... DiERIAJ PARLIAMENT) gertleman appropriate a 3fair amol nt o time for tne 5 d iscussion on the Eecond readirg of tAe BudgetMr. B2LFOB-The horourable and learned gesrKtlemarl s r ght in suppOsillg that tihe second reading would be an appropriate oscasion for dis- smg the sl}bject, on which ave have eTpended { some parRiamelltaro tiDle. I have no desire to wl- dX c34l;aij3 the tirne 1g I t fiS hE ...

... 0 UR ILOND OTN LE TTERI RT OUR RXVATE W=. BELFAST NEWS-LETTER OFFICE 169, FLEST STREET, E.S,, TUESDAY NIGHT, Every night, and occasionally during the small , hours of the morning, the Radicals, acting in con- cert with Mr. Dillon, and generally Mr. Swift MacNeid], provoke what may be described as stormy scenes over the Cretan question. Early this morn- .ng there was quite a passage of arms ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.). ,G f,_aseAws -t fef BELFAST I THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1897 In the House of Commons yesterday the ad- journed debate on Mr. Blake's resolution in reference to the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland was resumed by Mr. Arnold-Forster, who stated that the opinion of Belfast was altogether against the resolution. He, however, believed that money could be ...

... flUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE BECHLUANALAND RIISING.t dVdrues , THuoRxnA-Despatches froml Kurk- man announce an encounter last Tuesday between the Rechuanaland insurgents and a detachment ofj the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifl es, in which the latter lad four killed and six wounded. A Cape Times telegram states that the native str-noghold of Gamasepe has been captured and burnt, and that ...

... . d _ ~ ~~~ I Bn VIWS. : BISOP. Changes in this penmisuhl have followed each other so rapidly duIng the 1at year that I was -i¢emptedto fereta forafo..th visit in October, and ig in -the capital for three months. Seoul itself . gretly metamorphosed. In several directias . wab ith a mnalaum width of 55 feet, and deep (i 'tor'e'lined gatwer, briged b~v stone slabs, ou either sidee, have replaced ...

... OPENING PROCEEDINGS. I Lest night the Lord Mayor (Mr. W. J. Pirrie, 5.P.) opened, in the preoence of a large and repre- sentative assemblage the institute, which has been founded in connection with Mr. E. J. Beattie's shorthand class-s, fcr the purpose of advanlcig the study of phonography and typewriting in the city. Having secured suitable rooms in the Crown Chain- bers, Royal Avenue, Mr. ...

... BUSINESS IN PARLIAMOENT The Times says-The progress of PvM 4 business in thee House of Commonmrs has iatsev. so sat sfactory that on the eve of the r tion thQ. pre'tad ace given to reusures of importance is very natural. A rnibslcaiarlrtia however, is always possible in these rlat-,4rsY'S, an impotent and irritated minority is r , The Government probablY s.unpposed .bat Kr prt ting the ...

... THE BUSlCH 1iOF IR{ELAND. ST. THromAS' PARTSM.-A most enjoyable enter- tainment was given in the Parochial Hall on the 15th inst., by the members of the Sunday after- noon and Monday evening Bible-classes. In the unavoidable absence of the Rev. W. Dowse, the chair was occupied during the evening by the Rev. M. Archdall, president of the classes. Among the ests present were-Mrs. and the Misses ...

... TUESDAY loreetsIo, FIVa S'CLOC>t. iRE BRITISH NAVAL FORCE IN THE MEDITE BRAN iN. Faylas, MohNa>.&Y.-The Figaro points out that now that the British &aanel Squadron has entered the Mediterranean, a fact hitherto unprecedented, England has sixty ships concentrated there, which Croves that the Mediterranean is more and more fecoming an English lake. To bring her naval force in the ...

... MI?S8ING LETTLI? GOMPETITIUNS. IAt the Clerlkeuwrell sess-ions, en 19thl ins¢t..- before Mr. Lovveland-Loveland-a smart-looking man, of average heiglat, w earing n black frock; coat and silk hlat, eurrendet-ede tov his h-ail in thle namne of W~alt-or K;ing. on an di ndicle-nt alleg- ing that hle by frauldulenlt mmiseeprzserntmtnn oho- rental money Irocm three individuvls, and thlat he ...

... IN A RPOUSELESS CAB. h B21' A WhLSOM CAB DZREG. aI There wras a big crowdl of the denizens of Lam- t beth, London, round the works of ties Electrical Cab sComnpany inl Juxon Street, when I presented my -self there recently to-take part in thle procession of ;the new horseless banserns through the streets of eLondon. In addition to tbe pedestrians, there werer j twov long rows of ordinary cabs ...

... FOlEIGN INTELLIGENCE. .- . I rmTErIE TE1LOF SAM.; I IBT~-ST~ER.S GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY. BEaRnmTN FnsDAY.-On Sunday night last a. great jewel robibelr.y took place at the hotel at Baden- Baden, tirty 'thousand marks worth of vaiuables being taken. - THErSPANISH MIHISTRY. MLaparn FReDsy.-At 'yesterday's Ministerial Couhoil, General Azcarraga declared heI swould fol- low in the steps of. Senor ...