... TH3E TAK BRIDGIE CATASTROPHE THE EXPLORATIONS OF THE DIVERS. NO BODIES YET RE, COVERED. A RELIEF FUND ORGANISED, ISPRCIAL TELEGRANT] DUNDHE, WRUDNRSDAY NialIT. Tas diving operations, conducted by the offloial3 of the North British RaUway and the Dundee Harbour 0aonmlsaoners, have now occupied three days, bat lttle has been done beyond ascertaining the posl. tion of the train, which lies asbout ...

... LATEST NRW J the RUSSIA AND ENGLAND, res SSr PsTmRSBURG, TUESDAY -There iE a at dency to a ropproachement b3tween Rusell lay England, vs. THE EMPRES8 OF RUI3SIA. t- ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNY1Si tY -An oificl4 Dr letin from Crinnes, dated the 29eh inst,, astFe. j the gencral Improvement in .hv healith of thb Luei press of Russia a.ntiunes, ry AUSTRIA. HUNGARY. ir. [DAILY NRWSt THLEGRAM-] PBSTH, ...

... SOCIETY FOR THE ORPHANS OF MINISTERS AND MISSIONARIES OF THE PRESBYTE- RIAN CHURCH. THE seventh annual meeting of the Society for the Orphans of Ministers and Missiouaries of the Pres omd byterian Churoh in Ireland was held yesterday at ?? twelve o'olock, In the Assembly's Office, May , Street, Rev. Dr. Watts, Moderator of the Gene- ag, ral Assembly, presided. There were also present- ere Dr ...

... CORRESPONDENOE. BELFAST ROYAL HOSPITAL, TO THE EDITOR OF THlE BELFAST NEWS - LETTER. SIR-When It was found on 31Sat August, being the end of the hospital financial year, that it re quired a sum of £1,000 to pay off the amounts then due, I decided to make an effort to raise this suem, Do that the Board might et-art the present year free of debt, By your advertising columns It will be seen thmt ...

... RELIEF PROSPECTS IN SOUTH DONEGAL |HIGHLANDS, Tim proprietors of ?? and Glonoolumbkill, John R Musgrave, Esq., J,P., and James Musgrmve, Eeq J P., Drumglass H{ouse, Belfast, aftorconisul. tation with their agent, Arthur Brooko, Esq., J.P,, Killybegs, have signified their Intention of affording moat generous aid to the pocr people on their proe party In the Donegal HIghlanids They have la* ...

... I ARMAGH PROTESTANT ORPHAN SOOIETY I TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS LETTER, SIR-YoU will oonfer a great favour upon the committee of the Armagh Pratmetaut Orphan Society if you will kindly insert in your paper the details, I furuhhed beneath, of the bazaar lately held In Lurgan In behaft of the fands of the Armagh Pro. testant Orphan Society:- Mrs. Greer's table, Lurgan £ ?? 8 1 z Mra. ...

... STORM AND FLOODS, OF the weather in Belfast yesterday the same tale might be told as of the previous days, The wind was less boisterous, but the rain was more Inces. sant, and, consequently, the publlc had little room for congratulations on improvement, The wind was not so high during the early part of the night, and the sky wvas lesa cloudy than during the day, but towards midnight the wind ...

... IT may not be uninteresting the first day of a new 1 year to give a brief summary of prominent local events during the year now closed. The first in chronological order was the Installa. otlon of Mr. John Browne. J. P., as Mayor. On d assuming the civic chair Mr. Browne received the 3 warm oongratulations of the members of the n Council. In the discharge of his offiolal duties a during the ...

... THE SMITHFIELD WARD ELECTION, A LARGE and Influential meeting of the ?? of Smithfield Ward was held last evening, at eight o'olock, in the Agnes Street Orange Hall, for the purpose of making arrangements to secure the ro. turn of Mr. W. J. Jury for the seat in the Town Council rendered vacant by the death of Mr. W. EH. Braddell. Mr. James H. Hnalebt occupied the chair. Mr. Jury on entering the ...

... Arte ?? Rt(-P t (ESTAWALTSHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. The preliminary examination of Gonzales, who made the attempt on the life of the King of Spaln, has commenced. Two other parties have been arrested for complicity In the outrage. Their Majesties have been warmly congratulated by all parties In Spain on their fortunate escape. A St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs ...

... THE ATTACK ON SHIRIIIUR. [TIMES TERUCIUAM.] CABUL, DERocami 25. The main Incidents of the attack on Shirpur on the 23rd inst,, are as ?? general had trustworthy informatlon on the evening of the 22nd that an attack would be made on the following morning. The signal was to be the lighting of a beacon on the shoulder of the Kob-i-Asmal. Further reports from the oity for several days had ...

... YEARt by year the Natioral Lifeboat Institution th becomes more and more extensive, and testifies to all its great importance. The following list of ser. in in vles rendered on the coasts of the United Kingdom ol, by its lifeboats to shipwrecked crews details Et sucoinctly the success and unabated bravery and re perseverence of the lifeboat men :-Barque Sarah be Ann, of Sunderland, ten lives ...