... WEMN the ice on Lake Ladoga begins to melt- generally late In April, but sometimes, as thi year, not till May-St. Petersburg knows that the thaw of theNeva is at hand. There are mostlyone or two false alarms before the event actually take. place, and the population who have heard the welcome sound of the gun at the citadel may be disappointed at not seeing this token followed by the custom ary ...

... CA ERAL SYNOD OF TIE L D CF .:O;->A OF IRELAND..~ ! .;.1;VENTH DAY. con O.URM RE RTPORTER.3] thli Diu.3' . c ' iDAY -The Synod resumed itsit. OQD -iings .: '- - *--_-_ at eleven o'clock-the Lord f Bishop . '3w and Connor and Dromore in the sev obhair. tba A p J: , 8i joripture and prayers having been hat read, -be The v:'- t Fridar.y'A proceedings were read 'the and cowIi. ;. . Re . t cl- r'l- ...

... TH E ZU LU WAR. I THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT ISANDULA AN ADVANCE IMMINENT. RAID INTO ZULULAND. [BRUTER'S TELEGRAMJ CAPE To.wir, MAY 21 (vik Madeira). Major-General Newdegate and Colonel Black with a force of dragoons, lancers, and Natal Cara- bineerc, and a battery of Horse Artillery, visited Isandula. The bodies of Colonel Durnford and Lieutenant Scott were found in the rear of the oamp, ...

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... THE 'BANGOR STEAMERS. Tr'o doubt the question, What has become of the 1Bangor steamers? is at the present time being asked by many, and the favourable change vwhich has just taken place in the weather demands a reply to the query. We are happy to be able to state 'that they will soon again occupy their statoen and resume their sailings between this port and 'Bangor. Perhaps there is no ...

... At Its last statement of accounts the thanksgiv. ing fund reached the sum of £129,369 8a Sd. The venerable Bishop Ames, for many years a tower of administrative strength In the Methodist B Episcopal Church, America, bas recently been sum. moned to his great reward. He was a man of com. . manding presence, fertile resources, and indomitable perseverance, and will be much regretted. He died in ...

... i T H 1 C O U RT T WIN2DSOa COASTL, T~uasDAY -The Queen anti v Princess Beatrice drove outyesterday, attended by n the Countess of EirI1, Princeesa Chritian of Sehle- t. 'wlg EloJateln dined with the Queen in the evening. a Her Muejaty, Peinceca Beatrice, and Prince Leo. v puld went out this morning, Prince Leopold went ri to tondon in the forenoon, attended by the Hon, 0 Alexander Yorko, The ...

... p ? . she - ?fffast Atbys- dtfr. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BBELFA8T: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1879. The mail steamer American, with the latest papers and despatches from the Cape, arrived at Plymouth last evening. A correspondent states that Lord Chelmsford retains the con- fidence of the military, who believe he 1 knows what he is doing. A Times Vienna telegram says a certain cool- ness has succeeded ...

... MgTRO-POLITAN GOQSSIP.1 .. .. . I I [VEOM OUR LADY CORRESPO DENT. - LONnDOr, TETrPSDAY 8 OTw1THsTANDriG the number of distracting w interests in London inst now, one place of amuse. el Ineat vielng with another !n catering for public b, patronage, the lieformances of the Comedie Fran. of gaige at the Gaiety Theatre takes preced ence of all w others. For so many months before their coming 81 ...

... 1I?1PERIAL PARLIAME NT. * OUSE OFt LOR1)S-FRIOAY. TourER Ito susllr meb ab twvo o'clock, Th.. Bival asesent was given by commrission to theConsolidatetdFunad (9ppropriatlonl) Aob, and n nmb er ot ctber notel oi Parnrimiont, Tbe eom.* jssiai1OC5> being the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Notthrinhcrlsnd, Earl Beauchamnp, the :1i^;1 of :lrdwtok', and Lord Skelmerndale. LHev MDajesty's spseech ...

... HUNTING AN AMERICAN 30KER. Moo. SAMUEL L, CLEmENs (says the Few York Times i of September the 3rd), much better known to I Amerioans as Mark Twain, reached this city in the steamship Gallia yesterday, after an absence of a b year ard a half In Europe. Mr. Twain was aecom. v panied by his wife. twelve trunks, and twenty-two b freight packages. Daring his absence be has visited b London, Paris, ...

... THERc are probably few words (says the Saturday Review) which recall A greater variety of aBsoala' tiona in different minds than Sunday. To a great extent our Sundays are the keynotes of our lives, To some of us they are known chiefly as the ooca. slons on which oar amusements are curtalled, while to others they are days of welcome rest. A bore to the fewand a relief to the many, the Sunday Is ...