... NUMIllzR OF STAIMPS ISSUED TO TIlE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPEPS, FROM .1ST JULY, 1855, TO 31ST DLEcmMIIE, 1857. (F'oes Ode Pthe lirlentaly Sfulep Return.) . Qurler Quarter Qunrter Quanrter Quarter sr BPAPRnS. ended ended ended onded euided Sept. 50, Dec. 10, Mar. 31, June 30, Sept. 80, 18. 3. 1033. 3030. 1830. 18D0. News-Letter ?? 30,000 9s,OO 35,000 82,300 80,000 . Ioigly . . 5,000 1,000 251,00 47000 ...

... ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROIVTH OF FLAX IN IRELAND. Tun monthly meeting of conliti cc was held in Bel- fast, on1 12th instant-JOIIN fORTI [Cl;, ESq., in thle chair. The auditors reported that they had been examining tile instructor's accounts, and as some of theor appeared to be difficult in solution, they re- quested that there Should bo associated wvith. them three other ...

... THREE ITUNDRED YEARS AGO. . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES. SIR-Three hundred vears ago 'Mary died, and Queen Llizaboth ascended tile throne ?? realms. By almost universal Protestant consent, her ascent was the establishment of that Reformation the social and national fruits of which Macaulay, in his great history, and Carlyle in his recent work, have both culogised in terms asjust as they are ...

... GARDENING.OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. PLANT DCL'ART)r\NT *'Conservatorv, &e.-Al plntuts belong-ing to this structdtre should now beunder glass. Cleanliness anid free ventilation (whcntver tlhe wealtler will ?? of it) shlould reccive constant atteotion, It severe weather shin.ld occur, (lo not hesitate to use a little fire heat at tiines, especially if tile liouses contain a good many plants in ...

... IMESSRS. LINDSAY'S NEW BUILDINGS-' THE I ULSTER ARCADE. BELFAST people, generally, are proud of their town, its public buildings, wide lines of street, commerce, and manufactures; and, however much strangers who have never been here, may be inclined to at- tribute this feeling to local partiality, it is fully justi- fled by the facts. Our town has advanced more rapidly during the last twenty ...

... BALLINASLOD GREAT ANNUAL FAIR. BALLINASLOEP, W1EDNESDAY EvEMNNo.-The Horse Fair-The number of horses exhibited for sale to- ?? wvas less than at previous fairs. There was a good attendance of buyers, and there was a fair share of business transacted to-day. One of thle leading horse-dealers informed nwe that he had been unable to procure any of the first-class horses lie had heon in the habit ...

... ROMISII CIHAPELS AND PROTESTANT CON- TRIBUTORS. Wip perceive, by the Newry and tuidundl papers, that a new Rotnan Catholic Chsapcl has just been erected at Rathfriland, and is to be opened on Sulday next. Nearly twenty years ago, we hear, the ttildinig was conmibenced, and its slow progress was, doubtless, owing, first, to the Want of funds; and, secondly, to the decline of Romanisin in the ...

... TIIE following letter has been addressed to the pre- siding magistrates, by the Rev. Mr. Steele:-. Portora Roval School, Sept.. 30, 1858. MB LORD AND GENTLEMEN-YOur decision Of the case in which some of the pupils of this school were concerned on Monday last, has caused deep re- gret, and no small embarrassment to mae as the head of the school, I confess I had hoped for a dif- ferent decision ...

... WuILa Spience, of late, has been accomplishing its marvels to an extent unprecedented, Christian phi- lanthropy has been actively at work, and opened new channels of benevolence in every variety of form and manifestation. Strange it is, indeed, that our sol- diery, who render us such essential service, and who are all so ill requited for their toils in behalf of our country, should have been ...

... TITE (IMALLEY ORPHANS, TiLE Editor ofthe Beqflist Yews-Letter begs to acknow- ledge the receilpt of the following sums, in aid of the rund now being raised on behialf of the O'Malley orl)hans:- A Lover of Fair Play, ?? ?? it 0 0 Jolin Cranistonj, Esq., Craneb)rook, Coalisland, I 0 0 W. t . .. 0 J. D. Dungannoll, 2 2 0 Further shbscriptions are earnestly solicited.' A large sum will be ...

... '.eldfa ~elv-X~etftr* Ie (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: FRIDAY, OCT. 22, 1858. 'Tuli London journals contain voluminous details of Indian news. They have, lhowever, been an- ticipated by the telegraphic summaries which have already appeared in our columns. The Times contains an interesting resume of the Russian treaty with. China, *which it charea. terises as a mastor-pieco of diplomacy. ...

... I LAST evening, the Rev. Dr. Murphy, Professor of C( OrientalLaniguages, in ?? Assetnbly's College, delivered alecre in tie Assemiibly)-Rooms, Holywood, on the ?? What is the state of' the soul be- tween death and tile resuricetion? The attendance was large and respectable. The chair was occupied by the Rev. HENRY ll3NDiRISON. IN After pr aise and prayer had been engaged in, va The CHAInMAN ...