... CHETMHICO-AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. TiE usual monthly meeting of this society was held on Friday, in the society's rooms, Arthur Street. The following gentlemen were ?? FP1- gate, J.P., George J. Clarke, J.P., H-lenry Anderson, J.P., John Andrews, J.P., John S. Crawford, J.P., Dr. Hodges, John Millar, Rev. W. Bruce, Francis Ritchie, F. M. Olpherts, Silgo; Richard Niven, Paul M'Ilenry, C.E., Robt. ...

... THE HOMICIDE NEAR BALLYNAhRINCH. [snoP 03U15 CORRESONDrNT.) AN adjourned inquest Was held in the Market-house, Ballynahinch, on 'uosday last, before John A. Ward, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury, upon the body of Ilogh Tremnor, wh~o bad lost his life in consequence of a stab by a knife, or other sharp instrument, on the left side of tile abdomrenrinflicted upon him on the evening of the ...

... .foreign 5intrugencr. INDIA A NTD CHINA. WE (vforan-g Eeoafd) have received, by Extraordinary Express, our dispatches from India and China, in anti- cipation of the Overland Mail, bearing the following -dates:-Calcutta, March IS- Madras, MRarch 23; Co- -lenbox March 25; Bombay, March 28; and China, -March i1.- We subjoin extracts:-_ CALCUTTA, MARCHR I8.-There is no news at this Presidency. ...

... Friday, May 26. - The Assembly met to-day at eleven o'clock. Dr. Caxormisic informed the housethat Dr.Duff had ar- rived fromn America,, and wvould address the Assembly on Monday evening. (Applause.) The report of the committee on Sabbath Observance was presented by Mr. Davidson, Edinburagh. Inater al~i it congratulated the Assembly on the passing of Mr. Forbei Mapkiinz~ies Public-hoguses Aet, ...

... THE MAINE1 LIQUOR LAW. PUBLIC LECTURE. YFST'r,:r&Y evening, according to public announcement, a lecture, on the subject of the Mlaine Liquor Law, was delivered in thle M1usic Hall, by the ?? Dr. Lees, of Leeds. The room was crowded in every part, princi- pally by the parties most imrnmediately interested in the movement. On the platforn and in the body of th e Hall we ob- | served the Mayor, ...

... MALTA,AI'nuL 26.-TheCaradoc arrived here yester- day morning at eight o'clock, having on board the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Raglan; Lord de RHs, Mi- litary Secretary; Rear Admiral Boxer, Lieut.-Colonel Steele, ?? Major Wellesley, Deputy Assistant. Quartermaster General, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Rag- lan Somerset, the Hon. Captain Blackwood, and Lieut. Boxer. On entering Malta harbour the men of ...

... iricltlttuv. FARMING OPERATIONS FOR MAY. Tills being the month most appropriate for genera] green cropping, it will be of most importance, in order to get them sown in proper time, that all other routine work should be prevously disposed of. Barley-sowing should, therefore, be finished with- out delay. The surface should be worked very fine for this grain to ensure an even braird; it may be ...

... GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTAB- LISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Thursday, May 18. Tan Supreme Court of the Church met to-day in Edin- burgh. At eleven o'clock Lord Belhaven, her Majesty's Commissioner to the Assembly, held a levee in the Pic- ture Gallery, Holyrood Palace, which was very nume- rously attended. After the levee, the Lord High Commissioner -went in procession to the High Church, where ...

... COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, AND LOSS I OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY LIVES. Till Favourite sailed from Bremen for Baltimore on 23rd inst., and at 2, ?? on Friday, when off the Start Point, came in contact with the American barque Rester, Capt. Jones, from Charleston for Antwerp. The Favourite was struck on the starboard bow, cut down by the water's edge, and had her foremast carried away. The ...

... Os Tuesday evening' last, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., 1Pdelivered thle following address to the members and frienlds of thre St. Albans Literary and Scientific Instituition:-tM~y Lord Vertdai-n, ladies aud ?? the opening of Parliament, her Ma- ,jestv's Administration put forth a crop of such exu- berant and variegated legislation, upon, all matters, foreign and domestic, Church and St-ate, ...

... x D|PgTo OF THE 3.5Tm REoIMfENT._GrNERAL, INSPEC; ?? Wednesday last, the 24th instant, Major- General Thomas, Commander of the Belfast District, isispcted the depot-of the 15th Regiment, stationed at Londonderry, in the barrack-square, and expressed hisisatisfaction at the appearance and discipline of the men. EIsA DSFAUTUUR OF TTIE 35Tii RrGeszE:T.-Thurs- day- forenoon, the remaining portion ...

... p 'I ID :31111 efla - ar-lianivat. I-USE OF COMMONS; 'WEDNESnAY; MAY 3. The Sprziasc took tiae chair-at twelve o'clock. Several private bills were advanced a stage. Several petitions were presented for and against the Lord Advocate's -BilL and the Medical Registration Bill, and-in tavour of the admission of Dissentersto the Universities. Petitions Were also presented against the sale of in- ...