... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... Thle following appeared in )ur , SiaturdLy: - ?kIHRHTS INGE DEFICIT, WASIINYVON 1.! A distinct sensation. r sau i .. of Representativeasi to-ty Nvh ?? .ir. anai. of the Committee on A1.I i the startling announcemett iit 'L-L tlis year will soo$0 fice ;a IlI. ; c:..i 15%GOO.OOO dollars, withtoitt>'w -. dollars to be paid to SLJ- 'S *r j11; : I the cession of the PhLillPini- 1! ?? C's the 'Daily ...

... OUR LONID OI' LETTER.L MBY OU. PRIV ATF wir.X LI Bsss'FAsT Mi~ws-LTrrxu OrICn. 435, STrAND, W.C., TUvCRsDAY N1ioniu. ?? Dabate on the Army Estimates. M r. Geor;e Wlyndham, the new Under-Seere- tarv of State for War, nad-e what may be described as his dbabut tonight in the House of Conmnons as 1 the responsible representative of a great spending depzrtment, the War Office. Tlhere were many of 4 ...

... MEER-G OF THE MASTER BUILDERS: A meeting of the standing committee of the National Association of Master Builders was held at Derby yesterday, inder the chairmanship of Alderman Holdeworth, of Bradford. After an es- haustive discussion, it was decided to send a reply to the recent conmnunications from the National Association of Operative Plasterers, pointing out that ?? scheduled ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... BOY?'C?MIANIE? IN NEW¶QW?iARJ? INSPECTION BY LORD LONDQNDE~tY. On Saturday last the Marquis of London dextt inspected and addressed the recently-formned Boys! Companies in Newiowna~rds. A s his Lordship elight'd from his carriage at the Londonderr Schools, the military salute wias played by tin o inte f the companies. Subsequently to the ravice.i of the two companies, the boys were dravwn up ...

... THE HEALIR CONDITIONS O? OOAL MINiNG. A\s to whether there are ?any diseases peculiat to tne miners calling,, there is evidevnce that, wvith one, or prerhaps two. Cxccpt-itfs. there are none such. Th'ese excep~tions arc ae affection of the eyes, termed Ny~sreagnes ?? and, in a lesser de- gree, that dlisan se of the reapcr;atniy orgen~s w~hichs enniell~y goes hb- the naanes of eoincr& asthma I ...