Naturally his clients resent this.

If Mr.Balfour keys up the landlords to stand out manfully against paying for all the trouble and loss they are continually put to, he will take the life of the League so far as Ireland is concerned.

As things now stand, it is almost the only thriving industry in Ireland!" _Wednesday, Feb.

1._--This morning I called with Lord Ernest Hamilton upon Sir Bernard Burke, the Ulster King-at-Arms, and the editor or author of many other well-known publications, and especially of the "Peerage," sometimes irreverently spoken of as the "British Bible." Sir Bernard's offices are in the picturesque old "Bermingham" tower of the castle.

There we found him wearing his years and his lore as lightly as a flower, and busy in an ancient chamber, converted by him into a most cosy modern study.