... PRESE\TXTlION OF AN ADDRESS TO SIR Td OINAS BATESON BY THE TjNANTRY ON THlE moIRA ESTATE. [FiiOx1 OD WIl REPO3flf1l] KoM n, TNURSDAY. Tisn af.ornoon, a meeting of the tenantry on the Moira estate was held i 1 the large room of the Mar- ket House, for the purpose of presenting theirland- ioe'd, Sir Thomas Bateson, Bart., with an illuMri- nated address congratal.ating him upon his return as ...

... T'dE PEOTESTANT DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. AN NUAL -iEETING. DS;1'1itX-%IENTAfPY TO YESTERDAY'S REPORT.] rU first aannual meeting of the supporters of this A; Isociatij'mn was held in the Round Room of the Rc 'tunO. o, on Wed'nesday. The attendance was of I a flost influential character, consisting of peers, mne'nib e rs of Parliament, rargistrates. country gentle. Mt mn, :Icrgy, and epresentativcs ...

... 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 ...

... tSAST HXA.RpOUr, COMMISSTONERS. ?? at eleven o'clock, the usual weekly ESTER - ody was held in the Board-room of Vr. J?mES HAMIILTON, J. P., meeting of thn, '-her members present the Harbour COfice-. irrie, 3.essr. Chairman, presiding. Thu ou. -. * RoUt. ?? :&dward Cjoev, 1). L ; Dr. - James Girdwood, J.P.; Charlus Duffin, J.- Patterson, J. i.; J. MacaLuley, IbtoH. Henderso. The SEcRsTxAvl ...

... ~Ace X zI fft BOSS ?? efrC V.,9:c ~ -- .. 1. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 17,37.) Ke BELFAST: | ERIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1869. rnj THE hearing of the Belfast election petition to wtss continued yesterday before Baron Fitz- I 6 gerald. The tirst witness called was Grahani 3e Shannon, a porter in the Ulster Bank, and lie tsdeposed that on the 9th November he was shown the document by Stewart, Keating, in ...

... THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. OPENING OF SCOTCHI.OU NT SCHOOL. HOUSE. IAST evening, the new school-house at Scotehmount was opened by Divine service. There was an excel. lent attendance of persons interested in Church education. Prayers were read by the Rev. E. J. Hartrick, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Robert Hannay, Incumbent of Christ Church. It will be remembered that the great want of ...

... T, b c ?flfni Atin-fritm _ (ESTABLISHED AZNO 1737.) is- BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1869. 'O LAST night the Ritualists were to have their t8 report, in reference to their present position and designs, ready for presentation to a public 0nmeeting in London. They undertook to say _ whether they should pursue their effeminate A and Papistical practices in a Protestant e. Church with which they ...

... DARING BURGLARY AND DREADFUL I ASSAULt, I YESTERDAY an 'ruing, the inhabitatts of Killyleagh the (County Down) and the bttrounding district were the I thrown into -a state of thq greatest excitement by Is the nesws thi~t &` turglary oi a most daring charac- price tar atnozrinldb atepted murder, had of tt jioetj pul'petrated in the immediate neighbourhood, beac Before the real facts were ...

... [BY TELEGRAPH.] HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. TErs lordships met at five o'clock. CLERGY DISCIPLINE AND ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY laid on the table a Bill to amend the law relating to clergy discipline and Ecclesiastical Courts. I THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (LONDON) BILL. The University College (London) BiLl was read a second time. COMPENSATION FOR DEPRIVATION OF PROPERTY. I ...

... rBY TELEGRAPH.] NE Wr7S-LEL'TTER OFFICE, Saturday Horming. THE BUDGET. The Dail/y Ncr ?? says :- The Chancellor of the Erchequer has prepared an agreeable surprise. While the country has been anxiously asking what new taxes would be put on, he has responded with a long list of taxes to be taken off. 'Lhe Budget does credit to his inventive power as a financier, and would have made a stronger ...

... Tax annual meeting of this society was held in the Round Room of the Rotundo, Dublin on Thursday. The Earl of RODENS ocooupiel the chair. The Noble CHAIRaMAN on ascending the platform was received with loud applause. Hle expressed his acknowledgments for the warm reception which bad been extended to him, and as his failing health Dre- vented him from speaking in public, he had com- mitted some ...

... [BY TELEGRAPH.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. THER SPzAKER took the chair shortly before twelve o'clock. THE LMP;'RIAL GAS BILL. On the motion for the consideration of the Im- perial Gas Bill, Mr. MORRISON moved thatit be re-committed, in order to insert certain fresh clauses, which would bring the Bill in conformity with the propositions of the City of London Gas Company, in respect mainly of ...