... (ItKl tKK TKf.KtJI'.AM Constantinople, Saturday. The Commissioner Military ion sitting at the Yil Kiosk is stated to present engaged in considering scheme for the eventual concentration of troops the Russian frontier in the direction Erzeroutn and liayazid, and also the Bulgarian frontier. ...

... night thsro was partial eclipse of •be moon visible from Dublin. The first con tact with the penumbra took place at 623 p and the first contact with the shadow at 21. The last contact with the shadow took pise*- at 10 ami with the penumbra about an hour later. The moon rose 30. The clear. When the moon became visible I)ubbu the eclipse was discernible the shape a small dark cap the top limb, ...

... WICKLOW TOURNAMENT. Wieilow, Monday. Yesterday the Aedal Tournament organised by the local branch of the 'Ninety-Eight C;en- tenary Comnittee in aid of the fund for the9 erection of a suitable moonument to the memory of Billy Byrne of Ballymanum and the other Wicklow patriots wee continued in thle presente of a large coscourse tif epectators. Chief inte- rest was centred in the football match ...

... I NEWMARKET MENTING. YESTERDAY, I 0-The WOOD DITTON HANDICAP HURDLE RBAC!Bof 200sov; second, 10ovs. Two miles. Mr Murray Griffith's Xylophone, by Chippen- dale-CarilUon, aged, ?? lllb E DriscoUl 1 Mr. Jarias The Wake, 4 yrs, ?? (car ?? ?? ?? ?? It Chiloner 2 Mr. Elunter's Sobieski, 6 yfrs. 11st lllb, Mr. A Gordon 3 Mr. Dobell's Priestholme, aged, l2st 41b. C Roan 0 Mr. Dickoreon's Gay ...

... JUN'IOR CUP FINAL TIE. CLONTARy- v OLD ST. IXARy'S.3 Ia esterday the abonve waa P,,tiomrenced .zpon the Phcenix ground in the very b)est of weather; and 0the ranch esteemed proxsesional Henr y Skelton remained two days after his tiaze to Provide a suitable wicket and to gene- I ally supmirintnd tre arrangements. ?? winn ing jthe toss started vety strongly to the third wiviket. the first ...

... I -i I _ WESTMEATH POLO -CLUB , MEETING. YESTERDAT. (BY OUR SPRItAL COMOISSIONiIL) i Dul], but happily fiae, weather wnas rouchilsfed a3 .for .the au-tual meeting nder the Auspices of the 91 Westmneath Polo Club, at Ledeston, a short A distance from MuUingar, yesterday. Since the al institution of the gatherig, which is, of course, intended to mark the loie of the ?? wori of the season, it baa ...

... run junior r. ' ion cricket > viva. I,' IN> I v ULSTER. 'l s .« wiii, a •( vest ' f, onccii very i r rv The ...

... BRIGHTON TOURNAMENT. IRLTSR VICTORIES. Beautiful weathbe . a fine entry, and numerous speritators favoured 'his important meeting, which occupied dhe weholeof last week. Ireland ws strongly represented b y, amongst 5thers, D G Chaytor, G C Bell-Greene, EH S Mahony, eind Miss Dyes: while the English contingent included thme Riseleys, S HJ Smith, H A Ni'bet, G Greville, G WV Hillyard, M;ss C ...

... A SETTLEMENT EFFECTEI>. Limerick. i*'ri'lay. T ijlad anaounce th* ttie* m> .t the dispute at tho firm Mf M to the cuiaptat* .n the l'h* two gentlemen .lis. miMD'l have bern re-in.tated, and the uaran'. en that the other matters Cozapi used will be promptly remedied. ...

... (FROM OWN CORKF.SPOXD.'M.) Kuaie. ,Jone titb. account ,>f inter\if« Gludttono and Pius the year lStiti. just been published in Lti Xuoci Antoloji-i tor June Ist, now issued. is presented til* public Aureli:> Gotti and is isserted tie the actual memorandum written by Mr Gladstone Italian tlie 23rd »f October, 186ti, day after l!»« interview, and sent to Baron Riciuoii, Fresident ...

... LEKAOPARDSTOWN MEETING. Ily Oa SPECIAL comnnSsioNLR.a) That to-day's celebration at Leopardstown. 4ifl provethe niost successful of Boxing Day gatherings yet held on that pretty course I fully expect. If something b6rdering on half gale prevailed there yesterday, when I paid fty customary visit, the weather was at the ame time beautifully mild, and at the time of Oriting these notes it gives ...

... I - SPORTIINRIEWS. I TIPS FROM CELTV r I ~~~sno ia WZGR&114 Lingfleld, Monday Night. There win be no lack of sport at mingfiald to- morrow, and. the finacial result of the meetjng cannot fail to be satisfactory. The weather to- . night is azeeedingly unoproimsing &An wonder. fully wild for the time of year. My fancies are appended- Youngsters' Handicap Hurd-mBlack Maria. Cowden 8teeplechase ...