... ECThSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. li'e So- a3er r' ec'- c-ht *fair at four o'clock. I _: :.s .A S OuC'Tt!EieS. ?? (; : 1' tnat on the 25th instant E-h :- -&e fcrb!av- to brinuF in a bill to amend *,cela' :t rc .to t'h rates assessible on Occupiers -n F ,^ .or rL Re-oorter) ?? -EONs ACT. 12½.. T- iWson, Bllfast-Sir, I rise to move frslevetbri nie til to amend an act entitlei ' An Act to l'strsin ...

... I . TRHE FLOOD IN WA-TERFORD. i Neverat e tieyear 1889 was there sh a *doed of the tide known in Waterford ea that of Saturday night and Sunday morning. Saturday night the tide rose many fest above the ordinary level. All the gas lights in the city, except on Ballybricken, went out about eight o'clock, and the greatest precaution was necessary to avoid accidents. The water got into the gas ...

... 1 T~ix HEAD, DEULtY. I ?? ! p to P C.5, ?ebrL r S. 1869.-WInd W. Web -arquits of Aberc-rn, steamer, GIMaqw; ,aiePso, steamer, Bristol; Jane Bnuhcs, Portmadoc, slale; AJice, Lcghorr. Feb .-Silloth, steamer. SitUoth; Duke of Suherland Alerxadra and kdtia xnoreolm &S m sued: et kFatsick, Ircn Dluke and Ehlans, Eteamers, Liverpl: Mar?, Chetter bricks; ExCelEi ?? Liverpool, linseed; Eizabc;h, ...

... DROGHEDA COfRPORATION -ADDRES3 TO 1THE LORD LIEUTENANT. (R'nOU OUR COREMPONDENIT.) DBoGAm, FEB. 19.-A special meeting of the Town Council was this day held in the AssemaLy :Rcom, for the purpose of presentiug a suitable address to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant on his appointment to the Viceroyalty of Ireland. Tue fol- lowing members of the Council were present:-Ei. ward MDonongh, E-q., ...

... HEAVY GALE AND FATAL SHIPWRECKSeI| Who ?? ooast appears to hove been visited on j Friday and Saturday eveiangs with a gale so heavy OAt some of out correspondent described it.as a hareicaie, and veral asipping disat, attended with Iqe of life, are reporte. Off North Shield, on Saturday night there was a violent westerly gal~e, ard much' ;ijury was done to property. The Berlin iatemship, from ...

... THE CHURICHK QUESTIXN. j His Grace Lord Primate Berse8:0r-d s a^Srei;? the clergT of the united dioceses of ArmiaP &d Clogher to the followin3 eff,_ der da- D'ablc, Feb. 4th. 1S59 : eect, _n | ZEV. -SD rt.e2 DFExetuE-Having in view ?? dangers to which the chnrch established in thin tcountry is exposed. I am desirous of ogbzesaing 3 yot thatt wonid be very fitting in yeor sermorn on the first ...

... ROYAL IRISH ACA.DEMY. a general meeting of the Royal Irish Academv was teld last evening at the house, Dawsonastreet, for the-consideration of regulations for the office of trea- surer, the receipts of payments, the seal of the Aca' dewy, and the transaction of general business. Tre ch.ir was occapied by Lord Talbot de Malahide. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by ths secretary, ...

... I BY SPECIAL TELEGRAPH1 WIRE. EBOM OUR LONDON STAFF. Lc.udon, Friday Evening. There wa5 a good demralr3 fr mo;ney, and the rate for best ptper firm at 24 u per cent The Stok and Share Maebets closed witn strengtb, and the ten- nen~y at the lasc was to bay. Very little alteration to be reported. Conso's cl ized fldtly at 92,' 3 mor,,neq, 5 zd 93t fir the account. The 'New 3 per Cent, and the ...

... I .. . .. . I Yesterday there was a moat crowded audience at the temperance meeting in Crotty's Buildings at four o'clock. The chair was occupied by the president of the society, the Rev. C. P. Meehan, 0.0. The chairman called on the various speakers present to addrees the meeting. Mr. John Mooney, Mr. J. A. Mowatt, Mr. D. P. Foxwell, and Mr. Morrissey spoke each at considerable length, after ...

... THE IRISH. CHURC1H. The answer of the Secretary for the Home De- partment to the memorial to her hfajeety haviug been laid by the Lord Primate before a meeting of the Irish Bishops asembled in )ubino, February 3, 1869, it was resolved:- 1. Tat we, the ?? prelates of the Irish pro- Tinces of the United Church of England and Ireland, do not poseses authority to enter into negotiations on behalf ...

... CC bl, f ? t t; -1, :, l'i i ?? - 3, c u m a I # DUBLIN t FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1869. C ~ ~z _. I IT is a very noticeable fact, says a London Conservative journal, that the emissaries of the POPE take every opportunity to obtrude *the cause of Roman Catholicism on society ! And to illustrate this profound truth Cardinal CvULLs, at the Lord Mayor'sbanquet, attempted a glorification of the Papacy ! ...

... I ORIGIN OF THE M4N=TI INSURRECTIoN.r A dorrespondent gives an iuterestiag summaxy of political events in Hayi Mince 1858. He writes:- *f Gemeral feffrard sueceeded St the end of 1858 in overthrowing the Ermperor Faustin I. (Soulouque). Daring bis reign severil attempts to remove him from power had been mede by different persousn-one can bardly speak of ?? HaytiU as all revob:. tions there are ...