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EDINBURGH, August 39,

PORTRAITS OF BURNS..

An important addition has been macie' to the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh

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the acquision of the colubrated portrait of Robert, Burns by Archibald Skirang.

This portrait was one of the mast chorished possession of Sir Theodore Martih, “und shortly after his death the Gallery Trustoes approached his executors, with the result 100AL DEPARTMENT, that its purchase was arranged. The groupi

of portraits of Burns in the Scottish Pert rait Gallery, already important, is now singularly complete. It includes all the COLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA-

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Naismith belonging to the London Portrait Gallery, and Lord Rosebery are versions of

that bequeathed to the National Gallery of Scotland by the poet's son, and recently tansforred, along with the Naismith full- length, from that Gallery to the Portrait Gallery. The other likenesses in this unique group are-the Taylor portrait, the fiets silhouette, And the Reid miniature, omking with those already namoč, six in all.

FUTURE AVIATION MEETINGS,

In aviation circles the opinion is express- el that, owing to the failure of aerial carnivals there will be no mor meetings of

lines. importance in this country on existing The Scottish Meeting at Lanark shows the inallest deficit, takes to the large amount of popular patronage, some 200,000 persons paying for admission; but the cost of bringing the aviators and their machines to the ground was very great,

and there was a delicit of £3000. One of

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to give up a day's work on the chance of seeing him fly again;" the only way to Arouse interest would be to organing racing competitions; as loug, as an airtean has only a watch to compete with, flying will not be a popular success."

AREONAUTS AND DAMAGE TO CHOPS In his Paris to London flight, Moisant jocularly refused to pay for damage done to turnips by the crowd which gathored round

H. M. S. BEDFORD RELIEF TUND.his seroplane. As the matter is sure to

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come before the Law Courts, and as many other cases will hang upon it, it may be mentioned that that there is a decision in the Scots Courts against an areonaut in similar cirumstances. In 1889, Professor Baldwin nader balloon flight from Edin burgh: tre also came down in a turnip field and a jury, on being asked whether damages could be obtained, replied in the affirmative.

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HENAT DUNNING MACLEOD, A financial writer in a Glasgow newspaper gives a curious personal reminiscence of the Into Bir Henry Dunning MacLeod, and incidentally illustrates a characteristic trait of many Seats. Mr MacLeod, as you aro aware, was an economic expert, and pro- pounded the currency scheme for Indin which was afterwards adopted without a word of official acknowledgment. Ans writer

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researches, I was sceptical as to the ligures, and got into communication with him on the subject. Conversations of an agreeable kind followed," and in one of them Bir MacLeod told me that though his published writings had all been economic, the literary work dear to his beart was a vindication of } the character of MacLeod of Aseynt in the work, however, as far as I know, was never matter of the capture of Montrose. The carried through." This incident is Scottish, very very Scottish.

ARITISH INDIA LINER.

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new and extensive building programme, comprising twelve additional vessels which were to be added to their already large fect j of steamers. Coptmets for four of these fast-twin-screw passenger vessels were placed with Messrs Barclay, Ourlé, and Co., Whiteinch on the Clyde. The first of the feur, tamed the Chilka, was launched this wook. The bow vessel is 403 feet in length,

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