... g # r ?flfut Stin-ftfter, (ESEABLISHED ANNO 1737.) IBELFAST: SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1870. THE telegraph system will be assumed this morning by the Government, who will hence- forth work it in connection with the Post Offices. Some interesting information in regard to the new arrangements will be found in our columns this morning. The Duke of Edinburgh steamship, which went ashore on Ailsa Craig a ...

... 1 Tawillof the Right Rev. James Prince Lee, R.D., Lord Bishop of Manchester, was proved in the court of that district, and the personalty sworn under £41,000, the executors being Mr. T. D. Ryder and the Rev. H. Birley. To each he leaves a legacy of £50. His lordship 3ai appointed the first bishop to the See. in 1S47, tae revenue being £4.20J per annum. He attainnd thie age of 65; his will ...

... THE .TATE OF IRELAND, THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMNM.S Iii the House of Commons, the Address in reply to the Qaeen's Speech having been moved and se. con ed, Mr. DISRAELI, waiving for the occasion the dticutssion of the general programme of the speech, complained of the ambiguity of the last paragraph, which he interpreted as meaning that the adoption of measures for the protection of life ...

... I - (BY aLEGRaPBL] | VEIVS-LETTEJ? OFFICE, Monday Morni. PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS. GOVERNMENT MEASURES. It is stated that Government Will 2dopt Mr. Locke King's Real Property Intestacy Bill as a Ministerial measure. The Obstrr'r gays the Land Question, Eda- cation Bill, Licensing Bill, Election Proceedings Bill, and Merchant Shipping Bill will be dealt with by Government this Session. The ...

... PRINCE ARTSuR En NEW Vdux. i Tn:z New York papers are full of the proceedings in codhao6ion with Princi Arthur's visit, We take the following from the accoant which appeared ins i the Tribune:- tU j Boys with fiddles and harp played their choicest o se]ections, while the younger ones went about so- L liciting pennies. Negroes, Irishmen, clerks, wosher. U women, well-dressed women of doubtful ...

... ORMOND QUAY PaESBYTvRrAN CHURCH, DuELTr.PI -The Rev. George Stewart Burns, of the Cathedral & Church, Glasgow, was entertained at breakfast in D the Gresham Rotel, Dublin, on Monday morning, a, on the occasion of his visiting Ireland to preach the anniversary sermons in the Ormond Quay Presby. tetiau Church. There was a numerous and infiu-S ential attendance. PRESBYTERY OF TyomNE -On Monday, a ...

... GENERAL CONVENTION OF R C:SH AtCH OF IRELsAND. ELEVENTH DAY. [fEnx OUR OWN REPORTm.-] DUmL:rN, SATURDAY. TEaz Convention reassembled this morning at ten I o'clock-the Archbishop of Duatni presiding. The proceedings having been opened by the Bishop of Conic reading the 50th Psalmand prayers, Rev. EDWVARD NORMAN (Elon. Secretary) read the minutes of the previous day, which were confirmed. After ...

... MATURIN V. THE SALTRRS' COMPANY. I? TO TEN EDITOR OF TEN DAILY ZXPRESS. i SIR-The result only of the above case having f appeared in your paper of this day's date, will you kindly oblige by inserting the following particu- I tare3?- My cause of action against the defendants was, U that having been in the year 1814 appointed by them as their local law agent to transact the entire legal business ...

... Tn. LATE FOOR.LAW INVEST[GATION IN DROGHEDA. [rROX OUR COBEPONDRTNt.] . IzDOGEHDA, FEBRUARY 21. 1Tx reference to an investigation into charges pre- .ferred against officials of the DroghedA Workhouse, on the subject of alleged ill-treatment of parties seeking temporary relief, by threatening them with la prosecution if they accepted such relief, held be. rfore Mr. O'Brien, Poor-Law Inspector, ...

... C b v ?tlfas-t f[rivs-ftfter, (ESIABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1870. Is the House of Lords, yesterday, the Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of the Judges' Jurisdiction Bill, which, after some discussion, was agreed to. In the House of Commons, the Lord Advo- cate gave notice that he should introduce a Bill upon the subject of the tenure of land in Scot- land. ...

... THE COORT. OsBomws, TummS . -The Queen drove out yes- terday. Princess Christian, Prince Christian Vic. tor, and Prince Albert of Sohleswig-Holstein, left Osborne this morning for Frogmore, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Colonel Ponsonby. Her Majesty drove oat with Prince Leopold. Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice rode. The Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had ...

... THE GREEK ARCE[BSHOP AT YORK. AN interesting ceremony took place at York on Saturday. The Archbishop of the Greek Church is visiting the Primate of England at Bishopthorpe, Se and on Saturday his Grace and his guest inspectedD together the MIuseum of York, and afterwards at In tended the usual afternoon service, At its conclu- In sion, the two archbishops adjourned to one of the 1, vestries, ...