... I 'F'its mneeting atfthe Society for .1romoting thed Edl- ?? OF thle Deaf-mutes aind the Blirird of this Pro- Vince, winch took place: in this townl yesterdlay, and which wve describe very fully in our columns, to-day, was peculiarly distinguished by the adoption of at report, which is of immnense value on account of die statistics it onmbodies. no~t alonea in reforeitec to thc ;tiogi-ess; of, ...

... NATIONAL EDUCATION Is IRELAND.. TWENTIETT `REPORT OF TlS COtctiSSIOsNIsES OF NATiONAL aDUCATION IN lRtLAND, FOR TliE YF:aR 1853. To his Excelleicy Edward Granville,iEarl oF St. Ger- 'mans, (13B. Lord Lieuteniarit-General and General- Governor of Ireland. -NtUM1J3Er3 OF SCllOOLS ANID ATTENDANCE. On thd 31st of December, 1;52, we dad 4,875 schools in opersitiolnvhich were attended by 544,604 ...

... SEBASTOPOL, INKERMANIN, AND B ALA KLAVA. (EXTRACTnr ANT) ABRIDGED FROM CLARRE'S RAVEELS IN RVUSSIA, QUARTO, CHAP. XX., P. 487.) Tar evening after we left Bakehiseral (serai means 1 seraglio, or court), we reached the great bay of Aktiar, upon which, in the time of Catherine II., was bestowed the name of Sebastopole. It also bears the name of the Roads. Here the Russian fleet is frequently ...

... lairiculturz. PntPAsRATION OF ILL-PLO4u1r(ED LsosnD Foa GREEN Caot's.-The landshiould be well harrowed before being cross-ploughed, or if a grubber be available, its re- peated use will thoroughly pulverizeand clean the land, with the aid of the Iharrow, without cross-ploughin. Bones will be thle best ?? for guano; but on ac- count of the scarcity of thue latter, the boners will, no doubt, ...

... Eric Pam MISMANMAGrEMENT OF OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRlS. (From the Press.) PnsoPsors have often fancied that they could discover in little accidents and paltry motives the secret sources of those great events which fill the pages of history. Voltaire collected a crowd of in- stances to show What mighty contests rise from trivial springs. Bat the notion is rather ingenious than profound. Mere chance ...

... BELFAST ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE NUNNERY QUESTION. ONq Monday evening there was a performance of an unusual kind at our TheatreRoval. A certain num- ber of lay Roman Catholics, to whom their several parts were previously assigned. enacted a grand na- tional, serio-comic, politico-religious, tragico-farcical drama, entitled the Monk and the Nun, or the Auto- da-fe of Chambers and Whitesicle. ...

... Z,71JE. - lhEtl]. Iiftv-riZht Sociorum Corpmensrtles. eihteuerl '';ludi('ate bIaotel-s, thirteerl Middle Btichetors, forty- tour Jlm;tfr (ill, I6ti C;ndidate dr,., 78f) Scnior Sophis- ter> 7sS Jlulior rio., 234 Seniol Freshmerit 2tx1 Junior dm t-rl ex-Si2rrs, and thirtv Siz.ars: rnal.ing a total of ly .;0 Illrbmbcss. The tlegI ees- corlgerl ed in the Univel sityr in trhe year 1Sn3, cornprised ...

... FAIRS I?N ULSTER. I COtNyTV ?? Cruntnlin. Nerw-tnnerennmleitt MotrldatY, ?hrusn G. larklgate, P-ortletionse Tuecday, I elwruarY . ('lolgh, Wednesdty. February S. Cairn- lotig Strauneml. F rilday. Febrlary 1U1. Cot NrY ?? Ubarlestown. M.%onday. tebruatr (i. Blackwancrtnojvr. Wcdneslav. IFelriary 8. II~urgan. 1uredaV, February 9. Ready. Iriday. Fib. * 1 . C'oUnry CdtVAN..at%.Itbca 'Motla i ...

... THE I{IBERNILAN IX3BLE SOCIETY. Tin annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the Belfast Auxiliary to the Hibernian Bible Society was held on MIonday last, at twelve o'clock, in the 'Victoria Hall, Victoria Strect. There was a pretty large attendance, and a deep interest was evinced in the proceedings. Amenn those present we observed- Richard Davison, Fsq:, MBIp.; Rev. T. F. Miller, ...

... T 1-l E 13 W N O C K A CT 1.IRQlNIEUIOM rUt:hAbD:N MTil VAT.UN 1' ) M3AN. Yas-ronu,1Ar, at Cloven 'Clock, a11it nfui,i ticlfl Washd inl thle Boarclrcoen- at the illie crlih$o h Bel- fact sad coolty DOWa1 Re ii vSv, 112Ildi' tie ?? of thle 1.and's, Ciauscr. Conisoflettctn Act. for ?? pot- P1 of tsiitifgtile value, of ceitain slob Land, to tile am aunt OF thitroe or fouruti Jloit' cd at yes, ...

... TEn *iZONFESSIONAL AND THE R.OISH-l ?? .. ' ?? .. - .. - (CLERGY. ., -arlT FATlTER AT.ES. bAvsZZi. ' (.From fts Crusade'.) 1Thaty ?? -upon the Catholic auricular confession I denounced an(d stig-ratised it as directly immoral, and indirectly conducive to manj sorts of abuses. Nothing, in fact, could-be more dangerous than the practice ac- cording tn which thell RohislsTriesZs receive secretly ...

... MORE PRIESTLY INTIMlDATION. ON Thursday evening last, John Ross, of Drombiggol near Waterpark Mission-house, was visited again by priests M'MAahon and Kenny, to intimidate the poor man to Withdraw his grandchildren5 from the Water- park school, or turn them destitute on the world from under his roof. che' lodgers in his house were turned out, and himsdlf called abominable namUecs; the mob ...