... SFoRO SL'ANDA}OlD oSTRsuoisnTS BY SHA!1MAN D. NFULL tP;IoitN, DONEGALL PLACE. Bet/ast NnoseLettei Offics. Tnes. 26 Wed. 271Th.r. 7 Fri. 29 Sui. 1. Iron. 2 S.1 . iS.E. W. E.S.E. S. E. SE. *; if-1 5 _ ~ _I6 | 5 - - 29 -~ 1S 29 'S - 01j I- 1 Dotted lines itdicicate height of baromneter at noon, blac'k liucbs at riidmight. Insitial I etters show direction of wind, Mercury fau6 for min, with S.W., ...

... SPAIN AND THE UNITED I STATES. PURCHASE OF WAR VESSELS. A OSQUITO FLEET. THE FOREIGN RELATIONTS COMMiTTEE'S RESOLUTION. RESUMED DEBATE IN THE SENATE. THE ATTITUDE OF SPAIN. NEW YoRs, F RIDA.a-The Navy Department has decided upon the formation of what is to be known as the mosquito fleet, composed of vessels large and small, but all of great speed. This is the reason assigned for the ...

... COMPLIMENT TO SERGE ANT W. C. BOOTH. 3 An interesting gathering took place in the Grand Central Hotel, Royal Avenue, on Thursday even- ing, then Sergeant William Childs Booth, late s chief clerk to the Commissioner of Police, Belfast, r received at the hands of a number of his friends a handsome gold waxtc and an illuminated address 2 as a. token of their esteem. Sergeant Booth is leaving ...

... do1 THE COURT. IVNDSOR CASTLE, Wn1osNSDAY.-The Queen and V Princess Henry of Battenherg drove out yesterday .er- afternoon, and honoured the Honourable Mrs. H. Cn-C. Leuge with a visit at Fulmer Gardens, where her for Majesty was joined by Princess Henry of Prussia. ur- The Duchess of Albany~ with Princess Alice, at- tended by Mliss Heron MaSxwell and MTiss Potts, arrived at the Castle. - ly, ...

... I Oh, wha'~.t a fall was there! 'Mr. Clement Scott, having returned to his Drama of *tha Day column in the Daily Telegraph, 3bso- lutelv withdraws the statements made inr the famous 'Great Thuguhts interview-statements 'tvhich, after all, did nut raise such a stormn of in- dignation as one would nave expected front a pro- fession. that supposed itself to be un5,-airly at- tackec and ...

... - he The Perish Chuwrch-5th Sunday after Easter. Holy Com- J. Manion, 9-30 A.zn Momnins Pcayr sind Lituiy, 11-30 Ir ?? sand Psalms, Cathek-Si Fsaltur; Te Deuinm and Benedictus, WDOodwaT in B flat; Preacher, Rev. ~Y, .I.G. tuat, .A.EveingPrayer. 7 p ?? he and Responses. TA~lis; Psalms. Cithed-l Plter; is- httgaiflent ?? Nano Dimittis. SEdoa in' C; Anthem, he '0 for a closer iwilk with God, ...

... PsFROII SIANiDABD INSTKIIAR1NTS CiY Sd1ARLAN D. NEILL tn nuCIPN. DONECALL rLACE. SRlteW ?? Office. Wed. 4 IThir. I Ii. 6 Su. 8 Mon. 9 Tues. 10 W.NW, . ?? N.IE. VaeriabSle1. 9W. W0 00 30- 0 . 5 -~;5 55 - - s - - Voetted lines inddicate hecigbt of baromueter at noon, blac'z OInes at nmidnight. fuit-sI ?? show direction of wind. Mozeury fa~s for, min, wiath ?? S.E., and W1. winds--if -if nipidly, ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENC-E. )r. t]lat cle.rl;s of unions and rate-collectors raill, as rra heretofore, be eharged *rith the pr2paration of rate- tt. pavers' and jurorws' lists. An ?? srornan named m- Jane 3f Afee, belonxing to Arthur Street, Lurgan, m ' sent a letter to the Board saying ?? she wn re- i distre63 for food, and ?? to be granted eighteen- cal I pence a week 'ifor God's sadie. I srill ...

... THE BELFAST DAY INURSERIES. Under the auspices of the3 recently-fomntzl Day Nurseriei Associatoon, of which the Lady .Lay'oress tMris. Henderson) is the honor.try secretary. a nursery was opened yeoerdy at 24 and 26, Chatham Strezt. Crumlia nimk A more appropriate locality for the first e,, lishm of the kind isitiated by the societe oould net have bean chosen, for -he build- ing is a'tuatei in ...

... BELFAST CITY AND DISTRICT WAE ?? T~he fortnightly mleeting of this Board was h~eld 5y14bser~y tefternoon in the Boa~rdrooma of the W~ater O~ffice, Royal Avenuethe cha3irman (M~r. E. W. P~int, J.P.) presiding. 'Tehe ocher memnbers present were:- Messrs. W. T. Coxets, J.P.; Ri. e.1 MI'Conaell, J.1.; C~ha~rle EI. Lynas, R~obert Lorlry, Xsn1. Iierr, Andrew .Magoire, A. P. Dalzell, J1. EE. Garrit, ...

... THE A1011 IrOM2 OUR MILITA RY CORRE BY OUR PRIVATE 17i` LoDoow, FREDAy.-MAajor Ingl riit shire Regiment, retires ±rtm. the ned the Wiltshire Regiment in 1873, ?? to General Young when in cornn the Belftst district, afterwards of t icit, and subsequently of the Dublin oas lately inspector of ?? of dis- trict- Major H1arford will on Frida- osn- mand of rile 2nd Battalion 'A i enr; in succession ...

... Midway between Bewdley and Arley, lies a cot- tage snugly ensconced on the banks of the Severn, in which the three persons concerned in this sketch reside. The spot is called The Folly Point, and is w-ell-known to thousands of tourists. The cottage is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. ?? and family. Mr. and Mrs. Masser are people of middle age; the husband is connected with the Kinlet Colliery, ...