... THE WP'T- OF SEED POTATOES. I Yesterday a deputation from the Mansion House Committee for the Relief of Distress in Ireland waited on i is Grace the Duke of Mariborough ! and the Pight flonotrable James towither, M.P., the Chief Secretary, at the Castle, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the ne- cessity of supplying potato and other seed to | the small farmers in order to prevent ...

... 1.SIR WIIIMGREGOR Ae> ?? . . v TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. .3 ' A ' Clarenbridge, Januaxy 19. DEAR SIR-One of the most practical sugges- tions thrown out during the late land meetings ?? contained in i letter ofi Sir' Williamn Gregory, himself a model laudlord, on the oceasiob of the GoAtdemonstration. The suggestion was to the effect that land meetings should be utilised to throw light on ...

... ?? 11-01-71n IND 111-INIII-11.0. n CHETUIOH MISSIONARY SOOII3rY-TiEE D1&LIUENUY FUNDO. TO TRtE l3hI0,C OW TrES rrZS'AoT NEWStA Lanali INtsl~oouoLi ylore a- the LLV? tigh, 1879, there wteae aii euroic bxir,'oo of £24,717, ?? tho. vxih, bi ttoi'tl OVO%, tilflutow a tre two yran mci,' ?? f'rsof tire uociiey halvo kub. riorlibvr_ *1iba t Lid Odd0 of tihE; ?? a balanca of j £10000 It lie rxd!imd ...

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... I I L 11th Hussars-Captain Taylor has taken up his duty as Aide-de-Caanp to Major-Generai Fraser, Commanding at the Curragh, from the 2Sth inst. Royal Horse Artillery-Captain G. T. Carre, has been transferred from D Battery B Brigade and posted to No, I Battery 8th Brigade Royal Artil- lery, serving X tho Kum Force. Captain C. F. Beadnel], on reappointmeit to the Royal Horse Artillery, h]s ...

... ISLES OF PROPERTY IN DUZLIN. I h t E ;A T'he followinlg properties were sold bv auetio. at Burke's Great Rooms on Thursday last by 'Mr. John Burke, by directions of the executors of tx: late Henry Allen, Req :-Lot 1-Allendale, Dra condra, with dwellingbouse, stables, outoffices. and buildings thereon, held by lease for 98 years *nzru 1822, subject to the yearly rent of £12 Is 8 ?? Sold for ...

... , 6: t- (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) '4tie half -y ly meeting ofCork, Thursday. 'i4 e hnlyeafly meeting of the shareholders and 'I director&a the Munster Bank was held to-day. 2 Mr. William Shaw, M.P., chairman, in moving the adoption of the rer,ert declaring a dividend of .10 per cent., reviewed at -me length the progress i of the bank. He coninute' -WVe have been able to earn a dividend of 10 Ver ...

... L'.D LYTTO(N CN TYU! APT 1 Fr ?? WAR, Ti~re Tirrihan'yej cev' h .re ?? mi oi Itre if0sh LiA, jast arxlvc!, c vttti 3 text; oi JLz-rd Lic;eU ei dte.rc' itrvna CaeiW in, c New' Ygta hy lCC ?? 1 thU tinrilty r~acy othh Ulrocatn ?? title, Laizdktceai htctreea hnd ?? olire thre Qeeacit of it' im ?? of I'.tthlle P't itt ri,o'. 1) ' ?? !Q1n12 ?? t tif hr, e vctkt, pr 11ct ?? h epoc . X i rel f-r ...

... -IXRAWiNGROOM, 0DUBLIN CASTLE. I A- I_._ ?? the Duke of Marlborougihi, K.G.,Lord Lleuterant of Irelaud, and her Graco the Duchess of Marioorou-11 held the first Drawingroom for the season at Dublin Castle last eveniiug. 'Their Grac', entered the Throneroom at half-past -4ine o'cl jck, accompanied by Lord Randolph Spencer Churchill, MB.. Lady C eorgiazia Spencer Churchill. The Mriquis and ...

... PRESBYTERIA*q NEWS. (FROM OUBt OWN COIRRESrONDcNT.) The members of the Fin ilater Presbyterian C0hurch held their annual mee iug last night, in the large lecture-hall, Rutland- quare. whicha was decorated in the same manuer as on the occasion of the meeting to welcome their new pastor, Mr. Murphy, last week. The proceedings were opened with devotional exercises, conducted 'rby Rev. Dr. ii ...

... LONDON GOSSP. I I ?? Or=m the Lady ow dela ot. E VEifig London, Thursday Evening. You rua not vwonder at the somewhat hazy conceptions of the Government with re- gard to the proposition of a.settlement of the Afghan affairs twhen you consider the diffi- rulty of forming a clear idea upon any sub- ject durng the prevalence of the dense fog which is folding London within its grasp with such ...

... | DESTITUTION IN'DUB3LIN. The first meeting of the Dublin Charities Fund Committee washeld ve,3terday ?? Hotel, SzekriD3-stteetVery Rev.'Canon Brock, P.P., in the chair. There was a large attendance. It was announced-' that through the kindness of the directors of the Commercial Buildings Com- pany a committee room had been placed at their disposal in the Commercial Buildings, Dame-street, and ...