... 1- 5 E G L I N T O ?? ?? [FROn THE nn ugumaRIIS1 xA&.]J WEDNESDAY, Archibald William Lord Montgomerie, fourteenth Earl of Eglinton, attained his majority. Such an announcement is suggestive of much joy and general congratulations. There is no period in the life of any man more interesting than that when he comes of age ; for then he has issued from his pnpilage, and he feels that he is ...

... I . 94t ?Ctfa5lt rf, ew-fettfro I' (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) B E L F A ST WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1862. WE have this morning, by the arrival of the Hibernian, American advices to the 13th inst. On the 12th the main body of Burnside's army crossed the Rappahannock, occupying the South side of the river and the town of Fredericks- burg. The Confederates opened fire upon those crossing the river, but ...

... LIFE IN A ROMAN CATHflOLIC RtEFORMATORlY. L 1 ISTBIRESrl lG lEVELATIONS. I the Court of Exchequer, London, on Saturday, before the Lord Chief-Baron POLLOCri and a common jury, the case of Leavy v. Ford was heard. It was an action brought by the Rev. Patrick Leavy, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, against Miss Eliza- beth Ford. the proprietress of St. Margaret's Home, Queen Square, ...

... [i[FnoM OUR OWN REPORTER.] HiLLSBOaoue, TUEsDAY. Tin quiet little town of Hillsborough and district were, on Sundaylast,thrown intoastate of copsider- able excitement, in consequence of a report to to the effect that on the previous (Saturday) night a mur- derous attack by nanvies had been made upon two young men named Ervine and Robinson, employed in the nursery of Mr. Davis, Hillsborough, ...

... BIR. BERNARD SITEEHAN ON LOCAL GRIEVANCES. AT the last meeting of the Improvement Department of the Corporntion of Cork, I .Mr. BERNAnD SIraIuANT ?? reason I came here, Sir, is-there was a parcel of decent women came in from Fair Lane to me on several occasions. It is a lane, I can tell you, that a fountain ought to be pat up there ; for I wvent there to-day, though it was wet, and I found the ...

... THERDISTRESO IN TANdASIIITEM-THE COUNTY G.* ,Y IiET1NG. E, COUNTY C.'WlY iIi3ETING. I )Tum meeting of the lieutcnancy, magistracy, clergy, *] gentry, and friebolders of the County Galway, to 7 promote subscriptions for the relief of the distress n now prevailing in the cotton manufacturing districts of England, was held in the Court-hduse on Satur- ty day. Fearing a repetition of the ...

... LECTURE BY THOMAS CARLYLE, LtLROM THE BOOTSMA;.]- Ix the Glasgow Morning Journal of Wednesday as a sort of jeu d'esprit appeared, written il im'ittion of the style of Mr. Thomas Carlyle, and introduced in an editorial note, which stated that its peculiar style rendered it unnecessary to say from what I dis- tinguished literary person' it proceeded. r Robert Duncan, Ratho, having sent the ...

... ? Rt I- t:giw 11 -NdW t ?? z (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1787.) i BELFAST: THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1862. TnE question, Who is to be the successor of King Otho ? still oequpies the attention of the public. A despatch to the Times states that the representatives of the three Powers have signed a note. excluding the members of their Royal families. . It is believed that the voting among the Greek subjects ...

... . - I 1 1 . o ire . PYA (yntelligenct. L ROLLS CO UR T.: DUBLI, YaSTEs DAY. [rFaox OUR sPEcIAL REpoRTER.] E Itnre TEE IRISH NORTH-WvESTERN TALWAY. Mr. BoYD, on behalf of the railway company, moved. that a sum of £1,831 4s 9d, being purchase-money of t the lands of Carne, in the-Co. Monaghan, should be repaid to the company under the following circum- ?? money had been lodged for payment I of ...

... TuE following is the principal portion of a commu- nication just received by a Belfast merchant, from a correspondent in New Orleans:- r New Orleans, - , 1862. t DEAR Sin-Presuming a few line! from me at the present time would not be unacceptable, I avail my- self of the privilege of writing you, from having made e your acquaintance last Summer. I intended to have h written you on my arrival ...

... CHURCH EDUCATION - SOCIETY FOR I I IRELAND. . - OCoASIONAL PAPER. Correspondence between the Lord Bishop of Kilmore, &c., and the Committee of the Church Education Society for Ireland, together with the resolutions passed on the subject. - - ; I At a meeting of the Central- Committee, held on Wednesday, 12thi~ovember, 1862, the following re- solution was adopted-viz.:- : . 4 That a letter be ...

... I L NEWPS-LETTER OFFICE, Satuirdfay Mlolraing. Vs [BY MAGNETIC TELEGEIIR.] in M YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. to tb AMERICAN AFFAIRS. ce The Globe says:- Tho military situation in to American affairs is one that will soon yield striking results of some kind. The two new commanders, Burnside and Rosencranz, are both fighting officers, determined to push on a fight. Perhaps the Con- m federates are ...