MAZ E OCTOBER MEETING. Tuaesday, Oct. 19. Stewuirds for the ?? Casticreagh, M.P.; Lord Edwin lill, M.P. ; and Richard Ker, Esq., M.P. TnvusrE races commenced to-day. The attendance, owing to the incilemency of the weather, was by no means large. The ground, however, was in tolera

MEETING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DAY AS YLUM1. A pnilic meeting was held on Saturday afternoon, in the Town llal, to take into consideration the best ineans of estaldishirig al asylum for the houscless poor. The attend- ance was numerous and highly respectable; and the grcatest

'IIIE PLANTER'S DAJUIITER.-LOVE'S SACRIFICE. At~icr Vitcos wats thle adopted daughter and future heiress of hier uncle, it rich West Indian planter, whbo, althtough stern atid cruel to his depenidents, wvas ever kitni to hier hobt there vnull lie nto sympathy or confidence betwee

I TO THE EDITOR OE THlE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. Elton House, Arklow, County Wicklow, Nov. 25th, 1847. SIu,-As agricultural pursuits, and the amelioration of the farming classes in Irelanld, foral the great subjects of discus- sion of the present (lay, and as I should consider a man

SALE THIS DAY. m0 be SOLD by AUCTION, oll THIS DAY (Friday), 1 the 10th September, at ONE o'clock, at the Storcs of Mr. W. D. HENDERSON, James'-Strect, about 40 Tone of Prime Yelllow /,DIANV CORiV, On account of whom it may concecrn. GEO. C. IIYNDMAN, Auctioneer. Belfast, Septemb

STATE OF IRELAND-17R. MAxRTIN'S LECIURE. O., Friday' eveni ag, the 22ind in stant, Msr. Job n Marltin, (if Loughornc, delivsared a lecture "1onl the state of Ireland" in the Assembly-rocom, llill-strct, Newry, of Nvhichi thle follow- ing is an aliridgedl report Mr. MlARTIN rose,

bitrifigeart. A N T R I M. ?? coeilis ntion froml oar lastS) 1'LRt0M OUR OWn IV ItEPORT I S s.. Carricu ,,fergre, Thsursday, Auyust 5. CROWN' COUTili. lis Losvnasus took hris sent this morning shortlyafter te, 1 andl was oceonpiid for some time in hearing road traverses of no gen

V re IfadrUct#. ,EN GL I SH. LONDON COHN-EXCHANGH, FainAy, N'ovEMmiri 12.- During thanplroact week the ?? Of English Whleat ter oar mnarket, ?? [Ls well as by land-carriage, have been oil ilm increase, and tie show of'sam ples here to- day somewhat excseele the wants of the buyer

finptrial Parlialutitt. HOUSE OF LORDS. Mfonday, June 21. Thle royal aasent was given by commission to twenty-eight hlills, among which vere :-The Army Service Bill; the Loan ?? 13ill; Drainage of Lands Bill; the Lunatic Asv- oaes (Ireaimld) Bill; Tlurnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill;

NEW ENGRAVINGS. HODGSON, Boolseller, Printseller, and Stationer, 9, 111C11-S T1Z 1E5B; nEGS to intimatc tliat, in addition to his magnificent estock of E N G RAV I N a S on hand, h hI s I a ied the following lately published. His Stock Consists of II.{lb 1est Engravings by thle b