... ARMAGIH CHURCH SCHOOLS. ADDKESS BY TEE LORD PRIMATE. The annual distribution of prizes provided by the governors of the Armagh Church Schools took place yesterday in the Church Walk, Schoolroom, Armagh. The cliafr was occupied by his Grace the Lord Primate, and the prizes were distributed by Miss Alexander. There was a large attendance of 1 parishioners and friends of the children, amongst ...

... I THL TWO 1RELANDS. Mr. Chamberlain's vi.;it to Dublin bhas qnce nore brought into very clear light the profound, tnough I tI not, in our belief, irremediable, cleavage by which Irish life is divided. We knew already that larse I numbers of Irishmen looked upon the Doers 'a0w n t arms aeainst this country with the came cheerily a undiscriminating sympathy with which thue have t, regarded, or ...

... ANNUAL MEETLING OF FOYLIE COlLEGE, LONDONDE3RRY. THE INTERMEDIATE SYSTE1 Otf EDUCATION; The annual meeting for the distribution of prizes to the pupils attending Foyle College, London- derry, was held yesterday at the institution. 'Mr. T. B. Montgomery, J.P., one of the governors, presided, and there was a large attendance. The head master, Mr. J. C. Dick, M A., submitted a satisfactory report ...

... I CLONTARF URBAN COU3NCIL I I I On Tuesday the fortnightlt meeting of the, Clontarf Urban District Council was held in tie Town Rall, the Right uion Lord Ardilaun pre- siding. Tie other members present were-inI Craword, J P; George Healy, William Hlills, and Edward Vernon. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. A letter was received from the Local Go- vernment Board forwarding, for the iaformat'on of' the ...

... OUR LADIES LETTER V NIVERSITY DEGREES FOR GIRLS (From Ous London Lady Correspondent.) The lists of the B A's and the B Sc's 'ho ?? graduated at the rereit eraminations a- the University of London shows a falling oil in the number of female candidstts, and the Landon University Colleges admit that thbre is no inerea'fe in the number of their g~rl stuienta who are sttdying for a degree. I The ...

... otaMAW, i8w. The black shadow of war dime the g1lY and joy of the festive esWon. The Qhrit- mas message of.:the angel Peace on ewk to men of gooi will ias moektd amid tht thunder of the cawmot and the tale of the rifles, the shouts of thewiotors and the St of the dying on the corpenewcumxered plW of South Afiie&, ?? 0t vilidg of widwa and orphans at. hoofe. Wak most horsible at the bq*, is ...

... JST. A.NDREIT'S PARjsi WEJS | I, N A N I I ,-A 1 ;)8 INTEREST S1 0T, . R\TRES1N~,-AND IMFOIRTA\1 PAROCHIAL H~AL;, A NDPUL. : CREATION R'C Rev\VJMrnv iit4ld ?? tttllnwi ' : , ?? - t ZI On beha of the ?? i Andrewv's P. ish, I earnes7i cus co-opera t on jn It n takig .. the geaer.d r of ?? v:Z_.Ore erectien t foi'I,'; H I wil' be a source tJfiE 1> ao and *v:ll a3jvarce the rr.o', i±- social *ve ...

... IOUR LONDOiN LETTER. E ?? OUR PRIVATE WME. BELFAST NEws-LrTrsn OFFICE, ;65, STRAND, ?? TUESDAY NirGt. Christmas Bank Holiday. A Christmas Bank holiday does not, as a rule. attract London people into the country, though business is entirely suspended. The weather for outdoor recreation and amusement is seldom pro- a- pitious. A hard frost was predicted, but for is more than a week it has been ...

... RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION. Reater's Agent at Jebba, Nigeria, writing tuner dlate of 15th November, ?? present situa- tion on the Niger may be summarised as iollows: A letter from the Foreign Office to the Treasury, dated 15th Jone, 1899, sets forth generally the reasons which influenced hes Majesty's Govern- ment to avail themselves of the clause in the char- i ter of the ...

... ' CANADIAN LOYALTY. . C - I A THIRD CONTINGENT. t I SQUADRON 01F BOUGH RIDERS.t - t GENERAL GATACRE'S FORCE. DESPATCH OF REINFORCEMENTS. MORE NAVAL GUNS FOR NATAL. C THE POSITION AT CIEVELEY. t The Western Maal,'.,Ottawa, representative i ielegraulbs that he is authoritatively informed that the Dominion Government has made a third offer to the Imperial authorities to send to South Africa, ...

... VICTORI 1 HOSPiTAL FOR DISEASES OF THE NERVOULTS SYSTEM, PARALYSIS AND EPILEPSY, CLAREM'-'si' STREET, BEL- FAST. AN APPEAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BhELFAST NSWS-LETTER. SIR-I venture to make a special appeal on be- half of the above hospital, which has now entered on its fourth year of work. The necessity for this dhospital for the special treatment of all kinds of n nervous diseases is becoming ...

... . At ; PA r D-f a DUBLIN: THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 18M. ?? A War Office despatch says that Lord M- thuen reports that the enemys force has been inereased, and is ongaged entrenching. Two squads of Lord MethuceS mounted infantry reconnoitred two miles along the line and drew their fire. Yesterday the annual meeting of the School- masteie' Association took place in the G .resha Hotel. The president, ...