... I OURT AND FASHION. . THE COURT. Canas, MIfNDAnv.-The Queen and the Royal Family and the Royal Household attended Divine service at the hotel yesterday. The Lord Bishop of Ripon officiated and preached the sermon. The Duke of. Saxe-Cobnrg and Gotha visited her Majesty yesterday in the morning, and attended Divine service. Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorne) took luncheon -with the Queen ...

... TURKEY APD GllEijH The Times ?? denuanr,. I by the Ottoonan Governmneet in 'iee ?? note have been received throusei-r,. I a resentment which is moderated oni' In the capitals of the chief P. -e ception, they are con'ienined asestX'. admissible. On all sides it is the mere proposal of such conu55 sideration of Europe is either an e: ii solence or the revelation of a ir.. to grasp the £rst ...

... I o u I -BT OlinD- ?P.v4, ?? 44 y 169, PZEr SEET ET n Her Majesty the Queen - Y Palace early this alfternol r j&rr e good weather wvhirl ?? l appearances. The ?? a not too sangiune about wn- worse may take place .lt hag /t5 a nstarts ti-pon: her triumpohant ?? s heart of her great cavitae t s can, however. mar the 'radaJ Ichill the enithiusias or itsandl vast masses of her ?? u aib O from ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.). ,G ?? -t fef BELFAST I THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1897 In the House of Commons yesterday the ad- journed debate on Mr. Blake's resolution in reference to the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland was resumed by Mr. Arnold-Forster, who stated that the opinion of Belfast was altogether against the resolution. He, however, believed that money could be wisely ...

... ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT -FUND S001ETYOki IAEiA:ND. IBELFAST BRANCOH. The annual meeting of ?? Bianch of tbh Royal Medical Benevolent Fund Society of Ireland was held at noon yesterday in the Museum, Col- lege Square North. The attendance included- Rev. Dr. Hamilton, President of the; Queen's Ccl- lege (who presided); Professor Whitla, J.P.; Dr. Howard Sinclair, Dr. Walton Browne, Dr. MtGaw ...

... ; DUBsN, WInT MON vAY. Pai holiday, in dall, desultory weather, darken- ing for rain, and yet keeping dry, was not such an unqualified source of pleasure as the denizens of the .dusty city hoped to enjoy in the merry sunshine associated with Whit Monday. As it, was, Dublin wore a holiday appearance during the forenoor. Crowds left the city in every direction. The smart * outside cars with ...

... flUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE BECHLUANALAND RIISING.t ?? , THuoRxnA-Despatches froml Kurk- man announce an encounter last Tuesday between the Rechuanaland insurgents and a detachment ofj the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifl es, in which the latter lad four killed and six wounded. A Cape Times telegram states that the native str-noghold of Gamasepe has been captured and burnt, and that in the ...

... OPENING PROCEEDINGS. I Lest night the Lord Mayor (Mr. W. J. Pirrie, 5.P.) opened, in the preoence of a large and repre- sentative assemblage the institute, which has been founded in connection with Mr. E. J. Beattie's shorthand class-s, fcr the purpose of advanlcig the study of phonography and typewriting in the city. Having secured suitable rooms in the Crown Chain- bers, Royal Avenue, Mr. ...

... DEPARTURE OF THE ORAVIA The new R.M.S. Oravia, for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, proceeded down. Belfast Lough on Saturday last for trial. The Oravia is the ninth steamer built by Messrs. Harland &t Wolff for the same owners, and is intended to run in that company's line of mail steamers between Liverpool and the Eastern and Western ports of South America. She is 420.0 feet in length, ...

... ICHURC. T unerw wi(ENx0' UIU1ZA OF IRELAND I ~~SOGIET Y. ANNUAL :XCURSjIOI. m. -late Dr. Petrie, an artist and antiqfarisn et mig reputation, wrote the following in reiirence _to the Boyne dietriet:- Among the muany scenes of beauty a'nd of interest with which th fair issand abounds we know' of none which cocsbines such variety o the fer 0i so many objects of ?? latter as the pleasant Boyce. ...

... ILI-FE IN AMERICA. THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. DISPUTE WITH JAPAN. THE TARIFF BILL; - RBY OAESL .- FROM OUR ?? CoRRESPONDENT. NEW Yonra, Wmn5rsD.sn.-Telegrams from Quebec announce the arrival there of the steamer Antwerp City, having on board twelve of the crew of the steamer Magnhild, which capsized on the 21st inst. off Fame Pont. Six men were drowned. Yokohama papers of the 5th inst. are just ...

... SOME SPAGE CIMNXDFNCES. In a nlarrow and dangerous channel, the smack Fairy, of Lowestoft, last her boat, which was tow- ing behind. The rope parted, and the beat was cap- siz bv hthe waves. Unable in such dangerous water to pick her up. she went back for another, aad continued her vovyage. She went one hundred and twenty miles out, fishing, and after eight days returned. When sixty miles ...