... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... AXERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES. BOMBARDMENT OF ILOILO. THE TOWN CAPTURED. c HEAVY REBEL LOSSES. Telegraphing from Manila under yesterday's date, a Press Association special correspondent ?? American gunboat Petrel arrived here last niglt with despatehes from General Miller to General Otis, announcing that Iloilo wvas taken by t the combined -wilivaty and naval forces on Saturday morning. General ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... INSURGENT TROOPS AND THEIR DEMANDS. THE CASE FOR GENERAL GOMEZ. PRESS ASSOCiATION EoRlUGN SECIAL. Reuters Agency has received the following com- munication from Captain Juan Fernandez, official representative of General Meximo Comez in Lon- don.:- As representative of General Manimo Gomez and the Cuban army, it becomesi my duty to dispel the false position in which public opinion in Europe ...

... BANGOR. A meeting of tis body was held yesterday evening in the Boardroom, Bangor. There were prosent-Messrs. B. L. Moore (in the chair), James Thomson, John M'Afeekau, James Bownman, James Neill, Archibald Thomson, James Savage, and James Crosbie. 'Mr. A. Thomson inquired was the resolution directing that separate accounts should be opened in the name of the Board in the books of the Belfast ...

... j iVXTk. ictttY. Ni ac.LLTEB OFFICt, W I' ?. it' xv tQiiS Ifl t2'atiitttflcflt. P ' . ?? lii ? a foectacie -itit' briton: Jute 1241 :it' It-it, lie- I -t.n.t up have, by tit?tt2 Ito the? * it pt!.1 of view, ii ?? - ?? .h t.ttt.thtt' one * ix tech ant- iita:y * ?? 2- ?? (losiliztiadJ * 11 hi to toll far ititit 2 hi %ffitt-C iii 1>> ito ct-ib -Ia * . it-ill . lilt) (tin- B t2k:tt 2112(1 Mr. H ...

... GREAT SNOWSTORM IN I - I ~ ~ SEVERAL PERSONS FRO0Z |N TO DEATH. STRE1ET:. AND RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPBNDED. STEAMERS FROMIE'UROPE OVERDUE; . RSUTES'S ThLEGBAW.) New. York, Monday, After a apel1 of phenomenal Gcold wtheir, extending over tii whole conitry eastward of the Rouk; Moipntains, causing intense sufEer- ing to the destitute, the weahert culminated on Saturday evnng in a. snowstorm ...

... ARRIVAL OF | BULGARIAQ THE f 1 A TERRIBLE VOYAGE. MANY OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW INJURED, (PRESS ASSOCIATION FOREIGN SPECIAL) Ponta Delgada, Feb 24th._ The overdue Hamburg American liner Bul- geri arrived safely in this port to-day. Her officers report. that on Febru ay 5th she listed to the port side 49 degrees. Her pumps were - inefficient to keep her bold free from water, end the vessel ...

... EDUCATION-THE NEW COUNCLS. ' The Most Rev Dr Clancy, Bishop-of Kliphin, in the course of his Pastoral Address, says:- In other countries provision is made for the guidance of Catholic young men by universities and clubs, *here knowledge is perfected, expe- rience ripened, and lofty principles of honour in- culcated under the direction of master minds. But to the youth of this country such ...