... FATAL RIOT IN PORTLADOWN. TWO PERSONS SHOT. [FRoM OUR ?? rrPORTER.] PORTAxOWS, FRIDAv TEaos hitherto peaceable town and neighbourhoodi has been thrown into a state of great excitement by an occurrence somewhat similar to the late Lon- Idonderry tragedy. The extraordinary police arrangiements for the preservation of the peace in the North of Ireland, by the drafting into various towns and ...

... CORRESPONDENCE i vi PRESENT RELIEF FOR TFlE SUFFERING ri POOR. ti TO THE SDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LEB ER. SIB-Some time ago I took occasion to direct at- tention to the present privations of the poor of the town, and to urge that some relief should be given R in coals or food to enable the more respectable to tide over the period of Winter now at our doors. I pointed out the Belfast Female ...

... LATEST6 NE.WS. (BY TELEGRAMIS.] ta! --lha NEWS-LETTER OEICNE, Tuesday Moering. ne OPESNING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBE~tS. th 55' C1 SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. na tic FPAMa, Nov. 29.-The Chambers were opened to- it day by the Emperor in psreon, who delivered the rei following Speech from the Throne:- po MessizEaS L.s SErinsus s-MRSSsruaS aS Dz- ft PDTES-It is not easy to establish in France the be ...

... Ox Saturday, at twelve o'clock, an adjourned meet- ing of this body was held in the Board-room, Rose- mary Place-Mr. JosEPH G. ]BIGGAIR, Chairman, presiding. The other 7gembers present were:- Messrs. Thomas Sbaw, James Wallace, Robert Carlile, John Rea1 John Moffett, Richard Rlaril- ton, Jame Jenikins, ',Villiam Priestly, and Edward Wethered. THE PLANS FOR NO. I CONTRACT. The COArImkN said ...

... he | TO COORESPONDENTS. ' SILENT SerZrATOs.-The phra~sc ii the letter referring to she late Rev. S. Farsect was employed to show the holples se cllitioii of the f iily. B. SANT51 JlLege ?? the iroposecl sewage irrigation scheme fcr Bally ncainvett will injueriesly affect Leo er Srdlen- but, as we understalid the project, we believe his fears svil prove gr.:unUllss. PriLne Ceavasiesce ...

... NEwVTOWNHA3IILToo-ELECTIoN op DELEGATES. -A meeting was held on Tuesday in the Parish Church of Newtownhamilton for the purpose of appointing two delegates to represent the parish in the approaching Synod, to be held at Armagh and Dublin. The Bev. Charles Miller, Rector of the Parish, was called to the chair. The -chairman descanted at some length upon the subject, and ad. vised the assembly ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDENCE [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LoONDo, WEDNESDAY. NOTEWG, except, perhaps, a fatal flaw in the Holborn Viaduct, hasoccurred to mar the festivities of the last few days. From the 6th to the 9th in. elusive the metropolis has been in a fever of ex- citement. On the first-named day the Queen came from Windsor to Blackfriars per special express, opened a new bridge and a new ...

... DRE.ADFlUL R1AILWAY COLLSITSO. A Dntiarutm accident took place about twenty minuites past six o'clock on Frid.ay ensting on the Bhsbop Auckland branch of the North-if-astern u, Railway, wbichr mreclted fatally to the engine- driver aud stoker. It app3ars that twelve or thirteen laden cokn waggons were stanmding at the t B ancep th Coke Works, ruaiy to e b egpatohced Zor Jarrow. At thin nlee ...

... P5 10TEST vNT D E NI(NSTRA T ION A T C,,,ONES. [pART' OUR Aim R.PoST,,.F2] CLONS, WEDNESDAY. AN open-air meeting of the Protestants of this town and neighbourhood was held this evening in the Diamond-the large open space before the church, I During the afternoon, crowds of people came pour- ing in from the country parts, and the different' Orange lodges of the adjacent district assembled with ...

... PETITION AGAiST GkVIN A-D RUSSELL. LIMERICK, TuaRSDnY.-The hearing of this peti tion was resumed this morning, at ten o'clock, be- fore Baron FITZGERALD. The court was not so well filled as on previous days. Rev. J. Conway, examined by Mr. ERoNa, Q( C. - I am one of the curates of St. John's. I reside in the parochial house. The Rev. Dr. Fitzgerald is the parish priest. The Irishtown Ward is ...

... TilEn COURT. lerg I sn E, FssneY .1yT.he Queen, accompanied byexi Princess beatrise, and attended by Viscountessdec tlifden, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince cfC Arthur accompanied her deajepsty on horseback, and n inen the Queen walked and drove iS the grounds this casru morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and hber, Prince Arthur. Priue Leopold and Princess i yvar Beatrice also ict ...

... CO UR SIN G. U Tr \-TAi;n>L';Ju *r ' e! . 1 MszER snM'GRATH left IreJas.; on MIon dy xcr nit f car. Lord Lurgan informs us that the crack is in e good form, and weighs at present 55b.1 r Borealis and Bhinkhoolie (brother and sister by tPatent, out of Misfortune), who divided the Nortb eand South Lancashire Stakes (thirty-one dogs) on J .'anuary 29, at Lytham, were tried on Saturday last, and ...