... I -. THE ~WAR. I l1 -l TE tw l th warpensalike spirit tha animates the soldiers o France, Austriau and rd8.1 seens to be extendingdto the st a t e dft tahe eoples ofvehose countries end of Germany.v Up to s ?? top rse the onlyn onth last weekthe odny accounts of the conduct and progress of ofheia bcontenin forces were in the form, principally, of ffiialbuletns fromn Turin, All these accounts ...

... Qt SALE OF THE HOUSEHOLD WonDs -YcSteTdav after- noon tie well-krown periodical, EHousehold Words, was sold by auction by Mr. Hodgson, of Fleet Street. The biddings commenced at £500. From £1,100 the biddings were between Mr. Charles Dickens and Miessrs. Bradbury and Evans. Ultimately the copyright was purchased by Mlr. Charles Dickens for the saiii of £3,550.-LEprrss. Cfsvno TESOAFE.OF A ...

... THE annual report of Mr. HEIEmRT VOULES, one of he Government Inspectors of Prisons, on the state of he prisons in the Midland district, has just made its ppearance. Though dated February, 1859, the visits ,f inspection were all made in theyear 1857, the report .f the prison inspectors invariably being delayed in heir publication at least twelve months. Why this hould be so is not very clear, ...

... coraemprag Loinien. [Under this head we give such extracts from the London and provincial papers as indicate the opinions of the press on current topics.] GERMEANY AND THE WAR. [Frown the O'irneS.] The substitution of the vigorous and' fanatical Rech- berg for Count Buol as the. Chief Minister of Austria coincides singularly with the speech of the Prussian Regent on closing the Session of the ...

... SECOND EDITION hV By ?? AN)D SAGNMrtO TrErLRAP. I lie The Bombay mail will be delivered ic London on m-t Friday morning. he Coruet Augustus Fellowes, of the 1st dragoons, 1. stationod at Canterbury, shot himself through the ott head on Wednesday. A pressing writ for £9 was til the cause. Verdiot- Temporary insanity. 3r- The Mdrningj Star snums up the results of the nygeneral eleotiou, and ...

... THE (ClHURCH -MISSIONARY I SOCIETY. (F m C( espOidclf.) 'TMs imwting wlhoie pjioceediogi wo yes.terday ?? orted wS1 lna .diilarry e't .,1i1i thoasalild at people in Liverpool asorulblibg with the livowed object of attacking the ancient and hinmly-rooted religions of India, and substituting for them Christi- anity. We make every allowance for the influence of merely adventitious causes in ...

... A SPCA ~eIGo h onCuclwas held on Wed- 131 a -FIESI~q ALO-he ou Ballesth Dean of Guild, tio k h iyTesrrMsr ilas Sh~epherd, cia o rikhnGrdn edroG Jamieson, Be. - and J. Jameson. lid Tar PROPOSED NEW POST OFFICE. 8~Mr-ANGUS read tiss reply of the Council to communics.- 8 tion froni Mr Abbott, Secretary of the General Post Office, Li Edinburgh (with resolution of the Council), as a.-reed to he a ...

... THIRD EDITI ?? ON. IMERCURY P - - e Tmm~u' -- zx. c_ i. . ...

... TENUDE OF FREE CHURCH SCHOOL- MASTEBS. (FRtOl TEE PERilstaiE ADvENtasana.) Can a Free Church schoolmaster be dismissed by a deacon's court, of kirk-sessiok, at a dav's notice and without any reason assigned? This question was discussed by the Free Synod of Perth and.Stir- ling at its meeting in Stirling on Tuesday last week. It came before the, Synod by appeal from a judgment of the Free ...

... ADVANTACIES OFl NAVAL -SERVXCE.' ! , - .7 1 Y l I Tho following' brief sultnaty, shawirngtbepresent stE ra-e f p4y and collateral adyantages1 at'.ching to Y ?? ?? itc the RoyA Nav'sy,1i chiefly baded an upotI' EL dlc lrrnent presented to the Mdoniing Commiv- In sioo by Sir `RidlcardBrnmles, the AceountaTlit-General K iof iie Ny. Assumving that the same were offered to men now enreriog for the ...

... ~irl i. I [fast t X tees+ LI tla ~A~L c isj~ (ESTABLISHED ANTO 1737. BELFAST: FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1859. TANTIA TOPEEI hS suffered the just punishment of his obstinate rebellion. 'Ihe ne\VS this morn- ing, by the Bombay mail, informs us that he was hauged, but docs not mention the date of his execultion. The elections are over, Messrs. Ellis and Greene having been returned once morc for Kilkenny. ...

... GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS-IRELAND. I AN important Parliamentary paper has just been issued, giving an abstract of the accounts of ipr ments made by the Crand Juries of the several ties, cities, and towns in Ireland in the year Tbe amounts are as follows:- Antrim,. £- . .. £57,750 Arnaglh, .. , ?? 29,439 ?? , . 13,558 Carrickfi'rgus, County of tlc Town, 1,711 Cavan, . .. ?? ?? ?? , IS,689 Clare, ...