... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... OU.R LONDOTN LETTER ,A OUR PRIVATE WERE. j5F.t.FAST NEws-LTTrEr. OFFTCE, $55, SImR.NS, NV.C., THIUR.SDAY NIGHsT. tir Queen's Visit to the Ex-Empress Eugenle Nqlajtrsty the Queen is unswervngly loyal in I TI &IIiip and attachment towards those who . hollored as to possess it-whether they ; . *eptr in palaces or dwell humb!y amidst at Ib. The ?? Eugenie is almost Wl- .,n now hy her old subjects ...

... ' I- Z8, LOWEr ORN=oD QUAY, TUURSDAY NIGHT. An important judgment affecting passengers by steamers was given to-day in the Court of Appeal 'Mr. Edgeworth. a gentleman residing near Muilin-I par, took a through ticket at that town for EaRston, and he xlas under the impression that he could cross the channel either by the North Wall or the lKings- town route by paying 4s 6d extra. He went by the ...

... !LJFE IN AMERICA, FAILURE OF BOSTON BANKERS. FOlN1DEBING OF A BARQUE-LOSS OF LIFIR. 3SY CABLE, . FPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEiT, NEw Yona, WEDNEDsAY.-Messrs. E. C. t Hodges & Co., banlers at Boston, have suspended a payment to-day. No statement has yet been i issued as to the firm's liabilities. This is the seventh failure in Boston since the suspension of the Globe Bank, and all are ascribed to ...

... CURIOUS PETST OF -.LUMAND. In the Quiver Miss Sparrows tells some in- teresting stories, from personal knowledge, of the curious pets of slumland, and the extraordinary amount of affection which they frequently excite. We extract the following from amongst the nu- merous cases she ?? strong was the affection between an old man and his bull terrier, a dog that was startling in his ugliness. ...

... Si I BELFAST NEWS-LETTER OFFICE. tl 435. STRAND LONDON. W.G. a WEDNESDAY Morning, SiX o'e'clc. t! THE WAR. THE OPERATIONS AT C1IL VEL.EY. LORD YIETHUEN'S POSITION. t NIGHTLY COMMUNICATION| i WITH KINIBtERLEY. CHEVELEY C.AMP, Dec. 20, 12 noon. The Boers vwere seen ini force on thle other:'.de. of the, Tuhela tmhis mngtinga he cnery fired on I our pickeets both on thle east and west sie'es of| ...