... |TJOURSALIST13I _F r 01 I £UNUAL 4EETING OF THE ULSTER DiSTRICT. r the Ulster District of this I Ln 1 aned Challmber of the .aiterlnoOll last. Mr. John pmal presided, and ' ?? ?? Janies Henderson', :te l-nstitltte Rev. HenryI t + j: w it'r; ZMiss Rita A. 1ur- - . Allipbell, 31.A., ?? ,. .JI.; (is rt M. Oghilvie, ' he, ,. Ste-art, Barclay p, ' !'nti Hugh Pearson (lhon. ?? ' ..el. cretttryl, ...

... I FHE ORANGE INSTITUTION. I ST. THOMAS' TOTAL ABSTINENCE l t ?? 410. 1 The annual reunion in connection with this very prosperous lodge was held last evening in the Parochial Hall, Lisburn Road. The chair was occupied by Rev. William Dowse, and a large attendance included:-Rev. M. Archdali. chaplain; I Rev. W. H. Dundas, curate of St. Thomas'f Church; Brs. Alexander Houston. W.M;. Boal, I W.M. ...

... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. FEELING IN LONDON. Nrw YonRx, WsmNxSna.-Lord 'Herschell'si sudden death has evoked universal expressions2 of regret. Since his arrival in connection with the Joint High Commission lie has made hosts of friends, in addition to the many public men whose friendship he had previously enjoyed, and to the people he had become well and favourably known I by the published reports ...

... I I IINEERNEWT BRTS SUBJECTS. APOLOGY FROM1 THE MUflNICIPAL COUNCIL ANNEXATION BY GREAT BRITAIN DESIRED. PPEss ASSOCIATONrxouORIGN' SPECIAL. SAMOA, ArIA, FEBRUARY 17 (via1 Sydney, I Marcia 1).-Affairs here are still in an unsatisfactory state. The provisional Governmnent continues toD interfere with native Britisb'su'bje~ts and their servants, and is exacting a tax of two dollars a, head front ...

... (ESTABLISHED ANNO 173Z) $Aofat CPWb' Sfttf In the House of Lords yesterday the Tele- graph (Channel Islands) Bill passed through committee, and their Lordships adjourned at twenty-five minutes to five. In the House of Commons -Mr. Sydney Gedge gave notice of motion regarding the me- morial of the English Church Union, praying her Majesty not to appoint to any bishopric or benefice any member ...

... THE ORANGE IN-STirUTION.1 ,IUNJY WIT] -1AAFS TIPUE Tt!,TE~ LI.OALf O(AIANtUS 1ODi(f -No-.188 Th nrrleruin fi-i edeiis held in The Mae. iei ofiir V-t11 lc'Z o h tW ir a'A >Coh', tea trre 1h ]tr. l~achew farnrb& , es, ~l rh iour-c of his ertecti. hil f IC t L\tireto hrim to kniow 'that tibs 1(,)e ?? 1 r 1 --e'oh pr r-anl tireni- hr itto the t - IV5,V. lie va a- looih tg Siera diir hileh ?? ...

... THE ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSItY QUESTIONI SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIANS AND THE PROPOSAL t Dr. Geo. C. 'Hutton, convener of the United Piesbyterian Synod's Disestahlishnlent Commit- tee, has issued a manifesto, in which, dealing Wit~h -the demand -for a Roman Catholic university for Ireland, he says:- | The Roman Catholic university question is -P-he R-ortian que~ditin.uish being sedulously nursaed in ...

... FROM OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT. LO\NDON. TEUSDAY.-The vacancy amongst the 5 R. A. Lieutenant-Generals, caused bv the death of Sic Chas. Nairne, will be filled by the promotion to Lieutenant-General of Major-General J. F. Owen, i now commanding R.A. at Malta, while Colonel F. C C. Slaie, A.A.G. at Woolwich, will be promoted c Major-General. Sir C. Nairne was an officer of the old Indian ...

... DEPUTATION TO MINISTERb. Lo NDoN, TuxDsny.-At the Treasury thits after- .ioon, Mr. Hanbury and Mr. Gerald Balfour re-| ceived a very large and representafnve deputation l froir the South of Ireland with reference to the proposei amalgamation scheme of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company wisha the Waterford, Limerick, and Wessence idliway and the Central IreLand Railway. Mr. John ...

... (ESTABLISH[ED AINTO 1737.) _A .. - zo-anta t ?? BELFAST: SATURD]AY, M-ARJH 4, 1899. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Sin- naird moved for a return of all cases in which the bishops' veto had been exercised under the IChurch Acts of 1840 and 1874, and also for a return of all churches in England belonging to the- Church of England in which confessional- boxes had been put up. The Archbishop ...

... Y.M.CA. MUSICA1 SOCIETY. The second concert under the auspices of this re- cently established society, of which Mr. Robert Anderson is the president, and Mr. A. W. Vance the vice-president, took place in the Y.M.C.A. hall last evening. The attendance, though good, was by no means as large as the merits of the con- cert deserved, but doubtless the numerous counter attractions in the city were ...

... z =D- -- GHASTLY DISCOVERY NEAR I BELFAST. ?? THE DECOMPOSED BODY OF A MAN FOUND. SUPPOSED VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY. A discovery oi an extremely ghastly nature was made early last night4wy a mn-n named Nesbitt whilst proceeding along Gray's loaning. It ap- pears that his attention was attracted to a dark object, half concealed in a briar hedge, which runs along portion of the lane. The object ...