... l I(FROM THE NORTH BRITISH MAIL.) Wr have before us evidence that ?? frolm the earliest period of its cxistcelce to its close a syste- matiscl concealmient of the state of the discotmis was practised flpon Iltc directors. Such as trace the ruin or the Western to thoe Manlgement of Mr. Taylor, will probably be sutrpriserd to learn that though hliere can be no question tihat hle became an apt ...

... A MRETING of the Senate of the Queen's University 'vas held at three o'clock on Friday, in St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle, for the purpose of conferring honours and degrees upon the successful candidates sent from the three colleges to the University. There was a crowded and distinguished attendance. Thle Lord Lieutenant was present, accompanied by the Duke and Dachess of montrose and their ...

... ,1Sal1 all~ Aitlitan). PROMOTIONS AND BXC ItANG ES. WAR-OFFICtt, OCTOBUR 15. 3rd Regiment of Light Draguons-Lient. C. T. Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sitwell, wIiLO retires; Cornet J. 0. Phibbs to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Golf. 13th. Light Dragoons-J. White, gent., to be Cor- net, by purchase, vice Lethbridge, plomoted. Royal Artillery-The undermentioned gentlemen cadets to he ...

... SE RAi ONS YE S T ERD A Y. . ESurA'LISIIED mIIUROII. .STURnDAY, ?? g to annOulncneont, Sermons were preached in most of the Episcopalian Churches n Belfast mid its vicinity, in aid of the Society fur Promoting Christianity among the Jcws, In the morning the claims of the society were advocated in St. George's Churcl, Chlist Church, i1legldalene Church, Trinity Church, St. Panl's, St. M\ark' ...

... UX TUAOZDIWAURY Sua E. NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY ATEM NOON.-Inmmense cX- citement was caused in this town to-day, when it be- cRaI e kenown that the Gateshead m agistrates had issued a warranit for the rappreinension of Mons. F. do Maricourt, son of the French consul here, on a charge of anttenlpting to shoot the editor of the Northern Daily Express. Municipal politics rnan high here, and Mr. Dani a ...

... Trin inauguration of the Adelaide Hospital, Peter Street, Dublin, took place on Friday, in presence of a numerous and respectable assemblage, including many members of the clerical and medical profes- sions. Amongst those present at the meeting were the fol- lowing, besides a numerous attendance of ladies:- The Right Hon. the Earl of Mayo, the Most Rev. the Lord Bishop of Meath, Edward Grogan ...

... 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 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 ...

... .it pragil ?Iltdligtllm AU STRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 11,-You have repeatedly heard ftom mo that the State ?? does not work as regularly and smoothly as could be wisied, and a reason has now been given lnc for the eccentricity of its movements. When first the negociations re- specting the Concordat began, certain lay Jesuits wvere introduced into tshe several departments, and since its conchisionl ...

... I Tilrl LURGAN INVESTIGATTIOI. TO Tl73 EDITOR OF TIHE BELFAST NEWS-LETTE3R. Sii-Tn referringl to tile letter oF thle Poor-Law C~nuinisioners.7, ?? ?? dceisiil ?? thte late investigation at Lurgan Workhouise, and pub- lislwo in your palor, I beg to state that the records oft tei honse show that, Within tho lest year ...

... I N D I A. CALCUTTA, SePT. 3.-Intelligence of the passing of the India Bill reached Allababad upon the 25th ult., and the despatches six days afterwards, but no proclamation has yet appeared; it is not, expected by the officials for another month. It is a difficult thing to get a document of any kind from the Go- vernor-General, and, in tho present instance, mea- sures will be taken to make ...