... ROYAL IRI-tl ACADEMY. ?? ~ .. . .I The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held last evening in the society's house, Daweon-street, Rev. Dr. itoINSON in the chair. Dr. Todd read the minutes of the last meeting. iMr. John F. Waller handed in the following donations, viz. :-A series of meteorological observations registered daily during the last six months, by the Rev. John Heffernan, ...

... MIR. F. SCULLY, M.P.-THE fLERGY OF - I .. _ . . I TIPPERARY. - ' . . I Mr. Scully, instead of applying himself to the simple point put before him by the Tipperary clergy, has written a homily on the virtues of Whiggery and the abominations of Toryism. The point raised by the Tipperary clergy was the necessity of maintaining an Irish party independent in ken- timent and in action, and devoted ...

... THE DUBLIN AND LONDON HosPITALS. The Chairman said he had an important subject to bring before the meeting, and which he had often introduced there before-namely, the Dublin hospitals. However, he had never before been prepared to find that so vast a discrepancy existed in the grants to the London and Dublin hospitals re- epectively, as he ascertained existed. He extracted the fol- lowing from ...

... FOREIGN IN TELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. PAE&, APEIL 26, Six Prl -Lest night the Emperor gave a grand ball at the Tuileries. About 6,800 persons were present. The Empress, who is slightly indisposed, re- mained in her apartments. ITALY. The Wanderer of Vienna of the 21st says:- Letters from Turin announce that the Sardinian government has solicited the mediation of Great Britain in its ...

... THE CATHOLIC CHURCI. I On last Friday and Saturday, the Rev. H. O'Farrell, as- sisted by the secular and regular clergymen of the city, pre- pared over six hundred of the inrmates of Boherbuoy work- house for Easter duty. On Sunday morning they approached communion in the most edifying manner, and after the usual devotions the children sung several of the beautiful pieces of music sent to them ...

... I 15TO TRE EDITOR 'OF THE FREEMAN. Arklow, April 16th, 185 3. SBo-Space, if _yoA please, for a few -words to set -myself right with your readers on one or two matters. I am neither a Whig nor a Tory, but a Catholic Irishman, with good -will towards all mankind, and a love of my native land before the world. I hate the terms Whig and Tory, Old Ireland and Young Ireland, Orangemen and Ribbonmen, ...

... I THE INCOME TAX--THE OPINION OF THE I I COUNTRY. (From the Evewing Freeman of Yesterday.) The following important communication from a highly respected correspondent has reached us shortly before our going to press:- On Monday, the 25th inst., at a meeting of the indepen- dent electors of Carrick-on-Suir and its neighbourbood, held in the Liberal Newsroom of that town-T. LAI.Own, Esq., D.L., ...

... REV. DR. CAILL IN GLASGOW. ? - - ?? U.i +,-1 h . The Rev. Dr. Cahill has recelvea, nor tooe LoueanuTu rime, one of these challenges to hnld a public controversy on mat- ters of faith which every puny whipater seems to think he cn offer and demand acceptance of at his own pleasure. Te challenger on the present occasion is a Rev. Mr. Ander- so and as Dr. Cahill's answer disposes entirely of all ...

... IE DUBINa: R s 32ourital DUBLIN: THURISDAY, APRIL 28, 1853. ITHE INCOME TAX-MEETING OF CITIZENS. The citizens, of Dublin meet to-day to protest against the Whig Budget-not because it is a Whig Budget, but because it proposes to impose new and intolerable burdens on this- already over-taxed country. We have already analysed the propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at such length that ...

... The fate, not of the ministers but of the income tax; not the sability of the coalition cabinet, but its power to ,impose' new and burdensome txa-t tion upon every man in Ireland who lives by in- dustry-not the places of Lord John Russell and of Mr. Gladstone, but the purses of the Irish farmer, the Irish shopkeeper, the Irish clergyman, and the Irish gentleman, are now in the hands of and at ...

... GREAT MINSTER FAIR. Limerick, Tuesday Night. The first of these Faire commenced this day. The public .Epectstion has been very high, and it certainly has been Slor, than satisfied. The quP ntity of stock was extremely nd the prices obtained very high. Yearling bulls ?? for 201. and up to 251.; fat bullocks up to 251.; in-;all heifers sold from 185. to 221. ; yearling calves brought up- wards ...

... IMPERIAl W LIMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY, APRIL 25. The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions against the Canada clergy reserves bill. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cupir in Fifesitire, in favour of tile Canada clergy reserves bill. The Earl of W ICKLOW presented a petition from Alder- man 13f0lolonn in favour of the Jew bill. 'Tbe Bishop of LOND)ON presented petitions against the Jew ...