... IU Ro1 1, OcT. 23.-The prolonged visit of tile Duke r' and Duchoss of Modena to tle Pope's capital, and Id their actual prcsence in the dominions of the King of of or Naples, are herc accounted for by a nmst impor- Id tant project, viz.-the formation of an ?? alliance in Italy, to comprise the Lombardo-Venetian t kingdom, the Duchies of Parma, Modena, and Tus- o- cany, tile States of the ...

... THE' PRESS. STATE OF INDIA. (PitoM THlE TIMES.) TuE whole of onr1 Indian Informnation at tbis mo- ment niay bc comnpressedI into two broad, prognant thetts, We breve nothing in the field againrst irs lbnt we have 100,000 mlenl ill India, arid thisi tob-ce is no(t considered one mnn too many. Such z i nsliect. of affairs niay well set na% pondern vpon tlie contri'gencies' (,f Our porsition arid ...

... 1.1 i> 1, () V FM E 1N ?? 1 N B E 1. FA S T. Wii;hve f[till o itc L to [line, a; occasi n oflreee ?? [tito jnin;iovelltiwntS 1titiit ill whit is lis- thictively Called ?? sirtet n!ichltctl'' i0l tlis town; allI it i; pieasitilt to cotttisler that tle plit lic Spilit ot its titllnbtit:tts ScoiIIs tot b)y niy melas to [tat c x- litisteil [s:ils1:. lt'o.ri.'ss is still Iilo orli'; ,l tlie (duoN ...

... DISASTERS AT SEA-INCmDENTS, HOPES, FEARS, AND REALITIES. Tue history of steamships would mnakc a narrative more intensely interesting than any romance ever penned What fiction of the brain can equal this terrible reality which is furnished by one who was saved from the Austria:- An English lady who came on board at Southlmp- ton with her husband and three children-a girl abont five years old ...

... Tnu grand banquet given by the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs to celebrate their accession to office took place in the Guildhall on Tuesday evening. The principal guests began to arrive about six o'clock, and were received by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in the chamber devoted to the de- liberations of the Comnon Council. The appearanco of the French Ambassador, of the Earl of Derby, Mr. ...

... Tini usual veueldy mecting of the Board of Guardians of the 13MeIfast Union was held yestC'rday, 1hen Dr M'G1lE, Vice-Chairtan, presided. Thle other mam- bers present ?? Aloole, Surgeon Browne; David Taylor, David Ml ConncIl, JohInI 1-Hamill, J. Joyce It. Bell, Arthur Aicken, J. Iinlay, Adam ?? 1D. Cavliitk, JnTm s Haurper, George Martin, and JaMes Kavlanag1h, ESfls. STrA'El OFr 'ri1 HOUScI, ...

... ANTI-CONFESSIONAL DEMONSTRATION AT I BIRUINGUANI. A PUBLIC lecture on the Cofessionav was delivtered In the Town Hall, Birmingham, o o Friday evening last' to an auditory filling the spacious building and aunt bering 3,000 perpsons, by the Rev. Di. Miller. Lord CAL[R.rnol having introduced the business of tbe evening, Dr. ILLER, Wvho was received with l01( a lnd n con- tinued cheering, opened ...

... ST. GEORGE'SCrneRC1SUNDAY AND DAILY SellOOLS. -It is with much plcasuire we direct the attention of our readers to the announcement in our advertisilng columns, that the Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan vill, to-morflow, bothi morning and evening, occupy tile pillpit of St. George's, and urgo the claimis of the schools in COn1- nexion wili thle congregation. It is in necessl iy tiht we slionl(l say ...

... RAILWAY TIME'-TABLE. [ARRANGED FOR THlE NEWS-LLTTEIR. J TRAINS will leavc for the undermentioned places, fino and to Belfast, on week days, tit the following hours :- From Belfast, To Belfast, 6, 9 80 an; .2, 6 20 pm Antrim 7 68, 10 27 sin; 2 68 6 40 pm.l 7, 8 am; 12 II, 4 30, Armaghi 7 20, U 30 cilt, 12 n, 7 10 PiM 4 50 jim 0, 0 30am;ll; 2, 6-20 pili ?? ltsr d 21, 10 51 sin, 3 2, 0C 7 sim; 1Q ...

... AGRICU LJTURE. ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GROWTH OF FLAX IN IRELAND. Tun monthly meeting of the Committee was hold in Belfast on the 28th ult. There were present-W. S. Crawford, Esq., D.L., Crawfordsburn, a V.P. of the aoctery; s. it. DIuliolland, Esq., J.P., Eglantlne; John Herdman, James Hind, James Campbell, nnd Robert Roddy, Esqrs. The Secretary read a letter, ...

... I (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH-] ANOTHIER LARO1E STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. Last night tile Hudson, a first-class iron steamship, 2,500 tons register, belonging to tile New York and Breunel Line or Mail Packets, was destroyed by tire while Ilying in the port of Bremnen, preparatory to sailing for New York on Satturday. Shte vas coin- pletely a new vesscl, having made only two or three voyages. ?? ...

... PETTY SESSIONS' CLERKS. TO Till- E DItTOiR 01T TIIt 41.T.AST NEIWS-LTTrtR. Sua-I have, 'cad with satisfaction a letter fromn a J.P. for teie County D own, addressed to you on tile subjcet of the conltempliated alteration of tile Petty Sessions' districts ill Irelanld. Lord Na as proposes to consolidate several districts, in order to provide enll adequate salary for the clerc. But thids only ...