... TmiE usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Wednesday, in the Board-room, at eleven o'clock. The members present were-.J. W. S. M'Cance, Esq., chair- man ; Sir William G. Johnson, Dr. Kidley, Robert Thomson, J.P., William Coates, J.P., Arthur Aickin, Robert M'Connell, II. Posnett, Robert Magee, William Watson, Samuel Carson, Samuel Giffic, Henry Murney, Jacob Bell, Samuel Boyle, Robert ...

... etc ?? rc5- - , FRANCE AND IRELAND. (fTrom the T0imes.) EVERYTHING which we have been taught to regard as the impersonation of the spirit of evil is at this moment rampantly triumphant. Tyrainny among princes, license and-corruption afnong the military, servility and mean- ess among civilians, punishments without crime,.and perjuries without shame, are the staple oft cotemporary history., - ...

... BURNING OF TIlE AMAIA Z ON. LATEST PARTICULARS. BEnsT, JAN. 5.-The Dutch vessel Geeftrinda, Cap- tain Teinteleer, entered the roads here to-day, with twenty-five shipwreckedl persons who escaped from the catastrophe. She picked up one of the boats yes- terday (Senday, the 4th January), at half-past six o'clock in the evening, and a second this morning at seven o'clock. In the presence of such ...

... THE RIBBON SYSTEM.-FURTHER CLUE TO TIHE DETECTION OF THE CONSPI- RATORS. A VERY important event, in reference to the murde- rous assault upon Mr. Eastwood, has just occurred. It will be recollected that one of the prominent fea- tures in the details of this outrage was the robbery of the unfortunate gentleman's gold watch. Not content with wrealking their bloody vengeance upon an innocent ...

... ITill, fbllewing is an address now in circulation in New York:- 'The establishment of steam communication between the United States aid Ireland is a project which has long engaged the anxious attention of the real friends of 'the latter country on both sides' oft the Atlantic. Aware of tire, obstacles which any movement originat- ing - in Ireland or England for the realization of the project ...

... ?? fy Oetfp,- ff 'hivolittrt BELFAST: FRIDAY. JANUARY 16, 15l52. THE following comprise the principal items of foreign intelligence received since our last publication: A M E R IC A . ARRIv'AL OF THE EUROPA. Liv narooL, WElU Dnaivsl).tY.-The Europa, Captain Lott, reached the Mersey last night, having left New York one day later than her appointed time, being detained by fog, and met with very ...

... HISTORY may yet reward Louis Napoleon with the apotheosis of a demigod, as it has rewarded the mighty Napoleon of our fathers' days; but cotem- porary opinion brands him as a remorseless and re- vengeful tyrant. Whatever plausibility may be given to the act by which he made himself master of the liberties of France, his most unscrupulous apologists will not dare to sanction the acts which have ...

... THE ninth ?? of the series on the commandments was preached onl Wednesday evening, in Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. 13r. Martin, the subject being the eighthl commandment. The rev. preachor, in announcing the subject of his discourse, Th'ou shalt not steal, took occasion to re- fer to the universal and lasting obligation of the 7moral law for the guidance of man-the first ...

... ROMPSIH INTOLERANCE IN IRELAND- VOICES FROM DROGHEDA AND SAINT JARLATH'S. THE Arcades anibo of ecclesiastical intolerance in this country-viz., Cullen and AMlac1Iale-have, within the past week, issued their deliverances touching the pros- pects of ultramontanism throughout the Island of Saints. Paul Cullen selects on this occasion, as the vehicle of his lucubrations, the Pope's Parisian organ, ...

... RIBBONISAI AND AGRARIAN CRIME. xr- - 1 I - WE believe there can be no longer any doubt among unprejudiced persons that the prime agents in the perpetration of the agrarian outrages which have so long disgraced our country are members of the Rib- bon conspiracy. There is equally little doubt that this conspiracy has been emboldened to execute its sanguinary decrees with greater frequency and ...

... AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR TIHE 3MONTHT OF DECEMBER, FOR THE NORTIIEMN DISTRICT OF COUNTY ANTrJTf- (045itten for the Belfast Newvs-Letter.) TILE past year, nlow numbered with times gone by, has not to farmers been remarkable either for better- ing their condition or lessening their comforts from what they have been these few years past, their state having been and continuing the reverse of ...

... DuniNG the recent festive season, Tynan Abbey, the seat of that hospitable baronet, Sir James M. Stronge, was a scene of intellectual interest and amusement. Dramatic performances were got up in excellent style by some members of the numerous family circle assem- bled on the occasion. On tle suggestion of a dramatic treat, the large drawin- room was in a manner, impro- vised into a pretty ...