... ;S, Lowns ORmoND QUAY, MONDAY NIGHT. The death of Mr. Wootton in the accident to the Irish mail on Friday lest was mentioned to-day to the Court of Appeal by Mr. Ronae, Q.C., who said 'the result was that the retainer both of himself and Mr. Henry, Q.C., as Mr. Wootton's counsel, was discharged in respect of the appeal by the promoters of the Components Tube Company, ! Limited, against the ...

... DONEGJCALI ROAD PIMIETIVE MET1PI'IST ClH URICH. A ZA4R AND SALE OF ORiK. 3, A X twvo day3' bazaar iand sale oi work. the pro- -seeds o' which are to be devoted to the ftrld -r0 is liquidating a debt of about £200 remain ?? on lill-; J, Donegall Road Primitive Methodist Churcai in.d er manse was opened yesterday afternoon in iahe s, schoolroom adjoining the church by lMrs. . Id Martin, Galwa]i ...

... ,-i ' SECON-'VD CITY SPECIAL, EDITI xN. (B! EPICIAL WULF.) FREEMAN OFFICE, TUESnAY MORNING. 6.30 O'CLOC. TH IIE W'VAR. 5A'tA ...

... LIFEBOAT DISASTER ON SUFFOLKJ COAST. I SEVERAL LIVES LOST. The Press Association Aldeburgh correspondent telegraphs that a disastrous lifeboat accident oc- curred here yesterday, involv~ing, it is feared, the loss of six lives. The celebrated lifeboat Aldeburgh was launched yesterday morning in response to signals of distress, and while crossing the shoals in a heavy sea the life-saving craft ...

... DISTRICT COUNl) 0CILS. HIOLYWOOD. The usual ?? of this urban corncii ws !lhelId in the caurcioier's roorn, Towvn Bai,1. Holy- wood, on the 6th inst. The ch intisan. ?? Richard iPatterson. JiPl) presdodu, and the following metn- bers of the cloarI were pres-cot -Messrs. Jume-s 'Lennoxi, John Smuvit, Jona R. llan, Edwani Gallagher, Robert Bvoi, and Anthonr V. Erooirne. Tlhe town celicit Jr. ...

... COUNTY ARMAGH PROTESTANT ORPHIAN SOCIETY. 5 On the 10th inst. a special service was held in DSaint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, and collec- if tions taken up in aid of the funds of the County .s Armagh Protestant Orphan Society. The sermon d was preached by his Grace the Lord Primate. The e other clergymen present ?? Very Rev. the Dean, Revs. Charles Faris, and P. K. Murphy. ?? Lord Primate ...

... ~~anl #Co eB ?? D1)LIN: MONDY, DECDMBER 11, 18. (Gerbral Gatcre, with a force of 2,000 men, advanced yeterday ?? MOuteno, towards Sborrvberg. The force was not molested until they had, reached an impregnable poitioa oc- cupied by the Boerb, when 6 -hot fire was un- expectelby poured into them. The engagement lasted for close on three houns, when the Eng- isb ware repted and foroed to match ...

... it THET ELECTION OF HONORARY :4, iOFFICERS. - -e The adjourned secord general meeting of the 9g Royal Dublin Society was held in the Thate r of the Leineter Fouse for the purpose of re- r ceiving the rieults of the ballot for the election of honorary officers of the Society. Mr C W Uniacke Towunahend, J P, vice-president, ecca- i- pied the chair. I. i Judge Kane, chairman of the Scrutineers ...

... ,CITY SPECIAL EDITION, II_ (By (2nPIICIAL WIlMC.) FREZ.MA c ()rCptc SAp t etl}i' or ? ?? (ts C ?? K. 'COMMUt' CAT]ON To MODDEi. RIVER REI-OPENED. The Prelms Association states :-1e Wi Office has issued thle following despatch - From General Officer commandin. .2e n Town, to Secretary of State for War tcece:-,, 11.45 ?? Cape Town, 9 p.m.. 8th Decem'b)sc JEnemy's force near (4atacre, reported ...

... I Yesterday the news of another serious defeat was allowed out by the Britih War Office. The public had been vainly searching for some light upon the fighting that waB. in progress north of tuhe Modder River sin e last Saturday. Now it has come. Lord Me- tihuen, after a desperate cannonade in which during two Uays the Boer position was raked and searched with lyddite shells and ho- w'taers, ...

... I THE COUNTY COURTS AND THE ! MFERCANTILE COMMY UNITY. I LMPORTA'NT DEPUTATION- TO TEE LORD CHANCELLOR. Yesterday afternoon a deputatio. represent- Iingthe Chap-ber ef Commerce and the Dublin Mexcantile Association waited on the L1ord .Canmeelor, Lord Ashboume, Ifor the purpose of impressing on his lordship the desirability c£ reforming by me-ans of legis'.lptiaf the pieser.t [rocedtire in the ...

... THE ATHLONE CO.UNTY COUNCIL. ACTION FOR LIBEL. Yesterday in Nisi Prius Court No 1, before Mr Juscea Boyd and a city special jm7, th- cam of Moore v Ch~aptan came on for hearing. It was an action in wiih Mr Andrew Moore, merchat, and Vie-Chainnra of the Athlone Rurol Dktrict cl, daimed £1,000 da- mages from Mr Thomas Chapman for alleged I libel published in defendant's paper The Westmeath ...