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CARRICKFERGUS AND KILROOT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... Ctl~v-l IT' ?? TJS ,AND KI]UlPOOT AGRI- (QUii'l'iIUH A, SOCllETrY. As ainnounced iii ilridav's I.Aen'ii-.LPtteir, the twelfth cat tie silow of this s cciit y was h eld in Cli'ri' h ferguis i enl '.lhnrsdaix lavst. It, e tilioi iejiil this Vea'oe i a niumber of' tli', classes, to geiivlcoilipetitieti'. theore withs a CeurSiileralIbi lionilhCer0' fi etlt froiii otiher iouali- ties. The day ...

Published: Monday 05 September 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3986 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

SCRAPS FROM PUNCH FOR JANUARY 15

... | MOTTO FOlS A STrEPFATIHERt- CCeSt IC Ple711;'J s I(17(i colute. IPoT--~ucF.-Th~e luck of finding a quart bottle that will hold a pint. Qu:ntv.-Will tihe board of directors of the amnal- gamated railways be stigniatised as a collision Govern- atlelit? FRINCsi USUEoS AT PAI:rT.-France has Iteen accus- ?? to set copies to Europe; but site witl hardly bo able to do so now-with no pen. but ouly ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2090 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... I I- ?? klitc1ligilct, I-NDIA AND C1HINA. (By Rlecti ic Telegv'o)h folli Triestej.j Tjim steam-ship Adria arrived iroi Alexandria at Trieste, at two P.Ml., yesterday, after a passage of 140 j hours. She l-ft Alexandria oin the 18th ilistant, and brings the following news from India:- 'The ]3urrnese occupy the Aeng Pass witit a large fore'e. Pegn (tile province, we suppose), has been again ...

Published: Monday 28 February 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1252 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

MISCHIEF IN METAPHOR

... MIISCHI]F IN AIITAI:'IOti. T'ilj il: i; a nefw Minld of i'letori'ial itilice of tlate i ?? A'Iue ?? g [hii-l ?? of' tile't itriamoill tinle Schoo1l. It is that IV li(:h is ulil:iit i'id I Ite louidest 5o0ul il n tile ?? t tFrIIv, bV tilhe mo dlie'iltfli mlenalls and the ni'to iil lpliin.4 , lentinciu tiOllS ii ta i en in ?? lite rl sense: lbtit vI^ iel aIw'.-Cll' illng tn the modlelrn (051 id ...

Published: Friday 17 June 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 782 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

A NEW BILL FOR THE DISENCUMBRANCE OF IRISH ESTATES

... A NEW BILL FOR THE1 DISENCUMIBRANCE I I OF IRISII ESTATES. MtR. WHITI]SIDEl, on Wednesday last, obtained leave to introduce a most important bill, the object of which is to aihrd firesh facilities for thc sale and transfer of encumbered property in this country-in his own words, to extend the machinery of the Irish Court of Chalncery, in ?? to tacilitate the proceedings of the Encuminhred ...

Published: Friday 29 April 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 682 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

BELFAST AND COMBER STEEPLE CHASES

... Tilts meeting, Came off onl Mouclay last, the 26th inst., over a very nicely laid-off course inl the vicinity of Comber, part of th~e course having, been used lin foriner thimes for similar purposes. The weather up to three o'clock in the afternoon, was extremely faivourableI far the enjoyieent of the sport; anti, as the day wais ob- served as a holiday lin Belfast and the counmtry ilis-- ...

Published: Wednesday 28 December 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2635 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AT MOORE ABBEY

... Moa AaY, thle seat of the -Marquis of Droghea has presented a continiued scene or festivities during, the past week, and the picturesque town of Monatstete- ven exhibited a bustling and throniged appearance. Among the many beneficial results of a resident land- lord, be hie nobleman or commoner, we may place inl the foreground those kind attentions and contributions towvards thle wants of ...

Published: Wednesday 28 December 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2092 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

The Belfast News Letter

... 41 ?? ft _ ._ .. _ I. .. . I 'I . - . - B E J. F A S T M O:NDI)AY. O'CTOBER 24, 185 . THE E'UItOPEAN QUESTION.-110W TIHE AB3ERDE ENI'ITES WOULD SETTLE IT. WVa have already endeavoured to translate the mvs- terioas hints and artfully-dcviseJ suggestions of the Aherdeen organ, relative to the ?? of the 1: European questioni, ascontrasted witlh the ''1'nrliishI question, into the ?? ...

Published: Monday 24 October 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 880 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

MILITARY VALOUR IN THE PUNJAUB

... - (YPoic SiXl Yetcs ill Indica, bcy 31rs. Coltin Jlac-. kcaex:ie.) TIE following passage relates to the battles of Aliwal and Sobraon, in the campaign of 1846; and if it be not true, it is proper that Mrs. Mackenzie should be told so-and at once:- On Saturday, 20th of March, 1847. my husband rode out with two other officers to see the field oft Aliwal, which is about fourteen miles distant. ...

Published: Wednesday 16 November 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 901 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE ARMY

... 'I'lH E ARMY. Tnit: TROOI'S IN TIIL Wr-s INDIES.-By the lasb advices the health of the troops in general was good. By the death of Major-General James Camupbell, a good service pension of £200 lapses to the eommantli'r- in-chief for disposal to somie living meritorious officer. Te general conmnaiding in chief has issued an or- dfer, that the labit of allow in- men to appear, throtui- out th! ...

Published: Wednesday 30 November 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 528 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

A MIDDY'S DISASTERS AT HOME

... A MIDDY'S DISASTEUS AT HIOME. BENt BACSTrAY was the son of a widow lady of our ac- quaintance-a midshipman in the East India Company 's service-a fine, dashing, rattling young fellow of eigh- teen, who, during the time that his ship was in port, came down to spend a glorious holiday in his native village, to delight the heart of his good mother, to astonish all the old ladies, with a relation ...

Published: Monday 17 October 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3037 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... HOUSE OF I.ORDS-MOXxD.', IM.y 2. TRANSPO ItTATtON. Earl GREY gave notice that, on Friday next, he would move that an address be presented to her Ua- jesty, praying that no alteration be maie in the regn- lations for the transportation oF convicts before a full account of any contemplated changes be laid before Parliament. INDItA. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from Sheffield on the ...

Published: Wednesday 04 May 1853
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 857 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News