Refine Search

COURT AND FASHION

... COURT AN4D FAHIGI&:N. VICERZGAL COURT. The Lord Lkutaenant and teo (Countess Spencer, accompanied by Mr. It. B. liu;.ias a.i attended by C apwain beymour, Mr. Thompacn, and Mr. C. Boyle, were present at bivine service at Castle- knock Church on Suniay. The servias was pr. fornmd by th? Rev. Ralph Salleir, D U., and the sermon was preached by the Ar libishop of Dublin. The Duke of A bercorn and ...

Published: Tuesday 18 October 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 732 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... LO; )'LN CORRESPONDENCE. I OfR oUR S CORRQEroWNDWEN,] LOnDON SATURDAY. T'Fir j Abbere in promiumns have been let in nicely .r i. Frncnh loan. The premium was worked up F rtoent as high as 3ΒΆ, and thousands of per. - for allotments, paying the deposit of 5 -Art. A turn then took place. Thoe knowing . ,:e, vho had sold the loan without having applied r .Jy, availed themselves of the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1865 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

LATEST NEWS

... THE MARCH ON ROME. SKIRMISH BETWEEN ITALIAN LANCERS AND fONTIFICAL ZOUAVES. THE ITALIAN FLEET AT CIVITA VECCHIA. FLOuLNCO, THURSDAY.-A tquadron of lancers of the 4th corps d'armee, sent yesterday to reconi noitre, came unexpectedly upon the advanced guard of the Pontifical troops, about three kilo. metres from Rome. They were received with a volley. The squadron at once charged the Zonaves, ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 681 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

MINISTERIAL BLINDNESS

... The Standard remarks that the positliity of An occasion arising which may demand that Eng. land should have an effiient army, even although France is prostrate and helpless, has apparently not given a moment's concern to oar Minatry. Yet it is surely obvious that the prostration of France, and her apparent exclusion from a voice in the destinies of the world, may have certain results not very ...

Published: Thursday 06 October 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 995 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

PROPOSED COLONISATION OF IRELAND WITH CHINESE

... PROPOSED COLONITSATION OF IRELAND WITH CHINESE. ITmight be an interesting experiment to people Ireland with Chinese. There can be no doubt that if the Irish would emigrate in a body, and we could import Chinese in their place, we should gain some inoffensive industrious neighbours, who would soon draw out the Capabilities of the land, and be not only econtented with their lot, hut really ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 626 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION

... . IU?SDAT, a meeting of this Institution was held at its house, John Street,Adelphi-Thos. Chapman, e Esq., ?? V.P., in the chair. Richard Lewis, Esq., the Secretary, having read the minutes of the fprevious meeting, the silver medal of the Instita- tion, and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum, were granted to Captain David Robertson, R.N., Assistant-Inspector of Lifeboats to the ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... THE VOTE ON COMMUTATION. TO THE EDITOR OF TlE BELFAST NEWF-LETTER. Sin-Referring to your editorial remarks on the vote come to in the General Assembly, yesterday morning, I beg to explain that, thouch I might l have voted on the amendment, as put and carried, I I felt that, as I had on the previous evening stated in the Assermbly that I held, if the question came to be Commute or not, elders ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1980 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE WAR

... E -- LTELEGRMS FROM REUTER AND PRES i ASSOOIATION.J THE MARCH oN PARIS. ADVANCE OF THE ROYAL HEAD- QUARTERS TO BAR-LE-DUC. CORPS OF OBSERVATION AT METZ. BERLIN, AUcUST 25, 3 ?? Royal head- quarters have been advanced from Pont a Moneson to Bar-lefDuc. Corps of the 1st and 2nd Armies remain facing the army of Marshal Bazine. The remainder of the German forces have resolutely entered upon their ...

Published: Friday 26 August 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3693 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... CORRE~SPONDENCE. SHORT-SEA PASSAGE. TO Ti!! RDTTOR OF THE BELFAST NE ;, - Ir.et SIR-Will yOU kindly explvin, if you can, ho;-. it is that the directors of the County Down tailway Company charge 3s for a return ticket to Donagba. dee, ia order to proceed to Portpatrick by the boat, whilst at another hour of the day that will not suit the sailing of the boat the railway cnmpany only charge 2s ? ...

Published: Thursday 04 August 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1128 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR READERS

... NEWSP.APERS AND TaE11R READERS. TiE following extract from an American paper indicates the nature of the difficulties in the way of newspaper editors pleasing the whole of their readers:- Mr. A. believes he shall discontinue his paper, because it contains no political news; while B. is decidedly of opinion that the same paper dabbles too freely in the political movements of the day. C. don't ...

Published: Thursday 07 April 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 490 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE FIRST OF JULY IN PORTAFERRY

... [PROn OUR cCOuREPOnENT.J t Taos glorious and time-honoured anniversary was duly honoured by the brethren of this locality. The inscription atone of the Portaferry Protestant and Orange Hall was laid at B'x o'clock by the Rev. Henry Henderson, of lHolywood, in presence of a numerous and respectable assembly of specta- tors. Among those present at the interesting cere- mony were-Rteva. John Orr ...

Published: Tuesday 05 July 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1014 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

KILLULTAGH AND DERRYVOLGIE FARMING SOCIETY

... KILLULTAGLI AMD DERRT-iVOLGIE FARM-N ING SOCIETY. I Tate tee ecity-sixth nnnuzI show of the Killultagh and Derryvulgie Farming Society was held in Lii' burn on Thursday ]smt. she anmatcur classes were not aO well represented as on former occanione, but in tbu farmers' classes the showv wai exceed- ingly go !d. In butter the exhibition, both in point of quantity and quality, far exceeded that ...

Published: Tuesday 09 August 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 744 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News