... ITHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI ORDINATION AT MAnOrR, -Yestereny, the Rev. R. H. F. Dickoy, MA,, B D., was ordained pastor of the Magher& Presbyterian Church, in the room of the Rev, M. Leitch, wilo wr at the lart General Assembly eleoted to fill the vaceanny In the chair of Biblioal (ritloism. Servioe commenced at twelve o'elock, there being a very large congregation pre. sent, The Rev. W, Reid ...

... BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, A MIRYTiNG in conneotion with this society was held in the Clarence Place Hail, last evenig, at ?? seven o'clock, for the purpose of heasfng an address from the Rev. Riobard Perklee, of Crediton, Devon, a deputation from the sootety. The attendance was small. The Mayor (Mr. John Browne. J P ), presided, and among those present lucre- Rv Dr. WrIght, Rev. Dr. ...

... T)EE A.LLEGE SHE TAING IN DERBYSHIRE. ?? ?? nu fin Saturdaw ph anyufsna m. I At the County Police Court, at Derby, on Saturday, kn 3k, John Jackson Kyte, joiner, Allenton;- and George KYte, mec ph working with his uncle on a farm in his oec~upitiofl, were he N; chiirged with stealing six sheep, the prprty of Mr. Win. ho Riley, at Boulton, on the night of the 1sgt january.Mr elm '1 Briggs ...

... A DAY ON FOOT WITH THE DOvW. mAEY HlllD.. H RIl: RS. . (For the Derby 3fMercury.) O On Wednesday last, the bye day between the Ashbourne , balls, NMr. Cotton, th'e master of the above pack, brought his hounds to Tiasington Hall, the charming baronial resi h dence of 'Sir William Fitz-Herbert, Bart,, for the enter- e tainment of the several parties gathered together in the r. neighbourhood. ...

... I qthds%. TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. LOSS OF SIXTY LIVES. WV - On Weslnesday morning the ill-fated ?? Lady Pit of be 5 the Leyeett Coliery, belonging to the Crewe Coal ?? th, Comnany, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, wag the sene of Cal another explosion, more disastrous-both as to the loss ?? life and the destruction of property-than that whic hap- pe pened there on the 12th September last, when ...

... TOPICS OF THIE WEEK. FaOme all sides, even from the Government camlp itself, come urgent demands to know what are the intentions of the Government with respect to Afghanistar. Every hour's inde- cision and vacillation adds to the difficulties of our position in Cabul. We hold possession of a strip of road one hundred miles in length, but on each side of this passsage, by meaus of which General ...

... Vlhe feiman'q 8ounrnaI. In view of the system which has re- cently grown up of inserting in letters and other communications to the editor appeals for and acknowledgments of subscriptions which are purely adver. tisementes, the proprietors of the three Dublin morning papers think it necessary to give notice that in future all such an- nouncements and appeals must be paid for. January 17th, ...

... I g1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAy. Glengarriff, county Cork. o ?? Preelrxs JournaZ deserves the credit of being Ue frst newspaper prominently to direct attention, many months ago, to the impending famine and to the absolute and immediate neces- sity of reproductive works to alleviate it. It must be obvious to all who give a moment's considera- tion to the subject that the fuds now being col- ...

... FATAL RUNNING DOWN OF A BOAT AT PORTSMOUTH, ing A serious affair occurred yesteroay morning near thoe Cot F'eb mouth of Portsmouth Harbour, by which the life-of -one a:n 3ial 1 y Cees: man has been sacrificed. A number of the petty~officers - 1 digand men of Her Majesty's torpede storeship If ocla, Capt. I led- Morgan Singer, had been on shore during Monday might :Po' obty . :e9 tint on leave ...

... NEWPORT, i- COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.-&Sfurday.-Before F. -a W. Pophamn, Esq. (Chairman), Admiral De Horsey, and P' IJ. Snowdon Henry, lfq.th t, ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CAIRRiAGE-Clucrlea the e Martin Piper and Robert Bignell, R~yde, were summoned se a for an assault in a railway carriage.-Mr. Wooldridge ap- albo f peared for the complainant, and Mr. Hooper for the de- AS t ?? Ohaba said he was an ...

... .J. TJ. RDAYJANUA, ) R24 I Avsuhirt kifIfffraph. PORT81OOTB, SATUDAY, JANURY24. ~- - a ~ r---o - 1 V~ -.1i hour before he opened his mouth, the feat would l IRE have been deemed impossible; but he has done d it, and it only remains for the outside world to C, look on with mingled admiration and amazement. c At first sight the occasion itself seemed to be a ti peculiarly trying one for a ...

... A CLERICAL LOTHARIO.-Some little scandal has been occasioned here by an incident of a rather unusual character. One day last week a resident of the town was coming from Southampton by steam-paoket, when he was accosted by a Line, gentlemanly-looking man of about 45 or 50 years of age, who asked for information as to an hotel where himself and wife could find good and eco- nomical accommodation ...