... Eacal F-Ilitc1ligrilre. THIE LINEN TRADE. AT tbe commencernenit of a new year, it may not prove un- interesting to lake a retrospective viewv of tile. confl dil l of the linien trade-our staple article of manufacture ill this pro- vince-during the past twelveinonth. The following nliserva. tions force tlerlselves upon our mind -The year 1940 opened under peculiarly bad prospects for our ...

... Ai cOIOnsSPQOESOT- of the ?? of Ttiesdlav furnislics thit tew imoiiy Oil tile stibjet of rents', in Conelexinl wvilli the Let ?? of Hle Corn, dolies, before and after Free-tradc. rrotfrl Mr. Codlnlol's Contra'fdiei oir Cltate:me.'t. our reaiders wilI lie aiile to jii1.1.10 of tile credit (!ue to Ijis testinoi~y Mi'r. Ciinsey', _Mr. COBDEN, Blefore Priee-t rude. Aftrl ee- Fv tra&'l L-. 1t ...

... TENANT-GRlIGT MEETING AT LISBURN. YESTERDAY, at one o'clock, pursuatnt to previous announce- went, a meeting of the Lisburit Tenant-rig lit Association was held ii the Assembly-ronm of the Market-house for the peir- pose of adoptiug a petition, and taking such other measu'es as shoild be- necessary its opposing the bill now before the Holuse of Conmm(,ns, andu known as Sir William Somerville's ...

... MELTING IN OP'OSl'rlTON TO TIE TOWN INI- PROVENI ENT BILL. Oxe Wiedneslav, ill Pursuance of reiluisition to that effect, a minmerosianmecting, of time oplpolienta of thle penlding Tonw. Improvement Bill, ?? in the Upper. loont of tlic Cotn. osercial Bunildtings, for ithe plipoenS, as alleged, of discussing; thle provisions of the bill, ond taking into conisjilratior, tlio best mettns of ...

... IMEETING OF 'I'HE FARMERS' COMMITTEE. A NIteaTING Of tile Farmers' Committee wias lheld D1 Friday, ill the P'lough llotel, Belfast, the Rev. Fletcher Blakely, Chairman of the Committee, iti the chair. The following reply (if IM r. Bates to Alr. Filgate, relative to tite resolution passed at last Friday's meeting, vas read:- B7foast, 23d April, 1 8'uO. DEAR Srls,-Your favour of the 20th inst. ...

... BELFAST TOWN IMPROVEMENT BILL.- GOVERNMIENT COMI311SS ION. 'riiiTrt DAY.-FRiOAY, APRIL 12. Ti-i ?? ?? this ?? at itoe usual hour. Mr. Adami H ill, sti!i-t reasitrer oftlhe hnriniighi was examined il verifi cation of thle Pu! ice Fun d accolunt fr ti e present year. Mlr. 1. Rea verified the caleiilatioss by which it appeared that the pirobable ilicouse froiis tile matrkiets for this year would ...

... ifoaeigit KitteUigcncc. FRANC E. AT a Cabinet Council at the Elysee on Monday, the project was broached for dividing F ance into four military sections, each to ble commanded by a General Officer of well-tried firmness and decision. These divisions would be respectively called the Armies of the North, Soutb, East, and West, and tile project appears to be approved of generally hy the papers. ...

... SIR W. SOMERVILLE'S LANDLORD AND TE NANT BILL. rots measure, tile twice re-hashed edition of the Irish Secretary's original unfortunate gestation, was intro- duced, or rather, we should say, smnggled into the Rlouse of Commons, at the fag-endl of the night, after a wearisome debate on the Australian colonies, on rMon- lay. The object of this procedure was obviously to quash discussion, and get ...

... ANOTHER TTIAL AT THE STAIP DUTIES BILL. Tree Chancellor of the Exchequer, notwithstanding his many failures at that ponS asinorumis of himself and his predecessors, tic amendilent of the stanmp-duties, loes not consider himsci coompletcly baffled, and ias ODCC more plead(ed lard for a hearing. Ile nlow I proposes to withildraw the Present hill (tile very first clause of which wasneggativcdin ...

... MEETING AT GUILDIL.'LL, LONDON. A M~itTIN, (if the ha~ikers, moerchamits, amnd citizens of thle cityv of Londonmm took place onl Tuesdlay afternooni, in thle Gmmild hail. At two Womlock time Lord Mavor enterel the hail, ac- conmpaidei by a very lairge nualmhcr of the most influentialn gemn lelimeti Connected W ith the city. Tile hail at this time wvas mnost denisely Crowded in every corner, ...

... SIR -J. FRANKLIN. Wie regret to learn from the foloinvig commstnications- which did sot reach us clang with the American news givcn iii a large portion Of our last impression-that the expedition of IDr. Ilea and Lielut. Pullee, has been, as regards Sir John Frankilin, a failure : Mackenzie R iver, September- 26, 184.9. XThirty miles bselow Fort Simpson. 1Ste.-It is the desire of Sir John ...

... 'Lical 3:Thtrciync. IF;Eii nox QClimnexs ISLAND OS SATURDAY, AuGusI' 10.- Thle fete inl Csmn (innioiitilis olP hler .M lojosir's visit to Belfast vill bc, in all respects, worthy of the oceasisol. The con- teittec ?? mosot anxiouis in their eff'rts to renider tile al mlise- ileits as varied anei interesting as possil)le. Alreoly has a 1:11re siim 'leen sublsccribedl towards the fund for ...