... SCOTCh1 NOTES, FpuOm OUR OWN; C0IPiECPO\D-NOENT i'OLlTlO0.0 TALK. TDem Covenl campaign has begun in eartissit 1,t Sir John Ponder h~avinig tacken the lit ei~ Mi. John W~ilson tins wie~k. Tt is a piitv tiii John was unable to accept att Once, ais ; that event have been several dayvs in lri already. but it is, anod dg thne Ois p late tloa'n never' and it isevidmnt that lt JIL let thle grass grow ...

... SECONb ED BY OUPR SPECIA! BELFAST NEWS-LETTER ?? 169. FLEERT STREET, LONDON, E.C. THE MORIER INCIDENT. The Stadard(I correspondent ?? Berlin journals ore growing anxious for the termination of the ?? Morier incident. The fact is not surprising. The opinion of Eur6pe has been ex- pressed on the attempt made to fasten on her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg an act of treachery of the most ...

... ORGANISATION OF THE ARMY F'OR WAR. DlAJoR-GENERAL. HAsiziso.N, speaking recently on this subject, said that every, nation which assumes to be a military Power is in possession of a peace army, but unless that can be rapidly turned into a war army it is a broken reed. His object was to show what was required to enable this to be done, and he would consider it under four headings- enlistment, ...

... FOREIGN INITELLIGENCE. ?? FROM 011tlt CoRRaiMoNDEW's. 3MORE FIGHTJTINQ IN HAYTI. Nnw YoRK, WEDNESDAY.-NOWS comes from Hayti that three other battles have been fouglit between the forces of Generals Hippolyto and Segitirne, the latter being defeated with heavy loss. MARRIAGYE OV PRE [IDST CAtNOTS NIECE. Rown, WRDNESDA.Y Nxanr,-Mlle. Marguerite Carucnt, niece of thle Preslidenlt of thbe ...

... lB E ltT E IJS E E. Is TersT has been pronounced II a remarkable book, d and it is entitled to the epithet so far as ir that it has affordedl more employment to lI criticsl andC reviewers than any Other wor-k of recent years. Mr. Gladstone le the3 way with an article which was almost a panegyrio, praisinig 13, ice cleverness, which one canl understand from one h who is such a worshipper of a ...

... SECOND EDITION, BY OUR SPECIAL WVIRE. BEVIJAST NEWS-LETTER OQFIce, 169, FLERT STREET, LoNDoN, B.C SITUATION AT SUAKIN. TRIBES WISHING TO COME IS. The Daily Trelrgrapy/r's Suakin correspondent says - Within the last two days ov0r a hundred heaud of cattle have beell brole rit in from the district of Toklar. The native drovers state that Osman DiNgna is afraid to seud out patrols to stop thim.i ...

... iotf1I{ LONDON LETTE R. BY OUo S'ECilAl. WIII. DELI.AST Nitws-LETTEit OFFICc, 169. FLNEET 'STIEM, i3C.. SUDnV NXI(,HT. TH P. new ywar has opened deplorably from a social point of view. We are sulfering from an epidemic of crime. Some of the ugrliest murders that have blackenedl our criminal annals have been perpe- ?? Burglaries have breen unusually common, and the criminahals lave not ...

... TiE O11MRlIE CALAINY. IL THE ENGLISH COURT AND da THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. c ABSL'T) STATEM1EN''NTS. FROM OUR CO111;1 SiONDIENTS, b VI rNNA. TUESDAY Ar'ranlcoo ;.-Some surprise t, is expressed here at the fact that this morning the t, Emperor Francis Joseplh received in private tl audience Major von Deines. who so recently found lt himself famous or notorious by reason of his share ti in the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TDE Paris correspondent of the Daily 'tiljrgaph, wiring on Tuesday says - Parliament has reopened after a short recess, and this afternoon the lobbies of the Chamber were filled with deputies eagerly discussing the situation, and expressing all sorta of opinions respecting General Boulanlger's chance of election on the 27th. Although the officers of the I ouse were to be chosen to-day, the ...

... ULSTER INTELLIGE:, E, FRomOUR11 OOHRE4FOXDKXN1a'. THEl STREEINC Lus ?? has yet been arrived at between Dhe firmolt JTo'hnRoss &CGo.Il-ybSet niteh lately ill their etulpl oyimnet. who 1 ace ItOWL 1 cii ik XTrUE.' 01! LANDt IN COUNTY ANTi1.t Il.-i A of land at Lislatbin. ne-ar Clon~ghmille. of v stature Inelksl'e', and held tinde1r _L.T anye ofBelfast. at anl anon-al Icent cj been Sold by tilee ...