... THE NZWSPAPER AGITATION MN LON'- zDON. | LoRD BROUGILAI and ainuniber of his friends are busily engaged in urging, the abolitiot of the stamp duty upon newspapers, for the purpose of bringing useful informa tion within the reach of the common people. This, at least, is one of the main objects which are professedly con- templated by the promoters of the project, but, concurrently with this, ...

... LAYI[G wTp FMUNbATION STC614F OF T'aZ :INTION FOR THEO DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BLIND, IN | COLLEGE-STREEI. On Mfonday, the Cornminittee of this Institution met in' the Exchange, at 12 oclock, when the arrangements for commercing this important undertaking were made. In accordance with previous agreement, the Committee and many other gentlemen assembled at the Linen Hall, about one o'clock, where ...

... MPSEAAZ-41?11§w BELFAST, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. !1L'-ve) e? a)H ?ces uinavoidabl, dclayed TliET London PapeIs Of SATURDAY eVelnillg arliVedliast nigh . 1.v regard ito domestic politics their contents are iCnp lt, in er (rinIuence of the intioduction o fthe Irish *Curpes titiuii Rlefurm Bili by Mr. Perrin on Friday evening, and the strong settileliLts expreseed iti the House of Lords on Satnidany ...

... AIW~ PRANC~I OF THE NORThL E.st jockmr. The annual meeting irid ab f'ueiittle was held an Wednesday, the 29th nit. art t.irkcubbin, whmts the follow- ing premiums were awarded' - Class AA._Brood Mar'es'and Foals.--Mr. And. M-JVon- nell, Ballywhite, lt prize, XI, .5s.; Mr. James Watson, Slans, 2d prize, £1; Mr. Sam. Wilson, Tallinacrew, 3d -prise, 15i. ; Mr. Robt. Miller, Ballyhemlin, 4th prize ...

... ZItOPOSED NEW BfIIII)OE OV:ER THE LAGAV. 'TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWSIiETTsR. SiRFroin what has lately appeared in the newvspapers of 'this town respecting'the determination of the Grand .Juiries of 'Down and Antrim, to have a new bridge erected at Belfast, to connect the two coenties, -I would beg leave to call to the recollection of those gentlemen what took place at the Summer As izesi.of ...

... r-D, IMID'S HST(RY yF P.RFgBW?RI-AN- | ISM_-S'TUDY OF'THE TRISH IANGUAGE IN the minutes of the last meeting of the General Synod l of Ulster, lately published, we find the following notice ofrl Dr. Reid's excellent History of the Irish Presbyterian Church On reading the vote of thanks to Dr Reid for thbefirst voume of his * History of the Presbyterian Church in Ire- land,' passed by last Synod ...

... WILLINCHY-CO GOSATXON. To. THE EDITOR H .S-ETLETTER. SIR ,- might assirxotrs rgasons why I'have been so tardy in noticitg Mr. W'atsorr s letter to you of the 15th ult.; but, as the pblic cannot be supposed to have any liteesttin t111se reris, and as this paper edil be deemed stIlFlcteently long without them; I shall aive any specifica fion'-6f thein, and proceed at once to- advert to those ...

... BELF.AST NEWS CONTINUED. BELFAST M t'8EUa.f.. At X meeting of the Council of the Natural History Society, held on Tuesday the 25th ult. it was announced that the donations received this year during the Summer recess, had much exceeded, both in value and number, those of any previous Session. We have much pleasure in being able to state, that among those, the dona- tions of four of ...

... WAR OFFICE, JULY 24. 7th Dragoon Guards: Lieut. J. H. Gibson to he Capt. by pur. *ice Thewles, rietires ; Cornet C. H. Thompson to be Lient. by por. vice Gisbomne; H. Sconswar, to be Cornet by pur. vice Thomson,-10th Light Dragoons: Cornet XV. Toruline to be Lieut. by pur. vice Preston, re- tires; A. W. Wvilliaons, to be Cornet, by pur. vice Tom- line.-Ist Foot Guards.: Ensign H. Hopwood, fiom ...

... ISELIPAST NEWS-LE TTE1IL BELFAST, FRIDAY, APRIL 3. EX?& PiUAS. WE last night received by Express the London papers of TuESDAY evening, which are almost exclusively filled with reports of the important proceedings of the previous day in the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord John Russell for an appropriation by theq state of the surplus revenues of the Irish Established Church. I-us ...

... ULSTER HORTICULTUZLAL SOCIETY. X X I a Ihe The firs't Autumnal Show of tiis Society was held on Friday last, in the Assembly Room of the Exchange. and attracted a most numerous and fashionable assemblage. The room was decorated with flowers and evergreens, arrang. ed most tastefully, forming lofty arches, which rose from tables covered with fruit and flowers, of great beauty and variety. ...

... , The Treasurer of the House of Industry has received from Mr. William Williams, Dublin, formerly of Belfast, a donation of £2, for the use of that Institution. We understand that Mr James Richardson, Cbief Crimi- nal Officer of the Glasgow Police Establishment, is at present in Belfast, having been deputed by the Police authorities there to visit some of the chief seaports in Ireland, in ...