... I: THE -PRESS. THE MINISTRY AND THE OPPOSITION. (FRoNi T11E MtORNING HERALD.) EVERY fresh item of electioneering intelligence jus- tifies the' liopes formed by the Conservative party- nnd every fresh address on the hustings lays inore and more fully bare the crafty tactics of the obstruc- tive faction in their late successful attempt to stay 'the prolgress of Reform. It has no w been exposed ...

... I fle (714. u ? ? (Xi , ? ? 't c r*, ?? t1f iu t ? , c 5;, . f. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST:' MONDAY, MAY 9, 1869' THE former members for the County Dublin and County Armagh were reelected on Saturday with- out opposition. The Dublin Six are now com- plete, and they return in unbroken phalanx to the House of Commons. Before the close of the week Ulster will also have returned all its ...

... R AIL WIA Y T I ME-T'A B LE. [ARRANGED FOR THE NEWS-LETTIr.j TiAmNs will leave for the undermentionod places from anid to Bolfast, on week days, at the following hou;rs:- - - Fromn B3lfoItsi| To Bolfilt. 0, 9 0 owu; ., 0 20 pm Antriin 758, 10 27 am; 2 63 01 0 pim. 8 mn; 12 n; 4 50 pi; Annaghmlolo 725 nl; 12 n; 4 55 pm 7 Ii pl 7 40 pim 7 ,n0 0; 12 I, 4 10, Armnagh 720, 9 30 min, 12 n 7 1 pmin ...

... PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-OFIOPs, MAY 8. Ist Dragoons-Lieut. R. Clarke to be Caltain, by purchase, vice FitzGerald, who retires. 5th Light ?? R. J. W. Birch to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Valiance, promoted. 10th do-Lieit. Lord R. D. Kerr to be Adjutant, vice Fife, promoted. Military Train-Licut. J. Briggs to be Adjutant, vice J. IHarris, promoted to all unattached company, without ...

... IMPORTANT APPEAL AS TO RATING, (FROM OUR SPECIALR IREPOUtT~ER,) Dublin, Friday Night. The Sisters of Mercy v. the Belfast Water Comis sioners. Same v. tile Town Council of 13eit' Same v. the Poor-law Guardians of the Beial't, Union. IN these cases, appeals from the rating malde hy tile three public bodies namued above as appellants, it lc- spect of the Belfast Convent, came to h1 heard before ...

... SATURDAY last, the usual quarterly meeting of the General Committee of the General Hospital was held in the library or that institution, at twelve o'clock. There was a good attendance of the members of the Committee.. The chair was occupied by the Rev. JOHN PORTrR. The Rev. WM. ANDERSON, one of the hon. secCe- taries, read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were then confirmed. Ie also ...

... THE CONSERVATIVE VICTORY IN SOUTH : LANCASHIRE. A VICTORY has been gained for Conservative prin- ciples in South Lancashire, of which the supporters of the present Admsinistration may justly boast. The constituency covers a district almost exclusively manufacturing in its character; and the Liberals have always boasted that the cxpression of an opinion by South Lancashire or the West Riding of ...

... I R D L A N D. MEMUERS RETURNED. C. L. Armagli Co ?? W. Verner ?? I M. C. Close ?? ?? 1 Armagh Borough ?? J. Bond 1 ?? I Athlone . ?? , J. Ennis ?? 1 Bandon ?? lon. Col. Bernard I Belfast .. Sir Ifgh M. Cairns 1 Mr. R. Davison . Cashel ?? Lanigan . Carrickfergns. li, , Robort Torrens 1 Carlow Borough . Sir J. Acton ?? Clonmel ?? J. Bagwell ?? 1 Coleraine ?? 3. ?? J. Boyd ?? I Cork City ? ...

... J REPRRSENETATI QN OF, NEW:RY. I I .1 1 .I . cOFFICIAL Dl.CLAUATION OF THE POLL. O Thfirsday, tho ?? James Charles Price, Esq., accompanied by thle Sub.Sheriff, W. N. Nelson, Esq., entered the Court-house at eleven o'clock, for the purposeo officially minoiincing.the'resnlt of the polliiig. The roughs who had occupied the gallery on Monday absented themselves, end the galleiy, side benches, ...

... I THIS DAY'S NEWS. [BY MAGNETIO TLELEGRAPH. NEIWS-LETTER OFFICE, Monday, One o'clock, pia. THE WAR. THE CAMPAIGN IN PIEDMONT. The Times ?? that the news from the seat of war amounts to is, that the Austrians are march- ing and counter-marching on the Northern bank of the Po-that they are occupying and have entrenched themselves on the Sesia, and that they have with- drawn those troops whose ...

... THIE MILITIA. TYRONE ARTILLElY.-Allyr Htenry esurges, isq., to be Captain, vice Vcsey, transferred to Royal Tyrono Fusiliers. ROYAL TynoNE FusIrIgRS-Ensign Robert Sauin- derson Hamilton to he Lieutenant, vice Moore, ap- pointed to Gold Coast Artillery; Walter John Fitz- Gerald Qain, Gent., to be Ensigh, vice Faulkener, re- tired. The Tower Hamlets Militia arrived in Cork on Thursday by train ...

... r TITE RECENT CONTEST IN NEWRY. WE report elsewhere, at considerable length, the pro- ceedings at the declaration of the poll in Newry on Thursday. It must be highly gratifying to lr. Quinn that be has been returned by ?? a large majority of respectable electors, without a single bribe having been given to any voter. On this subject the. Newry Telegraph of Saturday says:- a It is highly to the ...