... ISETCIFS OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY- I . THE BROTHERS. solle former numbers of the Arews-Letter we etil most striking portions of an admirable talc,! hait, lils periodically appeared iu the Dublin Ciris- l gEreino/tc7 under the title of the Brothers._ beern brouglht to a conclusion in the E xaminer t tele present month, and a more deeply pathetic des- ?? thaln that with which it has been wound ...

... * The following statement from the Committee of the Ulster Temperance Society, is calculated to remove misconception respecting the principles arid object of Temperance Societies: While Temperance Societies are founded on the great laws of Christian charity and self-preservation, they do not inter- fere with the peculiarities of any religious creed. Their bond of union is niot a comitori ...

... LONDON-MONDAYAPRIL 26. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. *s Windsor Castle, April 241. The King has passed two good nights, and continues better. I HENRY HALFoILM. (From the Court C'ircUiar of Mfofnday.) Tbe Duke of Clarence spent two hours in company with his Majesty on Friday. The King passed a very good night on IFriday night. Sir Henry Halford left the Palace at half-past seven o'clock on Saturday ...

... . ?? ~ -ear ~ -n -1n._ e _ l. . sve nave to call the attention, not of the public-for that has already, we -have little doubt, been experimentslly drawn to the subject-but the attention of our local autho. rities to a prevalent practice, whieh, from its dangerous character, deserves a less favorable appellation than that of a public nuisance. We allude to the practice of bullet play- ing along ...

... HOUSE OF INDUSTRY-SPECIAL MEETING. 'Yesterday a special meoting of the Committee of the I House of Industry was heid for the purpose of considering the resolutions of the Committeefor the relief of the dis-. tressed weavers, the substanoo-of which resolutions was given in a late number of the News-Leter. The Rev. Dr. Crolly presided at this meeting of the Committee of the House of Industry, ...

... AMERICAN BALLOON ASdENT. PERILOUS SITUAATION OF TIIE AERtONAUtT. (From the NAew ?? Commercial Adverdser, Septemb>r 19.) A lirge concourse of people assernbled yesterday in Castle Gardens, to witness the ascent of Mr. 11obertson. The pro. ress of inflating the balloon was not completed until six o'clock, when Mr. L. entered the car. The balloon rose gracefully to the height of upwsards of one ...

... Agitation is about to commence it' biugland-. The ample of the Popisb.Aasociation in Dublin. and the success which has attended its operations, have inspired the discontented spirits -of the sister isle with renewed confidence. A political society, most dangerous in its ColiStittition, is about to be established, and its meetings aretto-be periodically held in the Thehtre of the London ...

... THE BELFAST -NEWS-LETTEBR-| - . I TFRIDAY-9ECEIT-BER 4. ' FRENCHE 1 MINiSTRY. The partial changes, which lately took Wlac6,in the French Ministry, have not in the-zemotest degree abated the hostility of the liberalists-these continue as violeni as ever, and when it- is recollected5' that they have ill their hands-almostg the whole of -the newspaper press oI Paris, with a powetfui party to ...

... Ce maitre d' Ecole est devenu fou en cherchant la Paulo postie ture l d' un verbe Grec.-LE Ssac. WE had heard much and we had read much concernirin the Rev. Edward Irving, previously to his visit to Belfastl but we never before had an opportunity of personally; witnessing his performances from the pulpit. Aln expecta- tion may be therefore entertained that we should specially state our opinion ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWSLETTER. SEa-I arn glatl ti see, by an 'article in your lpaper oi' Friday last, that you take aln interest in what regards the i safety and property of the inhabitants of the towln. YouI iotice, very justly several attemptsat Robbery which have been maile recently in the neighbourhoed of Joy-street, and you conclude by calling on the authorities to be particular in ...

... A . . . ?? - tent, and injurious effects of the practice, and his ex.pose has produced an abandontent of it. But the question is, may not this abandonment be but temporary, and may riot the objectionable system be re-established, so soon as the present { agitation shall have subsided? The law on the subject as applicable to Ireland is already remarkably strong, and we wvish that Mr. Littleton, ...

... CHURCH REFOIRM-DR. PHILPOTTS. Tart following tremendous letter has been addressed by C. Rippon, Esq. of Stanhope Castle, to Sir R. Peel on the eppojtinpt of tlr. Philpotts to the Episcopal Soe of Ex5eter, Ou Tuesday the 12th inst. a meeting under the designation of di The Friends of Church Refoim was held at Gates- head, on which occasion a public vote of thanks to Mr. Rippon w-s passed, and ...