... 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- ...

... iCASTIETOIN P1RESBYTERIAN CHURCIIR ! SALE Ok' WORE, 4 REOPENING BY LADY ARTHUR BILL. The sale of work and fancy fair which is being held in the Young Men's C'hristian Association I Hall in connection asith the Castleton Presbyterian Church was reopened yesterday afezrroon by Lady Arthur Hill in the prtsenoe of a large audience. The chair was occupied by Sir James Henderson, J.P., and ,wrongst ...

... RAPID B-A.TrFSH CONSTRUGONIN. While great work in the matter of fitting out and repairs has been in progress at the dockyards, constructional operations have been pursued with even more obvious vigour, and the Royal Dock- yards have attained as satisfactory results as any establishment in the country. At Portsmouth, for instance, says Engineering, three battle- ships-the Canopus, Formidable, ...

... I BY OUR ?Ai~TARY COORRSPONDENT. BY OUR PFRVATE WRE. LosNmu, ToRsDnYr-Colonel Willians, W*ho gave up command of the 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment when at Belfast, will, it is expcted, be appointed to command the 38th and 64th regimental districts at Lich-field, in succes- I sion to Colonel Prior (late9 South Staffordshire Re- giment), who has become a temporary major-gene- ral to ...

... MEETING IN THE CH4AMBER OF COM- MERCE. V a; A meeting, convened for the purpose of con- r sidering what steps were necessary to take for the preservation of the Ulster Hall for the use of the s citizens of Belfast, was held yesterday in the Chamnber of Commerce, under the presidency of d the Lord Mayor (Mr. Otto Jaffd, ?? The at- t tendance, which was small, included Professor ei John Purser, ...

... I THE NORTIU-WZST LANARK ISSUE. The North-West Lanark bye-election continues to progress without very much notice being taken of it. It has not proved an interesting election. There has been a deadly dulness about it from the beginning, and there is little indication that the lethargy is Iikelv to lift before the polling is reached on Tuesday next. In spite of the fact that we hear it often ...

... ANTREIM DIVISION. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the sup- porters of Mr. Wiley was held on the 20th inst. in Ballyrobin Association Rooms. The attendance was most representative. On the motion of Mr. Galbraith, seconded by Mr. Thomas Moore, the chair was taken bv MNr. Wm. Lyle, who, in the course of his address, spoke in eulogistic terms of the many sterling qualities of their old and ...

... ILIFE IN ANERICA.i ANOTHER FATAL FIRE. NEWS FROM TEE PHILIPPINES. THE RIOTING AT 1AVAN. EIGHT PERSONS KILLEB-EIGRTY- FITE INJURED. BY CABLE. FROM OeB OW CORIEtPON2flt?. NEW YORK, TuESDAY.-A despatch from Cai- muanera to-day started that the American liner Parifs had arrived there with the body of Mr. Sherman on board. Theex-Secretary of State was said to have died during the night at sea. A ...

... AFFAIRS IN CHINA, DIRECTORATE OF THE NORTHERN RAILWAY. . BRITISH PRESTIGE THREATENED. PRESS ASSOCIATION FOREIGN SPECIAL. PEniN, FEBBUARY 20. - The difficulties arising out of the question of the directorate of the Northern Railway, of which the abrupt dismissal of Hu Qu Fen, chief director, was the immediate cause, ha-ve gradually increased, and now the situation has become so acute that it ...

... THE APPROACHING GREAT SHOWER OF SHOOTING STARS. THE EID OF THE WORPLD PRIDDIC'ED. LE'. -No. 3. TO wa. EDITOR OF TH BELFAST rx'S-LttB. Sm-The association of the forthcoming great star shower of the Leonids with the predicted de- struction of the -world bh a comet may not per- haps appear to your readers as being quite ger- Mane, and yet, iD the light of what follows, it will I think, be seen ...

... I )UBLIN DAY BY DAY. 38, LOWER ORTMOND QUAY, SUNDAY NIGHT. MIr. Chamberlain arrived yesterday by the afternoon mail about five o'cloclk at Kingstown, and on landing he travelled in a saloon carriage from the jetty to Kingsbridge, whence hie drove to the Viceregal Lodge. To-day the right honourable gentleman attended Divine service at the private chapel there. The feeling was that he would not ...