... i FRUITS OF THE PRUSBNT .AGE-tB8. F Smtr 0X BY REV-D. nE1 . 0. M3UIRPHIY. I' TF i conlcluding sermlon of the series wias preached in Elmiwond Chrch leit evening by Rev. Dr. A C., NI iusphv' the subject of his adiress being ' ruits I of the Present Ag!-i`988. There wras a large 'oneregabinr.i and the rev gentleinn celected vs h.I text le-. 21st. chapter anr} i nd verser-- A'.tf I et roi saw ...

... TIE ITALIAN WNAVY. THE Rome-correspondent of hie Th1iee: writes- The strepgth and efficiency ofl the Italian navy, are, beyond any question, of an importance com- mensurate with the efforts made by Italy to bring it to its actual position, and a highly important element in the forecast of the chances of peace or war is the knowledge of- the degree of success which has attended those efforts.. ...

... NORTH DULBLIN UNION. The weekly mneeting of the guardians was held in tire boardroom of the workhouse yeater- dlay. Mr. Roper, J P, presided. STATS OF THR.HOLS0. ?? remaining in house on Saturday, 24th lNov, 2,744; admitted during week ended Satur- day, 1st Dee, I'5t born, 1; dischargedduring thle wet, 168; died 68; remaining on octurday, Ist Decemuber, 2,774; culidren at nurse in the country, ...

... KINGbTO WN AND BRAY INTELLI- GEiCE. -- - - -- -Il BLACICROCK COMMISSIONERS. Yesterday a meeting of this board was held in the Town Hail, Blackrock, Mr. E D Williams, D VC, in the chair. The other commissioners present ware- I Messrs W . Wilkinson., 1v n Spain, J J Eobinson, ?? Murra'. E 3E Kelly, Jame.4 Canning, b b rowe, J P W alter Byrne, Janes O'Connor, James t Sweeney, C W Betham, IIV H ...

... COER CION IN I-'ELAND. THE CLONGOREY PROSECUTIONS. Naas. Thursday. This morning at eleven o'clock Messrs Vlessy| Fitzgerald and G D) Mercer, R M1's, resumed the -hearing of the charge of unlawiul assemblly ;le- C ferred against Messrs J Maloue,CT C, Newbridge: E 3I Hurley, solicitor; M Gogarty, J P Nanuetti, a Patrick Murphy, Luke M'Guinness. PaLtrickl| Boughall. M Kavanagh, John Gordou, V ...

... : MONTE'S M:IND OF REV. MOTHER X, JOSEPH CROKE. I ?? The Month's Mind of Mother Joseph Croke, late Saperioress of the Convent of Mercy, Charle- ville, and Sister of the Archbishop of Cashel, took place yesterday at Charleville in presence of a very large and, distinguished eccleeiastical gathering. The Office and Solemn Re.quiem Maas was sung in the beautiful convent chapel, which was ?? in ...

... Jagl IUThOUB$ OF AN CERTARY i X . HOOL. ,.In the January number of Longmans' Efagazine l Mr. if J Barker writes his first instalkent of his e-perien ces in elementarv schools. Upon asking I r ior the femirnie.of hero he got sheroforthe ' answer. One of her Majesty's inspectors led the 'class on from lion and lioness, marquis , and marchioneis, to Dutebman, when he was told -that ...

... P.ARIS DAY BY DAY. THE Paris correspondent of the LIaily Telegraph. wires as follows :- 'Parisd it rathdr bad ly orf for representatives at the present moment.- A vacancy' has been created by the death .if Al. Eude. hat another member who has been confined to his room for months past is in nan alarming state of weakness, while a third is now down-with a. serious illness. Then tbere--is Dr ...

... HOUNDS did nob hunt either Tuesday or Thursday, on account of the flooded state of the country. A good week's average, however has been scored, as will be seen by the following accounts of Fridsy and Saturday:- Friday, 7th, M'Adam's Crossroads.-Enlargedl close to meet a very crooked running hind, which wae taken in twenty minutes at Drumelouglh Bog, an English mile from flillsborou-1h Park ...

... THE CHU1RCH OF 1RELAND. HRRIST CHURCH CLOTHING 80O'l'TY. T2I annual sermons on behalf of this society were preached yesterday by the Rev. T. C. b'Oonnor. rectnr of Donaghlmore, Glendalough. and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dubliu. At last services there was a very large congregation. In the morn- ing-, Canon O'Connor selected as his text the 14th bhapter of St. John, 2nd and 3rd verses-' ...

... I It . I , IDUBLIN: SATURTDAY. I 2. . K. I I CHRISTMAS DAY'. The Ireenmt's -IoumtG w'il published on Christmas Dz,.v Z in st. Advertisemnents ord .:l -½ that date will be insertea i ; Frereman of the preceding dat 1 2 Ith. THE order of tte Land Ccico.>KF't under Section 2.) 9of the Land S w which we publish to-day, win r ';lv Li hopes of thou-ianuds of IrisiitnaiiS. ?? a'sadistinct menace ...

... 1: I X a (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) I Paris Friday. The murderer of Marie Aguetant, the unhappy d 'deeni--o ine and frequenter of the Cafe Ame- e ricain and the Eden Theatre, weas to-day executed, and the last chapter closed in the life of one of ; the most notorious criminals that France and the y world have ever beard of. -Marie Aguetant, the e mistress ,,f BE les, had amassed by various means EL ...