... PO154 OUR MILIT4RY OOE10 PONIPENT. BY OUR SP'IAL WIER. LONDoN, WEDNESDAY.-Major Stringer has been struck off the strength of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at Galway, and has assumed command of the dep6t companies of the regiment, at Wrexham. The 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, now at Dublin, has been ordered to prepare a draft of picked men, to be sent to India to reinforce the ...

... TOWN DM NIISSON ERS, BALLYMENA.-At the monthly meeting of thisal Board yesterday the Commissioners present ?? Mlessrs. S. J. M'O0artney, J. P. (chairman); Richard £1 Davison, James Cosbie, Albert Pawson, Samuel Li Hood, James M'Allister, S. R. Young, Samuel ml M'I'Kny, and V. A. taung, 3?P. A CommunicationOi from the town clerk of Enniskillen wvas read with tb ref erence to the contemplated ...

... 23- BY OUR SPECIAL WIRE BBELFAST NEwS-LETTER OFFICE, 169, FLEET STREET, LONDOX, E.O. TUESDAY MORNINzG, SIX O'CLOCK. TERRIBLE EARTH1QUAKE IN TURIKEY. 'A VILLAGE DESTROYED. l The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily 30 wronol e ?? have reached here of a volcanic eruption which occurred same days ago in the province of Erzeroam, de- 1 stroying the village of Kantrzorick, which w was a modest ...

... ,p~f ?? AN t 1 s 37f.) (ESTABLISHED AINNOL 1737.) TThe ship Bay of Naples has beer destroyed by fire in New York Harbour. Elizabeth A'Veigh, one of the persons injured in the Armagh railway accident, died yesterday. During gunnery practice on .LM.S. Ajax a 38-ton gun burst, and one man was injured. A great fire has taken place in the town of Barker, Montana, and it is reported that nine ...

... THE OR&NGE INSTITUTION. HOTDnAST L.O.L. No. 1620.-This lodge held its monthly meeting on Tuesday evening last in, the Orange Hall, Thomas Street, Dungannon-Br. Samuel Smith, W.M.. in the chair; and Br. James Lecky in the vice-chair. After some preliminary business had been transacted, the annual election of officers took place, resultingf as ?? Samuel Smith, W.M.; James Lecky, D.M.; Lowry ...

... ' I CROSSING THE ATLANTIC IN A COCKLE I SHELL. TERRIBLE PRIVATIONS. SPECIAL TELEGRAM. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. -The Cunard liner Aurania, wahich arrived to-day from New York, brings a thrilling tale of the sea. It relates to the bold attempt of Capt. Rogers to cross the Atlantic in his wee eighteen-foot yawl-rigged boat Nickeloden, and his terrible experiences at sea for thirty-eight days. For ...

... TEn tinme of year when Spain looks its best is close at hand, and few holidays could be better spent than by taking a trip to the land of Don Quixote. In some ways no European country possesses greater attractions for the average Britisher. Its historical memories as the land of the Inquisition and the Armadea, the land that in more modern days has been watered throui~hout with Britishi blood, ...

... L DUBLIN, TUESDAY.-T1le arrangements for the British Conference of Young Men's Christian As- sociations, which commenced this evening in the Metropolitan Hall (Christian Union Buildings), iand will be continued on Wednesday and Thursday, are of the most elaborate and complete character. The Conference committee, with Lord Bangor as president, includes such well-known namesas Rev. Dr. Neligan, ...

... CORRESPONDENCF4 BANGOR. TO THiE UDITOR OF THE BELFAST SNEWS-LErTTR. SIR-Permit me, through the columns of your valuable p aper, to call attention to the possihill. ties of Bangor as a wataring-place and sumrger resort, and to suggest one or two improvements. that Wvoul.d add very much to its popularity. Ally person who has visited Bangor could not fail to recognise its attractive situation, ...

... LANARk, the county town of the shire of the same name, and a very ancient burgh, has a griev- ance. Notwithstanding its importance, it has any- thing bat an adeqbiato train service to and from the commercial capital of the county-Glasgow. This is due to the circumstance that gives Lanark muccl of its popularity as a health resort. It is built ona bill, and the Caledonian Railway Conl- ...

... MR. ]RAIFOUR'S NEW IRISH EDUCATION SCHEME. WE ARE SOLD--I AND MY PEOPLE- ESTHER, VII., 4. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTBR. Sra-We all know this story- Who is he, said the king, that dnrst presume in his heart to do so? and Esther said, This wicked Haman. So they hanged Harnan on the gallows. No appli- cation is necessary. We are sold, or about to be sold. The bargain seems ...

... FROM THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ENEWS. THE Scotch confirmation, under seal of the Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles. of the trust disposi- tion and settlement (dat'sd July 23. 1885) of Sir James Falshaiv, Bart., ?? J.P.. D.l., Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1874-7. of No. 14, BJelgrave Crescent, Edinburgh, who died on June 14 last, granted to John Falshaw Hobson and George Andrew Hobson, the nephews. ...