... I .-ER HE-D. I PI'FR HEAD. _ARRIAL'. s Up to 9 a mt, Dec. :A0, lb71.-Wind, WV-. DccceubLe _l-Don Jualn, Ayr. oil: Rannl r, Vx. ?? }; inale, steamer, Waterford; LcrLgfer'i1, ncr, Livrrpcol ; Earl of C;trlle, iteamter, ia-. StAnley, steamer, Holyhead Decem1 er 30-Argo, 8teamer, Hlolyhead3. 3 colliers. .? c rs. December 29-Larkeirir, s'l~der~and, salt cake: S SwanEea, timber: Coniostant. L ...

... The Rev. Keiran Egan, P. P., Banagher, begs, with thanks, to acknovyledgethereceipt of 5 fromn John Tl'affe, Esq., for the relief of the poor on his property atGarbally. The Treasurer oi St Mary's Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society, Marlborough-street, begs to acknowledge with thanks the following dona. tidns :-C. Pelles, Esq., Q.C., Mfountjoy-square, 51. ;J. and C. Kennedy, Mounjoy ...

... LATESTr NEWS. [IREUTa AINID PRESS ASSOCIATION TELERAMS.] FRANCE-SPEECH OF 1I. THIERS. VERSAILLES, SATURDAY.-M. Thiers, in his speech in the Assembly last evening, while showing that, to raise a loan at the present time, would be an unwise act, spoke as ?? evacuation of our territory is our whole hope. Inthe griefs with which I am daily assailed, niy consolation and may hope is that the time ...

... R]TISOSPECT OF 1871. . ~ ~ . 7 . HO ME. a PaRtMETxIs shortly to reassemble, when the& i Ballot Bill maybe expected to pass; and an at- 1 tempt 6ill probably be made for a compromise in the licensing system. a The elections during the recess have been gene- ) rally adverse to Mr. Gladatoue's Government; and if several events have conspired to diminish his popu- i larity. The disorders which ...

... I THE MEUCIjTIGN QUESTION. ?? ?? I PUBLIC JEXETLNG I ' GALWVAY -YESTERDAY. (I~om our Specia Reporter.) 4GSiWay, Sunday' Eveni& A public mceting to give ?? to the opi- nions of the people and clergy of Galway on the quction of education was held to-day in the Church of St. Nicholas. Notwtiths8tanding the very ?? weeather there was a ntume. rous and influential attendance, the professional and ...

... I ' Yesterday Galiwaydeclared itself in namistakable terms on the grest question now agitating the po- pular mind of this country. The meeting was in every respect an imposing and earnest expression of opinion, and both in numbers and enthusiasm, has added another to the many similar refutations of this most singular argument, that it is only the sentimentof a section whithis in favour of ...

... TE_ TH NATIONAL aSCHlOLASTER& I It was reserved for the sass nau or swe -uv- teenth century to give full effect to the Baconian apothegm, that knowledge is power. The final proof given of its truth was the recent Continental campaign, where the signal triuph. of German. arms was clearly traceable to the fact that Count Moltke moved an army of educated pawns. No question can there be more ...

... CHTURCH PROPERTY. THE following letter from the Rev. Dr. Massing- ham to Mr. Miall, ?? has been forwarded to us for publication:- St. Paul's Vicarage, Warrington, December 26, 1871. ?? DEN SIa-You have a perfect right to decline to meet me in discussion, for sometimes Idis- cretion is the better part of valour;' and I have also a perfect right to criticise your reason for declin Ung it. In ...

... L.kRu:E IOnnmty OF NVAW'Car.S xr LivERPoOL. I - - - I. -Five meD, named respectively William Hutchin- son, George Eastham, George W- hittle, John Top- ping, and Thomas Heap, were brought up on re- maud before the Liverpool stipendiary oa Satur. day9 charged with having stolen ten gold watches, valuediat 100., from the premises of J. Johnson, Brownlow-hill, Liverpool. The prisoners Topping and ...

... *ef~t :C.S-Sttr+ [3ESTABLISEEED ANO 1737.) BELFAST: MONDAY, JAN.. 1, 1872. Ix the latest telegram issued from Sandringliam -which was that dated yesterday at noon-it is stated that the Prince of Wales is suffering less pain, anmd.that his general condition is un- changed. A telegram from St. Petersburg, in reference to the budget, mentions that attention has been directed to the necessity of ...

... P&cOtt j ruman's I-agmal. ?? ?? DUBLIN; ':ONDAY, JANUARY 1, I I .. I.tE\E E~ \~ss ?? Ex THlE DEPARTED YEAR. -0 Tux year which expired ?? nicU wiU be remarkable in history for the termination of one of the greatest wars of modern times; for the collapse of one empire and the. eonsouida- tion of another; for a second French Revo- lution; and a third Frewh Repiablic. Twelve months ago to-day the ...

... .LONDON COBRESPONDMYCE I I . l I Loudon, Saturday. The Financial Reform Association, of which *1w Premier's brother is one of the trustees, is deter. mined in the comingisession to bring all the Parlia- mentary pressure it can Qommand upon the Go- vernment with the view of eradicating abuses and establishing an economical administration, founzaed on just taxation and the abolition of all ...