... LORD DERBY ON TILE IAR RUMOURS. I\ thoe House of Lords, on Thursday, The Earl of DERBY, it, replying to the Earl Gran- ville, who questionled the noble Premier in reference to the rumours of war which he described as rife, s ad -I am enabled to say, that so far as the infor- Ination of her Majesty's (;overnment goes, not only are we uponl perfectly friendly terms with all the great powers, but ...

... AIR. BRIGHT'S REFORM BILL. (FROM T'IE MORNIOG CHtRONICLE.) 3MR. BRIEGHT'S scheme of a Reform Bill has by this time been pretty friely criticised throughout the country. The verdict, we suspect, will not be very complimentary to the hononrable gentlcman's pride as a legislator, just as tile result of tile late agitation is not likelv to have becn comfo)rting to himl in his character of ...

... THE ARMY AND NAVYn PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAft-OFrilE, Fan. 18. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Captain A. Cooper, from 6th Foot, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Still- man, who exchanges, receiving the same. 2nd Dragoons-Cornet J, Grieve to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Moodie, who resigns the Adjatancy only,. 4th Light Dragoons-Cornet R. England to be ...

... FRENChi GOSSIP AND CHIT-CHAT. PARns, MONDAY EVENINsG.-Evory foreign mail brings fighting intelligence; E5000 men have roin- foreed tile garrisol at Ancona, having come by sea a nmethod of walrfem neow to the slow-moving Ted- esehi, but in which the French will shortly. show their supelior advantage along the Italian coast. That a fleet in the Adriatic from Toulon is contemn- ?? is quite clear ...

... (Sqpplenszetarpy to, Special Parliacnentary Despatch.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY. The SPrEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. ZISHERIES. 'Iti. M'MAIION gave notice that on Tuesday, the 22nd, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to assimilate the laws in England and Ireland which regulate the sea coast and inland fisheries. INCOMB TAX. On the motion of Mr. 11IOFFATT, a return was or- ...

... I CORRESPONDENCE INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BEiLFAST NEWS-LETErD University Square, Belfast March 21, 1859. SIR-In the report of the Tines, adopted into some of our local papers, it is stated that, in reply to a question by the Bishop of Down and Connor, Lord Derby said that no Bill on the subject of intermediate education would be Introduced this session. I have just had ...

... THiE 6ONSTABULARlY. ?? A . A - T Joseph Soy motr, Esq., First-class County Inspector, County Mleath, has Ireen transferred to the County ,Carlow, vice Georgc Dixon, EEsq., tranisfcrred to Meath, on promotionl to first-class. The exchange will take place on rand after the Ist of April. Acting-Constabl Maurrin, of Ballinasloe, has been promoted to the rank of constable, on the recommen- dation ...

... RAILWAY TIME- TABLE. [Al,'RANGED PFOR T'HR NrWiS-LIOTTER.] TRAINS will leave fc'r tho undermlenltiolled placeS lrom and to Belfast, on veck days, at the ifollowing hours .- ?? P'laom Belfast, f, 3 30 lil; 2, 4 30 pil Antrim S ani 12 II; 4 30 pjn |; An1u1aghmlloi0 7 1S pill 7, I II; 12 it, 4 30, Armilgh 715 pin 0, 2w ]X ,l 2, 4 30 pml 13,113l1ar0 7lilt;, 2 ?? ?? 4 t10, pill ?? a, 0 :)0 aImI; 2 ...

... [BY EXPRtESS.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. Ilrmine we are in the middle of the long-expected crisis. It has come at last, as everybody knew it would, but the result is by -no means satisfactory to tlje select body of expectant placemen in and out of Parliament, who fancied that by hounding on the Go- vernment to an adverse division they would succeed to power as a matter of course. The ...

... THE CLASSICAL HRMONISTS' SOCIETY. TinE third concert for the season of this society was given last evening at the Victoria Iall, and nttraeted a crowded attendance. We presume this was the closing concert of the season, and it certainly was in seale respects superior to its piedecessors. The artistes engaged included Miss J. Cruise and Mr. It. Smith, of the Dublin con- certs, who are both too ...

... A U.S T Rj,.& . VIrENAX, A'RIL 10.-It is said that tbe Emperor onl Saturda- revoked goma important order' which he had given a day ortwo before; and it is reported that an 'sltinutma) will not now be sent to Turin. It is possible that such may be the case, but uot pro- bable for; the armamenets of Afurtria are carried on with more vigour aid enej'gy than eve. On an ave- rage ten trains a day ...

... ECCLESIASTPICAL. THE ESTABLISHED CHURCHE PREFIERMENTS.-By the death of the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, the rectory and prebend of Ballymore, diocese of Arrmagh, having become vacant, the Rev. Arthur Mllony has been appointed thereto, and the Rev, Francis Crawford, M.A., the incumbent of Por, tadown, succeeds Mr. Malony at Derryloran. The Rev. J. A. Csrr has resigned the assistjut-ehlp laincy of ...