... CO iRES PON DENCE. CHURCHI EDUCATION. TO THE 3DITOR OF THlE BElFASf NEWS-LEtTER. U Sin-I am glad to see in your paper otfthis morn- ing, the lettler of a correslponderit signed An Ob- server, comintkming on certain late proceedings at the Moidal School, Belfst. I, too, have deeply felt that it is not to he per- j mitted that such statements as were then put for- ward should be suffered to ...

... RAILWAY TIIhE-TABLE. TnAINS Will leav for the undermen3tionef( places, from and to Belfaist, on week days, at the following hours From 130l fiotA. To Belfast. , 33 am; 2, 41 o10 Pm Antrim 18, 10 27 Anm; 2 40 Ih.10 plo1. 8 mn; 12 n; 4 30 pm; Aimngolmorco 7 25 amn; 12 n; 4 55 pm 7 15 pmll 7 d0 ?? 7, 8 em I ; 12 1), I0 30, A roliogil h)3, 13 0 ino, 12 Il 7 10 pmn 51 Pill 3 G, 9130 ale;1- 2, i 30 ...

... TiTHIS DAY'S NEWS. |CB Y Af A G N E T £ O T EL I? BIt A P 11.] ' WVE-LETTER OI'F1 CE7, ,eiwty, One, o'clnek, p .g, TIIE POPE'S TEMPORAL SOVEREIGNTY. The Herald hails8 with pleasure the great Iboinrial lpmnphlet on the Popedom, but thinks that a powerful opposition must he axpected to tlie territorial dis- rilption of LthePapal States, Austria, it moust be re- membered, is still the right armn ...

... LIV pulishl this tiliS moillg the prespectus of the pro- tposedl line oi' railway from Carriclkfhrgius to Larne, a glancoe at which must comilme nd tile prtoect pto thoe favor of ou0 reaillrrs. The naiess of the provisional committee are a uarantee, not only for the benofldes, but, we may adld, for the sucess of thle undertaking. The various lanrdowners along thwe inre have given in their ...

... GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. PLANT DEIARTMEPr4. - Conservatory, &c. - The changeable weather which we are now ekperienciug will render careful attention to specimen hard-wooded plants which have to be wintered in this house neces- sary. Many of these nre impatient of fire-heat and a confned atmosphere. Use no more artificial warnmth, therefore, than is absolutely necessary, and endeavour ...

... THE MAGISTRACY AND TIlE PRO-PAPAL MEETINGS. A ounious correspondence in reference to the sedi- tious speeches of the Rev. Mr. Fielding, at the Queens- town meeting, to express symvpathy with the Pope, has taken place between the Lord Chancellor and Mr. James Gallagher, J.P., the chairman on the occasion. As the head of the unpaid magistracy ot'Ireland, his lordship was shocked that a gentleman ...

... TOWN AND TABLE TALE. (FtMOROWN CORnESPONV:14'1P. DUBLIN, TUESDAY, D :C. 20. )uR, weather has, for the last few days, been singu- anrly inclement. The thermometer has ranged at a ower temperature than it has done for many years. rho River Liffey was frozen over at several points, md water in vessels within private holises was, luring two or three nights of intensest frost, covered with a thick ...

... T IIB GEN ER A I HOSPIT AL. TUE annual collection ill alil of tile fund(ls of this ad- inirablO load jointjI as al~atly noonlIeet, is tO be taken ili) in all the placeis of' pubicltt ?? l(l Clhristomas Day. At such a Li me the 11otpittil apl)cfts most appropriately to tile Cl hristi an public. [t had its orjiji 0 Wid.'c-sp1Li(l compassion lor tie iils that flesh is heir to, and silce its ...

... TFIE DIALOGUE WITH THE EMPEROR, (IROM THle TIMES.) Tuiis seemns destined to be the amnis wirabilis even ill the wonderful and checkered lite of the Emiperor of tile French. Oi the first day of 1S59 he astonished all Europe by giving the first signal of approaching wanr. The Summer saw him, although not bled to arms, leading on a vast army to victory with the skill of an accomplished general. ...

... RIFLE CLUBS. TO THr EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SIR-It is with no small degree of pain that I lhavo E witnessed, for some time past. yoer excellent paper I made the medium for a series of cutting sarcasmns by i your London correspondent against the rifle chlb in- I stitution and its active supporters. Now. I think it I rather anomualouis that your corr espondent shouild thu~s set ...

... -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 ...

... 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 ...