... I THlE SLEAFORD CONTlS'T. I I .- THE POLINTG YESTERDAY (razESs ASSOOIATIOK TELEORAM.) Sleaford, Thursday. The polling hzeing closed at eight o'cloet to- night in this daiision* of Lincolnshire, the presid- ing officers sealed up their ballot boxss and papers acid brought them into Sleaford, -where the votes will be counted to-morrow forenoon. After comparing accounts from both Coreserva- tive ...

... THE SMT-BADRY SEERIFF'S SALES. TO MLE tDITOR OF TGE FRlFlMAN'. ' Bank place, Tipl1urary, Gth Sept. DbRA. Sea-In your issue of to-day, when giving tbe list of names of the tenants on the Smith- Barry property whose interests were to have been sold at Thurles on Wednesday, you have, probably by mistake, omitted my name. Not only were my holdings, three in number, up for salebuta- wertifirst ...

... SECOND EDITION. ?? 1. - (BY FnEsJZfAZ SPECIAL WIn&) . frwman OraicE. MONDAY MORN:TGa Six o Clock. ?? t THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. o To-day's Daily News ?? oae thinks that the Republieans will be in a minority in ehe next . Chambenr, but seine are decidedly of opinion that . the reactionarics of every shade who form tte e Boulangist coalition will gain some accession e n strength. If they do they ...

... IN TE R ME DIArT E 7 -EXAMINATIONS. | ?? of Piadses of£ this3.yer Ezanainat a tions inderthe Intermediate Educition Board was issued yesterday. The book, contrai'y to custom, a 2cOttains 1n0 separate J5stOZ £Miibitionier i and e Prize Winners. The names of the candidates are 2 girea in the pamphlet alphabetically. The'ignot , Marks arse gien. The Pass Marks are not. It has been our invariab!e ...

... THE PRIMARY EDUCATION QUES- TION. el 1 TO THE EDITO OP THE FREESMAN. Df Dublin, September 17. i- SIR-It is. I think, about a fortnight since you af were kind enough to publish a letter of mine on I this subject, and the more I consider and contem- d plate the extraordinary resource and research of ,Uj displayed by our gifted Lord Mayor in his expose n of the teachers' case in the House of ...

... I Gt:NERAL BOULTANGM .1l !& 7'-;WV BIOGRAPHY. 10- _ d | (By Freeaan Special Wire.) Ief London, Wednesday Night. if The advance sheets of a new biography 'if d (;enela[ Bouianger were issued to-day by toe ii publishers, Jkeassre Swan, Sonnenschein and Co. c We present our readers with a few passages fronrt *r the life of one who for the moment is the mo, 4interesting personage in public life. ...

... ,.POW,,EB.O. RE . ., PRAMfml - IN TIP$RIU!,Y, Ti a To-ds ?? of WLh* 444Teo w fP T. daX X. w; ?? o '.Rwae shov49 ftree$ ye#v by se ice j.x thes $h *rbrSpai nm~wnr4, 4w 7-tq- funeral wean inpsm* ?? pyblcsynpat~y.~ W7it ozv eepic uq°t9ip8 like it has taken place ?? for m-re than t woty year~s 4t an ?? houx gid Woxng 140. remains, in a polished coffin of brish oak; were removed to St ...

... THE RECEST DEATH AT THE WHIT- WORTH HOSPITAL. ?? Yesterday an inquest was held at the Morgue, s by Dr. Whyte, on the body of Ellen Norris, aged 's 15, who died in the Whitworth Hospital (Rouse dof Industry), on she 24th August. The body had )f been interred in Glasnevin Cemetery, but the e relatives ot the deceased having expressed a n strong desire that an inquest should be held, the 5e ...

... (JORRESPONDENCE. CLERGY SUPERANNUATION FUND. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE HELFAST NEWS-LETTER Sip.-As one of those specially interested in the above, I ivish, with yonr kind permission, to bring it under the notice of the clergfy and laity of this united diocese. Its Dbject is to assist incumbents when disabled by sickness or old agre-(1 ), by pay- ing curates for them, or (2) giving them retiring ...

... RATEPAYERS' AND PROPERTY- OWNERS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. YESTEDDAY, at noon, a preliminary meeting in connection with the proposed Ratepayers' and Property-owners' Protection Association was held in the Chamber of Commerce. The circular call- ing the meeting was as follows:-';A number of owners and agents of property in this city are L desirous of forming an association for the purpose of ...

... (EsTiABLlSHED ANINO 1737.) 1BELFA4ST1: FiRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889. Is TIhe Wing of Portugal is reported to be It By the floods in Japan it is estimated that c fif teen thousand lives have been lost. a re Smokeless powder wvas used at the uoilitary jl nanoeuvres in Westphalia yesterday. f in While on duty at a fire at Bristol, yesterday, d( afireman namned Lear was seriously injured by the ...

... ,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 ...