... — FLoQI'KNT SEHMON BY THE REV. Til OS. FI LAY, S.J. In the Church Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner street, yestnrdav afternoon, the Thanksgiving -rvi-e in tour of the close the year, was giwn with great pomp and celebiation. After the opening the Ct-reuioiiy the liev Thomas Finlay, S J, the pulpit, and taking for his text the following words: - Heaven and ear' h shall pass a ay, but My Word ...

... London, Fridy. Addressing the annual me«tmg of the arlington, Durham and North Biding Ch«.) of Agriculture to-dr:; f. or Londonderry adduced fiourrs in >f his contention that agriculture wsi no., slowiy ivcoveriilt from the k'i had affeored it long. In his 'pii.ion « 't'om was touched two yeais ago. a id d'clined the rbi and views hy members of theEoyal i uniuai C mnuisaion. Ills lo ihip i ...

... '*o%ia¥ DUBLIN: SATURDAY, JAN. 1. 1893. ' Thk coming great meeting in Dublin in support of the Catholic for tilt* ; establishment of equality resp to • higher educational endowments privi- '''ges, is arousing widespread interest throughout the country. '1 hat it will lte | thoroughly representative may confidently anticipated. The list the Committee formed to organise the meeting, and to give ...

... * London, Friday. A nth correspondent states that Cuiuni'ttee of Plymouth Conservative and Unionist Associations to-day unanimously recommended th'> adoption of the Hon Clituchdi Gue.t the Conservative- Cnionist candidate the coming elect on. The Council of tin joint- parties will meet tomorrow evening for the pnrp-s« of receiving thin recommendation. S !•' Menll, ad ptiou the Liberal ...

... FORECAST .MEASURE. (SI'Ff'TAI.I.Y Kl>.) month from to-day Parliament, will assemble, and one of its first duties will ( d the proposals the Govern- nier.t tin; relief Irish agricultural rate-payera and the extension Local Government. The Government Bills have a skeleton form been ...

... ust that every Nationalist voter in St' Stephen's Green Division will record liis vote i foe Count On that point curiosity that has been expressed as '•'the attitude of the newspaper that anxious for unity ' may have prompt complete satisfaction. 'I great thing is keep the Unionist out of a Dublin constituency into which in the old days a united Irish Party he had not the remotest chance of ...

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... MEETING TO SETTLE THE HE PORT. Sir Kdward Fry and his colleagres, Mr George Fi ttrell, Traill, Mr Gordon, and Mr. Vigors will meet in London on Wednesday. the nist, consider and settle their report in connection with the inquiry recently hel Dul l n, Cork, and Heifa»t into the method* administering the Land Acts, including the stitutes relating Land course is known yet to what the report will ...

... A meeting the ladies having charge of the stalls at the forthcoming Helvetian Bazaar, opened in the Rotunda, on the 17th instant, was held in the Presbytery, SS Mich*»l and John's, Lower Exchange street, yes «rday evening. From the general r ma the , ladies esent it was gathered that s » far the | results the sain tickets aie satisfactory and give undoubted promise that the fete will one the m ...

... VICEREGAL. COURT. His Excellency the Lord '*■, visited Howth Castle Thursday!. and hononred the Lord Chancellor and Aeh| bourne with his company at lunch>o% The Karl Granard, ADC, was in attendant*upon j Uis Excellency. . Viaconnt and Viscountess Chelsea ha#* left tlia Vicen for England. v.i > ARRIVALS' AND Hon Bonrko. has arm.-] t England. Colonel Filiate lias arrived at Ki i\— town from ...

... The New Year was ushered into Dublin with the ordinary customary celebrations. The bells of the different cathedrals rang out their joyous pea.s for the New Year. At Chancery lane, at one time a scene attiaction and enjoyment, for the denizens the district, the luterest has rather appeared to less- n. No doubt a number of juveniles assembled there, but they were n..t belonging t > the class ...