... TRIPLE- EXPANSTON v. COMPOUND ENGINES. TnE UTnion Steamsihip Company are displaying much enterprise in r-oenginingh their steamers. For a consiilerab]l tile they have hald oe or other of their liners in thie hands of engine constriuctors.- and now the seventh is on thte Clyde having her compound maichillery replaced b3y iriple-expanl-ion engines by Messrs. John and Janies Thomson, Finnestown. ...

... BY OUR SPECIAL WI'lr Bxrr.vST ?? O( Ics. 169, FLEET S'rlxtc'r, LONDON, rE, TUESDAY MORNING, Six O'CLOCK, THE EXPLOSION IN A HO7TEL, A New York ?? ?? nme-t appalling Catastrophe which haS ever Vi.' tha town occurred at. an early hear Vc' tcrdiay mornin4 at Hartford, Cecieicm The scene of the disaster was the Pirtc CnIltu ...

... TIID WEAT*IIEIt. nv OCR SPECIAKL W;IR., TT{E following forecasts, referring rto the ?? of the ensuing tw.enty-four hones, were is-u.c y the Mleteorological Department, LOuiiUR. ?? evening^: IRELAN+D, N.-North-wvesterly wvinds. fren'cttl: and considerabxly naseettledl 5001; C. showers. IRELAND, S.; ENEGLA.ND, SW.X, AN.D Sr.TV: WALTES. -Northerly vwintds, inodszuO(' fresh ; fair genlerally. ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANINO 1737.) - - It is stated that Germany is about to estab- Po lish a ilaval station on the Mediterranean. mc Mr. Carsiv, M.P., was taken before a magis- Lf trate at Kildare yesterday, and remitted to Kuil- kenny to answer the charges against him. St m( The residence of Lord Aberdeen has been be entered by burglars, who carried away a cashbox mi containing about £300. lil .UI ...

... ANNUAL MEETING. V fcc THE annual meeting of thso friends and supporters Ilit of the Consumptive Hospital took place yesterday wc at thle institution, 'throne'Mount, when there mit was a fair attendance, amongst those present (A being- the Von, the Archdeacon of Connor (Dr. Scaver), Revs. John Spouce, J. Danikerley, L. A. COi Pooler, J. C. Street ;Messrs. R. W. Murray, 3 P.; 111% William ...

... A SERIES OF EVICTION'S I ON THE n S1 IIAWARDEN ESTATE. d TENAN'flARMERS SOLD OUT IN THE i ; SN'OW. 0 a THE GLADSTONE FAMILY AS LANDLORDS. t BY THE SPECTATL CONMSIMW1ONEP OF THE d LIVEnPooL COuRlER. n !Iuau tenant-farmers have been induced to assume. I that they are a harshly treated and oppressed t olass, and that their agricultural brethren in Eng- s land and Wales are in the blissful ...

... MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON HOHE, RULE. I SPECIAL TELEGRAM. fort Sr. ANDREWS, SATURDAY.-This afternoon, in Ass reply to an address of welcome from the Unionists it I of St. Andrews, wil Mr. CuAMN1BERLAIN ?? is very interesting by on such a visit as this to go back and try to recon- nat stitute the past-to the times when St. Andrews mix was tho great political and ecclesiastical centre of def are ...

... TIIE NEW WIMBLEDON. LONDON;, TUES9DAY-The Central Noeds eat§& Since the negotiations respecting the ground at Brookwvood have fallen through, the site most in favour with the National Ri'de Assrociation for theit. annual meetings wvould appear to be Dutable Dowvns, whichl are wvell known as a popular holtiday' resort, on thie borders of Bedfordshirc and Hlert- forlshire. To-day the Downms were ...

... THIIE ARMY. TWOM OURL ATIITrATY COERRSPONDENT. BY SPECIAL, WIRE. LouNox, TrsuRsDAY,-Coloncl Campbell's sue- cersor as assistant adjutaut-general for recrniting at Linenlall Barracks, Dublin, is Colonel J. D. Laurie, now comnuandiug the 34th Regimental Dis- triot, and formerly comtmanding officer of the isb Battalion Border Regiment. H1e has been in the army since 1855, and has held three staff ...

... BELFAST DISPENSAUY COMMITTEE. Teen monthly meeting of this commzittee was hold yest~erday in lbs Boardroom of the Barrack Street Dispensary-Mr. Trhee. II. Broevue, ?? (chairmanal), presiding. There were also pro. sent-Messrs. James Thompeun, J.P; La. lM. Ewvart, J.P. ; James Gray, J. P; James Jenkins, J.p.; WY. J. Johnston, J.P.; Arthur TtamiUl, J.P.; R. H. Trelanld, Thlomas Arelibeld, John ...

... OURI LONDON LETTER. BY OUR SPECIAL WIRE. BnaFasr TNsws-LwTTFR OFIton, 169, PLETr STRET, E. C., XVEDN?SDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWING in the wakce of Lord Tlartington's b; circular to his followers amtong the Liberai tl Unionist party, inviting- them to meet in their full tl strength on the oponing day of Parli ament, the t( Glafistonian circulars were sent out to-night. Ie Whether Mr. Parnell will give ...

... A SEPARATIST DEDIONSTRATION SPOILED.I SHEP1IELD. WUNMSDAY .-A mass meeting took place at noon to-day, in PfaTadise Square, on the V Irish policy of the Government. It was convened 'I by the Separatist Association to protest against b Mr. Balfour's treatment of the political prisoners, f and Mr. Bernard Coleridgep, 31.P., attended to sup- port the resolution. Sir F. Mappin, MII.P, presided. ...