... 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 ...

... CAPPING QUOTATIONS. John Wheeler, a tramp, 50 years of age, • with begging at Lynn, told the Bench hat the Bible laid down that if a man hungered he was to be of his neighbour. The Mayor, who Presidedi replied that the Bible also said that if a an did not work neither should he eat, and sen- tbe P^oner to ten days' hard labour. He artieiA^f r!IBOVed t0 the cells,where he tore every c ^^nghe ...

... J a. Crosfield, an alderman of the Man- U ^ter City Council, died to-day at Manchester. lJjj)^llsaccessfully opposed Mr Balfour in the Ca' 'nterest in East Manchester in 1886. ...

... CHESHIRE CLERICAL SCANDAL The Charges Declared Unfounded. The hearing of the allegations of immorality against Hey. Charles Edvvyn Jackson, M.A., rector Nantwich, was resumed on !>.uurdav at Chester Consistory Coitft, before Chancellor spi.1 -,iad assessors. As soon as the cas reopened, The Deputy-Registrar read the evidence taken on commission the previous day of Mrs Blanche Hope, wife of ...

... Mr Austin Oa tea, private secretary to Cardinal Vaagijan, hae bauu ç.lUpelle\i tHuguglI ill-health -1 ...

... Z- A PROGRESStVE I -TEA. Father, said Jenny, one bright Mitumn morn- tpg as the family sat at the breakfast table, I have invitations for Thursday to a progressive te& at the house of Mrs Newform. Will you go with me ? Wal. now, darter, replied Uncle Timothy, I've drinked utmost every kind o' tea.—old hyson M' yoang hyson, oolong an' gunpowder, an' I've tasted o' Japan, though I can t ...

... ACTION FOR LIBEL. I At Wilts Assizes to-oay (before Mr Justice Grantham) an action for libel was brought by Mr Ernest Carpenter, proprietor of the new Queen's Thoatre, Bristol, against the proprietors of the North Wilts Herald. The a,llegel libel was in reference to a poster illustrating a scene in the play, Greed of Gold, which was described as Debasing, demoralising, and debauching. After ...

... t By Old Stager. Apparently the Welsh match is being awaited with uusually keen expectancy in Scotland. Preparations are being made on an extensive scale at Inverleith, the ground recently acquired by the Scottish Rugby Union, and tbsre are indi- cations that as at Swansea a record crowd will be attracted. Latest information from Edinburgh is to the effect that the Scotsmen will take the ...

... Wolverhampton January Meeting. V A Postponement. A severe frost dnrinpc the night rendered the cour.-o very hard indeed, and although the sun shone cut with considerable power throughout the forenoon the frost was but slowly dispelled. It was clear to all that racing was not possible with safety, but tile stewards did not arrive until 12.30, when Messrs Johu Lees and Stavcley Hill decided to ...

... SHOCKING FATALITY. Fanny Slater, the wife of a Birmingham publica.n, went on Tuesday afternoon into the brewbouse to examine the temperature of a hugo vat of water in preparation for brewing. Shortly afterwards those in the house heard screams, and ou rushing to the brewbouse found that Mrs Si tter had fallen into the vat. She was immedi- atelj extricated, but was fearfully scalded all over ...

... The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph writes :-The following oddities among many others reached a Vienna editorial office in 1898:- The post-mortem examination showed that the unfortunate girl was a teacher's daughter. When the housemaid entered the bedroom at the usual hour she found her master already a corpse. Soon afterwards he withdrew altogether from the political arena. ...

... I ENGLAND AND FRANCE. PUts, Wednesday. Whist; writing in the Figaro on the relations between England and France, says I admit that the proceedings-of Great Britain with respect to us singularly re- semble at the present time those of Prussia in the last days of the reign of Napoleon III., but it would be going too far, much too far, if reflecting minds were to allow themselves to be affected ...