... THE RIBBON- CONSPIRACY, ARRESTS IN BELFAST, YESTERDAY evening,. considerable cxciteiuent was caused in Belfast by the arrest of sixtcen individuals, charged on oath with being memnbers of all illegal secret society, or, in other words, with being Ribbon- mem At six o'clock in the evening, a party of con- stabalary, numbering about forty, undor command of 11. Bindon, Esq., Sub-Inspector, ...

... A FULLO meeting of the Senatus Academicus, as incorporated by tbe recent charter, was held in the Theatre on Saturday. Thle special object of the meeting was the consideration of certain amend- ments, proposed by the Board of Trinity College, regarding the cxercises for degrees and the mode of cnnfnrringf them. Prior to any formal discussion, thle Vice-Chancellor read a clear and ...

... THE INDIAN CAMIPAIGN. (FRoM THE TIMES.) Ters concentration of tbe Indian ivar is now abso- lutely complete. So small is the focus at length es- tablished tfint the scene of lostilities would be hardly appreciable in a mnoderately-sired map of Hindostan, and yet, sr) ferce is tile flaoe at tbis critical point that all the srnrrorlrding, country is ilulmiibe(l by the glare. On the very banks of ...

... Tica Writer of a Diabolical Attempt at Assassina- lin lcilti know tilat we could not insert such It C~a c im icationwtiouct ?? nae Is A gnarmanltea for its correctness. S0 Iyo 1 Till, PROPAGATiON o r TIM GOoSPEL IN FoucejGN PARTS.-A sermon in behalf o' tthis society Witas preasiraeld on Sunday morning last, Iy thle Very lie. tlhe Deant of Down, in Liurgan Chinc liw hich was crowded in every ...

... PROSELYTISM IN TiHE POORHOUSE, TlE system of proselytism upon which the Church of Rome in these countries has entered is carried out with a pertinacity as strong as it is audacious. In every instituition where the emissaries of ?? are admitted, the same attempts to win perverts to their dogmas are observable, and these attempts are everywhere persevered in, against truth and justice, until the ...

... TIHE GALWAY LINE OF STEAMERS. IN reference to this line of steamers the Mforning Adverlisei of Monday, after noticing that arrange. ments had been made for holding a public meeting in the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast., for the pnr~ poseof (discussingr tliendvantiges ofthe line, proceeds to say- Ireland will erc longassnmc the commercial standing- to which she is entitled in proportion to her ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY. THERE is at length some prospect of a change in the political world. The hour for the meeting of Parlia- ment in the eventful session of 1859 will be fixed in a few days, and, in all probability, Thursday, the 3rd of February, will witness a repetition of the usual Courtly pageant of her Majesty's pilgrimage to St. Stephen's. The preparations ...

... Ar the general half-yearly meeting of the Incorpo- rated Society of the Attorneys and Solicitors of Ire- land, held at the Solicitors' Hall, on Friday, Nov. 26th, 1858, RICuARD J. T. ORPEN, Esq., Vipe-resi dent, in the chair, a report of tho Cotmcoil was read by the Secretary7 and adopted by the meeting, of which we give t Ie following portions:- In presenting their annual report, yonl Council ...

... TIHE DRAINA0E OF LOUGII NEACII AND LOUGH BEG. 'YI.STEM1DAY morning, the Comomissioners5 of Public Works in Irelind, Sir RICHiARD GtRiuvvirn and Lieut.- Colonel MKtutook their seats in~ thle Crown Court.', shortly beforc cloven o'clock, and p)roeeded with thle hearing of' appeals against thie Surims charged ill thle darat award agaitist proprietors of land around Loughi Neagh iuid L~ough Beg, ...

... ('TJ ? t 'fWfiuf ?? 4 (ESTABLISHED 'ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1858. TiE brief telegram of news fiom India contains very chcering intelligence.' The talookdars of Oude were making their allegiance, and several strong places had already been yielded up. The Royal proclamation is doing its work admirably, and the whole country, we trust, will soon be calmed down again. It is stated ...

... BELFAST YOUNG MENl§-CH-RISTIAN A S SO CIA TI 0 N. YESTERDAY evening, at half-past seven o'clock, the first lecture of the present session in connection with the Bielfast Young Men's Cbristian Association-the oldest society At the kind in this town-nwrs delivered in the Victoria Mall, by the Rev. Arthur Mtusell, alptist minister, Manlichester; tie subject beWig- * City SalieCs Rid Town Traps. ...

... (IFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, TeiURSDAY. TurE Government bave rewarded two meritorious poblic officers, Messrs. U. Thompson and Ogden by promoting them, respoctively, to the offices in the 0encral Post Ofice, Dublin, vacated by the decease of Mr. Botl, and the retirementof Mr. Banon. The Commission to hiquine into tile stato of the Registry of Deeds Office wvill, 1 uliderstlnid, be ap ...