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provided for them, in addition to good light and a
comfortable fire. The higher classes possessed these
luxuries in their clubs, and he saw no reason why the
Ihbouring man should not in his reading-room have
a glass of beer or a cup of tea or coffee. Such a
reading-room had existed in his parish for four
years, and to one cup of beer drank there there had
been six cups of coffee. (near, hear.) Unless they
gave the labourer some inducement to leave the
public-house, the labour of such societies would
be in vain, and he felt confident that were reading-
rooms, such as he had named, multiplied through-
out the land, the publichouse would be less fre-
quented, and the moral state of the labouring
population raised. _ _

After some further discussion of an interesting
character the proceedings terminated.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A REUNION.

The Belfast papers of yesterday announce that
the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, Secre-
tary for the Home Department, who is at present
staying at the Abbey, the seat of Mr. R. Davison,
M.P., with other distinguished guests, visited Bel-
fast, accompanied by. Mrs. and Miss Walpole, Sir
H. Cairns, Solicitor-General for England, the Right
lion. James Whiteside, Attorney-General for Ire-
land, and Mrs. Whiteside, Miss Tennent, Mr. R.
Davison, M.P. Mr. A. B. Davison, and Miss
Davison, Mr. Henry H. APINTeiII, Mr. Greatorex,
&c. At 2 o'clock on Monday the entire party
paid a visit to the Deaf and Dumb Institution,
and were received by the Principal, the Rev. J.
Kingham, to whom the several distinguished visi-
tors were introduced by Mr. Davison. Donations
were then handed to Mr. Kingham, in aid of the
funds of the institution, and the visitors took
their departure. The Right Hon. the Home Secre-
tary, Mrs., and Miss Walpole, the Right Hon. the
Attorney-General and Mrs. Whiteside, Miss Ten-
nent, Mr. R. Davison, M.P., Mr. A. B. Davison,
Miss Davison, and Mr. Greatorex then drove, at
three o'clock, to the Queen's College, where they
were received by Dr. Andrews, Vice-President.
There were also present at the College the Rev. Dr.
Cooke (Presbyterian Dean of Residences), Pro-
fessor Craik, Professor Dickie, Professor Hodges,
Professor W. Thompson, Rev. Richard Oulton
(Registrar), and Mr. Alex. Dickey (Bursar). Mr.
Davison introduced Dr. Andrews, Dr. Cooke, and
the several professors, &c., to Mr. Walpole. The
entire party were then conducted through the
library, museum, lecture-halls, &c., of the College,
by Dr. Andrews, and they expressed their entire
satisfaction with the appearance of the whole.
Having walked round the College grounds, and
visited the observatory, they next proceeded to the
Presbyterian College, through which they were
conducted by the Rev. Dr. Cooke. They expressed
themselves highly pleased with this institution ;
and the portrait of Dr. Cooke, which occupies a
place on the end wall of the large hall, was the
subject of general admiration. They then drove to
the Botanic-gardens, and, after visiting the conser-
vatory and examining the different parts of the
gardens, they expressed themselves greatly pleased
with the entire premises. Having left the gar-
dens, they entered the carriages which were in
waiting for them, and returned to the Abbey.
_ _