... |O N.D ON, IRIS H,. MONDAY, a special meeting of the working com- mitteo took place for the purpose of considering the uniforth of the corps, determining the placo of drill, and other matters connected with the preliminary proecedisncs ccessary for its due organisation, as also to discuss the propriety of co-operating as a central body with various provincial corps that have been startedil in ...

... YEmTRntAy, the usual weekly meeting of this Bonrd was held in tho Workhouse, Dr. MaG r, JP., in the chair. The other Guardians present ?? B3rowne, R.N.;Messrs. David MConnell,Joln Hamill, James Ravanagb, J. Finlay, Robert Carlile, A. Brown, and J. M'Cutcheon. A letter was read from the Poor-law Cornmis- sioners approving of the appolntment of Messrs. Wn. ?? and Wm. Nelson as revising vals ...

... LONA)ON CORRESPONDENCE. IeV~rar ?? OWN CORtiESPOieDFNT.) LONDON, WVEDNESDAY. 11 as int:1 (if the mtrch-abused eccentricity ~tic rrtilrclrrato occurred yesterday. Tire rseei vrsflu ad genial (that is, for London)' 5ri trestret wrocovered with a nice warm coat ~rr, f he onisenCY of fresh butter, into which tim ootdesendd u to the instep, and which, but for ?? ard hrt skirts, wonid have made liad ...

... YESTERDAY, the usual weekly meeting ot tile Debtase, HJlrbour Comimissioners was held at 12 o'clock, in their Board-room, Ballast Office. The Chairman, JOHN CLARVIO, Esq., J. P., presided. The other mem- bers present ?? Sinclair, J.P.; Edward Coey, J.P.; Win. MUllan, James Hamilton, Robert Corry, John Moore, Robert Henderson, James Mac- atulav Robert Patterson, Win. John Young, Esqrs. The ...

... : THE MORALITY OF' nOmANisM. IV! Rome is the Head-quarters of Romanism, Naples may be said to he one of its strongest garrisons. People are drilled into *religion pretty much as con- victs are drilled into the sort of manual labour re- quired of them at the depots. It is not a matter of choice, ?? of compulsion, and, thb peasant who does not go to his chapel, or the citizen who refasos to ...

... THE HON. HUGH ROWLEY AND HIS LATE VWIFE. EXTRAORDINARY WliARGE OF PFERJUIY. ON Saturday, at the Westminster Police Court the late wife of the lioe. ilugI Rowley appeared in compliance with a summons granted o1n tile applica- tion of Mr. Rowley, calling upon her to answer to a charge of perjury alleged to have' been committed by her in the recent case in the Divorce Court, in which she sonugit ...

... UNIVERSITY OrF DUBLIN. CONFEIRRING OF' DEGREFS. (FROII OUR DUBLIN CORRESP5OXlcN-r.) YESTERDAY, a Pnitdic ComelillnetImIent wals hcetl by the University of Dublin for the purpose ol confer!ij5r degrees. Unusual interest attached to thic ploceul, ings from thu faet that, as first announced in your columns, it was intended to confer honorary (distiar tions on Captain 71'Clintock, Sir John ...

... GARIBALDI TO TllE LADIES OF ITALY. GENIERAL GARIBALDI has just addressed the following proclaination to the ladies of Italy:- When the Inlies of Milan, Venice, and other Italian cities, asked at evening parties, their children, friends, or lovers, il'they were not going to the holy war, and in this way increased the ranks of the liberating army with thae youtng, the brave, and the illistrious ...

... DOWV'N HUNT BALL. (FR()1 OUR OWN REPORTER.) slAT 1401t, a grand ball, given by the members of T'lt l)OiD Hlunt, caine off in the County Rooms and Caljrt llo~ts~C Downpatrick. Invitations had been hilsled to up)warrds of 700 ladies and gentlemen, thle Ilajority of whoum accepted of them and attended the N- ?? is about thirty years sinco The Hunt Lagva simdlar ball, anid nothing cqanl to it has, ...

... 91p , N Iv If it ?f 'I'le Ar, tit c r. (ESTABLISIHID ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: TUESDAY, DEC. 20, 1859. Tim holiday for tho 260th is now almost an estab- lished fact. In London, the Government offices will ?? be closed, and the merchants have fol- loweld the good example. The Trcasury will pay their bills due on the 26th, if offered on Saturday. We hopc thle holiday nay be' universal, for the sake ...

... TUE following is a remarkable letter, written by the the late Duke of Wellington (thien Sir Arthur Wel- lesIey), in the year 1807, in reference to the defence- less state of Irelaud at that critical period TO LORD BuWKEsBURY Dublin Castle, 7th May, 1807. alr DEAR LORD-YOU hIRVO desired to btlyie my opinion on the state of'lur inilitery cestablishillents m this Cou11try, and on tiifferent ...

... THE following circular, mnumbered 396, has been issued, and is dated Admiralty, Dec. 10:- The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, being de- sirous of revising the regulations respecting punishments in her Majo ty's navy, are ploeased to direct as follows:- 1. All seamen and Royal Marines belonging to the fleet shall be divided into two classes, hereinafter referred to as the lst and ...