... LECTURE BY PROFESSOR flEDPrEPN. A v Toaa was delivered on Tneiday evening in the Clarence Plaoe Hall, ia connection -witb thle Church of Ireland Young men's Society, by Pro. fessor Redfern, M.D., F.R O.S.. on The Organs of Snell and Taste. The chair was taken by Mr. R. L. HAMILTON, J.P. The proceedings haviug been opened with. prayer by tho Rev. Mr. BBooxE, The OsCAsisAN said they were ...

... THE OCHURHO OF IRELAND.. DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF DOWN AND CONNOR AND DROMORE. Tor Diocesan Counoil mbt' yesberday in the Diocesan Rooms, Bolfasb-the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop presiding. The following members wore alto present :-The Very Rev. the Dean of Down, D.P.; the Very Rev, the Dean of Dromore, the Ven. the Arohdeacon of Down, the Ven. the Archdeacon of Connor, LL.D.; the Ven. tho ...

... THE FORTHCOMING FRANCHISt B I L L. IRISH ELECTORAL STATISTICS. LoSnDo, WEsNrsDAT. Tri electoral statistics ordered last session by the House of Commons, in view of the parlia- montsary reform contemplated nest session, were issued to-day. They show in respect of eaoheon- stituency the area in square miles of the county or borough, the population, number of inhabited houses in 1871 and 1881, ...

... rnlot Oltt LADY COlRRt PONcDur. LoN-DoN, MiOfDxiAV NI1UT. rg deliglht in an east wind. luauriating in the keen, sweeping blasts comingla round street corners, isu a cquired taste. Lately the strength of the adversary has been painfully brought home to teenuy fawilies in the illness and death of friends ?? to east wvind influtonoes. The llt ab ]iev. Charles Rgaloey Nvas the chamnion of the , ...

... CAITICAL POSITION OF BERBER. APPEALS FOR SUCCOUR. NUBAR PASHA INSISTS ON ACTION. _ ?? PREPARATIONS FOR AN e ADVANCE. ,i 0 0 [rysOe WEBTERN MORNZNO NEWS OORRESPONDONT.] v CAmo, TUESDAY, 8-40 ?? appeals have u again reached the authorities here to-day from a Hfassan Pasha Chalifa, Governor of Berber. He g wired that the town is saurronuded by strong r: bodies of rebels, and may be invested. Ile ...

... Elp .'RI dfut W-3&ttcro (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) B E L F A S T: SATURDAY,' MARCH 22, 1884. In the 1House of Lords a molion of Lord Thurlow in favour of the opening of nmuseums in London on Sunday was defeatedl, 35 votiu,, in favour aud 46 against. Ja the 1ouse of Cvmmous, Sir W. Harcourt, replying to Mr. W, Corbet admitted that thle law in reference to committal to an asylum required amendment ...

... THE SOUDAN REBELLIONS THET DEFEAT OF BAIKER PASHA. EXTENT OF THE LOSSES. REPORTED CAPTURE OF GENERAL GORDON. ACTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERN1MIENT. DESPATCH OF REINFORCE- MENTS. ratUTFRu'8 TELiIRAns.1 CAnto, Tsnumslo.-Tho total loss of the Egyp. tian troops in the disaster near Tokar was 2,250 men. Among the killed wore 96 officers, including 16 staff-officers. Baker Pasha telograbs that he has ...

... THE GAMBETTAL CIEl; ATION I It . AT CAIFORS. I [naortxfl' STS.EOf:UAM5.J PARTS, MoNte.Y.-1\. Ferry, General Campenon, anti several other Ministers arrived at Us'hors last night, and met with a cordial reception fromt the inhabitanuts. The statue erected to the late M. Gambetta will lie unveiled to-day. M. Ferry will deliver a speech on ?? occasion. CAHons, IoNDAY.-- M. Jules1 Ferry snd the ...

... OPINJOINS OF TIUP LONDON PilE S S. (rRoU Tc1t6 TiMPES.] Tnumn can be little doubt as to the importance of the recent F'enian arrests, That the police have been sac(.esefiul in latying their hands on three maost active agents for misehief in this country an d in Ireland is tolerably clear, and is a matter on which we may well coungratulate ourselves. This, however, we mnay fairly hope, will ...

... I OFFICIAL RrwORbTS I LOmwxON, THUMsDAY.-This morning there was issued a paper containing copy of reports from resident magistrates on the Dromore meetings on the lat day of January, 1884, and of depositiqus J aud verdict at the inquest on Samuel Giffen. From t the joint report by Mr. T. Hamilton, 1t.M.; Major l Blair, R.M.; and Mr. Thynne, R.M., it appears I tlhat the military and police ...

... SPECIAL MEETING. A srucnAr, meeting of tbe Corporation wsas held yesterday at one o'clock for tlhe purpose of con- firming thle minutes of the Council in Q~mmittee of that date. There were ?? Mayor (Mr. David Taylor, ?? in the chair; Alder- ?? H. Haslett, J.P.; William John Johnston, ,P.; Samuel Lowther, J.P.; Daniel Dixon, John Oulton; Cotncillors-'hos. Claflein, J.F.; Janies Jenkins, Samuel ...

... 'OUR 'L&NDON 'LI3ITTER - 1l69 FRiAr SBhSET;, ,'..SUn~ir NTrewr 'Y~ssankv aftezncon Mr. Glad~stone appeared 'in a'u'ew cbaraoter before his' Midlothian''consti- t uents-bhab of anl apologisb' for 'the shortcomings 'of his Administration. This, of course, was nob. the main- purport of his' first big speech, but there was an air o'f' irpology runuing throughout the protracted discourse which' ...