... UE 1) c 10 C,, i??, Idfu I d ter. (ESTABLISUED ANNO 17731.) S B. E L BELFAST.: I TUESDAY, DEC. 7, 1858. Mn. GLADSTONE has commen0ced operations upon the Septinsular Republic; when, how, and with what effect lhe will close is another matter. He landed amid rohr of cannon, presentation of arms, and general stare from assembled natives; entered promptly into communication with persons called ...

... (FRoM A HOUSE TO LET, THE CHRISTMAS NUMBEFR OF lS 5OUSEiOLD WYORDS.) AT one period of its reverses the House fell into tlhe occupation of a showman. He was fientd registered as its occupier, on tile parish books of the time when he rented the house, and there was therefore no need of an)' clue to hlis name. But, he himscif was less easy to ble fbund; for lhe had led a wandering life, and ...

... TIHE PRESS, THE TEXANT-RIGOUT HOWL. (FROM THlE TIMES.) TnE ohd Trish howl has,, become faint and attenuiated inl its modern instances. It lacks its ancient v~olume of voice and depth of growl. It is as empty as ever, lint it Is not so )oud. We speak fromr copious oppor- tunities Of recent comuparison. Seine iays ago wo inserted onec of Mr. Sharman Crawford's lucubrations upon his pet scheme of ...

... 6?c 19, , I, c ?)J-5 -?X eft c r. ?i i c If ?oj t ?! (ESTABLtSIKID ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1858. Tre cheering news from India whieh we published yesterday is supplemented by additional items, which will be found in another column, A mutiny had broken out in the camp of the rebels, and the capture of Tantia Topee was looked upon as cer- tain. The Daily News regards the ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE LOST TRANSPOWT BONIBAY AT PLYMOUTH. THIRTEEN MEN LOST. PLYMOUTU, SUNID.Y.-Tiio Bombay, of London, Captain Thomas Flamank, arrived in the Sound this morning at 3 o'clock, in tow of her Majesty's steamler Argus, Commander E. J. Ingram, onc of the vessels sent out to search for ber. The Bombay is a complete wreck so far as her masts, rigging, top gear and deck fittings are ...

... I [YMAGNISTIO TELFtGRAPH.] AM E ItICA. Liverpool. Monday Morning. The stun ni dluip Canlada. wh ichlofc t IBostoll oil tile J~ and IhilTax on thu(, 2nd, hats, arrivud, bringing 82 p1ass5t'I(erS and 59,781 dollars sp:!miv, Sir IV. F. Williams of Kars is amongst tho passers- geril. 'fili following steallilrs harl arrived oltt at New Y'k- ?? ?? ?? thue 25th, with machintery dai- ulvged; thu ...

... (FmOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDONDPnRY, SATURDAY. THE time-honnured anniversary of the shutting of the gates of Derry was celebrated this day with the usual ceremonies. The annual sermon was preached by the Rev. Francis Smyth, from Psalm cxv., 1-- ,Not unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy and for Thy truth's sake. A special train left Derry this ...

... THE PIHCENIX CLUB IN KERRY. NTLLAitNEy, SCNDAY.-Th xcitelilent that Ile- vailed bore in tile early part of last week, and which, as stated in a recent cou1111miiication, had, to a Con- siderable extent, caliiicl ?? Owithill tile last tfow d ays, wvas revived on Friday afternoon by the arrival fromu Keninaro of three jarvoy cars with a. strong es- cort of constablulary, halvigit hi n charl gC ...

... |MR. WM. SHARMAN CRAWFORD AND IRISH I i TENANT RIGHT. (FROM TUEi TIMESM WHENEVER the season is summerly and the Weather is damp and mild, good housewives give special ten- danco to their larder. In such days there is cer- tain to be a big blue-bottle thumping and buzzing about. He bangs against the glass, hecomes to tem- porary trouble in the milk-pans. 1{o is a stingless and rather heavy ...

... THlE CONTROVERSY ON BAPTISM. TO TilEll EDITOIR OF TIlE BULFAST NlEWS-LETER, Sin-llaving seen lin your paper two letters, in whicil iny inlile is mentioned, I beg to offer a fbw worids of' explanation on the subject to which they refer. I ain not aware of having taken the first step in coitroversy with lho Rev. D1). Bivce. Wheon I re- signed my fthimer ecclesiastical connexion in this town, ...

... THFE PRESS. DID YOU EVER PLAY AT AUNT SALLYT' (FROM TRR GLOBE.) Dinyou evcr play at Aunt Sally? Perhaps nine out of ten of our readers never hneard of Aunt Sally before. Nevertheless it is one of the roads to fame whichi Dr. Bleattie would perchance have found it dif'- ficult to climl, Inut which has ben~e most successfully overcome- by no less a persoinage than her 'Majesty's Master of ...

... I H1AD a lad of his breed (said Captain Mansfield), and there was no catching him. He had a wonderful capacity for invention, and told his stories so plausi- bly, lie disarmed all resentment. He was a Paddy too, and no handier boy on a young horse, no tidier groom ever took charge of a stable, no better mes- senger (when he liked) than Paddy Flynn; but he had his weakness, and though lie could ...