... BAN GOR{ N EW' l'PRESBSYTERIAN c MI U It C II. LAYING OF MEMIORIAL STONES. THE new Presbyterian Church, Bangor, was the scene on Saturday afternoon of an interesting and impressive ceremony, when five memorial stones were laid by his E3xcollency the Marquis of Dafferin. and Ava. Mr. J. Blakiston-Houston. V.L.; Mr. Arthur Sharman Crawford, D.L.; Mr. Robert B. Ward, D.L.; and the Moderator of ...

... THI-E ARMiY. FROM OU1 MILITARY COI ESPONDENT. BY OUR SPECIAL WIRE. LONDON. SUNDAY.-Quartermaster Oliver. In- niskilling Dragoons, has been granted the hono- rary sank of captain. Captain Willcocks, who has been adjutant of the 1st Battalion Leinster Regiment for less than a couple of years, has resigned his appointment, and assumes command of a company. Hils successor as adjutant of the ...

... TiE GREAT DOCK S'TIUK1E IN HO LLAND. CONFLICTS WITH THE AUTHORITIES. ?? OL't S&'ECIATL COIUluSPONDEXT. ROTTEvrRDAM, SUNDAY-Ta-day has passed quietly with the strikers, as also did yesterday. There is no present indication of a settlement, anid the situation is suaffciently serious, though it is not such as to justify the exaggerated aud alarm- ist reports %which hlave been published. Order is ...

... THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF GLREAT BRITAIN. WHAT NATIONALISTS WOULD DO IF THEY HAD THE POWER. MANCHASTER, SATURDAY.-The annual conven- tion of the Irish National League of Great Britain was held to-day at the Free Trade Hall, Man- chester. Mr. T. P. O'Counnor0, ALP., the president of the League, occupied the chair; and there wvere also present-Mr. J. G. Bigglar. iLP.: Mir. Joseph NoLan. ALP. ; Air. ...

... EDUCATION OF THlE MAX. Tusr following letter appears in Tila Times :-Sir- While the report of the Royal Commission on the t Deaf and the Blind, which has been recently t issued, contains recommendations highly favour-. able to us deaf-mutes, there are certain points 1 which will be strenuously fought by us, even to the bitter end. One of those is the deduction that the use of signs and a ...

... FOREIT7N IN'T.ELLIGENCE, FROM QUM. COltRRcMPONDE 4TS. TER,1i2 FIC EXPLOSION IN GERM11 NY. MIAN'- '0Y WOBKERS INJURED. BTe.RLIN. SATURDAY EVFrxNG-A. terrific ex- rlosion occurred this aftc rnoon in the great irrailerY work- andl laboratory at Spandaln, More tlian fifty workers w.ere injured. coroe of themn serionsiv. but so far as caL bhe ascrtained no OIte Wams killed. QUREEN NATHALIE. Bre ...

... SECOND EDITION* BY OUR SPECIAL WIrE,. BELF'AST NEED LETTE OFFICE, 169, FLEET STREET, LmNDox, E.O. MOoDAY MORn1NG, SIX O'CLOCIC, THE STATE OF CRETE. AN EPIDEMIC FEARED. ATENXS, SUNDAY NIGHT.-According to latest reports, a now and unlooked-for danger threatens the imprisoned Christians in Crete. The prison doctor at Canea fears that a severe epidemic will ensue unless the present overcrowding of ...

... LIFE IN AMERICA, ?? -l-- c std THlE RACIAL AWAR. A NEGRO RIDbLED WITH BULLETS. SPECIAL CAiLEGRAAI. Fr1ROM3 OUR OWN CORRESPOSIBNT. Ncw YORK, SlNDAY.-ComMander Kellmeg, of the Ulitesd States warship OsApee. which was to h1ave taken 'ir. Douglas to IHayti, has applied for and obtained Icave of absence. The officer who filled his place has reported that the Ossinee needs repairs before putting out ...

... THE INSPVCTOR-GENERAL IN BELFAST. PARADE OP THE CITY CONSTABULAMY. Tare annual inspection of the constabulary stationed in Belfast was continued and concluded on Saturday morning by the Inspector-General, Sir Andrew Reed K.1C.1B. The place of inspection, as on the previous day, was Ormean Park. and the weather, although bitterly cold, was not infavour- able for the display, being a marked ...

... IRELAND AND HER PATRIOTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SiR-It can be proved that, in general. the per- sons who profess to be patriots are really the -reateCt eienhies to their COuntrv and the worst friends to their fellow-subjects. To illustrate' this, from A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1640 Ireland eiijoved greater peace anid prosperity than she had e'ver done since the Conquest by Henry ...

... PRE LIM IN A A RIES. Mr. Mark Melford and his excellent company will open a short engragement at the Theatre Royal I this eveninfg in that most amusing production entitled `Kleptomnania, which made so favour- able an impression upon the occasion of its first appearance in the city. The annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Intermediate and University School, Lishurn, will take ...

... LONDON. SATuIIDAY.-Thc annual report by the IrishRegistrar-Generalwas iscredyesterdayrshowing the number of Irishn agricultural labourers who left the several ports fromI st January to 31st August, 1889, their distribution in Ireland when at horne, their relative proportion to the population, their social position when at home, as measured by the extent of their holding, if any. their ...