKS Co., East London, notice
to reduce supply, 41
WAVERTREE, public park at, 24
WEST INDIES.-BAHAMAS, Smith, Sir
W. F. H., Governor [395]. ССВА,
insurrection in [394], 14, 21, 32, 38.
40, 48, 57, 70. JAMAICA, imports and
exports, value of [395]. SAN
DOMINGO, French demands [395].
TOBAGO [396]. TRINIDAD, Immigra
tion, expenses of [396]; Population
[396]; Port of Spain, fire at [396];
Revenue [396]

Westminster Gazette, on the appointment
of a Select Committee on the Unem-
ployed [25]

WESTMINSTER, Roman Catholic Cathedral,
foundation stone laid, 36

WHITEHALL, Royal United Service Institu-
tion, new buildings opened, 11
WIGAN, railway waggon robbed, 54
WILKIN, Sir Wm., the new Lord Mayor,
62

WILLIAMS and Deacon's bank, satchel
stolen, 28

WILLIAMSON, Mr. J., peerage conferred,
35

WOLSELEY, Lord, appointed Field Mar-
shal, 47; Commander-in-Chief of the
Army, 60.

WORMS, Baron H. de, peerage conferred,
57

YORK, Duke of, holds a levee, 15: at the
Royal Literary Fund dinner, 25
Duchess of, birth of a son, 69