... THE LATE JONATHAN RLCHARDSON, ESQ., J.P. TO THE EDITOR OF TISE BELFAST ScEWS-LETTER. SIR-I read with extreme sorrow the announce- In ment of the death of our excellent citizen, Jonathan gr Richardson, J.P. Every word you have said of him deserves to be printed in letters of gold. He had the heart of a prince, and the hand of a prince. It is not necessary to add a word to your just and th ...

... PFIRMTNG 00-EUATIONTS FOR AUGUST. - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - -1 -. I .1 4. HaRVESTING the cora crops 8sh0ul atmo1st er. clusively engage the faltric, attention this and the succeeding month. Before harvest operations corn. mence everything oug st to &a looked to, and got in readmes. so that no unnecesaary delay may take place by mitting to have a place for everythmg, and everything in its place. ...

... CORRESPONDENCE THE UNION OF THE PROTESTANI' CHURCHES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWvS-I-ET. Si-It is to be hoped that you will not be so far influenced by the letter of the Rev. R. Oulton, which appears in your last issue, as to abate your efforts in the good work you have beg-an. His gloomy picture about the impossibility of the union of the two Churches will pass off, and merge in the ...

... A IA E W;S. - - [BY. TLEGRAPH.] NEWS-LETTER OFFICE, Monday Homing' A MERIC A. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) Naw Yoax, AeG. 21.-The National Labour Congress is in session at Philadelphia, and dele- gates are present from all the States, representing the various trades and manufacturing interests, re- gardless of party considerations. The platform adopted contains resolutions denouncing the na- ...

... THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. PREFERMENT OF TRBE REV. R. P. YOUNG;, OF ,ST WENVE1 LAN. - he Rev. Richard P. Young, who for the p8t eleven years has officiated as Inenum F.eLlt of St Pals B nurcfl, Castlewedlan, has been presentei to tLe s!le caarge of the curacy of Kil- l-niule, D) ocee of * ashel, *County Tipperary. Tne sary arnexed to this appointment, including a re- sidence sdi about forty acres ...

... SHIPWRECK OF MISSIONAlRIES IN INDIA. THE following letter, which has been received by K Dr. Morgan, giving an account of the recent ship- r wreck in India, when the Rev. Mr. TI.NMordie and I Mrs, M'Mordie had a narrow escape from drown- a ing, will be read with interest:- t S Gogo, 15th June, 1319. n MY DEA&R Da. MORGAX-YOU are likely to hear c by this mail, from many sources, of the ...

... CORRESPONDEEE. WHO CAN EBE? B TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NISWS-LETTER, SsIR-Ireplytothe above queryin one of yourre;ent papers. The gentleman in question is Sir J. r'inceir, of Ulbater (not Ulster), of Sutherlandshire, XB., son or nephew of the late Sir J. Sinclair, the Yell- known philanthropist and road-maker, the fther of Miss C. Sinclair, a novelist of some fame#- Faithfully yours, ...

... TWO MEN SUFFOC&TED IN A SEWER IN DUBLIN. A MOST melancholy accident occurred in Dublin on Wednesday, by which two men named James Col- Ens and Wm. Loughman lost their lives. A large sewer in Benson Street, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, was being cleaned by the Corporation, and the two men went down to begin work. They had acarcely reached the bottom when they wvere heard to cry for help. They then ...

... THE Freenien&iaft of Vienna publishes the follow- I jn, - Recentlyanew-martied couple in iennaleit the church in a carriage to enjoy their moon and honey for two in that telicious country between | Prague and Dresden, justCy called the Switzerland of Waxony. Arrived at chnnd~au, where they pro. posed making their first halt, they learned to their I dismay that a morning excursioa train had ...

... COUtil' AND FAS3HIOS. I T Fi - C Ot11 1COT IT BALmhORAL, SUonDAY.-Princess Louise, Prince Leopold. and the Ladies and Ger--t!emen-in-W\aiting attended Divine service in the parish chlircb, Urazhio. The Rer. C. Taylor officiated. The Prince of WVales is visiting Lord Kenlis at Underley a'l, Westmorland. The visit is a strictly private one, It is understood t'at his Royal Highness will not ...

... g D g I i i I ? f1fa5t littu-Ndtm i Ic (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.j _ BELFAST: o SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1869 >.Ova columns this morning bear further testi- mony to the alacrity with which the members of the Irish Church are addressing themselves 'e to the task of setting their now disordered Yhouse in order. The Lord Primate and Arch- bishop of Dublin have issued a circular to the clergy and laity, ...

... CORRtESPONDENCE. COUNTY ANTRIM ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LflTER, Sir-In the NoTthern 117tiy's article this morn- ing, commenting on Sir Shafto Adair's reception, or, I might say, non.reception, in Lisburn, there is the following statEment:- Courtesy, respect, and consideration from the agent of the Hertford estate would indeed be novelties Now, although I am sure Mr. ...