The first annual meeting was held at the registered offices of the company, Alderman Massy presiding, supported by Mr. E. B. Cargill, Mr. E. Carter, and Mr. G. Cooper, directors. The Chairman moved and Mr. F. Boss seconded a declaration of dividend of 5 per cent. free of an inco

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The Sum Alstologi ' c Rome, publishes an article Crispi upon the Pence Conference and its le results. Signor Crispi says that the Con. lere7); may restrict the causes of conflicts between nations, but cannot altogether eliminate wars or revolutions. They may be delayed, but will

A sad drowning case, involving the loss of two lives, one being that of a little girl named Lily Brackenbridge, aged live. who made a gallant attempt at rescue, occurred on Wednesday evening at the Battery, Ayr. lohn Goold, a little boy three and a half years old, the son of Mr.

Advicea front Sans state that the situation in the Yemen is worse than at the outbreak of the revolu. tion, and that Abdullah Pubs, the Turkish cons. wander, who had advanced directly on the Imam, has been forced to retire on Sans. He has lost a great number of men firm scarcity

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which is the more frightened, the woman or the mouse? This vase subject proposed for a Debating Society. History does not record what the result was, whether the members in their wisdom settled this most important question. We are sure the mouse would be frightened beyond words