... SomE time ngo we had sincere gratification in being- tho means of obtaining subscriptions to a large amount from the liberal-minded and generous'reader.4' of our 'paper, for a rcspected Curato or, the Estab-. lished Church who was labouring under pecuniary distress. We are now called upon to endeavour 'to makc a similar effort for a minister of the Presby- -terian Church, -whose ense is ...

... THE IPOPE AND II[S PROMISES. IT is now nearly ten years since Pins IX. re.entered Rome, pacified by FreCIch bayonets; ie caroried in his hand tho charter which is called the Motu Proprio ol(G'aeln (13th September, 1849), which was a solenin promise to his subjects and to his foreign protectors that the abuses of the past should not bo renewed. The above-namned document contained a formal en ...

... R A IL W AY TIM Es-TAB L E. [ARRANGED FOR THE NEWS-LETTER.] Taluis will leave for the undermentioned places l fronm'and to Belfast, on Week days, at the following hours From Bolfast. To Bqyast. C 9 90 am; 2, 4 30 pm Antria 7 98, 10 27 amu; 2 58 6 40 pin. 7, 8 am; 12 n, 4 90, Armagh 7 20, U 30 am, 12 n, 7l1lpin 4 10pin 0, 9 ?? akl; 2,4 30 pm Dialyclare 821,1061 am, 321, 63 7Vim; 12 n; 4 3( ?? ...

... SUBSCRIPTION BAALL. LAST night, thle second subscription ball of the season was give' in the Music Hall under distinguished patronage. The company, which numbered about ninety of the ndbilitY and gentry of the district, began to arrive at ten o'clock. Amon.gst those present ?? Massereene, HIon. Miss Skeffington, Lady Matilda Moitgomery, A. 1I. Montgonucryjthe lMisscs'MontgofiCry, Mtrs. ...

... RAILWAY TIM.B-TABLB. [ARRANGED FOR TIE NEWS-LETTI41J.] TRtiNS will leavc for the undermentioned ?? from and to Belfast, on week days, at the following hours From Belfast. To Belfast, 3, 0 30 mn; 2, 4 30 ptla Antrlilt 7 25, 10 27 am; 2 58 5 410 pian. 7, 8 am; 12 a, 4 80, Arnlaghi 7 20, 530 ein, 12 't 7t, 3 pitl 4 8i0 p 3°G !, 9 :ti nu; 2,4 30 pi), Bl(lyrelar 3 21, 101 lill, 21, 513 7 9a012 ii ...

... LONDON'CO B RESPOND'E N CE. (FROM ouR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LoNDoN, SATURDAY EVENING. Tni distressing condition of Mfss Flora MaeFliusy, who protested sieh liad nothing to wear, although her maid was ready to depose upon oath that she had three waggon loads of new dresses, is not, I assure you, at all similar to that of your correspondent, who finds himself in the predicament of being compolled ...

... EXAMINATION IN THE MODEL SCHOOL SATURDAY last, tihe annual religious exanlillation of the pupils belonging to the Established ClILhrcl, at present attending the Belfast District Model Sehuaol was held at eleven o'clock, in the infant school1' of that institution, before the Lord Bishop Of D and Connor and. Dromore, Lord AlMasosselete anl Ferrard, and Baron Greene. The ministers ofr IIe ...

... 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 ...

... (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 ...

... |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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...