... 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, ...

... R SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO EXCURSIONISTS, t TEN PASSENGERS INJURIED. . EXTRAOR1DINARY ESCAPES. A collision occurred at barns rnilway statio | yesterday morning, ahich, althtough iA resulted in injury to a mnuber of passe5gers, might have had tI mucllh more serious ?? but for one ora- na-te circurnAtance. Thousands of excurxsionists pour into Larne and tle nc.,glbourtng rssoris ou ;the north-eaast ...

... ELIXTIONEER]NG BTUL OF ?? Yesgerday, in the Queen's Bench Division, before Mr. Juetice Boyd, in thc case of Barlkley v. Dunlop. Mr. O'Sqlaughnessy, Q2C. (instneitcd bh Mr. M-tormick), on the part of the defenflant, applied to have a judgment for £65 against the de- fondant set aside on ate ground that it had been ?? by surprise and pending negotiations for a settlement. The action was by a ...

... THE MULLINGAR. SCANDAL. AS OTHEES SEE IT. The following comment on what has come to be called the M.ulfingan scandal is interesting, taken as it is from a Scottish Radical paper, .the Glasgovw 'Record -A town of only a. few thousand inhabi- tailts, Mullingoar is the seat of a Ruman Catholic 'bishopric, and the present occupant of the See has shown his hostility towards Mr. Hayden and the ...

... -- - GREAT BRMITALN-S FUTURE PROSPECTS. Reutef's represenrtative has had a. fifth interview with Doctor J. Dudgeon. of Peltin, in the course of which thiat gentlciflaf expr3tt&2d the following re-ws on future Br-tish policy in the Far East: - With regard to the past ...

... C'OURT AND FASHION. THE COURT. OsEORme, TnRSDoAY.-Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Stephanie, Crown PTincess of Austria, with her daughter, the Archduchess Elizabeth, left Osborne yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg ac. companied their Imperial Higl;nhsscs to Ryde, Princess Henry of Battenberg, attended bv Miss Minnie Cochrane and Colonel Lord ...

... EXMFrSIGNS ANtD PIE.SURE PARTIEIS. BELFAST AND XNORrHSN' COrNUTES r.TLWAY. Mr. MiETGtarrva s ?? to Whiwleed. ,St. Jol'a Jnofr-Befast; to minme H.a.rbour. St Ual..e's party-Belfast. to PortiskL Rev. tr. ('1nr'rv'. .Sunday School (400(-Dcn- vcn to ThtllvrnatW. Sinnlav Schlool ?? to Castierock. focrd T'emplars' ewom'rionu-arvagh to UOstlc rock. St. Ma~ra Sundayv Sc~hool ;50)-Belfast to Rea.n- dI ...

... METEOROLCC?FCAL REPOrT. i?'flO? ?? 31?It'FNTS BY S!A?'d 4\ I) ?%ir? * ClAN ]){Nr?GALI ?? cd 2? 1 ? 30 F' 1 SUU 3 ? 4 1 ?? 5 IJtteLd lines^ iniiieirte bihe;rt ol blrlarecrer t noon. black ! 0'i St mid:iigt. Inlitial letterst 4how direction] of ?? 'Icreu~ry zirtls toil oni ol, ?? SW5., S.E., *wzd Itt wvinds-if ii dpl Iy, iloasy stvims;ii ?? ,lyreontinlued baid we ather. 1i es -fli, ;ti;'ly, ...

... L I SB U R N. SPEECH BY MR. W. E. MACARTNEY, f M. P. DFFENCE OF TIET GOVERNMIENT. The brethren of the Lisburn District decided to hold bheir annual demonstiation this year at lissue, near Hillsborough, and a conunodious iteld was kindly leat by Br. Henry Monroe, excellent ar- rangements being made bly the comntittee of man- ag~eiett to meke the meeting a success. The clouds were very ...

... DUBaLzw, FRIDAY NIGHT. 'TEe Lords Justices have revoked the license em- powering Mr. Franc-is Joseph Synnott to act q ia stockbroker in buving and selling Government stork and Government securitie3 on conmi~sson. Bartholomew Starrs, of Oiagh, dairyman, and, Robert Cellogh, of Strabane, 'baker, are gazeted as having been adjudicated Ibankimupts. The sudden dea6th of Mir Aulad Ali, professor of ...

... CORRESPONDENCES BELFAST TRAMWAYS SYSTEM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTE'.. S1R-Since you have invited correspondence On this important sabject, let me air my views, which I have foaned after a seven years' residence in various cities in the United States. Any system of mechanical traotion is infinitely superior to our ptesent horsefiesk sySt- Any electric system is preferable to the ...

... THE WNTAR. SANKTIAGO FULLY INVESTED EXTENSION OF THE TRUCE. t ? FEVER IN T11E AMElRICAN CAMP, f sDESPATCHES FROM GENERAL SHAFTER, r BO3JBABDMENT TO BEGIN TODAV. t ACTIVITY IN THE PHILIP PINES. i GERIAN TEhRFEREINCE. A telegram to Reuter's Agency. dated off Juragua, July 12, 8 p. i., ?? wihat mroment the atachl of Santiago shill be made depends upon when L Colonel Randolph's batteries get to ...