... 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 ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) ?? _ lptt'S> BELFAST: . THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1891. The death is announced of Rev. Win. Ross, Canon of Derry Cathedral, aged seventy-six L years. & A telegram from New Orleans reports the i wreck of a steamer and the loss of fourteen t lives. The Duke of Bedford died in London yester- 1 day from congestion of the lungs. Deceased c was in his 72nd year. A meeting of the ...

... 1s the year which has just closed 7,482 deaths were advertised in the obituary columns of the Morning Post. Of these 947 were stated to have attained the age of eighty years and upwards. This gives a percentage of 12 5, as compared with 1585 in 1889, 135 in 1888, 137 in 1887, and 141 in 1888. The following analysis shows the ages and sexes of the 947 personas whose deaths were recorded last ...

... SECOND EDITIo0I- BY ?? PRIVATE WIan. EBRLFAR' NEWS--LE1T~gte Oppr,,, 168. FLUETrSTREET, LOOON 5M;t. TuESDAY MORNING, SIX GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. Th- TiVmes ?? cannot be denie dha actual state of parliaaenetary business thatth week of May is somewhat diishearten Ofl theia who cherished the hope that a se~ii beg inhi in November could be brought v~coiew e close before the end of Joly. It is cla ?? ...

... THEE ARMY. FROM OUR MILITARY COORESPONDENT. BY OUR PRIVATE WIRE. LONDON, TUnRSDAY.-Captain Richards, just promoted to that rank in the 2nd Battalion Berk- shire Regiment, at Cork, will, it is understood, go to Malta to join the 1st battalion. Captain Cox. of the Royal Inniskilling Dragoons, has joined the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, now undergoing the annual training. Re is placed on ...

... IULSTER INTELL'IGENCE.' PROAT OUnR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. ALLEGED LARCEY OF GIN.-On Saturday last, at the prosecution of Head-Constable Harkin, ?? George Barker, a b]aeksmith, was returned for trial to the nest quartersessions forthelarceny of a. quantity of gin, alleged to have been stolen from the back premises of Mr. Edward MC~ormick, publican. Shamble Lane, Duogannon. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT ...

... SECOND EDICTION Douegal, Ballygawley, Coaghl Co. Tyroilwe Gairnlough, Co. tstrira; I;endy, Co. ?? hIouutnugent, Co. Cnvaa; =.;ewbownbux er, Ferm&nagh; Park, Co. Dcrry. ? C0 SA1SUr i)AY-Dromore, G;l ford, NC sv to wnaliS, Dowll Oldstoue. Co, Antrim. °b-(X=>if.iSll,\-l!ji, ?? j,, ?? plate, dsc. Illltari6ized alud wiLlJ a lililll;lllt l'>l rsydCrZ obvinted by U.sirg Gizddarrlgs 28-oll JMcrctlllat ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) ?, I(W am ~ ?? 13ELF A ST: [TUESDAY, M AY 12, 1 8 5 1, In the House of Lords yesterday the Royal assent was given to a considerable number of bills, including the Merchandise Marks Act Amendment Bill. The Marquis of Ripon asked a question regarding an alleged proclamation by the Vicerov of India. The Marquis of Salis- bury, in reply to Earl De La Warr, said he could ...

... J BY OUR PRIVATE WIRE. BELFAST NEws-LETTER OPnICo, 189, FLEET STREET, ?? MONDAY NIrORT, I UNDERSTAND that to-morrow in the House of Commons Mr. W. H. Smith will, if able to be in his place, move that the letter of Mr. Justice A. L. Smith be read reporting the conviction, on his con- N fession, of Captain Verney, M.P. for North Bucks. has That brief judicial communication being read, the A l, ...

... I 1PERIAL PARPLIAMENT. -I and the fortuer insisting 011 spe.al;in Lord Deqmlan and Eiord Salisbury rose together, | BY PRIV&'rE AND OPbDIN^BY WIRES. HOUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. . TarE House mot at half-past three o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. ; The Royal assent was given by Commission to the Registration of Certain Writs (Scotlaud), the 131Eetoral Disabilities Removal, Army Schools, London (City). ...

... IFOREIGN J INTEIJLIGE NCIE- nFOM OUR COlRESPORDRlTS. THE RISING AT OPORTO. . MADRID, WEDNEsDAY BVENING.-The subjoined facts' relative to the rising at Cyorto have just come to light. The money for the rebellion was subscribed by Republicans in different parts of Portugal. and amounted to nearly £4,001. Very little ot this sumn was spent, bht the leader of the Oporto insurgents, Senhor Aives da ...

... LADIES' COLLEGIATE SCHQQTO. DITRIIBUTION OF PRIZES. THrE distribution of prizes to the successful pupils in the late annual examitations in connection with the Ladies' Collegiate School, Wellington Park. of which Mrs. Hodgson is the principal, took place last afternoon, at four o'clock, in the schoolroom Thltre was a very large attendance of the young pupils, their parents, and other friends ...