... BAITS FOR TaE SUPERMVIT[OUS. THncr, are ftrequenit and lond complsinta from timem to time in various parts of France am to the extreme prevalence of uup,:rs'itiin In the motico ontona and villages. Nothing is a more common subjerh of satire and amnsement amongst the oomfc writere of the period thbn the cxtr urdlanry persistetce of aus bones villogeois in their adheoiuc to inoxrms: anid advice ...

... PRtSBYTERIAN XA. I (EnOTS1 OOlR OWN CORaESPO613T.1) tn connection with the week of prayer, 1880, it nas 1heen arranged to hold uanited mneetinga for prayer in the Pre3byterian Aoseplatiem Rouse, i6 Upper Sackville-atreet, fe followr -To.moribw evening, January 6th, subject, rt Co6fedoion of Sina when sbort addreases will be delivered by the Revs. Dr. Kirkpatrick ard Thomas Lyttle; and on ...

... T [FROB THlE SATURDAY REVIRW, I No words either of narrative or of oornmnen can do justice to tho terrible disaster at the Tay Bridge. To tha victims, indeed, death camo with fewer air. ournstances of terror than in many more common. plaoe aoccident3. Tbey had to warning of the doe. struetlon that wats ?? for therc, and the eId. derneas ?? whiuh they fell from a height of more than a hurdredt ...

... TIRE USES OF TEE POTATO. TuE proeseit year, which hts been fuli' ml calamt- ol tone to the pctrto orops in Europo as to the vines ol and the corn fields, does no, perhaps seem quite M tho beast thalu co-uld be cl'.oo n for gratuitously fend. 0: Ing the p.oor people up-n Irish stews end sueh 111e b Mi4bst, Neverthplese. tbe vegeteble moot beloved d by Irleumelt hba blen by very goneral conitent ...

... IMR PARNELL'S VISIT TO AMERICA. (From the Dsily Telepraph of Saturday.) Mr. Parnell has arrived in New York, and thJ comparative coolness of his reception fulfils Cul own anticipation that his appeal to the people of the States would prove a failure. Our corre. spondent telegraphs that no popular interest is shown in his arrival, that the committee of re- ception is itself lukewarm, and ...

... KINGSTOWN AND BRAY INTELLI- GEN CB. I THE Rwv. PAkTEac M'CABE, P.P.-On inqniriea last evening at the Presbytery, Glasthule, the Rev. Patrick M'Cabe, P.P., Dalkey, visa reported to be evceedingly feeble, and in the same critical condi- tion in which he has been for some day3:past. KL'uC*ToWN TowN6smp.-The annual meeting of the board of commissioners of this township will be held to-day (Monday) ...

... TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT DONCASTER- THREii PERSONS KILLED. [BY TBLEGRAPH.] A TmURIFIC explosion of gunpowder ocourred early on Saturday on the promises of Mr, Hanson, gun- smith, Baxtergate, Donoaster, doing a large amount of damage, and killing three people, Mr. Hanson kept gunpowder stored In his kodroom and In the room beneath. Theexplosion oocurred in the bolk portion of the shop, AU the ...

... Colonel King-Harina, M.P., has addressed tU following letter to the Times:- Sm-May I ask for an opportunity to reply to Mr. Bl~oomfield's letter ? I should say tit thlt can be no doubt as to the intention of the 68th clause of the Irish Church Disestabliahm.60 Act. By it the Church surplus is available to meet any pressing national calamity ifn Ireltud, and I fail to understand how any ...

... I='H DISTRESS IN IRELAND. DLUBLIN MANSION HOUSE REElsp NuD The zomarnittee of this fund held their first meeting in the Mansion Htitle gttl 20 p.*. on Saturday, The Right Hon. the LOD MfOP id th chatr. Also present:- Iiis Grace the Most Re- 1h Trene, Rev J Daniel. pP; V B DiUo3, SqtjUD* Sir George Oweas, J P; Sir John Barrington, D L; P J bmyth, M IP T4 P Pin, Esq, jun; Alderman Tarspey e a A ...

... ar ?Al.TUC~ 8 L CH tJROHI, BALLYMENA. b to direot attention to the advartleement 8 to our columna this day, from the whboh alJPIesrsI 0 oit vestry of the pariah of Balaiy'~5' wvith reforonoO to tho restorin Bargke C UbUTo and the means taken to OffbOt Pa very d ?? objeot. The olaum of i0ouranca thst veen cr £0G200, but It Wt 2 o) 000 more to reinstate the ohuroh In t cr poitloD, a0(1tfeot ...

... Oli) 16 RIE118 I 1110N.,ol, CuI!Ruii aMISSIONARY t;O:IETY. TO TIIi lDITOR OF? Tit1 BSILFAST NKEWS-LITTR. SIR-Permit me to direct the attentirn of the fretodrA4 ard (aUpporterae OI this r1ocioty to t'o ?? ?? appears in your advertiqfog columnsm, and to request; them to zend their subicrptiocns 4S reon ge eotivenlet, arnl to add that the ooiety never ro, quired additional acslatanco more than ...

... . _ - I FULL ACCOUNT OF THE DIVING di OPERATIONS. rte OPENING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. M SPE41AL TJILERAM. sc Dundee, Sunday, di The weather to-day is very..fioe, and it is hoped s that operations at the scene of the disawter will be S; forwarded considerably. 'Tho Boafd of trade inquiry in opened this sorning at 1i80 At the Sheriff's Court, cosisting ol Mr. Rothelry, Wreck ...