... BELFAST IHAPBOTR BOARTD. e Sir James Musgrave, Bart., D.L., presided ovel the bimonthly meeting of this Trust, held in the slharbour offices yesterday morning. The attend- t ance included the Right Honourable W. J. Pirrie, It J.P.; Sir Daniel Dixon, DL.; &1essrs. S. e Lawther, 3.P. ; R. Thompson, J.P.; W. H. s Dixon, J.P.; John Davidson, J.P.; John Work- e man, J.P.; D. B. Lytle, J.P.R James ...

... PARLIA?1EiNTA1?N REPORTING IN JAPAN. i 3031 A TIMID!, OOuflUPOl#DENT. a .To complete the sketch of the Japanese Diet and c .its procedure which was uude'rtaken by rme in a I recent letter, it is necessary to say som ethingi fute about that which I therein referred to ase the very novel and interesting subject of the short- e lhand reporting of the debates. The novelty con- c . sisa in the fact ...

... fOBEI(Tl iNiTELLIGENcE BEI-TE.I S TELEGRAMS. RELEASE OF MR. WALLER. IS, FnIDAY .-DIr- Waller, late United States .nulin Maascmr vwho was sentenced to vedrS for a sdaasnar. during the expedition g Zgflte Hovas, has been pardoned by the ! frenchl Governmentc 1HE REBELLION IN MADAGASCAR. iRcarer\ A-crv has received news of the pro- te.'c revolt asnst tlhe Hovas in Madagascar. fev 1.J ouller, of ...

... mROmL OnR COROUESUOXDI. LIUGANT PETTY SESSIONS. This bi-monthly court was held on Tuesday last. The following nmagistrates occupied seats on the bench :-'Messrs. William Liddell, J.P. (presiding): C. Brownlow, J.P.: F. Watson, J.P.; George Groer, J.P. ; G. B. Carrick. IP.; E. M ragennis, Ml.D., J.IP.; John M tNally, J.P.; and T.' D. Gibson. ! .2r. The conservators of the Colercri.e fishery ...

... THE OHURCU OF IRELAND. DOWN AND CONNOR AND DBOMOms JntB CLEBaCALr SoCIETY--A meeting of the Junior Clerical Society was held yesterday at Strandtown. There were present-The Revs. S. A. Coa, president (CE the chair); J. J. Jones, B.D.; H. 3. Northridge, Jolia Conell, S. J. Hackett, J. a. Greer, Walter Browne, S. T. Nesbitt, SL J. Coyle, J. N. Shear. man, and Wb L. T. Whatham (honorary momber, T ...

... AIJEGED SERIOUS ASSAULT AT MAGHERA. THE ACCUSED REMANDED IN CUSODY. Maghera Saturday.-At a late hour last nght Sergeant Neelly,ssisted by Acting-sergeant M'Corry, Contables Dreenan and O'Reilly, arrested James Henry, een; ,James Henry, jun; Daniel Henry, and Hugh Henry, all of Carrowmena; Patrick Henry of Craigmore, members of the same family; John Kane, of Carrowmena; and Joseph Collins, of ...

... .SI-OND 1.DITION.i ,S - , ^ ED.= (arY StC5L WI.) r smenOrrtsF-RIDAY MORaiNim,~ SI. O'O LOE. I FACTJTToUS; j AND FATU [OU, S. To-day's Deily chr airole ?? the exist- ig s~tate of prrties, and in view of the ample ?? of the Governmnent, the young Wales ?? can Ue regarded only as facti tollS and factIous. The severest cen- ?? to. which it couldd be subjected ia the unrruffled steadiness of the ...

... TaE FRENCH WAI-SHIP AT - KINGSTOWN.-; E I .. ?? ?? rIE CA{PtIN- AND 'rFICERS AT 0 ,i EIE'A NSIONT-1 EOISi.. 4ast evening the I.ord _ayor entertained a Capfain Desh6anips aind the officers- of the3 T YFrench ship .L6 Nielly at dinner in the- - Q Hk Eooni of the Mansion Hoaca. The . ocicerd ptes^ht, in addition to the comman- J d, wpre :- , , - J a - MuloiDtirwagee, Lieutenant (le Vaisseanu; 3S ...

... ,, * THE CORK CARD SCANDAL i CASE.' -EXAMINATION AND. CROSS- EXAM1INATION OF CAPTAIN COOPER. Yesterday, the sixth day, in the Nisi Prius Court, before Mr. Justice O'Brien and a special jury, the trial of the action of Pike v. Beamish was re- sumed. The action is brought by Mr Joseph Pike, J P, D L, of Dunsland. Dun- kettle, county Cork, against Capt Richard Pigott Beamish, J P, D L, of ...

... I I (BY SPICLIAL WIRE.) Freemar, OFFICE, WEDNOS>AY MORNING, SIs O'CLOCE. -TEE POLITICAL SITUATION. To.day's Daily Chronicle ?? present as a serious problem to the Government and- sl -their supporters, inside Parliament audcFwith- D out, whether a dissolution can be or should be P. 'much longer avoided. The only means of avoid- P -ing it is by immediate and loyal concentra- a tion. We dealt ...

... NEWMARKET FIRST JULY : MEETING. I .- THE PRINCOESS OF WALES'S STAKES. DEFEAT OF LADAS. (EY TELEGRAPH FROX .OUR SPECIAL 003R3S- PONDZNT.) Newmarket, Thursday. Again was Newmark-et favoured with bril- ?? weather, the sun shining with consider- able warmth from a cloudless sky. The attendance did not show the big increase which might have been expected, having re- gard to the importance of the ...

... ., . . . . - - - THE Kingdom of Corea, a rich peninsula of some 12,000,000 inhabitants, has the dis- advantage of being between two powerful neighbours who profess to be exceedingly anxious for its welfare. This anxiety on the part of China, one of the aforesaid neighbours, ?? the substantial form of directing the King's foreign policy and re- ceiving therefor a yearly tribute of large ...