... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... IOUR LONDON LETTE.Ro BY OUR PRIV.&TH WIRE. BELFAST NSwS-LEfER 017IC 435. STABNDW.C., FRIDAY NIGHT. London Covernment Bill. The debate on the second reading of the London Government Bill to-night was not pitched in a high key on either side. It is a measure intended to consolidate the position of the Unionist party in London, and rightly so. That is what the Radicals dread. For too long the ...

... FOREI'GN INTELLIGENCIE. I I ?? ConnauoEt leave B6typt for England ore Friday. FREN-CH VESSELS IN COLLISION. . CIIERBOtJRCE9 Monday. Tae brig Docteur Olive, of Bordeaus, collided to- day with the smack Mathieu, of Boulogne. Twelve of 'the- crew of the latter vessel- jumped on to the, deck of the brig, but the stbec eight remedied on' hnazd., - ' ' ' ?? sUiBB'S TFLEGZAM TRY, EXPlOSION NEAR ...

... :BALLYMENA. Al the monthly meeting of this Board yesterday the councillors present were-Mr. Thomas Burns (chairman), Mr. John M'l1roy, Mrs. L. A. Barr, hd Messrs. John C. Craig, Robert Barclay, G. T. P Grabam, Houston Lancashire, James Mitchell, and ci A. M'Kervill. The clerk stated that steps had ti been alreadv taken for the obtaining -V of the provisional order for improving - the water ...

... COUINTY BWPMl OF BELFAST. I- The improvement comnittee of the Council of this borough mnet at the Town Hall yesterday under the presidency of Alderman Wilson. It was de- cided to have notices served upon the owners of property in the paage between Laburnum Street and Nerwtovwnards Road, and the passage on the south side of Hillview Street, to have them com- pleted, and to recommend the Council ...

... C.I.Y.M.S. ELOCUTION CLASS. PUBLIC OCO1PUTITIO4S. In connection with the above class, which is ably conducted by M-Tr. J. H. Simpson, public competi- tions were held in Clarenec Place Hall last night for two gold and three silver medals. In the un- avoidable absence of the Lord Mayor (Mr. Otto Jaffe, ?? the chair was taken by Mr. John M'Cormick, and there was an overfiowiug audience. In the ...

... THEM ROYAL LIDENSING COMMISSION. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE BELFST NEWS-LfEMR. Six-At the official nmeeting of ?? Street Methodist Church, held on Monday evening, 13th inst., the ifollow resolntion was unanimumsly passed: -lat we, the circuit quarterly meeting -of the Agnes Street MNethodist Chinch, have read with pleasure the admirable Aeticle which ap- .peandt recent issue of the ' Belfast NewsI ...

... THE NORTH BRITISH RAMWAY DISPUTE. .d CIRCITTLAR BY LORD TEPE.DDAL.E s The Press Association sas the following cir- ; cular was posted last night, to the shareholders of w the North British Railway Company :- Dear Sir In or Madam-I understand a circular has been ad- lS .,dressed to a. number of shareholders of the corn- pony bvr Mr. Henry CGrierson. a, member of the Le Board of Directors, ...

... I IMPERIAL PARLIA IENT. * BY PRIVATE AND ORDINARY WIES. HOUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. The Lordrhgncellor took his seat on the wool- sack at a .quarter-past four o'clock. N EWV BILLS. Earl CARRINGTONT presented a bill to facilitate the provision of allotments by the London County Council, and it was read a first tiihea I A bill presented bv Lord CARXWATH for the reioval of disqualifications of ...