... I I -- ?? M. ^ FROM OUR GOOR9SPONDENTS. EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. THREE MEN KILLED AND EIGHT INJURED. BanarN, WgDsu ^ys AFTESRN'OoN.-A terrible explosion Of fire-damp took place yesterday in the Reckliughausefl Colliery, near Dortmund. Three men were killed outright, and at least eight were seriously injured. ARRESTS IN ST. PETERSBURG. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.-Later ile. spatches received ...

... THE ChIN EXPEDITION-BURIITAH. Tan following extracts from the private letter of an officer employed in the Chin Expeditionary -Force will be rend with interest. The letter is dated. camp, Tollaing, Chin Hills, March 9th:- The force, or atleast the portion of it not now on the war-path, occupies a village of the above name, about 5,000 feet above sea level, built on the side of what at home ...

... JM1PIERIAL PARLIAETENT. I BY SPEOIAL AND ORDINARY WIRES. I-HOUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. TIu Lob Cu[Axc urA.'OR took his seat on the wool- sack at a quarter-le2st four. ELECTORAL QUALIFICATION OF WOMEN. The Earl of MEATH moved the second reading of ai bill enabling women to sit as county council- lors after being duly elected. He omphasised the fact that he was not about to ask their Lordships to ...

... BY OUR SPECIAL WI~r.E BELFAST rNEW5.LSETTE OFFJIa, I 69, FLEEr ST1EaTr, LONDOX, EC. rFIDAkY MORNING, SX O'CLmOCK, THE IRISH VICEROYALTY, MIEETING OF IRISHl CONSERVATIVES. Tho Daily Iblegwaple savye In connection with the ruilours of the probable abolition of the Irish Viccroyalty, it is stated that a circular has been issuled by the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Waterford, the Earl of ...

... ..(ESTABLISH~s ANNO 1731.) BELF AST: SATURDAY. MAY 18, 1889. In the House of Lords yesterday a discus- vi sian took place in reference to the appointment i of a public trustee, and the Lord Chancellor g promised to introduce a bill for that purpose. ti The A robdeacoury of Cornwall Bill was read a g second time. g it' In the House of Commons the Customs and IJ Inland Revenue Bill was fixed for ...

... iTHE PAIN ELL iS COMMItfSSIO:N. eretroublc nvould have occurred at \\'oodford. 3Ir. Shaw-Lefevre, Rho vat: s in court, had his *vereward for his interposition in Ifrish affairs. ?? nascent statesman libtefaed with beaming outotllltenr.lee to Ire tribute paid to his diplomacy in Menrinfsln5 about the settlement on BTr. Il'enry cr. Burke's estate. Sio far as witness kneed no moliey - BOYOTCTJNNG ...

... SECOND EDITION, BY OUR SPLCIAL WISR, BELFAST NEWS-1L''r'TrR OaIneCir. 16B9, .FrEr S'rzrevr, LOnDOX, E.C WEEDKimSDAY MoRmiSING, SIx O TILE O~l) R LIEUTENANCi. The Daily 2ifyqrup'l'. in its leader on thle typ.l' tation to Lord Salisbury, ri the Vicsaoialtr -What answer Lord Salisbury will or cail 'rjv'e , the Irish peers to-day it led ilicult toane~icilpsee go Londonderry's term of office closes ...

... THE ORANGE INSTITUTIUN GILFORD DISTRICT L. O.L, No, 13.-At the dis-C trict meeting of this lodge a warrant was applied t for and granted to Br. Watson Mayes and others t with power to open a new lodge in the district. c On Saturday evening last the new lodge, No. 20 1 4, f was opened with all due ceremony in Dunbarton t by the ?? Br. Robert McBride, assisted by r the D.DM., Br. Isaac Smyth, ...

... THE NEW CANON OF ExETEn.-TIIo Bishop of Exeter has offered the canonry in Exeter Cathe- dral, vazated by the Bishop of Marlborourgh. to tho Rev. Robert Edward Trefusis, vicar of Ohittle- hamtDon, Devon, and prebendary of the cathedral, bv -whom it has been accepted. Tin DEANERY 01' ST. PAUL'S.-There are fresh rumours of the approaching retirement of Dean Church, whose health has been failing ...

... SAVED BY A MIDSHIPITAZ Birminghleaw &ztralri//y 37iYg, 1Ayril 61), | IN THE HOSPITAL. How shall we tell the story ? H1owv shall we pie. ture the scene? A row of snow.white beds the gentle nurses moving silently to and fro. in a werl of the General IHospital in Birminglaia-i.l&tr, which the bright May sint is pollring its oldenl rays-and on one of the beds a young mana or sow..i twenty-three ...

... OUJR LONDON LETTER, BY OUR SPECIAL VVIRE. BELFAST .NiSs-LETTER OFFICE, 169. FTr. rT STRIEET, E.C., SUNDAY NIGHT. YESTERDAY'S Cabinet Council was mainly engaged in the discussion of the impending vacancy in the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland and the Sugar Bounties Convention Bill. The difficulty of finding a suc- cessor to Lord Londonderry may have the effect of bringing about a change in the ...

... WELCOME TO REV. JOHN LYND AND MRS. LYND. LAST evening a social meeting was held in the Central Hall, Rosemary Street, in connection with the Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, for the purpose of welcoming Rev. ,ohn Lynd and Mkrs. Lynd to the congregation. There was a very large attendance, and the proceedings were of a very enjoyable character. Tea was served from seven o'clock, the ...