... SCOTCh1 NOTES, FpuOm OUR OWN; C0IPiECPO\D-NOENT i'OLlTlO0.0 TALK. TDem Covenl campaign has begun in eartissit 1,t Sir John Ponder h~avinig tacken the lit ei~ Mi. John W~ilson tins wie~k. Tt is a piitv tiii John was unable to accept att Once, ais ; that event have been several dayvs in lri already. but it is, anod dg thne Ois p late tloa'n never' and it isevidmnt that lt JIL let thle grass grow ...

... SECONb ED BY OUPR SPECIA! BELFAST NEWS-LETTER ?? 169. FLEERT STREET, LONDON, E.C. THE MORIER INCIDENT. The Stadard(I correspondent ?? Berlin journals ore growing anxious for the termination of the ?? Morier incident. The fact is not surprising. The opinion of Eur6pe has been ex- pressed on the attempt made to fasten on her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg an act of treachery of the most ...

... THIE METHODIST CHURCH. The juvenile colleetor have thid year raised the sum of £985for foreign missions on the London- derrt circuit, against £01 9s 9d raised in the raine way last year. Since the Belfast Methodist MiFsion was estsb- lished in October last the two agents employed have paid 6,900 visitq, besides conducting four weekly meetings, a fellowship meeting, end a Sabbath school. The ...

... SECOND EDITIONi. AChNOWEEDG)IlANTS. zLFAS r RoY KI IIOR n IT A T.,-The Trensurer (Mr. AXv 1t. MacElberml) ackncovle/iges, with thanlss, thereceiptof C50 trom aLndy, ?? Marsb. ]igq, noulinating Rev. I. A. Pooler li.A.. a life governor; 1 8s from First Preebyterian (Uuit«rian?. Church, Rev. A. Gordon, in addition ?? ackllowledged; aud ;C2 10s from the emploves GrreaM Sqrtheru Railway ?? dt;Rtent ...

... DISTR'ESSEDI IRIShf IAJIES' FUNDTI. Treu] followvingr letter has been addlressed to her Excellency the ?? of Loudonderry: BMY LADY-Thle position wh;ich ,yo and Lord Lonouloderry hold, and I may say uphold, as the Soverefign's representatives in Ireland is less r eason for this letter than that, apart from tho prestigre of your high official position, all instances of genuine human want and ...

... 'ML METIHODIST CHURCH. A statement of the income and expenditure con- nected with the erection of the Clarke Memorial Church at Portrush, has been published by Iev. Dr. Kor. Thetotaloutlay,incl.uieiiDr.Ker' sexpenses in visiting America, was £1,978 7s 2d, and of this amount the church itself cost nearly £1,500. The whole oxpenditure has been raised, and a sum of £69, prodised, but not yet paid ...

... ?? i~e~thant SttoW5Stggtttei T- f~ ?? (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) The Duke of Rutland is somewhat seriously indisposed, and is confined to his room at Belvoir Castle. The Solicitor-General for England, speaking at Plymouth last night, said that the adminis- tration of Ireland during the past year had been full of satisfaction and encouragement for the friends of law anrd order. The country was ...

... J?ORJ?IGj?j?4jIG yawl w.ra cOltRO?WEt5IS. ?llE pJiTARD OUTRA(U??S I? MADRID. CAIJGIIT IN TIIfl ACT. ( IIADaID, FIUDAY MonNIzc?.-A young carpenter ? ??ecerly caught last niriht in the act of placing ? giincd in lard on a low window at the Ministry .1 k 'eas immediately taken into custody, ? pOlICC are hopeful that t.hc?y have at last the real perpetrator of the series of 1v.t3rd outrage.? which ...

... THE GUIbIN'G STARP OF ULSTE2t LL. 0 1983. Tru annual soiree of this lodge was hold on Friday evening in the Derby Memorial Orange Hall, Agnes Street, aud was attilflled by unqualified success. No effort wxas spared to make the re- union as enjoyableas any of its predecessors, and the results achieved fully realised the sanguine anticipations of the members. Those who were entrnsted with the ...

... ORGANISATION OF THE ARMY F'OR WAR. DlAJoR-GENERAL. HAsiziso.N, speaking recently on this subject, said that every, nation which assumes to be a military Power is in possession of a peace army, but unless that can be rapidly turned into a war army it is a broken reed. His object was to show what was required to enable this to be done, and he would consider it under four headings- enlistment, ...

... FOREIGN INITELLIGENCE. ?? FROM 011tlt CoRRaiMoNDEW's. 3MORE FIGHTJTINQ IN HAYTI. Nnw YoRK, WEDNESDAY.-NOWS comes from Hayti that three other battles have been fouglit between the forces of Generals Hippolyto and Segitirne, the latter being defeated with heavy loss. MARRIAGYE OV PRE [IDST CAtNOTS NIECE. Rown, WRDNESDA.Y Nxanr,-Mlle. Marguerite Carucnt, niece of thle Preslidenlt of thbe ...

... TIRFlJ.OLOG CAL SOCIE3TY, ASSEUILY'S COLJJGBB. RELF&ST. THE, second public meeting in connection with thli* T ?? waw held hlsT eveninlg, itt half-pavst &Ull-nt o'clock, in the Gamble Library liall of the Asi- y's College. s lr. A. A.H Dill, M.A. (presidno;). c presided, and the other members of the coucil present were-Ressrs. S. LindSay, B.A.; D. I Morton, B.A.; 1, J. ChaOiton, BA,; W. A. ...