... T~lE UNION N i THE UNIONS JANUARY, 179. °THE C4STLE5 AND THE IRISH HOU7SE OF COM- M10N1S AFEPR THE DEFEAT O THE GOVERN. ME-IT - NOMINAL A^NTI'UNIO.SISTS - THi! FRAUD OF A LIMITED OPP05lTIOS TO A. GOVERNMENT - DUBLINX ILLUMINATED - POPULAR REJOICINGS AT THE REPLYsE Of THE UNIONISTS-LORD CLARE - DISGLSTEf' -HIS RAGE WITH THE SPEARER-BRLIEkr ON THE ' MAGNANIALITY OF GREAT BRI TAIN TO FORCE ...

... I .1 - I . r - I o eA Counci' meeting of the Societv for the Pre- Y servation of the Irish Language took place on sTuesday, at No 6 -Molesivorth street, a at 5.30 p.i., Count Plunkett, B L, 31 R I A, V in the chair. Also ?? Haugh, F B A; Messrs P O'Ratigan, C E. L J Ryan, Tfhomas Rooney, Paul O'Byrne, James O'Shana- han, B L; P T Keohane, James Halligan, and J J lkMacSweeney, secretary. A ...

... i TTR1, MANAGERTAL QUfSTIroN. Ok ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 . __ ?? AI _ ._ To the Editor of -the Freeman's Journal: Sir-rewo lettersunder. the above headinghave *appeared in> your. columns withlin the last few days-one fromN Mr Owens, the other frotn Mr Mealy. Mr Owvens, in his letter, quoted. extracts roni article in the ' Nation-i x Teacher, which. certainly should not aipliptr in any respectable newspaper ...

... - ?? I THE INfEIMEDIATE I IEDlUCATIOwNY00OMAIS. SION. | Y Yesterday at 11 o'clock the Commission re- ;h sumed its sittings at the Antient Concert Hall, - Brunswick street. The Lord Chief Baron pre- re !sided, and the other members of the Commis- n- j sion preseut ?? Justice Madden, the Pro- sn vost of Trinity College, the Right Hon The O'Conor Don, tie Rev'Todd Martin,'D D; Dr it David G ...

... TEE MUNI0IPPA . BOUNDABIES - BILL. _ 7 IrT voting-papers of the poll on the flub. un Municipal Boundaries will be collected to-morrow. Tbe collection will be com- menced at S a m, so that those who desire to exercise their right to vote should be careful to fill up their voting-papers to-day. There-ought to be no doubt about the result of the poll. The measure wdiich:, the burgesses have been ...

... THE CITY REPRESENTATION ON THR NEW DISTRICT COUNCIL. Limerick, Wednesday Night. At the meeting of the Limerick Guardians to-day attention was drawn to tiie small re- presentation the city would have under th. Local Government Act on the new District Council. The valuation of the city was £70,000, and there were but sixteen guardians for th. eight wards, while for the rural dis. trict-, with a ...

... PROVISION.S. ,, *_ DUBLIN (whbiesalel-spitalfidlds, Feb 15- Tone of teade for all classes of cured meats this week rules particularly quiet, the opening of, Lenten season having the usual neutralizing in- fluence on things. Both States and Canadian long rib are stiffly held and sellers of the green! article are. difficult to beat down in. their pre- tensions. For imported meats of all cuts ...

... THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CITY HORSB. AccoRDIAG to the Paris correspondent of the I Daily 'telegraph, in a year or two that city will no longer be called the hell of cab horses, although, as he remarks, it may still remain. the purgatory of men and the para- dise of women. Next month the General ComnpFiy of Vehicles will send out 110 electric motors, the number being increased as other cars ...

... I TIlE- MISSING LINERIS. THE PAVOINIA-A ND BULGAILIA. . GREAT ANXIPlTY. . I ?? - London, Wednesdeay..- A telegram ?? ?? news bas been redeived at' the Cunard office of the m~isisintg iiner Pav inia. This afternoen tlre company despatched. a powerful, ttu to the Azores to search for the overdue vessel. The Ire e Association's Liverpool co0 rewpon- dent'states Ohat in ?? circles there much ...

... X :SALE: OF ITHE WATERFORD AND ILJMERLCK -AlLWAY, I VPUBLIC MEETING IN - LIMERICK: PROPOSED AMALGAMATION CONDEMNED, Limerick, Wednesday Night. A public meeting of merchants, traders, and citizens was held to-night at the Theatre Royal to prodtst against the proposed amalgamation of the Waterford, Limerick, and Western, and the Great Southern end Western- Railways. The meeting,;`which was ...

... L PARLIAM.EN'.. - I , ~ ~- i-.. (BY SPECIAL WIRE AND ORDIlARY TELEGRAPH). HOUSE OF. COMMONS -YESTERDAY The Speaker took the Chair at tenimintes past two o'clock.' MIMNSTERS AS COM NY DI RECTORItS. The debate on the Address was resumed, and the discussion was continued on Mr MacNeillls am~endment representing that the position of: a public company director waes incompatible with the position of ...

... NATIONALITERARY SOCIETY AT I HOME I On Monday evening, in the rooms, 6 Stephen's green, the members of the above society gave their usual monthly At Home. There was a large and fashionable gathering, among those present ?? Geo Sigerson, F R U I (pre- sident): Mfessrs J F Taylor, Q C; P J M'Call, T C; John O'Leary, Geo Coffey, B L, M R I A, and Mrs Coffey; Mr John MI'Bride, J P, and Mrs ...