... ~1 ~ergm. T TME CIfNES E DE BBATE IN T THE OUS S OFLOF LDRS. [VRttOAt Tilm i lAU . Nmvs.3 'I'ty, recent conduct of the British authorities in China was brought last night under thle considera- lion of thle ilonse of Peers by Lord Derby in a long a ad ablbl speech, in which, with it is custo ary s ill, lie presented a lucid narantive of the oeiirvences lefore, Canton, from the seizure of the ...

... REV. DOCTOR CUAIMING. TuE third and last lecture of this celebrated clergy-. man was delivered yesterday in the Music Hall to a highlyfashioriable and crowded audience-the hall, as we anticipatell, being inconveniently crowded, The lecturer's thedme ,has, like the preceding subjects, The Book of God-its inspiration, adaptation} and varied excellence' and certainly anything more masterly than ...

... THE REV. DR. CUMMING IN BELFAST AND HI S ASSAILAN TS. [FrOaur T BLETIST IVEEKLTY NEWS.] IN our publication last veelt, tve furnished our readers witih reports of two of the ablo and eloquent lectures of the Rev. Dr Cumming, delivered in tlic Music. Hall of this toWn, on behalf eE the ChurcVh of Ire- land Young Men's Society. We were unahle to report his last lecture, which was delivered on ...

... Fle 'gvroo- FAILURE OF TH-IE NATIONAL SYSTEM O1 EDIUCATION. [FRO~T THE RECOtD.3 Owe of the most prominent objects aimed at in the institution of the National Board of Education fir Ireland was united education, The phrase may mean the gathering into the same school, and under the same teacher, the children of Protestant and Roman Catholic parents, or the joint manage. ment of the same ...

... ,, c If.a st ,t W ?? . . ?? .. . ?? C P:S'I'AB tLISI-Tls'l) ANNO 171, B. 1.E L F A S T: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1857. TniE Overland Mail brings no additions of impor tance to the intelligence p~reviously received. To the end of December, no attempt had been made hI the Persians on Bushire, nor had anything been seen of the masses of inen which, according to a flying rurnour, were mustering in ...

... DOWN COUNTY PLOUGUING-MATCH. TiTs great trial of skill, open to all County Down, took place, according to announcement, on Thurs. day last, on a field the property of Mr George llI/. Morran, adjoining the town of Comber, and in the vicinity of the railway station, There were nine ploughs present on this occasion, and the excitement exceeded that of any former match we have wit. nessed thin ...

... SECOND 1 DITI1;. L B Y M A GN2 E T I C T EL E G t A F11 NLM N.J.ETTER OFFICL, I )'cluclk, r.m. THE QUE4N'S SPEECH. The praetnee of supplying the Jourlials with the means of giving an outline of tile Speech tromn the TbIl' miOf-, the opening of Pa linsmett has beta dis. continued. Neverthele-s, the Tiines seems to have enjoyed this favour; but ?? revel tions it has thus obtained are not given ...

... YESTEMDAY, the usual weeldy meeting of the Board was held at the Woricoalse, R. B. B. 1lousrox, Esq., DL, J.P., in the chair. The other Guardians present were:-Messrs. Robert M'Connell, J. W. S. M'Cance, n. Carlisle, J. Jones, and S. Ferguson, and Dr. ?? Gee. The minutes of last meeting were read and Lsp- proved of. The admission of paupers was then pro.. *eeded with. LUNATICS IN WOIIITIIOUSES ...

... [BY M A NET IC TELEG RhAP .] NEWS-LE.TTER OFFICE, I o'clock, SAXONY AND PRUSSIA. Dresden, February IG. saxony andl PIr-isia have concluded a treaty to ~tabiisl a Irailwary between the two countries, des. tirued to unite Leiipsie and(l Berlin in a direct route- This will joiur, at llatterlield, the railway which unites 'Wuitin1egr with UMle, by the Elbe rtld Batterlfield, 'I'lh Three-per-Cects. ...

... (FROm oun OWN CO RRESIONDENT.) Dublin, Saturday, 31st January, 1857. THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS OF THE L.ONGFORD UNION AND THE POOR LAW COMAISSIONERS5 A curious little affair came off lately in the Long- ford Union, which has been brought under the notice of the Poor Law Commissioners. It appears that two hospital nurses were required, and accordingly advertised for. On the day of election two ...

... at he ,-A.V ain't. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAa OFFIcn, Fris, 20. MILITAUY TRAIN. To be Lieut.-Colonels-Lieut.-Col. J I, Wilton, C.B.,from half-payi 50th Foot; Lieut.-Col. G Er- skine, from half-pay Unattached. To be Majors-Brevet Lieut.-Colonel J R Hey- land, from half-pay Unattachled; Major E-I R Browne, from half pay Unattached; Captain J p Rlobortson, from 31st Foot; Captain J Salis, from ...

... gallop DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAIL. WAY COMPANY, Tar, following is the report of the Directors for the half-yelar ended Deceoiber 31st, 1856, to be sub. mitted at the meeting of this company, on Thursday, the 26th instant:- Your Directors, in submitting for your considera- tion the annexed abstracts of the eccounts of the company to 31st December 1859, advert to the cir- cumstance that ...