... (ESTABLISHED AMNO 1737. To..t . .. , - BELFAST: WEDINESDAY, OCTOBER 24. i9e I The Association of Municipal (rou:,a. -. met yesterday in London. General Buller arrived at Caperxurn veste- day, and will sail for England to-day. The committee On Patent Laws met - in London, Sir Edward Fry prosidin. The. Miners' Federation of Great Briran gan. its conference yesterday in Saicahur The annual ...

... BRITISH 3MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. NOR-TH OF MELA-ND PR~NH ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR BYEBBS& Th~le opening meeting of the pnEzeut sersion, (1900-1901; of the No)rth of Ireland bran ch oi the Britisoh Metieaf A anciaion eatshed i-n the Musum eserdy aftcron.The pre~-dent.Pro- tesasr lvers, M.A M.,cened the chaai-r, and mhere wrat -a.very large azt-enldanc of ii mU-oes. of the preifeajon res-idiing in ...

... TH9E FDINNISH QUESTION. COOSWITUMOYAL RIPGETS. A special co~rrespondent of the Morning Post,' 1 anr bong from, HeUsingfors on lst inst., sax~-- Echnologically Finland. as occupied- by a mix-cdI 1population of Fienn5 and- Swtedles. At the las`) cefll'ui-Lsn years ogo-8;_6Q7 per cent. of the pripi- latlan spoke, Fin~nish, 135.6 per i-ent. croke I Swdsand 0.37 per cent. otciaer han guasgs as ...

... G THE WVARI , ADVANCE TO , L N . GENERAL BI '~I VICTORI E.NEMIY'S POSITIONS I. SPITZKOP.rrr UTL LER'S X. 3 CA it Il ED. [ ROYAL IRISH AND ROYAL SCOTS AT WORK. . THE BRITISH LOSSES. ,IGHT AT WELTEVREDEN. t GENERAL FRELNCH'S OPERATIONS. IMARCHING TO BARBER'.TON D'hSPAICHES FROM LORD ROBERTS.I The following despatches hare eben r.eceived at the War Orfflc- fr ir Lord Rohers:- ! `ELFASre 9TH ...

... -I I uprOM 017R LADY CORRESPOZIDYNT. LoNDow, SATRInDAt.-The approach of a general election ought to stir the pulses of every patriotic subject of the Queen, and take entire possession of the thought of every man having a vote. But so far the awakening, even of the man in the street, has not begun. Anything so languid as the spirit evinced as to the possible returns front the constitnencies was ...

... MAINAGEMENT OF GLENTIESI WORKHO USE. - Tt:7LNIJ-iG IT I-TO A CONVLN_-T. 'MEDICAL OFFICER'S COMPLAINTS AGAINST NUNS. LirnoxmoN vmy, Sr--NDxi.-Akt the weeklv meet- ing of the Gieatties Board of Guardians yesterday-. 3Mr. Ruah M2I'Devitt, J.P. (chairman), presiding- the matter of the workhouse master, 7Mr. James -Mullan, having entered the £1lenties dispensary and discovered there human remains, ...

... 3tEETDNGS OF OO3TDLN:TTEMS. The police committee of the Council of this borough met at the Town HAll yesterday, Coun- oiller Curley presiding. The chief officer of the I Fire Brigade reported that during the week three I calls ot lire and 30 ambulance casee had been at- I tended to. The street inspector submitted his re- port. Additional lamrps were ordered to be erected in M arlboroug.h Park ...

... SC fANInDARD ]TEayUZmUxNT8 y SABMAN D. Nm.,i L :1n O CIAR, DO5.ECALL ILACE. 1;ci,.nNest'.)H~eoffice. .Sin. 23. Mor. 24 TUes.25. Wed. 26 Tfhr. 27 FrI. 28 - N 9ND.W. W Wi.NW. 5.5W. 53.W E .NS%.I~.B. .. W IV-d , N,. 31 3 ~ 5 1 3- 5-~~~~~~~~~ ci i0otted lules jillds~ta hseigcht of bayom~e,~er aTnoio, rbilcii v es at rmidnlazlit 1-itis! Iclri~es h}ow di.-ectin of wbrad. me.c5iry ...

... THE WVAR. GENERAL BULLER AT SPITZKOP. CAPTUR'E OF SUPPLIES. A BItiTISH ESCORT MISSING. HART's SPLENDID MARCH-. OCCUPATION OF POTCHEFSTROOM. BOER FORCE SUURMENDERS. ILLNESS OP GENEMIAL BOTIIA. VILJOEN IN COMMA.ND. The War (}lfficp yesterday iroLoed the followaing despaclah. from Lord Roberts: - '3-t.CcArnODRP=, 130er tE'T., 6-20 tP.3r--B-u'lr : reports his troops are completely settled at Spitz ...

... PtOY-AL N-\AON-AL LIFEBOAT IN SITIITION. . M~eetings of he commit-tee of management have been held this week at t'e House of the Institu- ticn, John Street. Adelilpi, London. The general rommittee on 17Lta-day wras presided orer by Sir Tidwiard Btrkbec-, Bart., V.P. :Mr. IV. R. Smith, the soietant-se-rezarv, harving read the rninutes of tbe previeus rmeetng. the ttanks of the institution, ...

... WUllR LO :NbON LETTE-I. D3Y OZR PRIVATE ¶1n0. BELFAST NEWS-Lrrrr.R UO-FTCO. 435. S1TRAXD, J.C., SLYDAY NiG.T T/le Latest Polinogs. Y :e-ruayl- rollirgs shove se'veral narrtow escapes on tl e part of Radical candidates wpho ! i -' s- t .1} c:'e tare Parliame.nt-. Mr. Lloyd George. v.-ho was on y opposed at the last moment, so to steak, by C- lonie Platt, v.-as enabled to resume r.s --at G;r tii ...

... THE DISTURBANCES IN LLURGAN. THEE URBAN CX)JNsCIL AND TEff POLICE. At the weekly meeting of the Lurgan Urban Council on the evening of the 16th inst.., praided over by Mr. John Gilclcrist, J.P. (chairman), Councillor John Maliaffy caid be desired to ask whether the council had any control in the matter of drafting extra police into the, town- The ques- tion had been put to him by a number of ...