... I Ali. PISLRAE'S AMEND'MENTS. Thele is a renmarkablo contrast between tile ?? violence Oi the Irish church- ulen in tlheir coiifcrleco at Dublin and the ItO attitlue of their parlianentary cham- piun .!t ,We(stifini8ter. The vaunting tone of t1 ollpl onishiing opposition, and the if'ectation of pious horror with which dif- feicoit iemibers of the Conservative party ?? ievicd IMr. 0 laostone's ...

... i THE debate in the French Senate on the eshtmates of the Mxmn Oia oF xIN took place yester- 1T3L LEEDS MERCURY. day. The estimates were explained and defended by the Government, and some amendments which had been pr4posed were rejected. THE negociations on the Belgian railway I ?? progres8 but very slowly towards a solution. The proposal submitted by M. Faui3D OBAN will not, it is said, be ...

... TUE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER IN N4jRTH DEVON. i The following is a correct detailed account of the condition of an agricultural labourer in North Deton. Till within the last year the wages were seldom more than 8s, in some cases only ls a week. Nine shillings a week are now usually given, though in some cases still only eight. Each man hats in addition his three pints or two quarts of cider a day ...

... 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 ...

... A ?? - l- I THE2 NATIOFI.tAL ASSOOIA A mneaino F.I &&. ?? on We NadenAl _6iatio Nw held GEWensday at 0 . =M11w uong0 5a Abbey~tiaest, mdle Aldenrm*U WNE The Seeret iate bei dr. to the a tocir let o * e , ?? vxom Der.o 4dra tba t womwte attolr;a Rev Thom AsCst~ Wexiord w _Agrd, Uel ouuty- Entc Vary Rev. V-5., Defl L. %lme Mc te IUev Thomas tenlu, P.P*t Da1IUtIeach. Se ohnt To patrici, P . ioo ...

... I A_ I ROMANfCE IN REA-L LIFE. Prince Paul Demidoff's mansion and household effectsin Rue JeauGoujou, Paris, has beenradvertised for sale. The catalogue speaks of antique Flefhish tapestry, woven after cartoons by the great masters of the 16th century, curiously wrought gold orna- ments, swords, pistols, and fowling-pieces, services of Venetian and Bohemian glass, Aubusson and Smyr. a i-pets, ...

... P'AISIEY. FMJ ,C. 1,1i:l Ail A.N AiuiiEar,---Tle z, rvos'. and M ?? luet on WVedneillay igiht il thL' tGolin. cd1 Cho1nihers dlepitations frnul ?? Vil- fes.ioinio, trades, urd othicrs desiroui. (If jdi ng the procesiiol on occasion lif the ?? the olieirio1l stoic of the l'ree Library and VZif~iiuri pre.ilitid to the town hy Mr Peter Coats of Thodeid, 'lucre wats L; large turn out of ...

... I.!:!IN-DurGP'd FR:EVR cxi;rili PEF:SITEYl RlY, tea A ,ipccr Imptzo the Fcee Chtrch Rrosly tory hoi Moderator., tiAREliAC, WIitTt A DECEOASED~ VIIT'E' SStarUit ii, Dr ?? in ab.,incii of Mr P'irje, convener of the Siibbiiti (Jbqervatco Commlittee., said it wounli aplsear that, it) connectjou wvith the piro iced1 nowa lie Pier Dill it. iPoeob~li,, there had been t clause thi ettel nto it, v ...

... THE PERMISSIVE BILL-THE CORPO RATIO-N. TO THE EDITOB OF T11 FREEMAN. DzAR SIn-The diwscui of this subiject by oxr municipal representatives marksam impo tsrnt en in this national movement to free our c3untry f33m the many evils resulting from the traffic in alcohok liquors, evile which all who took part in vesterda's discussion admitted coud scarcely be exag3era& , Sir .hJtn Gray's resolution, ...

... HIBRBBKIAN BIBLE, SOCIETY. I F ?? I - -- xne annual meeting of this society was held yesterday at one o'clock in the Round Room of the Rotundo. The limited attendance consisted pria- cipally of ladies. The Earl of BoDoN presided. The noble Chairman expressed his inabitity to addrers them, and said that his son, Colonel Jocelyn, would read to them the observations he would have made had he been ...

... WIT AND HUM OUR. [From the Cotmic Papers and other sources.] Operative spinners-Spiders. The volunteers' oath- By George ! A false quantity-A lady's chignon. 'The latest ?? Siamese Twins. A PICTURE DEALER's TRANsLATION.-Ars cdt eeare a-tem -The art is to sell the artist. FaoMs THE HOTTELS-The Nova-Scotia giantess is staying at tong's. The Siamese twins are at the United. PA!- The child is ...

... SPAIN. MADiR;ID', A1/1il 15 (Erwniog).-Io to-day's sitting of the Cortes Senor Balaguer asked the Government whether it were true that France had taken the Carlist movement under her protection. General Prim replied in the negative, adding that the movement would certainly be suppressed. The debate on the Constitution was then resumed. An amendment of Senor Orense to the preliminary article of ...