... MALTA.-FORCIBLE D&TENTION OF A SE- CEDING PRIEST. WE (Record) have received the painfully interesting caso of a priest who, having had his eyes opened to the falsehood of the Romisl system, has becn forcibly seized and placetl in a3lunatic asylum, ;vhere, at the date of the lettci (March 20), h~e was still confined. His name is Joseppi Borj. About the 20th February, he had, on the previous ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, (FReer OUR OwM CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TTil Italians have a proverb to the effect that it is a heavy burden to have nothing to do. The op- ponents of Lord Derby's Governcent, impressed, no doubt, with the truth of the adage, are working heaven and earth to bring it into disrepute. The Times, which hates the Earl of Ellenborough, because the ...

... SARtDINIA AND A U S TRIA. A LETTER, dated 10th April, from Placenza, in the Unione of Turin, says:- Austria is concentrating troops in Placenza and on the Sardinian frontier. Five hundred Austrian troops arrived this morning, and more are expected.l The garrison is composed already of 2,500 men. No one can comprehend the motive for these military movements, They have given rise to much specula ...

... 9?e . . NICIful ?? (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1858. TnE French Government has abandoned its claims upon the Sardinian Government for the extradition of Mr. Hodge-an English subject suspected of being concerned in the plot against the life of ?? Napoleon, and Mr. Hodge will be forthwith set at liberty. The Govern- ment of Victor Emnimanuel deserves great credit for the ...

... 'Criat Virtl-'ll l It. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY, ARImL 20. (Resunmedffiolm the News-Letter of ~rlednesdeg,) RiEFORLMATORY SCHOOLS (IRELAND). Mr. Serjcait DEASY, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of reformatory schools in Ireland, said the object of the Bill was to extend to that country the bonefltsenjoyed by England and Scotland in respect to reformatory schools. At ...

... (sRoM ?? OWN conuiiEs5oNDrNT.) LoNDON , SATURDAY EviNINo. 'YESTFRDAY was, of course, a dies i10n ill regard to news-no Parliament, no money market, no putllic meetings, no telegmrms, no nothilng, ns thi Cockneys say. I regret, however, to be obliged to record the fact that the most solemn festival in Christendom was kept by the great majority of the Londoners as if it were a day of general ...

... MEETING OF PARISH OVERSEERHS. YESTERDAY, i meeting of the lately-appoiiiled over- seers of public-houses was held at three oe!clk, at the school-roorm to tile rere of St. Alines Chtlch, hI compliance with the following notice:- SIR-You. will please talke notice that you haroe been appointed an overseer of persons and houses in which spirits or beer is soldbly retail, in tie parish of Belfast. ...

... : , I . . . . CA garficulturk. i. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. PLA(T. DPARTMENT4 onservatory, &c.- See that no plant suffers from drought here. Plantd out things will require thorough waterings. The larger specimens in tubs or pots, if any, must also have a liberal supply, provided, the drainage is com- plete. This is the period for fr~ee use of liquid ma- nlure, but take eare tbat it is ...

... As we have no doubt that niany orour readers would be glad to be acquainted with the parentage and other antecedents of the man who bears this blood- stained name, we propose, in the present article, to give a brief sketch of him. Nana Sahib, RaJah of Bithoor-whose correct name is Sree Munt Dhoon- doo Punt-is the eldest son, by adoption, of the late Badgee Rlao, ?? of the Maharattas. For many ...

... lotat ?i IttkItipla, BELFAST MUNICIPAL FttANCIIISE.- The Freenean correspondent says:- Mr. MhIMalion obtained a re- turn on Friday evening oit the nutmber of persons ap- pearing entitied to the municipal franclitse in Belfast on ?? 31st of August in each y ear from 1842 to 1857, by the occupation of £10 premises, aid of the untli- ber disfranchised for non-paynsett of rents oi, other causes. ...

... LATEST'_ NEWS, YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) FR A NCE. Although the statement has been denied in several quarters, the Paris corresp)ondent of the Tmes, writ- ing last night, repeats the rainour that Prince Napo- leon is said to have accepted the post of Governor ar Algeria, under the title or Lieutenant of the Emn- peter, instead of Viceroy. The same correspondent 3ays, it ...

... FOR some time past the practice of posting indecent and disgusting quack placards has been growing more and more prevalent in, Beltast. Every dead wall, every hoarding, every shutter of a vacant shop, exhibits the rival claims of opposing pretenders to a certain class of medical knowledge. Even the portals of the Police Court have not been sacred from the presence of these offensive ...