... 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 ...

... INTERMAEDIATE EDUCATION THE COMMISSION CF INQUIRY. IMPORTANT AND INTERE'STING EVIDB.CE.: ADVANTAGES AND DEFECTS OF THE t t;~~Y6TEM,~ FROm OuR tElPORTER. DUBLIN, THURSDAY. - The. Commission ap- poainted by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to inquire into the question of Intermediate educa- tion in Ireland, in order to discover if any changes ior modifications of the system are desirable, re- ...

... CHURCH OF IRELAND YOUNG MEN'S' SOCIETY.| ANEINUAL MEETING. TThe annual meeting in connection with this as- sociation was held last evening in Clarence Place Hall. The president of the society, Sir William Quartus Ewart, Bart., presided. There was a very large attendance, which included--Rev. Olas. Scott, Rev. J. E. Archer, Rev. J. MtNiece, Messrs. J. Taylor Blackwood, J.P.; W. R. Patterson, 1. ...

... SAD) COORRENCE INT HOL~YWOO.O' A very sad and somewhat mysterious occulr-| rence wras reported in Holywood yesterday morn- in;. An old man namned Johnl Quinn, Who re- sided writh his brother in 3, Marine flace, iKin- 7neg~ar, was discovered to be missing. It -ap peers that about twro years ago Mr. Quinn met With a serious accident on the Queen's Bridge, Belfast, being knocked down and rum ...

... COUXNTY COUNCmJ EL}ECTIONSr CANDIDATURE OF MR. JOHN LAIRD A most enthusiastic rmeeting of ;hie', the County Council of the Cruoeliin ] 1 ,r1-* stone wve held iln thte CourlthOUnn, Cmei'1U1;- 26,;h lust. The meeting, aral ne d ve Sli's.- . candidature of M.r. Johntuu Ll, . ; ' place wias crowvded from end tO enid, he' $r; unable to) get admission to the heed5,;r +t Wilhiam Gresham was called ...

... THE PURITA? C1IR1SV?S s Chtristmas under the ma3sterfulniE le of the p¼ tans3 w as not a ioviai season. Iur'it~a i titers ,Puritan preachers, for loony years be-ore rthe *1q w nellian victories gave themn poliitael PO..-cr been denoeuncing all the okld-time ohbssrv~rl.. snectedi withl Christmlas andi the other ?? . ecclesiastical origin that naairked thle Iin''slr - 1And so, wshen the ...

... BELFAST. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. THE RESULTS. The first loea Alections contested under the provisions of the Local Government (Ireland) Act took place in Belfast yesterday in eight wards of 'the city, there being no contests in the other seven. Many notable changes in election pro- cedure are introduced by the act, and for the first time in the history of local municipal contests paid officers at ...

... LIFE IN AI3tERICA.1 PROPOSED ARBITRATION TREATY WITH ENGLAND. TiE NICARAGUA AND PANAMA ANALS. EAGAN TO BE COURT-IARTIALED. . BY CABLI. FROM OUR OWN COR3rEPONDENT. NEW YORs, TUESDAY EVENING. -Reliable Washington advices announce that one of the chief subjects of negotiation to be brought before the British Government by Mr. Choate will be the renewal of a general arbitration treaty. Secre- tary ...

... COLERAINE ACADEMICAL INSTI- TUJTI ON. The annual meeting of the members was held yesterday in the Boardroom of Coleraine Town Hall, Right Honourable Sir H. H. Bruce, Bart. (president) in the chair. There was a large atten- dance, including-Revs. F. N. Dudley, Dr. Wylie, W. A. Wilson, and W. G. Davis; Messrs. R. A. Taylor, J.P.; J. Huey, J.P.; D. Grant (honorary secretary), J. J. C. Canning, D. ...

... The ?? ppredin oup latest Edition of TI o followi Saturday:- - PARIS, Friday. ?? confessed twice over. Such is the sen- s ational story started this morning by a deter- mined opponent of the cause of revision. Dreyfw had already been represented as having admitted his guilt to the officers who had charge of him -before the degradation ceremony, and now a sort of dens ex machinea, in the ...

... 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 ...

... AMEIJOAN ?iISSIONS IN AFRICA. MBR. RUO^.D.'S ON .ANGL-CL9.SAON UNIlTY. t1.- SVl'SO~l-t'LAIO PO~it:TeN SPStOTAl, Lnx?'. ?? ern~sna-A representatt~ive of Ran- h-K- Agencv has liad an int'rvierr writh Bishop K'aru ell. rzi the American M~ethodist. Epi-scopalt Ch'rrch. waho is lealving Enghland this wreek on an e.-tended .our in Africa6. Thue bishop, wvho has ch:r ?? the .:urie'rn m~issio.5 ef ...