... ULSTER INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AUD DUMB AND THE BLIND. HOLYWOOD AUXILIARY. (FRtOM OUR OWN RIEPORTER.) LAsT evening, the annual meeting of the Froly,00 anxiliary to this excellent society was held in t-lr Assembly Rooms, Holywood, at ?? six O'clock tird Lord Bishop of' DowN and CONNOR and DR01a in the chair'. The attendance was considerable an would havo beein larger had it not been for iU il. ...

... Royal Dublin Soeiety, Rildare Street, December ?? 1869. SBR-The Committee of Agiiculture having invited the attention of the Roval Dublin Society to a sub-, scti)tionl whtich bas hleert set ont foot for presenting to thte Messrs. IV. S. and E. Pardon a testimonial in recogitltion of the important services they have ren- (ileied to Irish agriculture, and the society, bearing in~ grlitefril ...

... 'ART;U-NI'G.N OF I'REEL AND . Tnri Managing Counriittee met' Aon Tuesday last, the 6th instant at the office No. 113, Grafton Street. Thiere ?? prcsent -The LORD CHANOUELLO in the chair;. J. Calvert Stronge, J.P.; Wim. Cotter' Kyle, LL.D.; Dr. Petrie, HERMA.; Willim Jendkins5, LL.D.; John E. Pigot, Christopher Copinger, Q.C. Robert C(alwell, WTillirmn Brocaa RlH.A.- Toifloas Hutton, D L . and ...

... -Th 11 t ??Iclfiuf 11Iciu-Neffm (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.1 BELFAST: MONDAY, DEC. 5, 1869. Tim report of Mr. Mansfield and Captain Harris on the loss of the Royal Charter has been pub. lished, and we hope to insert it in our columns to-morrow, extreme pressure compelling us to exclude it this morning. It is a very valuable document upon the science of storm-navigation, and clears up some points ...

... BELFAST WATER COMMISS[ONERS. SATURDAY Last, a special meeting of the Board of Bclfast Water Commissioncrs was held in their t'OOmll, Rosemary Place, for thc purpose of c ionsidering no( ices received from tho Ulster Railway Company relativo to the construction of a tramway to the quays and othro business. The chair was oc- cupied by Ar. Tno)AS GnAy. Tho other members preseut wern:-Dr. Dill; ...

... TO CORR'ESPONDENTS. ' J. W,, Saintfield-Wo would be glad to have yoan' comnnrrurication verified by a correspondlent'with whose hian(diwiting wo are acquainted. A NEW MAGISTRATE FOR HOLY' WOOD. TrO TUH EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWSa-LETTER. SIR-I have read in the Bnanaer of Ulster of the 1 t inst., the letter of Ohserver, under the above title, and it is quite unnecessary for ilo to say a ...

... THE REVIVALS, PRAYER-AiEETINGS, AND SPECIAL SERVICES. MHUETING IN EXErER HALL. ON Tnesday Cyoning, tlhe 11s.nal weekly lecture in con- nexion with thu Youlg ?? Christiain Association gave Place to a special mllecting for prayer and prac- tical addresses by tile 1Hon1. and Rev. Baptist Noel, nnds tile two lay evangelists whose labours lhave been so emilonetly llnoled( ill S0ntla0id, Mr. Brownlo ...

... TIHE IMPERIAL PAMPHLET. (FROM THS TIMES.) BoCoAcIro tells a story of a Jew who, heing half- converted to Christianity, determined to make a journey to Rome, aind to be decided by the results of' his persotial inspection. IHis Christiain friends dreaded the eflect upll hlis timind or the disorders hfi was sure to witness there, but, to their astonishliment, lie returned converted. Me had never ...

... TOWNS' IMPROVEMENT ACT IN ARIMAGH. Tas following letter, in reply to the memorial lately fhrwarded to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, lies been received by John G. Winder, Esq., ?? Dublin Castle, 9th Dec., 1859. GFNTIEMEN-Tho Lord Lieutenant having received, one alonth previous to the *1ate of this order, an applioa- tion from forty-five housoholders of the town of Arimagh, sach of sueh ...

... THE REV. ROBERT MAGJIRE'S EXPLANATION. CROWDED as the Church of St. James's, Clerkenwell, has been ever since the Rev, Rohert Magurle was electedl to the incumbency of the parish on no former occasion did the congregation exceed in size that which assembled there on Sunday at morning service, The morning service crnciaded, tho Rev. Robert Maguire ascended the pulpit to preach, and took for his ...

... TnE tenantry of the Saintfield estate have taken a very prompt and decisive method Of testilying in what estimation they hold their landlordl, James C. Price, E q., and of separating themselves from and denouncing the attempts that have been for sonic time so assiduously made in the neighbourhood to bring that gentleman into discredit with them. An ad- dress, to Mr. Price, signed, we ...

... TELEGRAPHIC 'ANECDOTES. TiE Portland ?? Advertiser relates some humor- ous aneetotes'of telegratphic exrpIerence.& ;A ear- witness of the skill which the Morse operators acquire of rcadiig:bysound ?? with the manager of a telegraph company in his counting room, an individual entered, and proceeded to the counter wlher businebs was transacted. The manager inade.several apparently careless taps ...