... YESTERIDAY, the annual meeting of the subsctibers to the General Hospital, Frederick Stret', was held in tho.Town Holl, Police Square, at one o'clock, wben the MAYOR (Win. Ewart, jun., Esq.) presided. Amongst those present were:-The Lord Bishop of Down and Conior and Dromore; the Right Rev. Dr. Denvir; Rev. Dr. Miller, Vicar of Belfast; Rev. Wmi Anderson, Curate of Boll'ast, and one of the Hon ...

... MORE FATAL WlRECKS. As we predicted on Friday, it will be some days ere the full extent of the losses and wrecks occasioned by the terrible gale of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning is assertained. In addition to the long list of disasters which were given in our paper of yester- day and Thursday, no fewer than fifty-two wrecks an(l casualties were posted at Lloyd's in the course of ...

... A P H O T OG R A P H. (FROM TURE MORNING POsT.) THouc;G the Irish Roman Catholics of the small far- mer and peasant classes in Ireland possess more mother Wit, shrewdness, and flexibility of mind than lIersons in their position in Etigland or Scotland, yOt the peasant priesthood and hierarchy of the Romnish faith in no degrce reflect tile intelligcrce and quick- ncss or the intuitive ...

... BELFAST GENERAL IIOSPrTAL, Q - - .- ~ ~ + I. .. SATURDAY last, tile quarterly meCtiiag Of ti Committee of the Geneiral floslital Ivas ilat (l o'clock, in the library of that illstitutione Wltel ti Rev. W.)t. JO1tNSTOX OCC11pie(I the Chair There wl a good ate! ndance of thle ienhbejs of th1e c.s. The, Rev. XV. ANDiEtiSOX, mie of th l 1 taric.', read thle mlliutes (of tile allnnal uter EL ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO CAPT. AIOCLINTOCK, R.N., AT DUNDALK. A UirotrUMG of the inhabitants of Dundalk and its vicinity took place on Monday last, in the Grand Jury Room of the Court-house, in order to present a testimonial to the distinguislicd discoverer of the relics of the Franklin expedition. The testimonial consisted of a massive silver salver and a beautifully- designed claret jug of the same ...

... WRECE OF THE BOYAL CHAKTER. (FROM THr LIVERPOOL AL1l3ON.) A G3NTLEMANX who aI:rived on Satnrday mlorning from the wreck states that vcry few additional bodies had herinl washled ashore, and be accounts for it oll the supposition that the great majority of thecorpses are still colirned in tire body of' the ship, somle part of whichl lie believes, is still entire. Divers have been despatciled to ...

... LAT'EST PARTICIULARS. MOrrLFRt BAY, MIONDAY AFTrnzoON.-It is neces- sary that the public should be on their guard against thie runollrs in circulation as to the discoveries made by the divers who commenced operations yesterday. It Was reported as an established fact in Bangor last night that one of tUIe divers had entered the saloonr of tile Royal Charter, and there found about 200 ...

... fe I (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 1859. THE San Juan question remains much as it was a month ago, with this exception, that the Ameri- can forces, which at first were absurdly small, are being gradually augmented, and there are now about 700 men on the island. They are fortifying themselves ; but we expect they will not have an opportunity of putting their engineer- ing ...

... THE GREAT EASTERN-BELFAST LOUGH. TO THlE EDITOR OF THE 3ELFAST NEWT-LETTER. DEAR SIR-It having occurred to me that the Great Eastern might safely lie in Belfast Lough, at about the same spot where H.MS. Ajax was an- chored, I wrote some days ago to MIr. Campbell, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great Ship Company, suggesting that the vessel might be brought there on her leaving ...

... |LONDON CO- RESPONDENCE. (FRoM OUR bwtT CORRE1SFONDENT.) LONDON, WEONESDAY. Wl had another tremendous gale yesterday, and it is feared that a long list of casualties by sea and land will be the result. The wind rose to a hurricane about noon, and exhausted itself towards the small hours this morning. From accounts already received from the provinces, it appears that the railways have been ...

... the Crown lands are deSented seml)ly, defeatinn the treasurer 601d keeps up. COMMERCIAL to li premium. -- Cornwal - - - NSIYS-LETTIfR OFFICE, Monday 1foArning, [)it MAO.TlO TELEGRAP'H.] TIE CONGRESS-SIGNING OF THE TREATY. Zurich, November 5. In the last Conference held, the working out of the treaty of pace has been entirely completed, and all that now remains is for the Sardininn Pleni- ...

... TIlE WRECK OF THIE ROYAl CHARTER. MR. M'CAPsPIN snd Mir. Ferris, oUr townSmn1C1, wIIo WCIC so 0miraIcillously saved from thie raeck of the Royal Charter, have visited our oflice within tbe last ftw days, and havc given uis some part ctilars il ric- ferelice to their most extrord(inary escape. and the appa~olling scenes they witOessed on that dicadrill mor1(nim en tlihe Welsh coast. Tkue have ...