... I _ _ - Yesterday there was a general meeting of the Dublin Society at their house, Kildare-street, at three o'clock. There was a numerous attendance i of -members, Mr. GaERcFJ WooDs MAINSrTL, D.L. (one of the Vie -Presidents) in the chair. Mr. R. J. Moss, the Registrar, read the minutes' of the last meeting of the society and the council. Mr. George Fitzgerald, ?? Honorary Secre- tary, read ...

... I I. 1 9 On Wednesday afternoon a large meeting of delegates trom all parts of the country, members of the Democratic Federation, was held at the ee Westminster Palace Hotel. for the purpose of con- at sidering the programme for the ensuing year. ty Among those present ivere-Mr. Joseph Cowen, Y- jun; Rev Arthur O'Ni, Birmingham; Miss Helen s Taylor, Miss Jessie Craig, Mr. E W Jones, of ...

... THE ENGLISH AND SCOTCH I I lAKND: QUESTIONS. fIMPORTANT STATEMENTT OF THE PREAIER. (SPECThL TELHGRiIA'd) London, Wednesday Evening. A leputation from the .Farmera' Alliance of Scotland waited upon Mr. Gladstone at the Prime kinister's official residence in Downing- street to-day with the object of urging reform in the land laws. - Previous to the interview with the Premier a conference ...

... THE METHODIST CONFEREXCE. (FILOa OUBs COBRESPONDENT.) The Conference resumed, under the presidercy of Rev Professor Osborn. D D. The daily record was read and approved. On the motion of the Rev Wallace IS'hIullen a committee was appointed to confer vith a committee of the British Confer- I encerelative to the revision of ?? of Ofices. The Rev George Vance presented the report of the committee ...

... THE EMPLOYSRS' LIABILtTY ACT. , I I (By Freman Spetial Wire.) London, Friday. In the Queen's Beach Division to-day, before Mr. Justices Field, and Cave, the caes of Grifiths v the Earl of Dudley was heasJ. This was 'n action tried before Sir Rupert Kettle, Judge of the Dudley County Courv, brought under the Employers' Liability Act. The plaintiff was the widow of Henry Griffiths. The ...

... IRISH HOME MANUFACTURE ASSOCIA.- TION. T The usual weekly meeting of the Irish Home Meansu aeture Association was held last evening.- 14r. WILLTA O'CONiSOB in thi chair. , There Jwere also present-- l3'homae Pugh sad P M.ortell, treasurers; J7mc Carey,' 1 TIohn Pugh, Thomas Blealy, A L Altman, R Dixo ,: ; .Thginnis, JT J Counolly, ff kIton, James Ryn, Joseph .Briscwe, .Mc Con way, W Hastings, ...

... SIhMIARY OF NEWS. I Gaiteau will be hanged between 12 and o'clock on Friday. The usual weekly meeting of the Irish, Rom Manufacture Asociation vw held last erening. The reception of Miss Bridget Usther as nuwvic took place in the Sienna Convent, Drogheda5e, terday. Yesterday the Queen's Bench Division had be, fore it the Lease of Aleader and.othera v tht Lough Erme Drainage Company. The number ...

... 'I UNIVERS1TY OF DiULNJ LIo am, ised 'VillJ rren rms the uci Dort- ate; ine a, ck's ka lu a U'al. 'a tlla rte; rtw; r _> * YeardaytheSurimei Comn'' cetuents tookplasI in the Examinat.ion Heall, Trinity College, at one o'clock in the presence of a largassemblage of visitors and students. The meeting was presided eover by the Pro Vice-Chbceallor, Rev Dr Carson, i S F T C; the Vice-Provost, Dr ...

... e The schoolmastership of Armagh Workhouse it Is vacant. y The London Hospital Sunday Fund exceeded s £23,0 0 ont Saturday evening. y8 The Duke of Succleach has been elected Gover. nor of the Royal Bank of Scotland. t The guardians of the Thurler Ucion have beeu ?? served with more notices of eviction. d Te sentries at the Birr Barracks have been a doulied, the scare having reached the-e. ri ...

... IRISH HOME MANU-FAC:CUiE ASSO. CIATION. The weekly meeting of this, association was held l last veniug, ,1; 1 lfrr. CAREY presi, ing. e, 'The members Present were-' x, XJesrsf PuT}h and P ?? dil, treasurers; M RenFl, P stephens, W .% W, 'Oir a'Cinor, J P Conolly, B rA, Bnie, J 1Qil, P J FigaitY, J iIval, .; COnslay A L, Ahn F~mian, Jobu Pugh. 1' 5-Daioy, F hennelvi l1:isa, M to'Donneol, 5' Brp ...

... TO TER EDITOR OF TEE FPRZMr - . T-alee, June 17tiL DEAA Sl-t clip the following words Enem -k paragraph whch appears in your issue of yAtm, day:- There is no reason why we should not wear our own wool when woven in Irish loom into good aerviceable cloths. No d* o fsjj% is &o deirabte, and, shall we add, so tuit.ble to the wants of our people. These two senten_. every true Irishman and ...

... SUMMARY OF NEWS, v . . , . mr. Browning is abent to sitto miss Clara ko b tab for a bust. A farmer nmed Levy wn founds hoto dead at I loystown to-day. The hnjtrhg were self-inf icted. I It is in contemplatioato eroct in the neeighbour- hood of Paisley a bronze statue to the memory of the Scotch poet TannabilL Mr. Gladstone was examined yes'erdsv as a w;t tness before thne Committee oif the ...