... TII Popish Poor-law Gu11ar1dians h1ave adopted rcsolu- tions which display the religious liberty which the Church of Roine would give to those opposed to her, wher c11er influence is in the asendant. Thesc lovers of even-handed justice resolved, at their last meeting that Sisters of Mercy should be adspitted to the work- houise, and Scripture-readers excl(led ! ?? have not been informed of thc ...

... tit VDatmadtCat, THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. The Rev. Aiken Irvine has been appointed to SRIC- ceed the Rev. John W. Murray, in the perpetal curacY of Fivemiletown; patron, the Rev. Sydney Smlith, D.D. The Lord Bishop of Cashel is about leyaing Dublin for a tour in Wales. IHis lordship intends holdiog a confirmation aud visitation it the months of JuIlyand Atugust. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T1IE ...

... YESTERDIY, at one o'clock, the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shajeholders of this conipany was held in the Board-room, York Road Station, Robert Grimshaw, Esq., DL., J.P., High Sheriff of County Antrim, and Deputy Chairinan of the Board of Di- rectors, in the chair. A quorum of shareholders was not got together till a considerable time after ono o'clock, The CUAI!RNAN read the ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENXCE, YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHIES. [BY 11111TIS11 AND ?? MaGNETIC TULIGRAP11.J THE OVERLAND IAAIL-LN~D1A AND P'ERSIA. Trieste, 'T11 rsda~ Tile ste-ainer Almerici arrivecul tis mornlilng, at'S.), inl 116 hours froin Alexandria. Thle India malls leav! to-lIay, with niows from iloli- bay~ to ?? 2; C2alcutta. April11 3; Mbidras. Alpril 28; Cevioll, May 3; Ilfuag Kong., April 51; ...

... &~he 3pxt THE ARMY ESTIMATES. I Pc (Fromn tie Timies.) foir Ii' may serve to show our neighbours thle permanency sol of British institutions and thle conistancey of the, ata- e xI tional. character that the minister whlo, moved thle III Army Estimates in 18S09, When Napoleon was still in wei thle height of his power and success, when the fluke y ?? was just commenicing Ills career in the feeV ...

... VISIT TO A NEAtPOLITAN PRISON. NArPcs, AYLv 1S.-The case of the Montesarelijo prisoners has been re-opened by a recent visit paid to them by two English gentlemen. Both of them are men of hiigh ititegrity, and incafpable of mnaklilng any aiseo statements; still there can be no doubt bit tbat they desircd to see tilings othervise than they had been represented, andlt that tllereore, if not ...

... 1)£ Anill1 Major General Theon hlas left £S0,000 to his re- latiolls. The Htil Regiment embark on the 9th June for I Ccylon.I A son of the Lord Mlayor of Dublini is appointed to an Lnsigncy il the 1st Royals. The Adjutanitcy of' the BOth Regiment is vacant by the deatib ?? Frith, at Aldershott camp, on FridaN Lieutenant de Boubell, 4th Light Dragoons; Capt. t he lIon. F. Fitzelhrence, 10Ith ...

... Gl4e ?? REINFOMCEltN'TS FOR TIlW CAVALRY IN INDIA.- Orders have bcen forwarded to the commandant of the cavalry depot at Mlaidstolle, to select the most efficient young soldiers belongmag to the depots of thc Gth Dragoon Guards (Carbilaers), the I2th Lan- cers, and 14th Ligght. Draoons, nd to hold thellm in readiness for service in Indlia. It is not at present intended to reintbrce the 9th ...

... 0), ? t Ndfad Ariu- tifer. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1857. FRoMt Paris, wve learn that the closing session of the first Ministerial Assembly of the second Em- piru was finished, on Thursday. The trial of forty-five political prisoners, who were charged vith forming a society for the overtinow of the Government, had concluded, and six of tlir'pri- soners were acquitted ...

... WE have great pleasure in publishing elsewhere the splendid poem celebrating the issue of the FivofIlun- dredth number of Blackirood's Mak~gaazie. This most valuable Conservative periodical continues still to oarish Its contributors are amongst the ahbest writers of the day, We miss tlhe m-ighty pen of Old Clhristoplier-theligbtof tiatglorious geniusino more makes brilliant its pages; but ...

... THE MANCHESTE]R PARTY Turc last general election will ever be faious for thle xtraordinary doom it brought on thle Man- cliester party. Messrs. Cobden, Brighit, and Milser Gibson, the leaders of that party, were indignantly cast out of Parliament by the thou- sands who had previously been their enthusiastic supporters. These gentlemen hadl disgnsted their constituents, and thle nation at large ...

... I 'CTI) Ij t Pffnf Rttu-fefftr4 (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1S5T. By thc latest advices from China, it iippears that tho position of affairs in Canton remains un. chanlged. Tlle trial of forty-four persons in Frane, for belonging to a secret socicty, vas commenced on Tnesday, but the procecdings have not yet been mado public. The; vote of the Ilouso of Commlnons on the ...