... COUR,1`1 ?? VI IE(EGAL C O1U1T. The Lord Li-utonarnt .d cbhc Cot;n'cess Spercer gave a PinLcer garty on S vtnrdnay wn ng. Their txeelicc ci al!s taVO a (i3cur partiy C., t uliay eeiung The Lord. Licutenaut, lche Coesuress s. ...

... 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 ...

... B.A .Cl STIELT RAGGED SCHOOL. TInE foliod is the annual report of this useful school:- At the close of another year, the Committee of the Ragged School, Barrack Street, desire thank- fully to acdkovsledge the Divine blessing vouch- safed to their efforts on behalf of the poor and needy of their fello-v-t'.wnsuran. The committee have pleasure in submitting the following extract from Mr. Ball's ...

... [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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... IMPERI JAL PARLTAMENT. [BY TELEGRAMPH] HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTEErAY. t Tsiart lordships met at five o'clock. a ?? PER. Lord ,AvWEXfeCE tock the oathb and his seat on L being crea-bed a peer. The noble lord Was intro- b duced by the Duke of Argyll and Lord Chelmsford.I THE EOCLESLAST[CAL COURTS BILL a The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second r reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, He com.r ...

... BELFAST NlATUR&LISTS' FIELD CLUB. T'u annual general meeting of this society was held rK in the Museum, College Square, on Thursday even. WI ?? JAmES Tuonmso, Queen's College, Ian in the chair-when the following report was ta adopted:- ait The committee of the Belfast Naturalists' Field m Club, at the close of the sixth year of the society's Tl existence, have again to congratulate the ...

... Z, L, r ?dfui ?RCW-gtffipl r+ Jy of (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) of BELFAST: .a SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1869. as 7IN, the House of Lords, yesterday, it was an- ge nounced that the Hudson's Bay Company had ha, accepted the proposals of the Government with ce respect to the cession of their territorial rights. r.Te Marquis of Clanricarde moved for volumi- nous returns in connection with the Irish Church ...

... PISESTABL1H.NPMENT OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTCH CHURCHES. THE Standcrd says:- Captain Arehdall fairly startled the House of Commons last Tuesday night. In the quietest and most matter-of-fact way he announced his intention of moving as an amendment to the third reading of the Irish Church Bill that the provisions of the measure be applied to England and Scotland. A volley of cheers, fol. lowed ...

... THE IRISH CHURXCH BILL. THs Standard says that Mr. Charley, seconded by Mr. Vance, raised the whole question of disendow. ment by moving the rejection of the thirteenth clause. It was perfectly'open to him to do this. The second reading of the Bill could not be said to cover both of two absolutely distinct principles I and, as Mr. Charley said, it is beyond doubt that very many Liberals have ...

... LONDON CORRESPO-N]D?NEq. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDI]R]' LONxDO N WEDN ES.S y, A copy of Mr. Disraeli's amendments to the Irish Church Bill having been handed to Mr. Gladstone on Monday evening, the right hon. gentleman at once commenced their examination, and I under. stand has commissioned Mr. Glyn, the Secretary to the Treasury, to acquaint all inquiring friends that he cannot for a, moment ...