... T H E C.O U R T. OSBOaRSa, THESnAY.-The Queen, ?? by Princess Christiail and Princess Hieny of Bat- tenberg, drove through West Cowes yesterday afternoon. Major-General Sir John M'Neill was in attendance on horseback as equerry-in-waiting. Mrs. Haughton had the hondur of being pre- sented to the Queen yesterday by Princess Chris- tian, and received from her Majesty the bad e of the fourth ...

... WATER-BOILER REQUIREMENTS IN THE I &NAVY. The arguments for and against water-tube boilers have been gone over again and again until they are threadbare ; but the fact that we must liave boilers that are capable of being divided into small units, and that are capable of quicidy generating steam from acoldboiler, must settletlie question. What- ever the faults and virtues of this general type ...

... BELFAST No. 1 (COUNTY AINTRIM). The adjourned quarterly meeting of this council was held in the Grand Jury Room of the County t Courthouse, Orumlin Road, at eleven o'clock yes- c terday forenoon for the purpose of consideringten- deas for the maintenance of the several roads in the . district. The .jhairuaan (M1r. Thomas A. Archbold) presided, and there were also present: -Dr. WXil. son, ...

... FOREIGN INTELLI*1NCLE hXUTXS'S TKLLRlA-MS. NSIfION AT BERKI EXEDCUTION OF OLOGtBOSHERI. FORCADOS DIVER, July 28. Ologhosheri was executed in Benin City on'the Z2th nit. Aboahun, an official chief, but who tad, nothing to do with the Benin massacre, has come- in, and goes to Old Calabar for six months, Aboabs was an important man, and it was be- beved he could have brought in Ologbosheri if he ...

... IMPEESSIONS OF THE WELSH EISTEDDFOD, 1899. BY KFDDYG O'R OOGLEDD. The present revival of Irish music and of the Irish language by the Feis Ceoil and the Gaelic League respectively, tempted me to accept an invitation to visit the Welsh National Eisteddfod at Cardiff last month. The Eisteddfod commenced on 18th July, and this year took the form of a Pan-Celtic gathering, as, in addition to about ...

... SITUATION IN SAtW I DOMINGO. AMERICAN WARSHIPS UNDER ORDERS. I Nz;V YoRK, FrIDAY-Two United States warships have been ordered to Hayti to watch de- velopments there. One will be stationed in the Bay of Samana, where a coaling station for United States ships has long been projected at the Navy Department, and the other at Port-au-Prince. There are already two United States cruisers in the ...

... THE 14?1SH MILITARY )T:AN4EUVRES, or-- ,- COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. TEE N4ORTHERNT (RED) FORCE. ABBsYaEIx, AUGUST 10-The manceuvres te- day failed to bring about the decisive results which had been anticipated, and when at 2 p.m. Lord Roberts stayed hostilities for the day neither force had made any decisive poinxt-in fact, the close of the dayts operations found the. opposing cavalry in a ...

... VCICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL, LONDONRDEBRY. I OLD GCIRLI' ASSOCIATION. The first meeting of the association, wehich wvas a initiated in May last, was held a-t the Golf fHotel, a Portrush, on the 3rd inst. Miss Mackillip and a Mliss Mary Mruckillip, B.A. (principals) wvere guests h on the occasion. It was proposed by Mr.s. Wil- h liams. Londonderry. atn1 seconded by Miss WUar- n nock, London, that ...

... -T.UE NAVAL MAMNEIVRES. I OP RATIONS IN BELFAST LOUGH. , The gunboat Jason and her torpedo-boat flotilla are still at their base in Bangor Bay. The blockade is being-inaintained, but it does not appear to be a verjeffective one, as at the most only two or three destroyers can at times be discerned, at a long distance. On the night of the 31st ult. the Bangor steamer went for a cruise in a ...

... ROYAL PIETY OF ANTIQUARMS OF IR-ELAND. On the 17th inst. the ?? o! tbe above sa- ciety visited krmagh, arrivng from Belfast at eleven o'clook an.m. A large numaber of ladies as companied the members. Through a slight mis- undemstanding part of the members proceeded to the Ponan Oatlefic cathedral. the other part went to the Protestant cathedral. The Rev. MLr Quian received them at the Roma ...

... At wS . . * s~t 1ORI) TIP1LETOWN AND THE IRIS; } LANDOWNERS CONVENTION., ?? I . .~ The eiecuetive committee of the Irish Lan& owners' Convention, at their meeting yesterday, adopted the following minute with reference so -Lord Templetown's recent letter: -The executive commtiee have received with regret Lord Temple- town's resignation, and as he -ba sent his letter to the Press before it ...

... I Grouse shooting opened in Scotland on Satnr- day last. The day was marked by a continuation of the fine weather which has prevailed now for several weeks, and under these exceptionally favourable conditions, and with the birds numerous and in good condition on most of the moors, sportsmen had, over all, a very successful day. It was mid-day before the birds were on sale in any number in ...