... ROYAL LIVER FRIBINDLY SOCIETY. The forty-sixth annual meeting of this society was commenced yesterday at the new Gallery Hall, Birmingham, there being 120 delegates present from various parts of the country at the commence- ment of the proceedings. Mr. Clayton, chairman of the committee of management, presided. The report of the committee of management showed that the premium income for the ...

... DUBLPINJ D)AY BY D)AY. | ~~DuDUN, Pawny Nwwlt. The Gener-al Synod was marked by a lively do- U-irat to-day orn tire question of NSational education iand the framing uf rules by the National Board, w Mhereby, snbversivee of the fundamental principle |of National education, the Commissioners would he enabled to make grants to schools under sectarian managenren t, such as the Christianl Brothers. ...

... |'i'HE LAND LAW (liKELAND) BILL,. BY Ovt P~RIATS MORE. LONDON.! FRDAY'-The following is the test of the Government Land Bill issued to-day with the a parliamentary papers- e A bill to further amend the law relating to the h occupation and owvnership of land in Ireland and n for other purposes relating thereto.l ?? it enacted by the Queen's Mbost Excellent Ma-I tjesty by and wvith the advice ...

... FROOM OUR 3MLITARY CORUIVSPONDENT. BY OUR PRIVATE WIRE, LoNDON, TCEsDAY.-Captain Hulton, of the King's Dragoon Guards, vacates the appointment of superintendent of gymnasia in the Belfast and Dublin Districts, and rejoins his regiment at Col- chester. He is succeeded at Dublin as superinten- dent of gymnasia by Lieutenant Carton, of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, at Newry ...

... SOHE NOTES OF A HOLILDAY IN' SW ITZ E;.RLINAD. Ynlour, wbich is XVortb and Truth, be they Swiss, d of hIurten} who kne]t, but not to tiaee, O Bul-be tbey Saxon fail in no age. N'ot bastards; true-r born svere ttaese men, sons of the nnen of Seznpach,: gund) ! Let the traveller. as he passes through Lucerne. turn aside to iook .a iittle at their momo- mentai L'ion, not for Thorxvaldsen's sake ...

... DUBLIN DAY BY DAtY. DUBLNc, THUSD aY Newr.I Here are ci few explanatory jottings on the Land .Bill. Mr. Gerald Balfour's opening statement of the coming Land Bill show ed that he had mnastered| the subject, and fully considered the conflicting I views put forward by thle advocates of tile land-| lords and t.enants. As anticipoated, the n~on-conten- tious clauses of Mir. Morley's bill will be ...

... THE COURT. CIATIEZ. SAT-Rn.AY. -The Queen went out this morning, attendedl by thre Dowager Lady Southampton and her ?? drove by Ville Franchc to St. Jeati in the afternoon with their Roval Highnesses the Duchess Alexandrine of I Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dnd Princess Christiarn of Sehleswig-Holqtein. General of Division Gebhart (Governor of Nice) had the honour of being received by the Queen this ...

... )a THE IRISH TOUTRIST DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONT TO THE EDITOB OF THE BELFAST XNEWS-LET-Rt. SmT-The pro-ranane of the above association lerits the wvarm and hearty support of every lover of poor Ould Ireland.' Eveiything should be done to develop the tourist traffia throughout the length and breadth of this counta- that we may encourage strangers to ?? and share with us the enjoyment of our ...

... Competitive schemes are desired by the com- mittee appointed to draw up preliminary plans and estimates for the proposed railway to the summit of the Jung4rau. The sum set apart for the purpose of making awards to the successful competitors is 30,000 francs (about R1,190). The prizes in queston are offered for the best solution of three different groups of problems. The first of these relates ...

... IMPERIALL PARLIAMENT. BY PRIVATE AND ORDINARY WIRES. HOUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. Their Lordships reassembled after the Easter recess. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsaek at a quarter-past four o'clock. There were about forty peers in attendance. NEW BILLS. - The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a bill to consolidate enactineuts relating to the estates of deceased persons, and it ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCI ment of it last weeks ccept mv thanks fox your courtesy in sending me your life of Arch- bishop Ussher. I have read it with great intetest and it seems to me a valuable addition to the ecclesiastical histories of Ireland as uell as the record of an admirable life. It *vould be interest- ing to kno ^ whether the manv strikina passages quoted by you in page l56 fro!n the ?? ...

... DRILTS TarnaS)AY NICRT. There are few statesmen to whom the landed in- terests in Ireland-tenant as well as lai'dlord-are more indebted than to the Marquis of Londonderry. He has a, great knowledlge of the land question andl has always dealt with it from an elevated and generous point of view, and with the general good I of the country rather titan of class or p - ty clearty before his mind. ...