... ?FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE1 t - FRM01 OUR COREl*mPONDHNT. THE FLOODS8 IN JAPAN. A:PPALLING LOSS OF LgIFE. SxiY FRANCISCO, THURSDAY. - The Japantese papers arriving here by this mail estimate the loss of life by the flood, which devasqtated a great pox- lionl of the country on August 20th, at 15,000. The l ose to property was very great. SPAIN AN>D MIOROCCO. PREPARING FIOR TUE WORST. MAtDRID, ...

... I F --------- _-.- . FIGHT BETWEEN WHITES AND- e NEGROES. r ;~~~~~~~~~~~~. J. MANY WOUNDED. Is d .; d SPECIALN CABLEGRAM, :e vhOSE OUR O¶5i. OORREhSPONflENT. t NEW YORX, MONnDAM--To-day, being the stata- 3 Id tory labour day, was ob served as a general-holiday a, in many of the States: of the Union. In mostb Lt places the celebration to ok the form of industrial t le parades, athletic sports,: ...

... HARV1I'ST THlANKSGIVING SERVICES. I ST. GEOIGE'S PARMSH CHURCH. THjE first of the services in connection with the annual harvest festival was held in St George's Church on Saturday afternoon at. four o'clock. There was a large congregation, the preacher on the occasion being the Rev. Canon Smith, rector of St. Bartholomew's, Dublin. and canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The sacred building, as ...

... THlE LONDON STRIKE DISTURBANCES. cheap exeursilm from BelfsWst to London. Harrow gate, Scarboro', Arc., by the Larne and Stranraer rcate, will be on Thursday, 26th instant. Express train leaves York Road Terminus at 4-l 5 p.un. The tickets are available for sixteen days. Sea passage only two hours and forty minutes For fares, see bills v l 8565 l 4 --- l CHAI~RGES AG.NiNSTI THE POLIC'E. TILE ...

... DtTt PRIEZ CUOMPETITIONS, Bhitld ihl thld ihat lesure li6irS d Uffidil Autuuidiuht 4ad ttue kuowledge iiaiid iii 1ihnd.'- dox~rsa.. PRIZE COMPETITION NO; 154. FOR almost three years past Prize Compebitions have beeohappearing W-eekly in the Cdifast W1ei7e'k!y, eis, to, in order to let the readets of the /ire1's Xetvs- Letter see what sort of competitions these are, we propose reproducing ...

... AID TO IRISHa FAMILIES OF TIIE UPPER CLASSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTvM. Slu-May I venture to plead for a little space in your valuable columns regarding a work in which I have steadily laboured. for nearly seven years- aid to Irish families of the upper class- which, unlike that accomplished by the ` dis- tressed Irish ladies' committee,' is not restricted to those suffering ...

... mi A B1umNz correspondent writes:-Not very long ago a large crowd of officials and curious persons assembled at a frequented spot m this capital to witness an execttion. All the preparations had been mostcarefully made, and the aid of several hangmen had been called into requisition; but the rope broke, and the intended victim received a temporary respite. He is now walking about, sleeping, ...

... TIE RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACT. PETITION BY THE NEWRY NAVIGATION COMPANY, Nrwny, FtIDAY,-TheNewsry Navigation Com- pany have filed the following petition against the Great Northern Railway Company in the Court of the Railway and banal Commission, which will be held hefore Mr. Justice Murphy in Dublin on the 4th or 5th of November nezt:-The Newry Navigation Company, hereinafter called the ...

... FRlOM OUR MILITARY COIllRESPONDENT. BY OUR SPECIAL WIRE. LONDON?, SATURDAY. The 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, which arrived in Ireland this week, to be stationed at Dublin, is under the command of Colonel Reynard- son, the other officers being Colonelc Eaton (second in command), Lord Wellesley, and Ricards; Liout. - Colonels Leeke and Hatton; Captains Reynolds, Lutrell, A4kland-Hood, and ...

... THE MANIFESTO OF THE COITE. DE1 I ~~~PA RMSO TIMES TELEGRAM. PARIS, SUNDAY.-The Conmte de Paris must be congratulated on the clearness of his tone and on the lesson in political morality given by him to those who reckoned on his silence for dishonouring l his flag. He has not forgotten that he is the heir of the French King, and he has disdainfully re- pulsed those who advised him tacitly to ...

... BELFAST ROYAL HOSP1TAT.-4he Treasurer (Mr. W. F. MacElheran) acknowledges, wvith thanks, the receipt of £1 4s 9d from the employes of the Harbour Workshops, County Antrim side (in- cludinz tug Lion); 6s 4d from craneanen, and I° 9s 8d from the employ& of AMessrs. Winninzton & Seften. 13260 BEAlFAST SAILoRS' HOmrE.-Robert Boag, hono- rary secretary, acknowledges, with many thanks, having ...

... A MOST successful fete-perhaps one of the most brilliant ever held in Belfast-was given last even- ing in the Botanic Gardens in honour of the Marquis and Marehioness of Dufferin and Ava, whose presence, doubtless, contributed to the large assemblage which filled the Gardens quite as much as the attractive character of the display that va's given upon the occasion. The weather, although dark ...