... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE PAPACY-, PAST AND PRESENT.1 LECTURE BY MIR. WMy. JOHNSTON, MI.P. This wars the title of a lecture delivered last night by Mr. William Johnston, M.P., in West Belfast Orange Hall, Shanicill Road. The pro- ceeds were in aid of Percy Street Reading Room. The chair was occupied by Rev. Mr. G)aretin, who said the lecturer of the evening was a gentleman who reqill:ed n:i introduction to a ...

... (ESTABLISHEI) ANNO 1737.) BELFA\ST: SATURATI -, JANU.ARY 21. 1899. I Lrd Kitohener returned to Omdurmaal yes- terday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ At Yeovil yesterday WVilliam Matthew Drew was committed for trial on the charge of bigamy. __ _ _ __ _ _ The Cabinet Council sat yesterday for over two hours, after which MrwI. Chamberlain wentI to the Colonial Office and received Mr. Cecil Rhodas The Bolivian ...

... DEPUTATION TO M. CAMBON. THE CZAR'S PEACE PROPOSALS The Central Nevws says-M. Cambon, the French Ainbassa-dor to England, received at the French Embassy, Albert Gate. yesterday, a depn- tation from the International Arbitration and Pea-ce Association. The deputation consisted oi Mr. Felix Mosc'iales, M1r. Martin Wood, Mr. Scott, aund Mr. J. Frederick Green. An address was reid in Eunglish. end ...

... Thle following appeared in our ia;+st ld:,, Saturday - LORD CHORIER'S V1i1I'I' TO JTt SOUDAN. TEl; FIGHTDiG Al' 11OAIPg$, CAIRO, anuarr l; Lord Cromer and party retutled Lo C day. Hils visit to the Souditn ias ai;o , factory, the speeches addressed to 'i ioh,, Omdurman and Berber having been ?? well received. '[he railway to AtihLi;, Was J' cellent condition, and the party Nrellt Nmce sted up ...

... ?OUR LONI)OI'? LETTER.1 I.'r BY OU PRIVATE WR. 43.Sn . W -. ?? 4 . iqT . 1! The Separatist Leadership. 4 ?? a Since the announcmeentrb was snadei that Si Henry Campbell-B annerm~an has the best chance3 of being chosen sulccessor of Sir Wmn. :qarcourt as leader of the Opposition in the House of $)onimofl5 B there has been great depression and searching of h hearts co:ngl Lois colleagues. Mnr. ...

... In an interesting article publishedfm the Bul- letin of the International Railway Congress, M. Maurice Dumoulit en&avours to forecast the principal features of the locomotives which will be needed to draw the heavier trains of the fature at the constantly increasing speeds demanded by the public. Owing to the limitations imposed by the gauge, and clearances necessary the writer thinks that ...

... IRISH DITPSHED LADIES' FUND. DUBIN, TaZVnS>aY-A meeting of the executive committee of this fund was held at the offices, 4, Kilda~re Street. In the absence of the- Right Hohfourable the Earl of Belmore, G.C.M.Gk. (chair- tman), Major Edward Why-ta occupied the chaier. There were ?? Lady Holmpratrick, Mrs. Power Lalor, Mrs. M~ahaffy, Mrs. WilliamitCR Bruce, Miss Constance Butler, Miss Ma~ry M ...

... ASTP?NOMICAL LECTURE BY MR. W. REDPIERN KEDLY. A lecture, entitled The Mccn. as seen through a powerful telescope,t was delivered last evening in the Macrory Memorial Church by Mr. W. Red- fern Kelly, M.Inst.C.E., K.R.A.S, The proceeds of the lecture were in aid of the church funds. Sir James Muegrave, Bast., D.I., presided, and there was a very large attendance. After religious observances, ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) do, uw - MNfi~ p ~ 511Cittv BELFAST: THMURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. A destructive fire broke out yesterday in Keighley, when a worsted mill was destroyed. A meeting of the Association for the Further- ance of Christianity in Egypt was held yesterday in London. An accident occurred to the mail train at Zumarraga, in Spain, yesterday, and seven ) persons were injured. The ...