... TEW:A RMY. 0 . _ I . : . - r., - 'Major.General Sleigh has been appoin tbe army on the Madras Presidency, in the ' .GenD Drype. en4Iyutinr. The 38th regiment will return home frot Iind j u being relieved by the 9tb regiment of foot frot4ib'uri tius and which relief, it is supposed, will shortlft,4,> WAR-OFFICE, JANUARY 8. Royal Horse Guards: Lieut. W. E. Hanmner. Captain, by pur. vice Kenyon, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY, MAY 15. STAMP DUTIES ON NEWSPAPERaS. _ Lord BROUGHAM, on presenting the petitioiof the Corporation of London praying for a repeal of the Stamp duty on' Newspapers, argued at great length that this tax operated to the disadvantage of papers which conveyed to the public really valuable information, while it bad no effect upon others of a mischievous tendency. He also ...

... I EXTnAORIDINARY LANGUAGE OF A PRIEST FiROMT'IE ALTAIL- RTOT AT BOItRIS CHAPEL. Thomas Kehoe, James Kehoe, and Pat. Cody, werel indicted for having been concerned in a riot in the cbape yard of Borris, on the 1st of Feb. arnd with having com- mitted an assault onl Edmond INMulligan. R. Kelley, sub-constable, sworn-I was at Borris chapel oil the Isti ,lb. I saw a freeholder named Mulligan ...

... ME FAST N EWS-LETTER. BELFAST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. SPEECH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. Wr. have given at considerable length the speech of Sir ?? Pee] addressed to his constituents at Tamworth, but which is evidently intended for the public generally. There is nothing very remarkable in this document besides the sn oth elegantc, of its composition and the caution which is observed thr-oughout. The ...

... The steam-ship Corsair, Gowan, for Liverpool, sails on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock noon. The Triton, Carnell, for London. clears to-morrow. The ship Orient, Ekenhead, for New Orleans, sails first fair wind after 4-h February. The steam-ship Thames, IV. Donnan, -tails for London, (calling at Plymouth,) on Monday. 2d Feb. at twelve o'clock noon. The steamer llibernia, Williams, for Liverpool, ...

... CHURICHI AND EDUCATION COMMISSI-ON.-On Monday last the Cominissiotelrs sat ii the Court-house at the House of Correction, and examined into several matters coninected with the report they are requtired to miake to Government. A considerable part of the inquiry related to the census lately taken for ascertainitig the relative nitimbers of the different religious persuasions in Belfast. It was ...

... ' SCltNCA OF EbUCTION. (Fron the Da~bia E7eein., Post of Janaary, 1.) DR. BRYCE'S LECTUR ES.-We have experieneed high intellectual gratification in listening to Dr. Bryce's LeC. tures on the Science of Education, so far as his system has as yet been unfolded. The subject is one on which every person thinks himself sufficiently informed, and yet very few understand the philosophical principles ...

... BELFAST HORTICULTUrJRAL SOCIETY.. The first Spring Show of this Society was held on Fri- day last, in the Assembly .Rooms of the Exchange.BUld- ings. From the backward state of the season, the show of auriculas and polyanthuses was small; and those that were brought forward for competition, were inferior to the onus at former shows. TuTe hyacinths and beaths were remark.' ably fine, ...

... IMpVRI.AL PARMAAIxUT 1 HOUSE OF COMMONSMONDAY, JUNE 22. ]2COISPORATION REFOlt BSILL. In answer to a question from. Mr. Esteourt, -i Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, with respect to any property left to be applied to certain purposes, it was not his intention to apply it to the borough fund. t Monday Reek Was fixed for Mu Pr.ed's motion relative to the affairs of Ireland, Mr. PRAED, before the ...

... BANGOR DINNER TO WILLIAM SHARMANTI CRA:WFORD, ESQ. M.P. - (Frain the ortietihern Whig.) I I On Wednesday, W S.Criawford, Esq. t.P. WMs enterl. tained, in Banaor. at a public diniielr, by about ?? hundred arid twenty of his friends and admirers. The detriarid for' tickets wvas so great, thpit a l'onsiderible numrtber of gentle-' mert were forced to dine i. a diffeierit itpartmerrt, arnd joinil ...

... SPAIN- OPENING OF THE CORtES.-ROYAL SPREsscI MADRID, Nov;. 16.-This interesting day. has passed ovet very well, . and the Queen, the members-of the, two tstarflentos, and the people, all seempleased. Atan early ?? a-enues to the galleries of the Chamber of Procuradores wele croaded with well dressed peopleaand ladies of the highest rank, all anxious to obtain seats, in older to witness the ...

... ARRIVED. Nuov. 30 Thoma,, - Bangor, slates Hope, Turner, Llverpcsol, salt Itoyal Mail lIoberltso, Coast of Spain, fruit.and nine Dec. IJamres and Jane, Williams, Juanora, barilla Eclipse (st.j, Brown, Glasgow Shamrock ?? Brown, Dublin Corsair ?? Gowan, E.ierpool. 2 13stfastf Cameron, Dundee, general cargo Industry, Hutchinson, Dtundee, general cargo Frances and AMry, Drodgen, ...