... (aorrtponbtnbc. THE REPRESENTATION OF LISBURN. TO TIHE EDITOR OF TIHE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. Sin-In the Northern WTI/d7q of Thursday last, a let- ter appeared, signed An Elector. of Lisburn, con- taining one of those specious and absurd specimens ofabusive declamation that sometimes find their way into the columns of a newspaper. The tirade of coarse invective the letter contains, seems to ...

... Etc pre,55. THE RIBBON SYSTEM AXD THE IRISH BRIGADE. (From the Moi1ining Herald.). IT wquld appear that, whenever the Legislature of the empire is inclined to afford some. slight amount of protection 'to 'life or property in Ireland, 'dire and grievous offence is given to the gentlemen who mo- destly assume ti'themselveg the right to be considered the 'only' exponents of Irish' opinion. 'Any ...

... 7gittAdltur , &t. TVIODI: OF Giinwi-rS SUGAR BRRT.-The preparation of the land, and, in fact, almost every detail connected with it, is identical with the growth otniangel. I would, however, suggest, with a view of meeting the require- ments of' the manufacturers, some experiments on the growth of beet at much closer intervals than we have gener ally grown either mangels or turnips; for I ...

... EM I G RAT ION. T'iPir are several important facts comprised in the Twelfth General Report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Comnrmissioners, which we think it desir- able to place prominently before our readers, as data for estimating the real social position of this part of the United Kingdom at the present crisis of its his- tory. From this document it appears that the total emigration ...

... COUyrTY A'rnmm.-Crnmnlin, Monday, JIITI 7. Clnll Il- mills, Dronimadlon, Wednesday, JTue1 9. IKells, Thurs- day, Junie 10. Carniouh, Saturday, June 1:3. Coursrr ARMA.Or.-BallYbot, Charl]ettown, jlonlLay, Jneil 7. Ballsmill, Bnlynnaglera, Tuesday, Juno S. llack- wateitown. Jonesboro', Wednesda~y Junou 9. Lurgan, Thlursday, Tune 10. saeily, Friday, Jnne 11. COUNXrT CAVAN.-Bawnhoy, AIon)day, June ...

... LAYING TME FOUNDATION STONE OF TIHE MAGDALEN SCH'OO. YEsTnEfAr morning, the ceremony of laying tile first stone of the newv school-house in connexiou vith tile Magdalen Asylum, in Donegall Pass, took place in the presence of a number of the clergy of the town, the scho(lar1s at ?? in attendance L11)O1l the schools, and a large concourse of the friends of tho institution, con- sistitig of both ...

... WIa are obliged, in consequence of tile necessity of placing the important Parliamentary debate of Fri- day evening in this page, to refer the reader to our fourth page for the interesting, reports of the deputa- tion from this town to London, on Postal Affairs, tho Packet Station, Tribunals of Commerce, New Custom House, hc., as adopted at the special meeting of thle Chamber of Commerce, held ...

... TIE usual weekly meeting of the Guardians of this Union was held on Saturday last. The elerkrcad the sealed order of the Commissioners declaring the Dispensary Districts of the Union, Ac- cording to this sealed order, the Commissioners dis- approve of the late sub-division of the union by the Guardians, into six dispensary districts, as twice agreed to by the board, after full discussion, and ...

... Ebrb - 3reos'. Z FACTIOTUS OPPOSITION OF THE FREE TRADE PARTY. (From the Morning Herald.) -THE test is, it seems,* very soon to be applied to the present House of Commons that will ascertain the hamoinht:f patriotism and good sepn .which'eists in that assembly. Mr. Charles Villiers, the brother of 'the Earl if' Clarendon, 'hts-followed 'up the spiteful. snarling of Earl Grey in the ,House of ...

... ])URATION OF THE PRESENT SESSION. (From thle Times.) WE have ever been ready to ?? the most favourable view of that singular position into which the caprices of fortune, and the scarcely less unaccountable follies of party, have thrown Lord Derby and his followers. We have vindicated for them the greatest breadth'of9 pledges and length of tether., Ve have maintained that, instead of ...

... SEATMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Tire adjourned annual nmeeting of the Seaman's Friend Society took place in tile ChII-apel, Pilot Street, oni Wednesday, ain, was numerously anti respectably at- tended. T'le following clergymen and gentlemen wore present:-Rev. Dr. Morgan, Rev- William Johnston, Rev. David Hamilton, Rev. Robert Knox, Rev. George Bellis, Rev. J. Mateer, Rev. J. Mlaltin, biout. Calder, ...

... Tllis Board of Guar(lians of this union met on Satur- day sen., W. 13. FOaRD1, Esq., in the chair. TENDI39S FOIL )EIiCINX.--' DOCTORS WILL DIFFEII. The sulbjeet of the medicine tender, which had been accepted last Saturday, was brougrht before the board by Mr. Heron. A letter from Dr. Marshall, Belfast, relative to the same matter, was also read. It was stated in our last report that there ...