... THE CO1NVIOT PEACE. Tic igimes says :-CUharles P~eace ma~y claim aS re. nmrkablo placeo among the greart criminoals oI moodern da^,s. There has seldoma been One s~O strictly ty pi- cal of that criminal class wh~ich ?? its war againsti society to the rank of a proicesteon. A cold andi cynical depravity aldunediesuleed subscrvicttco to ?? aud vrilgur formnS of. plea..aru were cenl jtined iu this ...

... GOSSIP ABOUT THE LOTTE Ry ,y FR01M OWN CORRESPONDENT. The :t Sti')'l ?? Saunday nig'ht and Monday 1 jw ?? ?? i I ?? giine le gro; iet ?? 1 ( ?? . d '1,i t ?? sttutzctions -as ?? 2 . S;: ?? rl i:2 ?? .sekii-' :- Qui- I a g jg.? i o _ s I! iact awe xvere thoroughly| ejI ...

... M'KENZIE AND SONS (LIMITED). Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the direc. to: s and shareholders was held at the compans 's t offices, Dawson-streat.-Mr. THoxMs VANcE, J.P., in the chair. Mr. George M'Crackea, the secretary, read the 1 directors' report, in which they stated that in pre. Eenting the accounts and transactions of the com. g pany for the past six months they wished to re. mind ...

... YesterdLay morning the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron resurued the business of the comnuis- siin in the court-house, Green-street. Mr. O'Brien, Q.C., and Mr. Murphy, instructed by Mr. Anderson, prosecuted. BUBiGLARY. Two men of the labouring class named Byrne and Flynn were indicted for having burglarized in IStraudville Cottage, Clontarf, the residence of Mr. Joseph Coyne, a car owner, on ...

... THE HEALTH OF DUtBLIN, The deaths registered in the Dublin Registra- tion District dring the week endrng 1et February, 1879, represent ans annual mortality of 4S.9 in every 1,000 of the population, by the census of 1871; omitting the deaths of persons admitted into public institutions from localities outside the dis- trict, the rate vas 47.0 per 1,000. In London the deatb.rate was 28.2 in ...

... THE CHURCH OF IRELND. The Rev. William Murdoob, A.B., sen. mod., ?? ouralte of the late 11ev. Francis Dobbs, A.M., Ballinfoy, has been appointed to the curacy of Magheralin, diocese of Dromore, by tbe 11ev. E. P. lBrooke. A.M1. CnuctcnI OF IRELAND DIVINITY SC110oL.-A de- putation, consisting of the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Meath, the Earl of Belmore, Dr. Salmon (Regina Professor of' ...

... (ESTABLISHEED ANNO 1737.) BELFA ST: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879. GE3NEI1A MAUDE'S columnsi have returned to their quarters from ?? r Valley, not a shot having been fired. Thos Zakha Khels continue to show a friendly front. General Rob'-rts has left ll~zirpir for Ehurumn, all being again quiet. It being deemned advisable that Wali Mabomed should be pilacld in direct communication with the ...

... BANQUETr tN LONDONDERRY IN HONOUR l O MIR. 8. M. AL.EXANDER, DL l L [SO'CIAL ThSOERA.] . CFROM OUR OORRESPONDltNT.] . LocOSDON1\1seIoR WIDlJIUSDAY M;iIET, -This even Iing, at five o'elock, Mr. Samluel M~axwzell Alexan der, DL., Roe Parki, Limavs~dy, Was entrstarined ab s .graud banquet in the Corporation Eall of this oity, as a. slient acknowledlgmon(; of the esteem in whlich I he is held ?? ...

... ?CTURE DY MISS TOD ON 1?IIDDL? 1 GLt?S? EOUOATI6? IN IRELAND. L'AsT evening, abi tight3 o'clock, g j@otnre cxi this| snbJ ect wv-s delivered, under the au,5p~eo Of tho I Moun~pOtlinger Motual Improvement Asociatiozil.| by Missg Tod, in thc Monintpottiager Church. The attendancea, whioh Was not large, fselurfid the fol. lowving:-Megsrs. Roberb M'Ca~liont, F.C. S.; Datisel Dixon, T. C.; Dr. ...

... SERgIOUS RUPTURE BETWEEN .OUMANI AND RUSSIA. [DAILY TELEGRAPH TELEGRAM.] die IeNVNA, SUNfDAY NIGIIT.-Nevws as unexpected as it is esrioua has been received by the Govern- de- ment within the last twenty four hours. You are oflvware of the difficulty that arose in the delimits. teiion of the new R~oueinse-lbalgoriou frontier, be. ad, twbeen Silistria and Mangolia, on the Black Sea. In ?? the ...

... T~E PUBLIC AND THE BANES. Ti'ne Timies saysr: - Obvionely there cant be ?? more unw/iso thanr for people to treat a devcosit wikh a bank-whiceh is, after all1, only a loan to a. trader without secutrity-as an investment, Only tlhe most absolute and complete knaon kdge of the int~rior of the bank which is trusted could justify such con- duct, But because a particular ban k has beenl long ...

... .HE VARTRY WATER. TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMAN. Royal College of Science for Ireland, Stephen's. green, January 30th. Sin-The opinion prevails very extensively at the present time that a great deal of the sickness in Dublin is due to the Vartry water, owing to its not containing iime, I have also heard thatit it been said it produces melancholy madnees. These views I believe to be entirely ...