... LECTMRE BY MONSIGNOR MEL a I Yesterdayifaftanoon, Monelgnor Capel deli. vered a lecture on Nature, Influeuoed by' Grace, at.;the Church of the CatholloUnlver', !lty, Stephenls-green. The lecture was In aid of r a fund to be applied to the purchase of coals for e the poor under the care cf the Sisters of Mercy, Baggot-street. There was a very numerous and r respectable auditory. It Is ...

... Tbe following students have passed the matri' oulation examination : Aurs.-Allen Aadrew, J C. Allison Robert, Andrews Thomas, Jun ; Beatty Willianm, Bigger James, Bils R Brookes Thomnas B, Brookes Elijab, Calwell James M Caree Stewart, Carson Henry, Clarice H A, Graig Robert, Crawford Samuel G Donnell William, Da ?? 'David, Fleming Samuel JL Hall Joseph, Heudersia Edwin, rsdell Charles J. ...

... I- D E :: :. THOM'S , 0 ?? THEREV--THOAS BUKE,- ?? I 'I . . - 1;.. - 1 . . I The eubjoined' lettei from the distinguished' preaoher, the 1er.. Thomas Barke, has appearell in the New York lrish. American- - - * ?? ?? , Mo. ?? Oct. 1st- GENTTIoBMEN-1very seldom read the reports . of my own lectures, but,' foituntely, I throw iy eyeovertheoaddressdelveredbon kuf4ay,;226d' of September, in ...

... VISIT TO THE: VIMEAN'BATTLE.l .. X : F1IELDS., I - 5 I A correspondent of the Nilz a 1Time writes from Constantlnople oni the 21sbt of .September an account' of a mreent visit to the Crimea Sebastopol, he says, is one large zain; you can hardly imaginelthe state it: -mnshve been left ina Barring hero and there, where a few houses.ha.ve been rebuiltbjit remindsyou more of rompeil than ...

... -m~iIii TE- II rnRO N OUA OWN COB PONDEo) (By 1Reeman Specia2 Wire.) ThE: REIPESENTATION OF CORK. Cork, Fridoy sight. The MAayor has issued f address anuounoing las withdrawal from the contest for the repre. ntation of the city- le ?? oasvasshaa ?? me of the fact that I possess the support of tbe 'rjority of the Liberal electors, and wore lie oontt to rest between Mr. Ronryne and myself, I ...

... I FROM OUR OWN CQRRiSPONDNfflNTS. (By Freeman Special pire) THE STORM IN ENGLAND. London, Wednesday Night. There is no perceptible abatement of the fury of the south-east gale on the coast. At South Shields the Sea, which for miles is one mass of foam, is running very high. Seven of the crew of the Consul were drowned and three saved. The names of the men drowned are Captain Thos. Thompson, ...

... I Branch Oflioe, 87 Lower George's-street, Kingstown, Thursday Night. Sr. MICHAEL'S CIURcosR, 'KNOSTOwxN,-The rapidity with which the works are proceeding, particularly the slating, reflects credit on the oon. rantor, and gives hope that the congregation will be under cover before Sunday week. The ehuroh when finished will be one of the largest, If not the largest, Catholic Church in Ireland. ...

... THE KINSALE-WHO ARE THE I WRECKERS? TO THE EDITOR OF THiE FREEMAN. DEAR ?? FREELAAN'S JOURNAL is Sel- dem caught napping. I don't remecmber it found guilty of libel What, then, was my sur- prise to find in your issues of last Menday and Tuesday the oati atrocious calumny on the character or an honest and inoffensive commu- nity. I pronounce the report of your Waterford correspondet, as regards ...

... (From our Correspondent.) The people of Ballinasloe, anxious to pay a marked tribute of respect to the Very Rev. Dean Rigney, a native of that town, who has been a zea- louse missionary in Australia for the last thirty, three years1 and who is nowva bout to return, en- tertaiedthe very rev gentleman to a banquet at Gill's Hotel ou Wednesday evening, and presented him with a suitable ...

... ACKNOWLEDGMIENTS. | Canon Smithwick, P P, thankfully acknowle.lges (o) having received, for the poor of Baldoyle, from the Messrs. Arnott and Co, Henry-street, 11; from elel Mrs O'Farrell, Alanor House, Dandrurn, 11; from Mrs Boland, Water Mill, Itaheny, 11; and from 'Mirss Taafie, Blessington-street, Dablin, 1. ace The Committee of the Male Orphanage of Sb sou Vincent de Paul, Glasnevin, ...

... | I From the new edition of the Catholic Directory justpublished, perinisu superiorum, for 1872, we learn some interesting particulars respecting the Catholic body in Great Britain, and also on the Continent of Europe and, to some extent, in other parts of the world. The secular lists prefixed to the more strictly ecclesiastical portion of the work show that in the ranks of the Peerage of the ...

... I NI. TnHE I'w LICENSING BILL.-Mt1r. Barrg pre- sided yesterday at the Police-office, On taking his seat, he said, when J. Byrne was oharged with being druuk-I see five cases of drunken. ness on the sheet to-day, It is more than is usual in Kingatouwe, for, as I have often before had occasion to remark, Kiagatown is exeep. tionally free fron3 crime. The law with ra-rard to drunkenness is ...