... DUBLIN-MECHlA-CB' INSTITUTE I . _TTT TO THE EDITOR Or THE FREEMAN. Sin-In the DAxLyr FIaiMsIA of Saturday last, there aP- peared a letter signed James HaEughton, i which I am made the subject of a moat unjust and unfair attack. Mir Hatugbton representsame eslhaving addressed to him a threw ?. s'fuy letter, by which he and others~were. prevented from!i carrying out a useful and benevolent ...

... 'HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. Lord ST. LEONARDS complained that a convict on ticket of leave was followed by the police, who prevented any one of having any dealing with him by stating the circum- Stances of his imprisonment; and stated his belief that by their rmeans the prisoner was compelled to return to hile old Pactice to obtain a living and had no chance of reform- ing. The Lord CHANCELLOR ...

... -B MAGNETi TELEGRAPH. - HOUSE OF LOR~YESTERDAY. TaE INCOME TAX BILL. Oa the motion 12cr the third reading of the income tax The Marquis of bLAiBRICARDE stated that it woe not his inteitbon to offer any opposition to the pasel.ng of the bill; but he earnestly urged upon the government that they Dhoul~d at ,s earlya period as poesibie lay the whole of their knanclal arrangements for the year ...

... 1 i t gSOUTH DUBLIN UNIO.I ?? The Investigation into 'the facts in conunexioa 'With the reception intot the workhouse ef tis 'union, and the d1is- charge ;therefroma of two female children' iamed Leahy was F reurimed ystfrday, pure ant to 4adjournment from Tuesday last, M Ilr. G. S. ClAoWs0b, P.LI.,tin the Chair. i Mr. W. Gernon -attended as counsel for the uncloof the children. ' ' ' ' The ...

... On Tuesday we had a continuation of rain, followed in the afternoon by thunder and lightning, which lasted for a considerable time. The heavy showers which fell will be of incalculable service to the crops, all of which are looking re- markably fresh and vigorous since the ?? Mer- cury. We hope that there will now be a sufficienoy of rain- although the weather may not be absolutely broken-to ...

... Several parochial lista reached the committee yesterday, to each of which a large number of names were affixed.- Amongst these were lists forwarded by the Rev Dr Smith- wick, P P, Howth; the Rev Mr Malvany, Annagilla and Tunney, Carlow; the Rev Mr Whelan, P P, Clon- gall, Carlow; the Rev P. Healy, PP, Monasterevan; the Rev P Greene, Anuskissy, Mallow. These lists are all most numerously and ...

... KINsGSTOWN. APacL 80, '54.-I perceive by a communication from Holyhead that, on last Thursday night, during the preva- lence of a smart breere from the ?? that''the 'western portionr of the breakwater of the new barbour osfifered huch,' the sea running beavy earried away'rs' leugths ofl piles, which were about tweity-five feet apart, and at-the sam:e time started six lengths more, breaking ...

... - DULn The guardians held their ordinary weekly meeting on Wed- nesday,-at the boardroom of the workhouse, Brunswick- street. Dr. BRaDY, V.C.,.in the chair, The following guardians attended :-Capt Lindsay, J P; Messrs. Hyndman, Oaroliu, T C; Thomas Arkins, Flanagan, Butler, Espy, Williams, Baily, Mallet, Captain Wisdom, DV C; Norwood, Nugent, Swan, R Long, Austin, 'J G Rathboarne, J P; Hardy, ...

... (wVOM OUR OWR COBRESPONDENT.) Dr. Cahill delivered a lecture on the Future of Ireland to a large and admiring audience on Tuesday evening last, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, which was densely filled. On the rev, divine's appearance on the platform accompanied by several Catholic clergymen, he was loudly cheered. Alfter a few humorous observations, the doctor proceeded to the ...

... BY ELECTRIC' TELEG1APTf. ENGLISH FUN DS-YESTERDAY. LONDON FUNDS-STOCK AND SHARE MArBsT.-During forenoon it wes currenly reported that a tender of £100,000 for the New Exchequer Bond at £98 14g. had not been accepted, and late in the day it was officially intimated that fresh tenders would be received, to complete the first two millions of close A Bonde, payable in 1868 at the reserve price of ...

... Ah f THEi c~RPo'RArTION. l 3 L V IC!Joarned meeting of the rown Coauncil was held yes- terday in the City Hall. The Toin' Clerk stitzld that the ,Lord Mayor wee codfiled ;to bed' by illness'; it would there- fore be necessary to elect a cbhirmar.sa It ?? then' iloved and seconded that the ch ir be tssen' by * Alderman FiaET,. ' The following Members were i; ?? !John ,eytnolde'J'P ; Cam~pbel, ...

... Tih. -n;+a SA---GA-S - Las saaitary department met, as usual, on Friday, ot the city Hall. Members ?? Drew Atkin, Esq., in the chair; Richard Atkinson, T.C.; T. Viokerq, Like Butler, eud George Pilkington, Esqra. |After the iontine bususess of the committee was disposed of, ftha secretary brought ui4or its notice the state of the works now in progress for an incressed supply of water to the ...