... BELFAST IHAPBOTR BOARTD. e Sir James Musgrave, Bart., D.L., presided ovel the bimonthly meeting of this Trust, held in the slharbour offices yesterday morning. The attend- t ance included the Right Honourable W. J. Pirrie, It J.P.; Sir Daniel Dixon, DL.; &1essrs. S. e Lawther, 3.P. ; R. Thompson, J.P.; W. H. s Dixon, J.P.; John Davidson, J.P.; John Work- e man, J.P.; D. B. Lytle, J.P.R James ...

... A-CMLERATION OF MAIL S ERVIE FROM ' IRELAND TO SC.AND. An important acceleration of the service from Ireland to Scotland via Belfast and Ardrossan in connection with Messrs. Burns' Royal mail steamers has just -been inaugurated, which eieru- 4plifies in a remarkable manner the facilities Ior travelling which the public have at the present time. Ow ing to Messrs. Burns having now placed their ...

... Ti) PUBLIC MEETING IN THE MANSION n HOUSE, DUBLIN. Wv ju nf SPEECH BY MIR. IS. LAWTHER, J.P. ju _ ?? SPECLXL TELEGRAM. in la- DvBIae, W eNsoKDAY.-A public meeting to pro- l, test against thle continued over-taxation of Ire- di land was Sltad to-night in the Round Room of the IT Mansion House. The iglht Honourable tlre Lord irr Mayor (Alderman 'Tallon) presided, and amongst Ia ihose on the ...

... LEOTURE BY MR. W. REDPERN KRT.';l A lecture, entitled How astronomer; i-z graph invisible heavenly bodies, was der-- last evening in All Saints' Chuirch .dl- Ir University Street, by 31r. W. Redf'?rrn K3- M.Inst.C.E., F.R.A.S. The chair w&,3 en-u by Rev. J. B. Coates, and there was a - tendance. The lecture was illustrated i - light views, the lantenm being manipulitt% b Hogg, of Mr. ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) IBetfutt ALAS I BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1899. A A continued improvement in the Kaiser's condition is reported. Lord Curzonn, the new V;.ierny of India, made his State entry into Calcutta last evening. The remains of the late Duke of Northnirinrn nd land will be interred in Westminster ALbey. ve The report that the recall of S;i Ednmion or Monson had been ...

... JUK.IOINbON LETTEi.I BY OUR PRIVATE WIRE. BELFAST EaWs-LnER OsriCts. 455 STRAND, W.e., TuESDAY NIGHT. 3ir E. Monson. 7The ?? publisbed in a Paris newspaper to-dray to the effeet that Sir Edmnund ulonson, our Ambassador to the French Republic, is shortly to be recalled, is discredited. When the rumour reached London the herst thought was that L*here might be something in it, having regard to ...

... FORE iG N AIT[ELLIGCEE Hospital, suffering from fr&etured leg, eaused, as stated. by resisting arresr. ?? refused to be de. Carse, 1I, Elulwood Nvenue. uas kl ocked down on by tbe fall a contused wound osl the head. If e waE treated at thc hospital, wllere Patrick Bloemer illiurY, eausedbs fallisrroffhiScar. REUXEB'S TELEGBAES, ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS. THE RUMTOURED RECALL OF SIR E MONSON. ...

... QkjJiJI9N OF} THE CORNISH COAST. . ?? ?? . .. . . ?? _.I STEAMER SUNK AND ELEVEN LIVES Messrs. W. S. Miller & Co., Glasgow, owners of the steamer Ross-shire, state they have re- ceived a telegram qnnouncing that the Ross-shire was in collision off Trevose Head, Cornwall, on lthe 4th inst., and has been abandoned in a- sink- ing condition. The vessel she collided with was the French steamer ...

... 0UR tLOND ON LETTER.1 b . - n BY. 0 R IVATE WIRE. ,BzrAsT Ti Nws-Lmx n Onicn. 435. - STRmAD, W.C., RIDAY NIGoT. Rmlis Ir1bufI of Seats. §rr Rchar~ebs~r'irfernct Redistribu?- S tion oif S~ts1iU wben.*eakjng pat Cranleigh has- . naturally eaazs~d sdmne. haflon iin Radical and . ?? The flrstpubiialed -report of his speec, Xam far as it deal with this important subject, was vagie and indedinite. ...

... A 11ANX STOMER IN A STORM. PASSENGERS SWEPT OVERBOARD. ! SPECUIL TELEGAM. DOuGLAS, FmnAY.-Grave news has come to hand with respect to the. yoyage of the Isle of Man l Company6s.stvamer Ienella, ,ooR Liverpool to D ,on' Monday la. .It was announced onl Wednesday jhat _William, Quayle, schPolmas- ter, of Liverpool, who was believed to be on, board, hind not been heard of sine. It now seems pro- ...

... I THE GORD*ON I EMOR|A, LORD CROMER LAYS THE FOUNDATION £ STONE. AN jNTERFBrNG CEREMONY. C.AO, FUDAY.-Lord Cromer yesterday mes iag laid the foundation-stone of the (Gord, j College at Khartoum. He said- I feel it a i. honour that I am asked by Lord Kitohener to i's the foundation-stone of the Gordon Colleg ; name of the Queen. This institution will e existence entirely to the personal ...

... . . DY OUR PRIVATEI- WlIl Bwusar 2IEwSs-LEIr ORnics, 435. STRAND, W.C.,.WEDNESDAY NsIGHT. The Separatist Leadership. Sir Wm. Harcourt's self-imposed reticence pend- ing the appointment of his successor as leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons is not generally interpreted as a token of sympathy to- wards his successor. Whoever that political per- sonage may turn out to he, it will be ...