... TuE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, [FRnOx OUR SPECIAL flfPORTEP.] DUBLINT, HALs-PAST FoeR o'cfocs. AT a mecting in Doblin Castle, to-day, the proceed. ings of whichi had not termlinated when this despatch vas forwarded, prizes Worle conferred on the under-- named gentlemen from tlc Belfast College:- Tlhe plizemenl from tile Colleges of Cork and Gal- wray ?? amount to only seventeen-from Bel- fast alone ...

... EMIGRAT[ON TO N1EIV ZEATIAND-FREE GRANTS OF LAND, WE hceg to reftr onr readces to an article from itii Nelsy'I Telegrapnph on thissititject, which alppears in 01'- cohlunns this' morning, and which contsilns maich valtialle infotncation for the intending oneigrant. The Anstralian colonies and Newv Zealand have been gra- dualiy asssiming a more and more important position, and an oanmination ...

... I (ritOM ouit OWvv coInrESPO-DaNT.) LomzoN, IVEMNESDAY EVENING. TII National Association for thle Promotion of Social Science has been good enough to open its campaign just at tho momnTIL Whell a dearth of news vas immilneit, and to tll ?? inovitable. Tile peripatetic pifflosophers and puilndits who, a brief fortnight siricL, cnlightened the ?? capital and astonished the world by tile depth of ...

... I g e, 1,tl e If ? I d - ?t r. (ESTABLISIED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST.: MONDAY, OCT. 18, 18 58. RAILWAY traffic, which has for a considerable timne been rather depressed, is again looking up. The aggregate receipts on all the railways of the United Kingdom, for the week ending October 0, exhibit an increase of about £2,000 over the same week last year. Some weeks recently have been as much as 212 ...

... [ THE. SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. LivERPOoL, THURSDAY MORNING. FOURTH DEPARTMENT-PUBLiO HEALTH. TEE proceedings in this section commenced at half- past ten yesterday morning, when the Bight Hon. the Earl of SHAFTEsBsUx took his seat as president of this department. Dr. HOLLAND, the secretary, read the first paper. It was written by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, and the title of it was The ...

... BRITISHI COLUMBIA. A LurTETP from Victoria, Vancouver's Island, appears in the Tinies. Its correspondent writes:- The all-enlgrossing subject in thiu part or tho world is the present state and future proli~pptC of the new gold mines in the British territory on the mainland. There has been no great development as yet, owing to the high state of Fraser's River, caused by the meltin- of the snow ...

... WESLEYAN AIfslIODIST IHOME MISSION. EISTERDAY etettitig, according to previous announce- sent madte ins the coltuius of(the Xeivs-Leter, a public. seting was held in Frederick Street Wesleyan 'hurch in aid of tile Wesleyan Methoditit Home hlis- ion. Owing to the inelesuency of tile weather, the ttendance was not soI large as it wiould otherwise iave been. On the platform, we ?? nlullan, ...

... Rabat altv 43, lititmilf It is stated that second battalions are to be added to the 25th, 20th, 27th, 281t, 29Lh, and 30th Ro- giments. General. Whitlockl's column will come in for a large slice of prize-money. The share of tile gallant gene- ral himself will, it is reported, be £80,000 sterling- perhaps almost as much as Sir Colin Campbell will receive. [IOasE GUARDS.-IHis Royal Highness the ...

... TRINITY COLLEG E. ETNTRANCE EXAMINATION. This examination was held on tho 12th and 13th inst. Sixty-three candidates presented themselves; fifteen of these were recommended for re-examina- tion for high places, and were finally arranged in the following order of merit:- MLarks, Marks, 1. Mills ..8. ?? 5 9. Millar ?? 59 2 Gibson , 75 10. Neish . .. 54 3. Grahliame . 73 I t. Starkey ?? 52I 4. ...

... - - YESTERD.AY'S DESPATOCHES. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) THE PORTUGUESE DIFFICULTY, The Patric, in an article on the Porttigiuese difficulty, says the mediation clause in the treaty of Paris is nut applicable to this case, which, it says, relates to a ,jiestion of dignity and limnour requiring reparation, and not Iaving any dloor open fi.r cunciliation. It is instructed to say that the French ...

... YESTERDAY'S DESPATCOIES. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) INDIA. The following telegram has been received at the East Indial House, to the Secretary, E. J. Ilowve, from G. F. Edminudson, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General:- Allalabad, Sept. 12. 0 U DE. The cantonment of Sultanpore was occupied by our forces, without opposition, on tho 29th of Aug., the rebels having ...

... (11 pic-litt.11a. 41 SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. (PROM TIIE InlSn FrARM 1S' GAZETTE.) C[Ur.'V1rvtON OL? POTATOES WITit LtlMI3 AND SALT. - A. SalbSCribL'P writes- laving senn ia news- paiper al ?? or a Scri(e or cxperimenlts on tilo culture of potatoes, and its beinig stated that those cultivated with lime and salt escaped disease, and yielded a large rcturn; will you be so good as to say how ...