... This body held its annual meetimg il Ballymena, on Itlies(lay tile 9th inst. A sermon from Isaiahi, 5 mh. im ald 12 ve('ies, was preacled by time late Moderator. tie Rie.v J. Stitt, of (ConvinY, couonty 1)oile egtl, who constituteld the Syunod by prayer. Thle roll vas then calliii ; after w lic h, tile Rev. MIessrs Gibson of Core- nierv , couinty (Cavall, and Fullerton, of Now tow nlimna- val ...

... LONDON PAPPIRA OF SATEiralvInAl. . - TII London Pers of SAMTIPAVY evming add searee- ly any thing to the intelligence plelioll lv cu'eivcd. A corressponldentofthin SIouldrd ostates thflt 1 .wd M ?? has either tendered Iris resignation, or has p1sitively *le- termined upon resigning; but the other jolurnals of the same date take no notice whatever of the circmilstaneo, so that thoughi probable ...

... A]VFTL TJItTNDER-STORIM. La~nanit..-inispctt, liltli tI not ?? FrViday's I ?? cn, was v iate With 'tnothm ~tip rja on Sat tiv- day, if possible, move terrific. It cotitinued for anl 1hour liii hilf. ThereC ao` noC l ess than v-ix brudgos on th i'l slir e ti dtown, ItiCe inlonlitatit~l IjC, ,SIOllen~ to ti r'igfl torrent by the rains, hav ng swet aN lly every bartieriit in their progres. ...

... CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MIEETING. M1ONDAY,. SEPTEMBl:R 2. Anglosey Stakes, (rcnoeved,) of 10 sovs. ; p.p. ; the Club will add 50 sovs. ; second horse to save hii stake; the viennr of tho rame to give three dozen of clampagne to the Club on the day of the race. \lr. Maher's b. c. by EIvas, out of Pordita .. ?? ir. Watt's o c. by Blanokiouk, ont of Slpermacoti ?? 2 SIr. T. Burke's b. c. Sk~ylark, dam ...

... BELF.-IM'NiT BEILFAST, TUES[)AY, F.EBItUWARY 5. MRt. O'CONNELI'S PLEDGES FOR NEXT. SESSION. ON Wednesday last a meeting' of AMr O'Connt6lls constituents was held at the Circus, in Lower. Abbey Street, Dublin, for the purpose of hearing' theblearned gentleman's exposition of the policy which he intends to pursue durlig the eusuiug Sessfon of Parliament. In another part of our paper of th s day ...

... ROYAL VrSIT TO PLvacOUT'r.- We nnderstand that a special messenger arrived at Portsmouth, on Turosday, with instructions to the authorities to prepare the RoyLI yacht if possible, by Saturday, to convey her Majesty to Plymouth, it being her Mnjesty's intention to honour ith her presence at thsc dlck-yard the launch of the Albion. henceforth to be named tile Albert.-Plyreotseh Journol. RoYAL ...

... REVIBW\Y OF TIM BRITISH CORN TRALDI: DURING THE PAST WEIeK. A8bridged fromn the AfIerlm.Iae Express of kronday, Aug. 15. Harvest operations have suff red little or no interruption since our Ladt, for though partial showers bave fallen in the noutntrv, they have been succeedel by drying breezes and 1,overf~il) gunshinc; the rain has, therefore, been prodliictivc of far mnre benefit titan linjry ...

... Londfon, Saturday Evening. Mr. Roebuck's proceeding last night in the House of Commons Lthe engrossing theme of conversation to-day. I have no djubt whatever that the Committee he asks for will be gratied by the House on Monday night. The sympathy which his inquisition is received with by the public at large, and even the cheers of the reluctant lmembers last night, prove the general ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY, MAY 3. Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the Lordships' attention to a very important ?? signed by the President of the Provisional Council of the National Complete Suffrage Uuion, Mr. Sturge. This body was composed of 100 delegates from a great meeting hold at Birmingham. He moved that it be read at the table. The petition which was the same in substance as that presented ...

... LORD ELLENBOROUGH AND HIS INDIAN 11 . I POLICY. Tue Duke of Wellington has postponed his motion for a vote of thanks to Lord Ellenborough from Thursday (yesterday) till Monday next. To this vote the Peel Administration ought never to have committed itself, unless it wished its own dissolution, as a less expedient piece of policy never was adopted by British States- men. In our last publication ...

... JEJVISII PERSECIJTION3S. . _ . . a . .I At the meeting of the Society for Promoting Christia- nity amongst the Jews, held in the Commercial Buildiugo on Monday last, Rcv. Dr. Drew, inl moving the adoption of the report spoke as follows: - Thc Rev. Dr. DRwi then rose, and moved that the report then read be adopted by the meeting. I-le said- The last day, mny Lord, on which I had the honoutr to ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMIES. Sl't,-I wish to direct the attention of your astronofri- cad'readers to the fact, which I think hardly admits of a doubt, of a comet of enormous magnitude being in the course of its progress throughout system, and at present not far fronm its perihelion. Its tail, for such I cannot doubt it to be, was conspicuously visible, both last night and the night ...