... PARLIA?1EiNTA1?N REPORTING IN JAPAN. i 3031 A TIMID!, OOuflUPOl#DENT. a .To complete the sketch of the Japanese Diet and c .its procedure which was uude'rtaken by rme in a I recent letter, it is necessary to say som ethingi fute about that which I therein referred to ase the very novel and interesting subject of the short- e lhand reporting of the debates. The novelty con- c . sisa in the fact ...

... fOBEI(Tl iNiTELLIGENcE BEI-TE.I S TELEGRAMS. RELEASE OF MR. WALLER. IS, FnIDAY .-DIr- Waller, late United States .nulin Maascmr vwho was sentenced to vedrS for a sdaasnar. during the expedition g Zgflte Hovas, has been pardoned by the ! frenchl Governmentc 1HE REBELLION IN MADAGASCAR. iRcarer\ A-crv has received news of the pro- te.'c revolt asnst tlhe Hovas in Madagascar. fev 1.J ouller, of ...

... mROmL OnR COROUESUOXDI. LIUGANT PETTY SESSIONS. This bi-monthly court was held on Tuesday last. The following nmagistrates occupied seats on the bench :-'Messrs. William Liddell, J.P. (presiding): C. Brownlow, J.P.: F. Watson, J.P.; George Groer, J.P. ; G. B. Carrick. IP.; E. M ragennis, Ml.D., J.IP.; John M tNally, J.P.; and T.' D. Gibson. ! .2r. The conservators of the Colercri.e fishery ...

... THE OHURCU OF IRELAND. DOWN AND CONNOR AND DBOMOms JntB CLEBaCALr SoCIETY--A meeting of the Junior Clerical Society was held yesterday at Strandtown. There were present-The Revs. S. A. Coa, president (CE the chair); J. J. Jones, B.D.; H. 3. Northridge, Jolia Conell, S. J. Hackett, J. a. Greer, Walter Browne, S. T. Nesbitt, SL J. Coyle, J. N. Shear. man, and Wb L. T. Whatham (honorary momber, T ...

... AIJEGED SERIOUS ASSAULT AT MAGHERA. THE ACCUSED REMANDED IN CUSODY. Maghera Saturday.-At a late hour last nght Sergeant Neelly,ssisted by Acting-sergeant M'Corry, Contables Dreenan and O'Reilly, arrested James Henry, een; ,James Henry, jun; Daniel Henry, and Hugh Henry, all of Carrowmena; Patrick Henry of Craigmore, members of the same family; John Kane, of Carrowmena; and Joseph Collins, of ...

... THE ILLNESS OF TIHE CZAR. Sr. PETSCRS-RO, SATURDAr.-Tile general ima- pression ?? by official bu.letins regarcdin tthe Czar is trhnt tthe end. lthough inevitable, will not take place for some time. The public are thus gradualy preparing themselves for the cattastroplhe, .the shock of whvich, therefore, trill be .ssibly diminislhed. The folloving official bu'letin doncerning the ,Czwars ...

... As inquiry was held at Cherch Street, Mrghera- felt, yesterday, in reference to the circumstances touching the death of a young woman named Bedelia Evans, who was sometime previous to her illness a dressmaker. For a length of trime she and her mother resided alone on account of disputes which had arisen between the parents. Miss ?? death took place late on Friday night, and the funeral was ...

... In tihe new number of the Jourual of the Royial 1 Agricultural Societv there is an interesting article on. Water in Relation to the Heal3th and Disiease of Farm Stock. The writer, Professor Wortley Axe, ?? reference to ponds, that they, like streas, afford irnmense aedvantages to ovwners of .sto-ck, but they snmetioae, prove the ?? of, serious loes. These places, although indispens- I able, ...

... C-OURT A-ND FASHION. THE COURT ARRIVAL OP THE'1 QUEENT AT AI2DSOR. WeINDSORs Gas-rrEs TEvasoDAY.-l'ha QueerI7 ac- c.mpanied by Princess Btatrecs iltiher Children, the Princess Leinina-en and the Princeeses Ale-7- .ndra and B 'atrica of SsxLy-Cobmrg an:d Gotha, ar- rived at -he Castle shortly after nine o liesckc this morning Irnrom I euimoral. T'ie suite in attendance csnsisted oi the Dow'eger ...

... DUFBLTX, ']Yr'CstA.l' The Duke of Ahercorn, lvrr MaJe--oyY's i,;ouun;:tst Of thte Couuty of Donegtl, Ihas apjoilited Mr. ?? StLibbs. of aneby, BaEd-sTianno, Deuty Lie- ?? ?? tie Connty of Doneg-l. wMr. Esivaird E~icgereld tHiek;,in, Rid., feongb- lea, lis i-euit i-anlcferred to the 'jOUt- of 1e ianaitgli. Mr1. PRotbert, Lloyd Prasege, li-e of Bel~ast, Ibec been apoposnned-'-zstit librarian.n ...

... 7J?fETROPOLIT A1? GO?SiP. FRtOt OtIS LXfY OOilSSPOSDET, for . - a LJosnnw, Mo0SDnn. P2t'a Political changes exercis~e for the time being a n very duisqoicting influence on social life. Every fri day topics of interest hav-e to give wvay to the pa: specullations of thle hrinur, the co ming chanlges, anti tin aclir posssibsle effects upon thle wshole coammunity. Rnt as wvell as uponl thue ...

... RELIGIOUS EDUEC.TION IN TLE MIODEL SCHOOL,. 1ISTRLBVTICYN OF PRIZES TO CHURCH OF IRELAND PUPILS.V Yesterday the annriaxi gathering for the puirpose of distrilbutiong theu prizes won by thre ChIurch of Ireland pripils rittondtng the Belfast Model Sltoul xine helil in one~ of the lower sclhoolrootmsnta bulildingz ?? hlalf-paost tre in the afternoon.n Thiere 11Cs a large gariferin~g of children ...