... ICORRES'PONDENCE. THE VACANT PRIMACY. TO TER EDITOR OP TH BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SiBR-I do not wish to trespass much further on your valuable space, but I desire to thank the numerous correspondents from whom I have received expreesionsof approval of my letter, which appeared in your columns of Monday last, and also to briefly notice Old Aghadowey's remarks. Old Aghadovwey hopes that you ...

... PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE POOR ( LAWS. After the meeting of thie Cookstown Board of (Guardians on Saturday last. a conference was held. alt which most of the members attended. Mr. J. B. GC 'Moore was moved to the chair. The clerk explainedl that it was proposed to hold a county conference, and the Dungannon Board had already passed a series of resolutions. which he read. In regard to improved ...

... THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION. REPLY OF THE CHAMI~BER OF COMMERCE OF NEW YORK. TO TIMf EDITOR OF TIM, BIMaFST NEWS-LETTIFR. Sol-Thanking you for thle full notice you give to-day of the annual meeting of the Chamber held yesterday, I beg to hand you enclosed i copy of letter received to-day fron the president of the Chamber of Commerce of New York ibt reply to my letter to bim i of 14th ultimo. I ...

... 0{ i~ LONPDON LETTER.I ?? sB ovs rIJVATE WIli BVnlAST Naws-LtTTRm OrFcm, 169d FLET STES, E.C., WmDNESDAY NIGHT. r Balfour just as the House of Comtnons Was to adjotirn this evening, stated, in reply to e fairies Dal. twho, sits for Monaghan, that he tricinamediate prospect of introducing the Irish ?? Easter, having regard to the de- o0f .ccrph. A day or two ago the Chief ^r1Pary privatelY ...

... HISTORIC COOPLIMENTS. The art of paying compliments is not given to most men, and perhaps this is as well, seeing that the practice of the art involves too often a departure from strict truthfulness. Of course, the essence of a compliment is an amiable exaggeration of the qualities of the person addressed, and this, from the ethical point of view, approaches the vice of flattery. But the ...

... STUBBORN ENEMIIES-GERMS. The most stubborn of wasting diseases, so-called are those of either a scrofulous or a consumptive rype. These diseases are closely related, being caused by germs. In scrofula the germs are in the blood, anti manifest themnselves in swellings and open- sore s, while in the most common form of con- sumi ption the germs are sreated in the lungs. Both diseases result from ...

... LIFE IN AMERICAS STORIY WEATHER ON THE ATLANTIC, THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION. THE CUBAN INSURRECTION. BY CABLE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOBDEN'TT NEW YORa, SfuaAY.-Inconing vessels re- port tempestuous weather in the Atlantic, and there are undoubtedly still numerous casualties to be recorded. The stranding of the Wilson steamer Otranto, from Shields, which grounded on Friday night near Fire Island, ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) TWfaWt rwdt5 r BELFAST: I MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1896. The Queen held a Privy Council at Windsor on Saturday last. The Victoria, with Dr. Jameson on board, arrived at Plymouth last night. The ship Glenbervie went ashore on Saturday last at Yarmouth, but was afterwards floated. The Yorkshire Regiment, which has returned from Asbantee, landed at Dover on Saturday last. Mr. ...

... SMITHFIELD WAItD. A meeting of the general committee of Smith- field Ward, in connection with the above aesocia- tion, was held last evening in the roonis, Rosemary Street, for the purpose of selecting ,ondidatc:s for the Water and Poor-law Boards, in connection with the forthcoming annual elections. In the absence of the chairman, Sir James H. Haslett, M.P., who is attending to his ...

... ENGLAND AND 9 The Times ?? newspapers do not betray much scepticism as to the fast of the Sultan's invitation, hut they are greatly exercised to dis- cover sonie deep-laid international scheme behind it. None of them appear to credit Abdul Hainid himself with the initiative in the matter. Some of them detect the finger of Russia, others that of France, while a semi-official German journal, ...

... -I (ESTABLISHED ANNO 17,37.) 7,94taI t2f fi - ?? tt In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Stanley of Alderley asked a question with reference to the prices of wheat and bread. There was no other business, and the House adjourned at twenty minutes to five. In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. Daly, Mr. Balfour said he could not promise that the Irish Laud Bill would be introduced before ...

... j I FURTTTVI GRAP MC ACT W ?? | I' liSTDENT 1RUGER'S 'YLM PATR Y. PUNERXI. Or VICTIMS. 0o0 ANNFSBItEG, TEmnSDAY.- The devastation caused by the explosion at Vredendorp is more terrible and widespread than was at first believed. The exploration of the ruins continues, and the victims of the disaster-some dead, some alive- are still being found. The death-roll, therefore, is not yet complete, ...