... Royal Dublin Soeiety, Rildare Street, December 1', 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 ...

... BELFAST WATER COMMISS[ONERS, YESTERDAY, the usual weelkly meeting of this Board wvas held at the offices, Rosemary Place-Mr. George Phillips in the chair. Theotlier .Comrissioners pre- senit were:-Dr. Dill, Messrs. John Lindsay, Richard Connery, Robert T. MI'Geagb, Robert Greer, nnd R. M. Carson. T'IE :E3W WT. The C1A1RMAN4, in going over the minutes of last regular meeting, read the protests ...

... 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 lMen's 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. ...

... 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 ...

... i TIE MAGISTRACY.-QUEENSTOWVN MEETING. JUST before goilng to press, we received tbe follow- ing correspondenice, which has taken place between the Lord Chancellor and J41ies Gallagher, Esq., a Magistrate of the County of Cork, who presided at I thle recent nieetiug in Queeristowitl:- Secretary's Oflcle, Court ofiChancery, Duldin. December 10, 1850. Sri-1 am directed by the Lord Chancellor to ...

... As a number of electrifying machines and galvanic batteries are to be exhibited in the lower room of the Mlusic Hall oil the evening of the 4th of Janusry, at the conversazione, it has occurred to some that, from the attraction of electricity by metals, steel crinolines might prudently be dispensed with on that occasionl We know not whether scientifli men may Concur in the suggestion; but of ...

... SATURDAY, being tile day preceding Christmas Day tile business transacted by grocers, butchers,&e., Ias exceedingly large, anif th townl was one seenci' bustle thIroughouit the day. Most of the establislnments of confectioners, gro. cers, provision dealers, and others were very hand- somely decorated with evergreens of different ilscrip. tions. Clnristmas trces, bearing bor-bons, mottoes and ...

... NE WS-LETTER OFFICE, Monday ilforning. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAFII.] THE WAR IN MOROCCO-REPULSE OF THE MOORS. Madrid, Dec. 23. The Moors have attacked the Spanish on the road to Tetuan, in order to obstruct the works, They were victoriously repulsed. General Prim distinguIshed himself by h is bravery The Spanish had 4 killed and 40 wounded. All the works, and even the new fortlints, have been ...

... ; THE DUKE OF CAlBRIDfla AT WOO[ , vI0li His Royal Highness the Dake Ot Uanlorlugou VUI- b down to GWoolwich on Alonday, fcr the purpose of 9 delivering the prizes of merit to tise gentlemen cadets t recommended by the aovernor of the Royal Militar~y Academy, as deserving rewards and priies for good I conduct and acquiremnents: and also to inspect two of tho most. important nov'cties of the ...

... SUPPOSED INTRODUCTION OF PUSEYISH INTO DROGOHEDA. DROGIIEDA, F RIDAT, Dic. 23,-Since the appoint- mcnt of the 11ev. Edward Gort Kelly, by the Mar- quis of Drogheda, to the living of St. Peter's, a grent deal of anxiety has been cvinced by tile church- wardens end parishioners to ascertain whether the incumbent ho as much a Pnseyite as the marchioness is known to be, it being thought that. no ...

... (FROMI OUR OWN CORRESPONDr1NT.) LONDON, SATURDAY. CHRISTMAS Eve is not an epoch peculiarly favorable to composition. There are so many things to do, so many invitations to answer, so many souvenirs to purchase, slIh a pull upon the memory and the system-so much, in fine, to distract attention, that no one but an individual in the position of Alex. Selkirk or Robinson Crusoe can sit down at ...

... TiHIS DAY'S NEWS. [13Y MAGLNETT X TELEG.RAP1 . NE IVS-LET7'ER OFFICE Tuesdoy, One o'clock pin, 'MISCELLANEOUS, The chief feature in the morning papers is the Bc- count of the Christmas pantomimes, burlesques, and other enterteinments. 'the Tivies fills seven columns with this matter. There were 34,3G4 visitors at the Crystal PMlace yesterdiay. The Duke of Malakoff arrived at Windsor Castle ...