BOTANICAL GARDENS, MANCHESTER. The Renovation of the Gardens and Buildings is proceeding rapidly, and quite a new face is being put on all round. The 133TANICAL ORCHESTRA is engaged, and the uniforms are hi hand. Every prayer in this Orchestra IS A SOLOIST, and' the whole of Eng

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After the evening meetings there were smaller gatherings in the licensed houses, and it is here, round the parlour fire, that the fate of Parliamentary candidates is sealed. In Stalybridge, where the public-houses and beerhouses lie thick on the ground, thero are Tory houses and

dull; some rain. Another fall of the barometer has occurred in the west, but pressure is now increasing at Valencia. Fresh southerly winds prevail at all western stations, but, further east they are light, the weather is dull generally, with rain at several western stations, and

Cambridge were out for a short time this morning on a low ebb tide. The weather was fine but dull, with a slight south-west wind. The Dark Blues went out shortly after their rivals, and when a rigger had been adjusted paddled up the river against the ebb. KAISER'S VISIT TO TANGI

It may seem to colder-blooded Britons that there is more than a touch of hysteria in the telegram, just as in the much-discussed order of the day which Kuropatkin issued. "High- falutin' " was the descriptive adjective used in the latter case by level-headed critics outside that

To-day's Programme. This morning's sport at Chatsworth was spoiled by heavy downpours of rain, between which occasional glimpses of sun made the country look pretty. Rain-drops on the trees scintillated like diamonds, but the scene would suddenly change, and again rain came in t