... GALE IN TEIE MERSEY-COLLISION-AND SHIPPING DISASTERS. LIVERpOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.-It blew a strong gale from N. to N.W, last ilight and all day to-day accompanied with. heavy squalls, and a good many casualties are roeited at the urnderwritera' rooms. A schooner eapsised near the Point of Ayr. The crew are supposed to have got into the rigging. The Semaphore states that the Point of Ayr ...

... Tur wisest of political weather prophets could not, by the exercise of his extremest skill, havel predicted the extraordinary and almost inoxplicablo change in the wind which the last twenty-fimi bours has brought about; We bad occasion yesterday morning to call attention to an article in the Alorthlepa IVWg of the previous day, which was filled with the forebodings and Incitements of a coming ...

... THE ARMYAND NAVY. PROMOTIONS AND EXCI NG WAR OFFICE, PALL MIALL, AlARCn 8. 11 th Reegiment of Light Dragoons_ Breyet-eol W1. lilton Passy, from half-pay of a Depot BIai lion, to be Lieut.-Col., paying the difrerence bt,; infantry and cavalry, vice Brevet-Col. J. Doigls C.B., who exchanges, receiving the same; Msjjr J' Miller to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase, vice Ife0 e Col. Passy, who retires; ...

... NEWS. LATEST NEWVS-LETTER OFFI0E, Friday Afortning. P R U S S I A. Berlin, Wcdnesday. In the sitting of the Chambers of Deputies to-day the Ministerof Finance stated that thelaw prohibiting the exportation of horses over the Zollverein frontiers will conic in force to-miorrow. The Ministcl for Foreign Affairs gave a description of the present state of European afrairs. The follow- *ing is an ...

... BELFAST WVATER COMAIISSIONERS. YESTUIZDAY, tile usual weekly meeting of this Board was held at their offices, Rosemary Place, M.II R. T. M'GEAcGIi in the chair. The other members present were-Alessrs. John Lindsay, Thomas Gray, George Phillips, Robert Greer, R. M. Carson, Richard Con- nary, J. Cameron, and Win. Addison. When the reporters were admitted, MIr. JOiiN LINDSAY was commenting upon ...

... IIARBOURS OF REFUGE. Trin following is the portion of the report of the Co0mmissioners on Ilarbours or Refuge which refers to Ireland:- On the North coast of Ireland the attention of the Commission was specially drawn to the Antrim Skerries, which we visited, and they were carefully surveyed nuder our directions. This outl ing chainl ofrislands ftrius almost a natural breaklwater, and by ...

... i 9?c (I ? , IRptUnt 4 It tv'5 c r. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: FRIDAY, M1ARCH 11, 1859. LORD COWLEY has left Vicuna, and will be in London by to-morrow. It is said that the sue- cess of his mission is doubtful; but we rather think the phrase should be, that the result of his mission is doubtful. It cannotbeascertained by any process of even political induction what success he has lecd ...

... 9?t -? elfluf lluW ?? c It er. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) B33 ELFA'ST: SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1859. SzVEmRAL Phcenix arrests have taken place in Clare, the approver being a National schoolmnas- ter. It is rather singular how many Roman Ca- tholic schoolmasters and workhouse officials have been mixed up in the conspiracy as leaders, dupes, or approvers. We continue to report the pro- ceedings at ...

... LivHRPooL, THURSDAY.-Tho Bess Grant, which satled some days sinco for Africa, has put back, with ljer6' argo shited. This is the third time this vessel Tlhe crewv-steamerivilliaF Frarid, while siarting on ihpr voyage yesterday to St. Nasaire, came in collision had to return to port, with the screw-steamship Nova Scotian, for Portland, when going to sea. She sustained such injuries that Ohe had ...

... MEIBTING OF IRISII LIBERAL MEMBERS-THE I I ~ REFORM BILL. LoNDON, THURSDAY NIGHT.-The following Irish Liberal members met at three ?? J. D. Nor- rcys, Blake,,, J. D. Fitzgerald, Hatcholl, Calcott, l3eamislh,DeYeror, Brady, Deasy, Deycreux, Lcvingc, Fortescue, M'Evoy, FrenUch Green-Mr. MACARTHY in the chair. Resolutions were adopted. First- That the refisal of the Government to give any ...

... -. FRENCH aOSSTP AND CHITRCHAT . PARIS, MONDAYB M vsN- ora or mis morn- ing has a6 powertal leader, establishing a complete parity in the Cvais bell 'which England and France found against Russia for assuming the exclusive 'pro- tectofate of Syrihn and Moldo-Wallachian Christianity against the Sublime Porte- Tile pretension of Austria to an ?? predominance in the whoio peninsula South of the ...

... NE, WS5-LETTER OFFICE, Saturday MeorNains, F R A N C E . The correspondent of the llerald says that thle hopes of peace which the resignation of the head of the war party gave rise to are gradually melting away under the influence of semi-official statements which the Frerilch Government allows to go forth. These statements are to the effect that the Emperor has not changed his policy, that ...