... THE IIARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. Tinm subjoined is a full report of the discussion in the House of Commons on Wednesday, on the order for going into committee on the Marriages (Ireland) Bill Sir E. GPROGAN opposed lthe motion. The opera- tion of the Bill would have a most importantbearing on the social peace and happiness of the Irish people, and lie had intended to move that it be referred to a ...

... TnouGH the President of Queen's College, Belfast, in drawing up his report for the year, to present to her Majesty, confined himself to the tabular statistics of that college, yet he regards the annexed returns, including the present attendance in the three colleges of such importance, both as respects numbers and religious denominations, that he is anxious to give them publicity. These ...

... RURAL RVIDES. [WRIaTurEw FOR THE BELFAST ?? BELFAST, JUNE 20, 1862. A sojonur bf several months in the South of Ilciahid enables us to offer a few passing, and pes.iapn ne. altogether uninteresting, remarks on the mat-i condition and prospects of the great grnzillg -a.l agricultural districts through which We have 7,, and; more important still, upon the social anii m)i*,I state of the masses ...

... THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'STOTAl-ABSTI- - NENCE;~ ?? -:.W ASCIT . -O. .. . T. YESTIRDAY evening, the' ?? a Series of meest' Jo' in ex ~~~General Assembly'sl Total Abstinence Association was held in Pisherwiek Piece prs Lower .School-room, at eight o'clock, ;vben'the Rev. Dr. MonoAX occupied the ohair.: Amongst those -present were-Rev. Dr. Knox, Rev. H; Hanna, Rev. hYE G. Shaw, Rev. Win. Johnston,, ...

... .94t ? vass., PARLIAMENTARY SHARPSHOOTERS. (FROM THE TIMES.) THIs holiday session is to wind up with a die- im play which will astonish the town more than w anything the Lords and Commons have done for. 8t these 200 .years. We. know the Jaunty ?? jocose manner in which the Parliamentary year. al has passed, and the thorough- good humor with which, excepting the ?? Chelms -pI ford and the Lord ...

... t.l. IAI 1. .O ?? ?? 1 . _ . ,e__ by tile steamship Canada, which arrived at Queens- town yesterday, 'we have advices from Boston to the 30th of April. We have certain evidence now that Commodore Farragat's squadron, which includes the mortar fleet under command of Commodore Porter, is before New Orleans, and has aheady brought the Crescent City again within the folds of the Union. Besides the ...

... | ?? onn avm [DMOMIOUR OWu{: COur EPONDa4T.] LONDON, THunSDky. W=TsuNTxDE is the great carnival of the Cockneys, andathis yeaw they have certainly made the most of it. i The opening of the Exhibition, additional attrac- tions at the Crystal Palace, cheap iailway trips, and, above WaU fine weather (such weather as, I under. stand, has not. been witnessed at your side of the Channel for more ...

... g;be ttS .THE FIRE S I RIUSSIA. - .: [FROM THE STANDARD.] INcE1NTDRISm is an unusual as well as an awkward form for the exhibition of patriotism, but there is now no reason to doubt that the fires which have de- vastisted St. Petersburg and the other great cities l of the Russian empire were kindled by the hands. of polticalenthusiasts, The expedient is not a very intelligible one. We can ...

... AVISIT TO THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. I A T.1vA to n mt TO THSE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAI'I I mat SIR-Authentic information from the Confederate ner' States is so rare, that I trust you will pardon a, pi1- ; grim who has just returned from that terra incog of - nita, for briefly detailing the actual condition of wee affairs there. arm On the second day of January last, accompanied pow by my ...

... T ?JJ'UTQ T : D NEWS-LETTE1R O.FFICEv, I Friday Mornino. [By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. The following is the full text of tho paragraph in La Patrie concerning the proposed mediation in America:- It is assertedanegociations will shortly be opened at London, to come to an understanding c which will allow propositions of mediation in the r affairs of ...

... 'mp trial: fa_~diaxmf. [BY E MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) IC HOUSE OF COMMONS-YrSTERDAY. ti TuE SPEAFER took the chair at twelve o'clock. ISEBSSY, IRWELL, &C., PROTECTION BILL. r( Mr. a. FORSTER moved that the standing orders lo 'be suspended, and the Mersey, Irwell, &e., Protection Bill be read a third time that day. pi Mr. WESTHEAD opposed the motion. il After considerable discussion, the House ...

... . Nmprial varlialnent., [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. - wer ; .: S - : ?? bala, HOUSE OF LORDS-YxSTEanA'. thae T}I LonD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack conl at five o'clock. EX I, -T WEST RAIL WAY BILL. See On'the third reading of the Kent W`st Railway hop Bill, I' ' - _ .- . I ' Lord CHELINSFORD ?? of the mono- S poly given to the company over Ramagate Harbour, beoc and moved the omission ...