... THE QUEEN'S RECEPTION OF THE AFGHAN , 4ND.ZULLU CAMPAIGNERS. ISUcstn the sense of dangers pasb and miafortunes overcome, says the spocial correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, can never appeal to the soldier more lightly than when he stands before his Qoeon in the drawing room of Wridsor Castle to receive the honours which her Majesty In pleased to con- fer upon him. In the field and on the ...

... IMPROVEXENTS .IN BALLYMAO4ARRUTT AND: MOUXTPOTTi64kr DIS,,TtICTJS, As much of the evidence given before the late Municipll Boundaries Commission had particular referenee to these loalliblee, It ,may not We out of placc to refer rleiiy 'to th li;preseEnt pe itl n, and to the Improx'ements which have been earned on for tbh past fewv yeuj. The County Down- aide tw the river within ,thOe pa~s ...

... r[BY THLuGRAPHE.] MB. ORR EWING, M.P., speaking at Dumbarton Ilast night, said the Liberals intended to raise the I land and Church dlEestablishment questions as party orles at the next election, He was prepared . to go the length of Mr. Grant Duff in dealing with land. It veated rights were adhered to, the Church of Sootland was willing to share hert emoluments; and It was not improbable, If ...

... DUBLIN UNIVBSIRTY. PRESENTAT10D1' TO BURIG EON-MAJOR REYNOLDS.' [FROM OUR S'ZOIAL nEPORTMR.] PVnuNm, WEDNEsDAY.-T o.day, the University Caput, conslsting of Arotdeacon Kyle, Pro Vice- Chanceller, the Provost, and Rev, Mr. Barlow, Senior Master, non-regenet, nat In the Eiamrtnation. Hall, Trinity College, for the purpose of conferring degrees, with the assistance of the Rev. J. A. Oalbralth, ...

... [YrRoX oU1 GBRMAN OOiSMONDE O D I TIaRs5 are ettuggla% enough going on within the so, called Holy Russia. The most remarkable, how b ever, Is that which may now be s eaid to rage be o tween the Czar end a great many of his subjeots. These demand liberty, and he serem determined to jefuse It There was a report thet on his return from Livadla there would be a great consultation, the result of ...

... ARE THE GERMANS ABOUT TO I I SECURE COLONIES? I [FROM OUR GuRggAv CORSRPOND11T4] the Tconcum is a report that the German Empiro may soon take measures to seoure the propErty in the tri, South Sea Islands belongIug to the German South oer Seas' Trading and Plantation Company. There reo was some danger ol this passing ontof German In hands owing to the lIsolvenoy of the great Ham- we burg house ...

... 0OABcKvnwn ME7 oDrST BAND OF Hops. -The monthly lecture was delivered in the Methodist , Schoolroom on Friday evening, 19th instant, to a l large audience, by Mr. JohnPyprr, Belfasti subjeot: sual Alcohol a Poison, illustrated by coloured d-aw- rival frogs showing ito notion on the humanstomach, The I lecturer spoke for two hours, and his admirable lec, Go turn was l tetned to throu~ghout ...

... i 3g- MR. SULIvnAw has been filled with Indignation by tey the way In which the solid vote of the Irish In not Sheffield for the Liberal candidate has been com. In. mented upon by the Conservatives. It Is not fair an' (he gays) to eatinate the strength of the Liberal the vote for Up, Waddy minus tho home Rule element; Itn, and he seti to work in a most plcdding and solemnly the systematlo ...

... THERc are probably few words (says the Saturday Review) which recall A greater variety of aBsoala' tiona in different minds than Sunday. To a great extent our Sundays are the keynotes of our lives, To some of us they are known chiefly as the ooca. slons on which oar amusements are curtalled, while to others they are days of welcome rest. A bore to the fewand a relief to the many, the Sunday Is ...

... she .ll Ifast uReby5ldtall (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: S SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1879. C( JUGDALLAX t an bees attacked by some three n thoumand Ghilzais, who were repulsed by ColontI Norman. General Gough has joined Roberta at e Cabul, having met with no opposition. The k latter states that though aware of widespread excitement he had no reason to anticipate such l a formidable and ...

... sas SHANKHILL ROAD HEROES L.O.L, 1923. ose Trn annual ooiree and ball In connection with this ert flourishing lodge was hold last evening in the I Derby Hall, Agnes Street. There was a good at. se tendance of the members of the lodge and their lady friends. T4e bail was tastefully decorated with laurels and evergreens, and the flags of the following lodges were suspended around the walls:- ...

... THE WELFARE OF SAILORS-PRIZE ESSAY. TO TIES aDrTOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LITTBR. Sin-On the 8th instant the Lord Mayor, As. contapanied by the Lady MAyorets, Sheriffs, and other offlofals, osmo In state to open the bazaar at the bieautifol Sailors' lenstitute (the headquarters of the soofety) situated at Shadwoll, near the London Dooka, Bishop Claughten, our vieo-prosident, with members of ...