... ~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 ...

... In our paper of yesterday we published the names of the Irish members who voted for and against Mr Disraeli's amendment, and, notwithstanding that the Government obtained a majority of eighty, we showed that, among the Irish members, they only had a majority of three. The majority in favour of Ministers was much larger than was anticipated. This arose from diffe. rent causes. The House, ...

... .(6-CdMattfld THE l ESTABLISISED5 o GUIJn1 PPOIONTMENTS. Diocese of ArmaghRv John Gibson, to the curacy of Aughnacloy; patron, the Archdeacon of Armagh. Diocese of Ardaglh-Rev Thomrts Behan, to the cuery of Moydow; Patronp tile Rector. Diocese of ?? Charles S Langley, and Rev Henry Fry, to be surrogates for marriage i- cences at Clon mee; patron , t ile Vicar.General. Rev Edward F IRamba at, ...

... Tni greatest wrong which the House of Commons will be called upon to redress during the Session is one which presses with terrible severity upon that deserving class of the community, the Civil Servants of the Crown. The vast majority of these men, when compared with those wh o hold a correspond- ing position in the East India House, the Bank of Engiand, and the great commercial firtms in the ...

... (91or &f0jul GAIliffolt of NAP L.E S. The latest news from Naples was of the most dis- couraging character. The King continued in retire. ment at Caserta, and the police appeared the only governing power in tho country. A MI E I I C A. Southampton, Tuesday. The Belgian steamer Constitetion brings advices one (lay later. She left New York on the 25th, at 2-30 r. She could not leave oil the ...

... . GotIdolivolfal TEin PleESBYTERIAN CRUtlto. I ;UER.NG OF MIassiOr DltaiCTOnS AT COIEFINTNF -On Wednesday last, ?? mjssion directors oF the General Assembly met in the First Presbyterian Church, Coleraine, thg Rev. Joseph MJacdonnell in the chair. It wvas reported thlat the Rev. Willialm Grabam, a licentiate of the Belfast Presbytery, had accepted tihe call as a missionary to the Jews. It was ...

... POST.OFFICE BURGLARY. AT the Capel Street Police-office, Dublin, on Friday, Alext'ader Mi)ON.onell, letter-carrier, was brought up on remantd, charvied witll having stolen a gold watch, several silver watches, gold chains, and valu- able jewellery, comprising geli rings, bracelets, beg Oak ornaments, &c,, together with a variety of iniscellaneous articles, from various letters and parcels in ...