... SYAI8AaD 1nsTmuirms enY SInAaxrI D. NKML, OPTICIA[, DONsEGALL PLACI. ?? INeg-LaItc; Office. Tues. 2g Wfed. 23 Thur. 24, ?? 25 Sun. 2? on. 28 N.E. KBN.E. j~ birdlc S.W. W.SN- W West.| ?? 1 3-sF7 .5 29 4809 2 -~ .5 __ Dotted mistes ind.icate beight of barometer at noon, blact I'nes a, micinight. initil lettrs show direction of wind. ercY fsills for rcln, twith S.W, S.E., and W. winds-if rapidl5, ...

... I At the monthly meeting of the Carrickfergus school committee, held on the 14th inst., MIr. Thomas Vint, vice-chairman, presided, and alter the disposal of the ordinary business, referred to the probable effect of the proposed Local Govern- ment Bill on the working of the Education Act in Carrickfergus. Owing to the existence of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus as a separate county, ...

... NEWTOWNEBEDA PRESBYTERIAN CH URCH. CONCERT AND DRAMATIC ENTERTATNMENT. A concert and dramatic entertainz.eot, the pro- ceeds of which are to be devoted to the liquidation of the debt on the new school premises erected in 1896 by the committee of the Presbyterian Church, Newtownbreda, was given last evening in Rosetta Schoolhouse. The proceedings were under the patronage of the Lord Mayor ...

... , _, . - ?? THE ARONBISZOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE ROM1lAN OATEOLIC UNIVERSITY. A FRENCH LAWYER'S VIEWS. TO TEEi EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SmR-The Archbishop of Canterbury has declared hiimself in favour of our Government establishing and erdowing a Roman Catholic college and univer- sity in Ireland, to be, of course, under the ecclesi- astical dominion of the Church of Borne. All this ...

... DsrnIas, MONDAY NIGHT. The Local Government Bill -was discussed to- day by the Corporation sitting in committee of the whole house. It was decided to suggest the amal- ?? of North and South Dublin Unions. A committee was appointed to watch the progress of the bill. Ulster has recently given two Grand Chaplains to the Ma'ouic Order of Ireland. The Lord Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore has ...

... METEORCOLOGICAL REPORT. I FeoN SeAiniDANr ?? wly SnsLrws D. NXEa i7lepCic. D)NEGA.LL PLAC2. Yaioiiiw Ke7we-tdkr 0M.ce. I ri 7Tih 8 laosen ?s-a. i h.3 ItS. WN.w xV.,t. ' ?? ?? - t - I 1- 6 1-1 1zi- 1 -1: uotto Lt D;idnight. Initial ]etterr show dirco>iuii %,f x^hl. ferc 11'y Ifall$ for naill, Vwith S.Nv 6,3bfi, :uJiv W. j iD&,_-i, -Ift rz: ...

... THE DEFEINCE OF THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY. PUBLIC MEIfNG IN BELFAST. PRESENT POSITION OF AFFAIRS DIS- CUTSSEiD. Last evening, in thi NMuseum, College Stquare North, a public meeting. specially convened by the Lord Malyor (Alderman Henderson, ?? in re- sponse to an1 iul9uelltia.ilv-eig-nd requisibon, was hleld to receive a report and statemernt by the Giant's Caisewawy defence conumittree on tice ...

... THE .HUDSO)N BAY ROUTE TO THE PACI FIC. INTERVIEW 3WITH ADMIJEA MARKHAM. REUTERS SPECALA SERVICE. LONDON, THUitSDpAY.-Inf view of the recent re turn of the expeditions sent to investigate the navi- gability of Hudson Strait, a representative of Reuter's agency to-day called upon Admiral Mark- harn, one of the pioneers of that route to ascertain his views on the subject.: In reply to questions, ...

... LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL SHIPS CREW OF TWENTY-NINEE DROWNED. SPECIAL TELEGCEM. DtEvroor,, FRIDAY.-The large four-masted Liverpool sailing ship Glenfinlas has been posted at Lloyd's as missing, and there is now no reason to doubt that the vessel has foundered, and that her crew of twenty-nine hands have all perished. The ship was owned by the Red Cross Shipping Company, Limited, of Water Street, ...

... I UNIQUE MILITARY SITUATION. THE DERVIS11 AR1MY BESIEGED. CAPTURE OF SHENDY. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY OP THE ENEMY KILLED. CAPTURE OF PRISONERS AND MILITARY STORES. RETJTEIt S EctAL SERVIC . RAS HUDn CAMP, MaLicn 28.-The present mili- tary' situation on the Atbara is unique in the history of war. The Sirdar, by occupying Ras Hudi, has completely checkmated Mfah moud, and prevented him from even ...

... ,OUR LONDION LEITER, I ~ ?? _ BY OUrL PRIVATE WIPE. BELFAST NEWnC-J.ETTLr. WFICE? 435. STRAND, W.C., W oI. o ED-S This evening, in thre House oF (Ommc,0 01 e Serjeantr Hemphill suceeded .n 'etin 'the e reading of the Solicitoi (Irtleu ,i ll ?? I A ?? of which he explained very ie51 ec. f chiefly confined *o details. The hi );l brought forward with t3e ?? A)-Jl porated Law Society ?? 1l]--:ld ...

... THE PRESBYTERJAN CHURCH. THE PRESBYTERY OF BELFAST. The monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Bel- s fast was held yesterday forenoon in the lecture hall v of May Street Church. The Moderator (Rev. J. c Mi6lveen) presided, and opened the meeting with n devotional exercises. The clerk then read the minutes of the last ordinary meeting and of four special meetings, which were confirmed. The busi- ...