... CITY EDITIOIN.- BELFASST NE;\W'S-LSETTERI OFFICE, 455. STRAND LONDON. G. .ATURDAY Mormmig, Six o'elo. i~el TlE- WNARS A;t THlE COLENSO DISASTlER. LONDON NEWSPAP i. ER ?? COMMENTS. 1,j NEWS FROM MIODDER. c it 41'i ARTILLERY EXCHANGOES ON p1 THE 12TH. o C( if. E,,NE1MY'S GUNNS SILENCED. ,, The Times, referring to General Builts e'e- d spatch, ?? lamentab)le the ?? anid oi the reverses see ...

... Dib'idL'i ?? L A -IN F. Thte acijoitroct: iljc t!t tile- ting, of this mnr ?? 'ticn;di' rliititi--:¼'i (ontik- vctie'tiay, I010501; ZLviiiI ic fI I tit'e %kialnt ot a Ijli1Q0M1 ojf tttmifhr- i. ?? 'vili Ile1 itlile.i- red tiiai the quar tenty tnctin-, oi-itl~wiadoretf titrwl ufti-: ilili t Locall Gotvertntti-tl let. ?? Lf UAG1N. An a djntt-ni-I Pt -Otii ol Oii it S tnkl rtiio-i3 wis fli't; I1 ...

... ,di1 r eLONIAL SFCRE'fARYa IN> DUBLIN,. gjoNoUlR FROM T9tINITY COLLEGE. 1LIIvEL OF LL.D. CONi'Pl PR ED. A CIIAIIhCI~LISlIIC SPEECH. 1~' OUR I-EvorjEet. ?? 5. on-' .u--he sole topics of cnversa- , ?? art. the vtsit of the Colonial , it iitinelit of Fiet'l-Mad l .1 ect oVrmittonS in South Africa. l. h1n1iourrb'ba Joseph ClaMnber- thLi,-, r yesterday by all atr'nit 1 - ., ?? in Irefod Pihce; but ...

... RATEFAYEL.-Your letter is not authenticated. BELFAST COAL FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF TIM DELAST NEWS-LETTER. SIP.-I am directed by the committee of the above fund to ask your reader e to remember the poor this year also. There has been an unex- i Vected descand in consequence of the war i l the I Transvaal, and it is a matter for thankfulness that. it has heen so liberally responded to; but I ...

... I A STEAMER WRECKED. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE FEARED BY CABLE. FROM OME OWN CORRESPONDENT. ,INsw yeOR, SuNDAY.-The movemmnt in the Southernt states to disfranchise the negroes 1s so rapidly progressing as to justify the prediction that in the course of a year not one of the old slave-holding Statis but will have enacted special provisions for \heir State Constitutions abolishing the negro vote. ...

... I )UBLIN DAY BY DAY. 38, LOWER ORTMOND QUAY, SUNDAY NIGHT. MIr. Chamberlain arrived yesterday by the afternoon mail about five o'cloclk at Kingstown, and on landing he travelled in a saloon carriage from the jetty to Kingsbridge, whence hie drove to the Viceregal Lodge. To-day the right honourable gentleman attended Divine service at the private chapel there. The feeling was that he would not ...

... - l Mr Chamberlain, stratnge to ay; met Mr f WiamL} Conyngham Greene; the late British t Ageit at Pretoria, for the first time since his return frml Soukt Afra at thi V ?? Lodg- ?Mr Conrngham Greene happu to be st jresent tin tuest of the Lord Liectuna:c I t jeiiaps; be ; tyof b ihbe Mr C basr whO receis d Mr Rhodes tb era sns aw thi boloa Ofe fi mn t 6a bef hfi war to ?? £ tw inin t MrGreene ...

... I I I The weekly meeting of ton Pcrt and Docks I Board was.held yesterdav in the Offices, West- morelaned street. Sir BicbRad.Martin presided, and the othbr members present were: - a 'lea4e, T Harrington, M * J: P Nannetri, D L Usergin. G N Jacob, 4 E DocLTelt. 3 P; L Ma- Id~e, WV Glace, i Goodbodrv. dI P; J Moonev. \ S Fintilat«t J P; WV (Gtlm, J ?? I tMoichael) Tedcostle, J. ,; Sf D ...

... It would be impossible to imagine a greater contrast between two men than that which exists between the two Boer Commandl-rs, Joubert and Cronje. .Joubert is a gentlemarD a Liberal, a man of education. He has seel the world, having made ten years ago a pro- longed tour in Europe and America. He is very proud of his unblemished French descent Ifrom a noble house of Picardy, which was driven ...

... I DUBLIN C OUNTY COU NCILI Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Dublin County Council was he d at the Colarthouse, Kilmainham. Mr P J O'Neill, J P, chairman of the Coun- rii, presided. Amongst those present ?? -Wm Cumisky- WIV Field, 3,I F; Joseph Mooney. I JP;J JFlood; Colonel Gore Lindsay, D L |V A Rafferty. J P; James M'Kenna, Capt Colthurst Vesey, J P; A C Tynan, James -Mahony, R Boariman. ...

... Lord Methuen's list of casualties is the heaviest recorded so far in the South African I Campaign. His first list reveals a loss of I over eight hundred men, including no fewer| QUhan sixty-eight officers No. fewer thanI seven hundred and three of the casualties] befell the Highland Brigade. In fact, in all! its circumstances the battle of Magersfontein may be regarded as the first real ...

... l it OBELFAST NEWS-LETTER' OFFICE. I 435. STRAND LONDON. W.C. WEDNESDAY Morning, Six o'clock. T I E W A R. YEOMANRY AND VOLUN- TEER DETACHMENTS. IMPORTANT GOVERNMENiT STATE- If EN T. THE TUGELA BATTLE. BOER POSITION' PRACTICALLY IMP IIIEG N ABLE. The Press Association states tmat, the War Office at an early hour this morning issued the iolwiin- statement reg Erding the yeomanry and volunteers ...