... ,SECOND EDITIO1N. BY OUTS SPECIAL WIRE.B BILF'ABT N33wsSLarTT;U Otss'Ie, 1 69, FLESS ST1IIE r, L*NDGN, B.C. SIR ROBORT MtORIER. The Vienna correspondlent of the Daily Ti'leyirayh says a telegrml~ front St. Petersburg to this evening's Pel-iticul (u-respomnd7 a: says Sir 1R. Morier has applied to the Foreign Ollico for leave in order that he mlay proceed to London and give a verbalI explanation ...

... FOR EIGN INTITELLIGENCE. ?? Fl'j.oI 0011 U lUR 1.1RSIONDESTS. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT BROOKLYN. NEW YouRS, THURSDAY.-A singular disaster . has occurred at Brooklyn. Three large gas tanks exploded last night, throwing a portion of the city into total darkness. The tanks were situated close to the Navy Yard and Barracks, and these were shattered by the explosion, whilst by a fire which ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCES VUOM OtUR OIORISSPONDENTS. TIIE CRISIS IN SAMOA. ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON, WFDNEaDAY AFTERNOON. -- A significant indication of the state of feeling in re- gard to the high-handed proceedings of the Ger- mans in Samoa has just been manifested in the Senate, An amendment to the Diplomatic Bill has been reported to the Senate, by which it is proposed to ...

... A BIIIDE OF £5 TO MARRY RE2?TJ?1?D. AtT Newery quarter pfeiiins ,yelsterday, befo.re Mr. 'tHEOUMS Leirnox'0, QOa., County Coutrt Judge of^ DowPn, a very amunsingo cale, in whlichL the personsi interestedl hail front Ilostrevor, w~as heard. The court was crowdiedl on the occalsion. The acetion wvas brought by the pilaint~iff, a man named Eidwrardl MoTllan, against the detenidant, Iie'nry Cole, ...

... THIE SPANISH AMADA. A MeOuiY CHEST Or SAPE AT flVNDONAT.D. flts visit to British waters of the Spanish Armadle. of 1538, like its kindred event in many respects- the siege and defence of Londonderry in 1 688-is one of those intensely interesting facts that hold on important place In the annals of the British Isles, and oven in the history of the nations of Europe. 'nie Armada, in its ...

... DOUBLE EXECUTION AT IIAIDSTONE. LONDON, VEDNRSDAY,-T1he execution took p place at Maidstone Jail this morning of William d Cower, aged 18, moulder, and Charles Joseph Dobell, 19, plumber. for the murder of Bensley r CyrusLawrence by shooting him through the head, a on the .20th July last, in a timber yard adjoining the Baltic Sawmills, at Taubridge Wells. The cir- t' curmgtanees attending the ...

... (ESTABLISHLi)E ANNO . lis 7, BE , F A ST: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2,. 1 At yesterday's sitting of thc PaInt.- 'l c mission. Captain Stack, Dl isiokid 0 11 a sioner, wits fur ther ox:tlln ted. lthe ' , pressed the opilni)t that tilere was ;L (lAcl uI' between tilc Lea, tou and oarl:nms. S . . I{ussell oxatnitil tile wit it ess at kim Ii Russllt Ic', ,n c,,I(flJIJ .tilc Viewl 0[L S!1O\Vill thnitt;'l: ...

... OUIDA OIN WONEN'S CLUBS. TuIE enormous increase in men's clubs is a singular feature of nioderu society. Their name is legion; their uses manifold, and their influences compli- cated. Their latest effect is likely to be the most important of all; it is their creation, through imi- tation, of woonen's clubs. It may certainly be stated. withont possibility of' contradfiction, that had there been ...

... TILE PARNELL CO1M1ISSION. I r O ,RE LEAGUE DOCUMENTS. f t ANOTHER MO1ONLIGHTER GI VES EVIDENCE. I I: >4 01' OW COP'lMiSI'SPON DENT AND BY SPECIAL o oriz OWN nE, a TONDoN, WVEDYf$E).kl'.-Attontion Uwas dividedC bot eteen Land League documents more ore a inlr'-tin(V and more or less incriniillatory, the e ditout'S of a mootnliiitter, a land agent's teti. t DV. and ollicial information. 'The ...

... THE DEFENCES OF OuR MERCANTILE P o It T S. THE following letter has appeared in The T11nes . Sil-At a time when coast defences are being seriously considered by the Government and the public, it may be well to supplement the larger measures for national protection by carrying around the British Isles a line of telegraph, follow- ing the coastgruard path, and dovetailed at suitable points with ...

... , P5101!t OUR COORRESPONDENTS. CAPTAIN M'TeSasN.&. REMI-Captain ft'Ternan, R.M., wvho had been ?? inl Euniskillenl for C over six years, has been transferred to Clastlerca, Coutnty Roscinitnonl, and iva is stated that his suoc. cessor will be 31r. G. A. Maoloney, RH.., of Slge. b AzoinieNT To A Bra CAPT'aiit-Yesterda~y even- r ing, about five o'clock.! Captain Thomnpsonl, mla.terj I of the ...

... OURT LONDON LETTER. Bl OUR SPECIAL WIRlE. P BELFAST NEwe-LETTER OFFICE, 169, FLEET STREET, E.C., TUESDAY NIGHT. r LORD SAnIsBuisY will have some difficulty in find- h ingi a saccessor to Dr, Hug-hes, the bishop of St. r Asaph's. who has just passed away. The bishop was a Veishnian, and, of course, could speak the q langnage of his people with considerable effect I ant told. In the English ...