... BRISTOL COUNCIL REPORTS, The following reports will be presented at Tats ,ap's meeting of the Counil: - ASSISTANT DOCKiS ENGINEERE it The Docks Committee In their report state that thoy e0 have received an application from Mr T. A. Peace, Chief IS Assistant to the Docks Engineer, for an increase of salary II in consequence of the extra duties which he now has to 3- perform. The committee ...

... THE CHANNEL TUNNEL-~AN e ~~ALTERNATIVE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAS~T ?? SmR-The tunnel question is Very miv-1I in e; dence, and, in the opinion of the depuretsos t waited on Mr. Balfour last week, possihh o: cormplisbuient. This much, anti no inore*~. Baifour andmitted, provided the a enough. Lord Spencer. a inenahro h o nion (by lett~er) admits the Iit'nosdi financial part of the question ...

... lOREG1(IN INTELLIGENCES hrantv, of av;tic.h the firm consisted are in prison awaiting trial on a charge of fraud. It was stated bv the Oeicial Bezeiver that the liabilities, which ha.l mostly accraed lrithin the last threeyears, amounted to nearlv 3200,000, no less than :6t6,Q00 haxiag, according to the statement of affairsS gone in baA debts. The heaviest sufferers by the failure are C>unhl3e ...

... CARRIC1KFERGUS. A special meeting of this council was held on the evening of the 7th inst., the business being to fix the day of election of two Guardians for the urban district of Carrickfergus, in pursuance of the Guar- dians (Ireland) supplementary elections order, 1899. Mr. Thomas Vint, J.P. (chairman), pre- sided, and the other members present were- Messrs. H. MCavana, Paul Rodgers, ...

... BALLYCASTLL This council met on the 8th ?? Joseph P. O'Kane, J.P. (chairman), presiding. A long discussion took place as to whether surface- bel men should be under control of the district council av or contractors, and it was unanimously agreed that it would be preferable to have the county a :rveyor through his assistants, the barony surveyors, re- L sponsi~ble. The council met specially to ...

... I UNUTER'S TELEGEAMS. it THE ALLEGED FRENCH ROYALIST PLOT. 5n ia STATEMENT BY THE M1INISTER OF THE INTERIOR. b: rs PARIS, Tuepday. W The Ministers met this morning at the Elyasee, w under the presidency of M. Loubbt. The Minister jc of the Interior informed his colleagues that the re- p port on the Orleanist intrigues, published by the it different journals, was authentic, having been o: ...

... THE bill which Lord Lansdowne introduced on Friday night for the purpose of simplifying the ballot for the Militia in an attempt to improve in time of peace, machinery which might prove very .-valuable in time of war. It is, therefore, a measure which deserves encouragement. To talk of it as the thin end of the wedge of conscription is nonsense. We have always conscription hanging oyer us so ...

... ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A POLICEMAN. On the Eve of Marriage. I An extraordinary wedding-day episode is re- ported to-day from St. Helen's, Lancashire. It appears that a policeman named Dale, of the Lancashire Constabulary, was engaged to be married to a Miss Martha, Heaton, a charming young lacly of 24, daughter of a colliery manager On the morning of the day Exed for the wedding however Dale was ...

... Newmarket, Saturday.—On the Racecourse side, Cannon's History and Lexicon galloped a mile; Lip- salve, Terminal, Switch, Damysus, and Fra Antonia went six furlongs. Marsh's Strike a Light was sent a mile and a half; Neish, Sandringham, Jeddah, Millennium, and Grodno go in g a mile and a quarter Duck Gun, The Gorgon, and Vara went sharply six furlongs; Diamond Jubillee. Baldoyle. Kilmainhati-j, ...

... The latest novelty in New York is a miniature **ilway for childrau running along the north-east in h°f Central Park- There are two lines 12i caj 68 W'de and the trains, consisting of open and' are drawn by two locomotives two feet high eon Ve *6et '0DK Forty little passengers are Veyed at the rate of about 20 miles an hour. ...

... SPORTING ITEMS. Ballyleck will make a good jumper when he is put to that game, as he most probably will be. On Wednesday morning there will be sold at Newmarket three yearlings, the property of Sam Loates. Robinson's stable is not likely to have any orses running at Newmarket this week. Newmarket ana The Nipper will not run at New- market this week. Batt, Meg Kissock, a.nd Capital Shot left ...

... MARIE CORELLI-ON BAZAARS. I Setting the Tune of Generosity. A bazaar in aid of the parish church was opened at Henley-in-Arden yesterday by Miss Marie Corelli. Miss Corelli said they all knew what a bazaar was. It was peculiar and dis- tinctive. It was a way of charming money out of their pockets. This church was between five and six liutidrsd years old, and was in a very sad state. There were ...