THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST, AND THE EAST INDIA APPOINTMENTS

... THE Qll ErEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST, AND THE EAST INDIA APPOINTMENTS. QN Friday last, according to notice, a number of pro- fessors, and a numorous attendance of students, assesi- bled in the Great Mall (if the College, to hear the views of the President, regarding the appointments thrown open to public conpeLition by the East India Company- T'le following is the substance of his remarhes:_ lri ...

Published: Monday 05 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2526 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE MILITIA

... TII E MI LIT IA. COUNTY CAVA. N-James Robinson, Esq., Paymaster of the Cavan Militia; commission bears dlate the 6th dlay of March, 1355. COUYTV Kiv.DARne- is9 Grace the Dukee of Leinster, Li utenaont of the couiit;V, has mado tile follo cing, ap- poiiitm~li'ts ill thie Kildare Rtegiment of Militia, viz.:- Captalin l;andi AilaVianit Jolin lienry EtIliaril doe Robeck to ble Major. vice Aylmer; ...

Published: Friday 30 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 738 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN CAFFRARIA

... Tnr despatches just received from the Cape of Good Hope contain, we rejoice to say, no intimation that the disturbances recently thought so imminent on the Eastern frontierhave octually broken out, and we trust, therefore, that the country may this time be spared so unwelcome an addition to its burdens. Atn incident, however, in ?? reports before us is ofna nature so striling it itsecif, so ...

Published: Monday 19 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 869 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

THE WAR

... T H E WAR. RUIMOURED DEFEAT OF THE ALLIES AND DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN. IT was currently reported, late last night, in the city, that the allied armies before Sebastopol had been defeated, and that Lord Raglan had been killed, ii a severe and lurvdly-fornght contest. Wo are not in a position to state whether this report hes any foun- dation in truth, hut our authority for stating it is the ...

Published: Wednesday 14 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1923 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

POLITICAL GOSSIP

... (Prom the Metnropolitani Correpondent of thre Liverpool. Albion.) Tamraos are every day now said and done without ex- citing a remark that Wvouldl have convulsed the country with consternaution a dozen years ago. For instance,, there is hardly a wortd saild, flOOIOL seem afr-aid to say a word verat to themselves, about that most amiretzl though niost probhable Ipropositionu, put forth wvithl ...

Published: Wednesday 28 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1396 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURE

... A G I I C liL''U R E. SEASONABLE HINTS, (Fr'om t1e LisA Fanner's Gazette.) QUANTITY 01 VU raIoLisniD AND UNViTRII.SID 101BNES, NECESSARIY I-E ACISE FOI; GnC:N CaIoi'.q.-Withoit any other manure, it wi11 take six bushlels of vitriolised bolles or twenty four bushels of unvitriolied lone-dust per Irish acre for turnips' in good land; maugels will require b{etween one quarter anid one half more. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 820 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

RE-ELECTION OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

... TiIE election for the Radnor boroughs took place at New Radnior on Monday, when tie Right lon. Sir G. C. Lewsis, who had vacated hlis seat by accepting the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, was returned without opposition. Sir G. C. Lewis arter explainingm the circnrnstaflees under Which hle had .accepted office, said-I rejoice to kind, oil appearing agaill among you, that the resona- ...

Published: Friday 09 March 1855
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1212 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT

... -Mr Heywood has received the sanction of tl:e Hlom~e of Commons to bring in the Bill to amend the Law;as to Marriage with a deceased wife's sister or niece, which now lies before us. We shall remark briefly upon it, in- asmuch as it is not in tbe meantime proposed to extend its provisions to Scotland, a wise precaution, perhaps, on the part of the promoters, as that would have considerably ...

Published: Thursday 22 March 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 998 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

LATEST NEWS

... LATEST NEWSi ABY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Loiwolf. THE CRIMEA. The Cabinet Council met at 2.30 P.m. on Saturday, and broke up at 6.30. The Observer states that the accounts from the Crimea are very cheering. It gives details of the French and English reinforcements on their way or about to proceed to the East, and mentions that the Foreign Legion is not only much advanced, but that it is expected ...

Published: Monday 26 March 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 13589 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

HADDINGTON AGRICULTURAL CLUB— ROAD REFORM

... HADDINGTON AGRICULTURAL CLUB- ROAD REFORM. At the monthly dinner of this Club on Friday, at Hadding- ton, the adjourned discussion as to the best mode of manag- in public roads was resumed. Mr Douglas of A;helstaue- ford occupied the chair, and Mr Sydsrtrfof Ruchlaw the vice- chair. The only resolution before the Club, on resuming the dis- cussion, was the following motion by Mr Hope of Fenton ...

Published: Thursday 08 March 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 899 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

OPENING OF THE BRANCH SYNAGOGUE IN GREAT PORTLAND STREET

... IOPENING OFVTITE BRANCH SYNAGOGUB IN I GREAT PORTLAND STREET. I The great distance between the west-end of the town and the Great Synagogue has for some yeare past been an obstacle in the way of those Jews who desired to worship oI with their brethren. As the migration from the east to the w west iacreased,the difficulty became more widely felt, and d, measures were at last taken to build a ...

Published: Friday 30 March 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1890 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

The Court

... W1 g I rut+ -4 OSBORNE, MARCH 17. Prince Ernest of Leiningen left Osborne for Ports mouth yesterday. The Queen and Prince and the royal children walked and drove out yesterday. MABOR 18. The Queen and Prince and Prince of Leiningen drove out yesterday afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after- noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount ...

Published: Monday 19 March 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 561 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News