... C0R Pt,EP EN CE. SKATING AND THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFASI NEWS-LREVIR. I a SIR-Will 10U he good enough to give me spae a in your columns for a few suggestions, ?? t those nlesure-seekers of that most exhilarating t pastime, skating, would contribute a small mite' .g of entrance fee at the ariouns places of concourse, Id , -av ex:e a, corner or- two, whet a hrtl'-;s .-ioB4m 1j to the ...

... J BY OErR PPRVATS WIRE. BELFAST NEWS-LETTER OFFICrT, 169. FLEET ST-CET, E.G., SUNDAY NIGHT. Some months ago it wvas aunounced thae Mvr. Speaker Peel contempnlated retirement, and now he has made up his mind to quit the high position he las filled with so much dignity and ability, combined wvit-h rigid impartiality and considera- tion for every member of The House of Commons. Three-fourths of ...

... TIHE GREAT SNOWSTORM. RAILWAY TRAFFIC STOPPED. INTENTSE COLD. An Inverness message states that snow h.as been falling irn tie North of Scotland all day, and rail- Way traffic Is greatly interriupted. The line Ire- tween Inverness and Perth ir, now blocked at hoth Dava. 2and Deiwisinnie. 'The marl train irlons P ?? get through an hour iate, but the mail train and goods train from In verness are ...

... HONW HE SAVED £3O. A L15EDS8 MANS EXPERIENCE. [From ti! Leeds Express.] F}ew p-ople realise tow ?? cheaper prevention of a disease is than seeking a cure. 'Mr. .James Smith, o, 33. Harold Street, Queen's Roal Leedls, for ?? yeslirs a member of one of the fiue-st police forces in the cotintry, realises; it. But fur the l ntel- actis-n lie tiok in a recent emergency. lie woiiuld;;' vl been at ...

... FOREIGN INSTELLIGENCE noM urt OWS doAtAP9V61xNtS. COLLAPSE OF A ROOF IN BRUSSELS, FIFTEEN PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. BRUSSELS, SATURDAY EVENNING.-For some time past large numbers of *orkmen have been engaged upon the erectidn of a gteat shdvt similar to Venied iii Lohdon. This afternoon the immebse roof of the buildiwts 8uddenly and unaccountably collapaed and many men were buried in the wreck ...

... I[FOREIGN T.ELLIG.ENCLO flOM OUR OWl? CORBdESPoNDE;Ts. ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AFRICA. SIR EDWARD GREY'S SPEECH. PAPses, FRIDAY EvZNING.-The statement moade in the House of Conmons last night by Sir Ed- ,ward Grey has ca-used much sensation in official and political quarters here. At thle Foreign Office it is declared unofficially that the British Go- .vernment would lhave done well to withhold ...

... METEOROLOGICAL REP6IH'. FaoE STANDARD INSTRUMENTS BY SEARMAN D. NsEIL, OPTICIAN, DfONEGALL PLACE. RBehfeas A'ews-Letter OfEce. TUES. 2C. WED. 27. T1llE.. 2S., FE. 2 I3 W:S.W. I S.E N.ND. IN. .E. | di-; I5-' - 5t' 1 The dotted lines inicatethe heigbt o' t'z baror at non0, and the black lines at midnight. Tbe Initial letters sbow the direciorn or the vind. The Mercury falls for rain, with S. W. ...

... OUR CARMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SIR-A letter appears in your issue of the 4th, appealing tothe Water Commnissioners to withdraw the tax of bs for present year for horses. The car- men of our city are not disposed to have charity at the hands of any public Board, nor do they desire to force the hands of our Water Commis- sioners illegally and unlawfully through the relief ...

... THIE 1UNiCIPAL PRANCHISE IN IRELAND. DISCUSSION IN GRAND COMMITTEE. BY OUR PRIVATE WIRE. HOUSE OF COOMMONS, MONDAY.-To-day the standing committee on law met in Westminster Hiall, under the uresidency of Mr. Arthur O'Connor, to consider the Irish Municipal Franchise Bill. There are eighty-three members on the committee, of whom some forty-three were present. The first three clauses of the bill, ...

... C(OURT AND FASHION. THE COURT. ClTATtEr, TuFsDAY.-The Queen, with the Roynda Family and nsombers of ohe Royal Household, at- tended service on Sunds~y. Rev. 3. Laug-ford offlciated and preached the sermon. The Queen went cut yes~terday worninz. Her Majesqty drove in the taftarnnon %with Princess Beatrice and Princess Victoria of Sohleewig- Holec~cin to, thle observat'ory, and passed Beaulieu ...

... BhE ARMY. V IROlf OUIUKILZTASy CORRESPONDENT. I LONDON;, TUZ3DAY.-Lieutenaut-Colonel Mul- cahy, AssistantCommissary-Gereral of Ordnance. who was for a considerable period serving with the Ordnance Stort Department. at Dublin. has been appointed senior ordnance store officer of the western. district. Colonel Ravenhill. late of the Shr.opshire Light Infantry. lately in ireland. has been ...

... ILIFE IN ANERICA.? THE NEW BOND ISSUE. OPPOSRiION OF TILE SENATE. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRENCH STEAMER LA GASCOGNE. BY CABLEGRAM. P1103! OUR OWfl CORRESPONDENt. Nnw Yeas, TUEsnsvY.-President Cleveland ap- pears just now to be betwxeen two stools so. far as regards his scheme for a gold bond issue. As cabled last evening, the Rothschilds-Morgan-Bcl- mont Seodicate is determined not tc float the 4 ...