... EN G LAN D 'S i 0 M ES We boast of the homes of England-stately and, especially, otherwise-but few of us know I how many actual houses there are in this country. All round the outskirts of our large towns-Lon- don especially-the builders are building new houses so fast that one begins to wonder df all 0he old ones elsewhere have been burned down. In Great Britain there are now 7,340,096 heuses ...

... I SUPPOSED LOSS OF LIFE. NARROW ESCAPE OF A SHIELDS CREW. Information -was received at Dover on Saturday last of two serious collisions, both of which hap- pened off Dover, and resulted in the sinking of two vessels. In one case the masts of a vessel were seen soon after daybreak standing slightly above the water, about a mile and a half front the shore. No information could be obtained of the ...

... l INSURGENTS DRIVEN OU OF AEGROS. TEE NAVY ESTIMATES. b BY CABLE. luOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDMS NR v YasRK, T-uESDAY.-I a despatchL cabled D fromn Manila to the War Department to-day, I General Otis sayts the insurgents have been driven out of Negros. 31 A despatch from Washington states that the il State Department has received information indi-- eating that Russia has agreedl at length to refer ...

... 1sRF2NmnTAoN rTO MiR. JOHN JOHIKSTON, B AN WidDGE. I in the Towl. HEall Banbridge. on the 27th inst-, there weva a very large ?? of Mr. JohlsttOn'S fr-inds, who h1ad inet to present uirm with a beanti- fuflv-illumiuaed address and a well fihled purse of gold Mr. George trawvfrrd pe-idede. and spoke in wvarmn terms o ~r. .Johnston's public services a-s it Poor-law (uardian. countv conucii or. ...

... 1THE LATE MR. THO%.IAS VALE-\TiNE, IJ. P. { INTERESTING MAu&SONIC PRESENTATIONT. An interesting ceremony took place in the baln- queting chamber of thle 3Masonic Hall, Arthur Snuare, on the evening of the 9th inst.. when a numerous company assemrbled to Wiloess the un- veiling and presentation of a life-sized portrait in oils of the late Mr. Thomas Valent:ile, J.P., R.W. Provincial Deputy ...

... The following appeared il our litesz e, j vyestorday:- HE TRANSVAAL. BOERS GETTING OUT OF HAND. A GENTLEMAN KICKED TO DEA'i'T PIETERMAJ{TZ1B'ROl t:, The Boer camp at Sandspruit. is il!t r muddle, wal so was the commiissanarse. Boer army service, it appears. las is . muismanaged. and the Boers are loid grumbling. Many of them. savsth. - 1-.- Post's correspondent. are laying L', ; General ...

... THE MEETING OF PARLIA- MENT. a INTENTIONS OF THE OPPOSITION. THE MILITARY PREPARA- TIONS. The Press Association, telegraphing last night, ?? chief Opposition Whip., Mr. Herbert Gladstone, was busilv occupied yesterday at the Liberal headquarters at Westminster, and he will probably have an interview to-day with Sir H. | Campbell -Bannerman. Other Liberal members lwho have arrived in town are ...

... , This week's issue of the Lady's Pictorial is a double number specially dealing with the autumn and winter fashions. A large number'of beauti- fully executedl plates are given, accompanied by much attractively written descrintive matter. In addition: the ordinary features of the journal are retained. Among the mnany photos will be noticed those of the Queen of Portugal, the Duke, Duchess, ...

... THE METHODIST CHUROI. Miss Harriette Campbell has passed with distine, tion the Mus. Bac. degree examination of the Royal University of Ireland. The Mayor of Capetown, Mr. Thomas Ball, is a Wesleyan, as are also Alderman A. Pyatt, Ma'yor of Nottingham, and the Mayor of Tddlow, who, with the Corporation, recently attended in State at the Wesleyan chapel; Application was cnai&e to the jineral ...

... 2ND R.L.R. oN ACTIVE SERVICE. CHAT WITH AN OFFICER. SO tF INTERESTI NTG DETAILS. f The hold which the wvar spirit has taken upon a Rie people of this country was exomplifle.. the other c niglht, when in Poaring rain and thick need over r 50ObO people gave the 2nd Battalion the Royal 3rish Rifles such ?? fiarwell as i-ad never been seen r tn Belfast baiore, and which certaily could not t bave ...

... COUNTY ARMAGH ASYLUMf MaAID. Yesterday the monthly meeting was held, under the presidency of Mr. James Orr, D.L., the other members of committee present being-Messrs. H. B. Armstrong, D.L.; W. J. Best, Henry Hilkelk, William Simnpson, J.P.; John Compton, James L:onsdale, J.P. ; William White (Lurgan), Michael Garvey J. JM.'Caffrey, J.P. ; Philip Lavery, J.P. ; Michael Smyth, J.;P, W. J. Allen, ...

... BALLYCASTLE. A meeting of this council was held on the 7th inst.-Mr. Joseph P. O'Kane, J.P. 4chairman), presiding. The chairman brought under the notice of the council the action of the county council on the 3rd in reference to main roads. The county council's declaration was only now being published, and the point arose was the county not too late, as this publication, according to the act, ...