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WRECK OF THE S.S. EAGLE

... WRECK OF THE S.$. EAGLE. ' tFURTHER PARPICULARS (1rOMI THEs GLASGOW MAIL OF TBURSDAY.) W bhave little to add to tire account of this melan- choly disaster which appeared in our morning edi- tion. The steamer was about a mild distant from1 the.Arran shore when 'the collision took place, and was struck on the larboard side-not tbe starboard, as lies been incorrectly stated. Captain Baglesliam, ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3034 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION

... THIlS DAY'S NEWS. [BY MAGNETIC TELE1GRAPHi.] NEIYS-LETTER OFFICE, Wednesfay, One o'clock, p.m. TITE NATIONAL DEFENCES. The Times announces, in a leader, that the comrill- sion on fortiflcations will probably recommend works of ?? for the dockyards of the kingdom, and that a sun of £10,000,000 is set down as the neces- sarY cost of these. A still larger amount has been named, hut the former ...

Published: Wednesday 14 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 693 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE MYSTERIOUS RAILWAY PROJECTS

... THE I lMYSTERIOUS RAILWAY PrOJECTS. OuR contemporary thle Mrcunry has actually accom- plished tile novel feat of' writing an article on a sub- ject of local interest without. being personally abu- sive The subhect is what we have desiginated The My[storiolis Railw~ay Projects, and xvhicbmare now all but adlmitted to be originated- and promnoted by a contractor. The writer says that lho eares ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1922 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE MACMAHON SWORD

... THE AluACNAIION SWORD. As straws may till wlat way the wind blows, so a sixpemny subscription may inf'brm us hotw manly ( patriots alre willing to make a little sacrilice to show how much they hate the Saxon and the Protes- tant. Some time ago the Nationr and the Irtshman, the war journals of the 1Ph1eanix clubs, phoposed in their wisdom to raise a fund for the purchaso of a sword for thc ...

Published: Friday 23 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 872 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... LONDON CORRESPONDENpn ( M OUR, OWN CORRiESPONDENT.) LoNDOV, WYED-,'I,SD),jy. A SUDDiN' and delightfuli chalnge ?? taken plac i tile weather. Yesterdtay ?? thle cillole fac o, iaturoe was covored with a thick coat of icc, the sk- was lead colireod, and tite eii tew firostil00fl) n ,ec wind blcwi froi the Nortil-East ?? n one net il the streets shiffi(d along 01111 Cin1 covered up with shawvls ...

Published: Friday 23 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1864 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION

... THIS DAtY'S NEWS. [BY MAG*NETIC TELEGRAPH.]1 NRIVS-LETTEI? OFrFICE, Taesdeiy, One o'clock, P.m. THE EMPEROR'S LIVERPOOL LElTTER. In the Times' City Article it is stated, that yester- day mnucih curiosity was expressed in thq: city rc- garding the commercial standing of the four Liver- pool merchants who have constituted themselves the organ of communication between England and the Eniperor on ...

Published: Tuesday 06 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1525 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE PRESS

... THE IRISH BRIGADE FO R THE POPE. (rjROM Tis T'MISS.) TelEira is nothing more agreeable, especially to minds of a not very elevated oar, than the chceaper kinds of virtue. Who, indeed, would lnot be vir- tuous wero it not for the sacrifices that virtue, ac- cording to tile popular notion, requires? If one could be brave without rk, trlieperate without sello- denial, and generous without ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1953 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

TRAMWAYS IN BELFAST—THE BLACKSTAFF

... TRAMWAYS IN BELFAST-THE BLACKSTAFF. I Toe Bills promoted by the Ulster Railway Company and the Town Council of Belfast, for the joint pur- pose of constructing a tramway from the Ulster tenid- nus to the quays, and for culverting the Blackstaff, diverting its course, and forming a new street in connexion with the project, have been printed and lodged in the usual form; and, sulject to an agree ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 876 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

M'CLINTOCK TESTIMONIAL

... Al'CLINTOCIC TESTIMONIAL. Tinl, committee miet on Thursday, December Sth--Sir EDMWARD GIlOGAN, Bart., III.P., in) the chair. Memlbers ?? Robert Hagan, R.N.; Capt. Somuerville, RN.; Dr. Corrigan; Ion. Judlge Kelly; Georgo Roe, Esq,; Dr. Fleming; George Woods Manusel, Esq.; Rev. Professor Gaibraitli, ?? L. B. Foot, Esq.; Drs. Barker and Carte, Ilonorary Secretaries. I The SCICRET.AItirs ...

Published: Monday 12 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 533 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... CORRESPONDENCE, SIR HENRY BROWNRIGG. To TtE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST N2WS-LETTEP. S0in-I have observed with much satisfaction your very deserveI censtiros upon Sir Henry Browrigg's servile compliance with thle demands of the Rev. Alr. O'Grady, P.P. Every sensible and riglift-jui(ging man, of whatever crecd lie bie, mlsL, roglet to see the line of action taken by that public officer in this ...

Published: Saturday 10 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 381 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

LATEST NEWS

... -LATEiST NEWS. NE ll'S-LETTRR OFFICE, Tllhtrs(dajY AMomning. :Y 'iAGNET 0 THLEGRAPII,] 5WIITZERLAND AND TIlE CONGRESS. Berne, Dec. 21. In reliy to a mOM0ino1 nddressed by Switzerland to tile Poi'erS co0mprising tile Congress, tle majority lIAV expressed themselves favorable to the admission ?? frow Switzerlaud at tbo thne when ?? ConFlresq. *k0iberates on the neutrality of Savoy. Ir. John ...

Published: Thursday 22 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

BELFAST TOWN COUNCIL

... BELFAST TOWN COUNCIL,. YESTETWDAY, a special meeting of the Council was hold in the Town-Hall, the MAYOR (WV illiam Ewart, junior, Esq.) in the chair, The TowN-CLEr announced (linit the Borough- Assessors had appointed as their deputies, Francis M1ende and James M. Thompson, Esqrs., Barristers- at-Law. The following letters wero read:- Queen's College, Belfast, December 0, 1859 - SIR-I liavo ...

Published: Thursday 22 December 1859
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3827 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News