... MONDty afternoon a meeting was held at the Free- masons' Hall, for tile purpose of adopting measures for the formation of an Irish Volunteer Corps in London. Tbe Marquis of 1)D0NiGArL Presided. His LoRDsrIP, in opening the proceedings, ex- pressed a hope that in any remarks which might ble made, no reflections would be indulged in in refe- renice to our foreign relations, inasmuch as such ex- ...

... CORRESPONDENC ?? SEWING BY STEAM POWER. TO TIlE EDITOR OF TBE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. DEAR S[R-I oliservo in your paper a notice to the effect that tile York Street Flay Spinning Company are time first in Ireland to apply Stcam as a Inotive power to sowing-machines. This is quite incorrect, as it is now eighteenl months since I commenced using that means for orkling themn in my factory. _VeCy ...

... NE yVS-LETTER. OFFICF, Tluersany Meorning. [BY 3[AGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] THlE SAN JUAN QUESTION. The Globe, after stating that General Scott was the bearer of the instructions from the Government of the United States, with reference to San Juan, says it hns reason to believe tho tenor of those instructions, as communicated to Governor Dongtis, was that the island should rdmain in a neutral ...

... AFTER considerable delay, the prospectus of the ?? and Bangor Inland line has at length ap paared, but without any. mention whatever of the coast line, which would seem to be already aban- doned. The Provisional Committee, even after the lengthened period Which has elapsed since the first whisper of the project, consists exactly of eight gen- tleman apparently including the Secretary of the ...

... 3 THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. I The Rev T. J. Burke, curate of Shepton Mallet Somersetshire, has been presented to the rectory of Durston, near Taunton. Patron-Rev A. Gray. 7 THE REV. R. MAGUtIR, M.A., AND THr CLEPcREN- WELL PARIsIoNoRs.-Dnring the week several of the pa ishioners orSt. James, Clerkenwell, connected with ,one of the local institutions, have held meetings, as was stated at one of ...

... Two amateulr gardeners struggled for preponderance in their horticultural art, which sometimes annihi- lates the love of humianity itself, and begets the curse of-deep-rooted envy in the ambition to escel in raising a whinlalg sunflower; and they would poison Air. Polyalithus, the mortal, if be grew n better polvanthus, or annihilate Mr. Datladowndilly, flesh nod tiood, if lis garden produced ...

... TnHE Belfast Anscreontic Society inaugurated ?? forty-sixth season last evening with a very pleasing concert in the Music Hall. The audience, though it did not overcrowd, filled the room; and the' pro- gramme, though it erred on the side of being lengthy, was so varied that it was not wearying, and very few of the audience retired until the orchestra was asRem- bling for the conchiding ...

... THIIS DAY'S NEWS. [BD MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] XJ? l7'S-LI'7'EI7 OFFICE, 72hurlaly, One0 o'clock, pmm. Paris,R December 8. The Afenitear' of this morning contains tilm follow- inu, list of nominations of Envoys-Extraordinary and Mifistcr-Pienipotnntiiuies of Franice to forcign courts: -Prince de la Tonr d'Atveigne, to BIerlin; i. (le Tailcyrande, to Turin; M1. do Gartiges, to Holland Count Mercier ...

... BRIBERY AT ELEC TIONS. A VERD ICT has been returned against tho defienant in one of the Newry cases, and of-course the.Radical party are in considerable glee at such an 'event.. It was the opinion of the jury in the Court of Common Pleas that MIr. Wright, weighmaster, offered money to Ml'Clory, an elector of the borough, to induce him to vote for Mr. Peter Quinn, the sitting member. We may, ...

... ?? f I ?? i 0, e ?? A ) .1 ; , II ;, , , .5 ?? ? ?? I R 5 t i I t w -.Fiji, ctt ? r. (EST1ABLISH1D ANNO 173.) BELFAST: THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1859. ET is stated that San Junn is to be held in a neu- tral position pending a settlement of the questions at issue. An attempted assassination of the chief of the Sicilian police is reported from Naples. The assassin escaped, and it is hoped the wvound ...

... STAIPATHY WITH THE POPE. A MONSTWE meeting was held in the Court-house, Cork, on Monday, for the purpose of enabling the.Ro. man Catholics of Cork to give expression to their feel- ligs on the present situation of the Roman Pontiff. The hour for holding the meeting was twelve o'clock but the building was cramnied for nearly an hour previously, by fiti iillcase 5 Mass Of thle populace. In tile ...

... Tur following is from the Circular of Messrs. D. Dewar, Son, & Sons, dated Dec. 1st, 1859:- It is very seldom that tlne find the accounts as to the state of trade so unanimous, with regard to its general prosperity as they are at present. Through- out the whole of the manufacturing districts, opern- tions-of a speculative chaiacter are rarely to be henr(l or; all, or nearly so, being ongtge(l ...