... THE BELFAST NEWS-LkiTTrl. I TUESDAY-AUGUST 21. PROROGATION O1 PARLI AMEl4T. - PA.RLIAMrNT was .prorogued on Thursday, after a speechl from the Throne, wbich w ill be found in our PiSrliameuiltaly 0ort. ?? occasions of this kind royal speeches are usu- aly noa very replete w-th information, and in the doeumtnt ,referred to, thbere is little to be found beyond a mere cata- lggue of topics, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF TI-IE NEWS-LETTER. SIr-Though it is a notorious fact that the intemperate, and those arldicted. to the dailv use of ardent spirits are the most subject to Cholera, and the most likdly to becomne its victims, it is most strange'that the use of them has been -greatly ol the increase since thie pestilence visited our shores. By niany this will, no doubt, be attributed to the ...

... I EXTnAORIDINARY LANGUAGE OF A PRIEST FiROMT'IE ALTAIL- RTOT AT BOItRIS CHAPEL. Thomas Kehoe, James Kehoe, and Pat. Cody, werel indicted for having been concerned in a riot in the cbape yard of Borris, on the 1st of Feb. arnd with having com- mitted an assault onl Edmond INMulligan. R. Kelley, sub-constable, sworn-I was at Borris chapel oil the Isti ,lb. I saw a freeholder named Mulligan ...

... ME FAST N EWS-LETTER. BELFAST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. SPEECH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. Wr. have given at considerable length the speech of Sir ?? Pee] addressed to his constituents at Tamworth, but which is evidently intended for the public generally. There is nothing very remarkable in this document besides the sn oth elegantc, of its composition and the caution which is observed thr-oughout. The ...

... The steam-ship Corsair, Gowan, for Liverpool, sails on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock noon. The Triton, Carnell, for London. clears to-morrow. The ship Orient, Ekenhead, for New Orleans, sails first fair wind after 4-h February. The steam-ship Thames, IV. Donnan, -tails for London, (calling at Plymouth,) on Monday. 2d Feb. at twelve o'clock noon. The steamer llibernia, Williams, for Liverpool, ...

... CHURICHI AND EDUCATION COMMISSI-ON.-On Monday last the Cominissiotelrs sat ii the Court-house at the House of Correction, and examined into several matters coninected with the report they are requtired to miake to Government. A considerable part of the inquiry related to the census lately taken for ascertainitig the relative nitimbers of the different religious persuasions in Belfast. It was ...

... BEL FAST NrEWS-LETTER. BELFAST-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. MR. O'CONNELL'S LAST LETTER-PRO- TESTANT CENSUS, &c. WE ?? to another letter of Mr. O'Comiell addressed, no t to Lord Duncannon, as his productions for the last few weeks have been, but to the a People of Ireland. Indeed several of the letters to his Lordship were so insipid, so completely di. vested of the doubtful merit of well expressed ...

... ' SCltNCA OF EbUCTION. (Fron the Da~bia E7eein., Post of Janaary, 1.) DR. BRYCE'S LECTUR ES.-We have experieneed high intellectual gratification in listening to Dr. Bryce's LeC. tures on the Science of Education, so far as his system has as yet been unfolded. The subject is one on which every person thinks himself sufficiently informed, and yet very few understand the philosophical principles ...

... (FnOU THE WAEHlNGrTON GLOnER ) BY TIlE PRESIDENT OF Tlle1 U. S. OF AMERICA.| A PRlOCLAMtA'rION. * Whereas there is too much reason tohbelieve that citizens of the United States, in disregard of the solemn warning heretofore given to them by the: Priellmuatiorts issui d by ihe Executive of the General Governmenrt, and liy some df the Governors of the States, have combined te disturb the peace ...

... THlE ARMY. WAiR-OFFiCF, uI .IIAcii 29. Ist ] -ragoon Guards-Lieut. B. Fuller to be Captain, by purw chase, vice (. D. Scott, retires ; Cornet 11. Keown to be Lieutenant, by purchasc, vice Fuller ; G. W. C. Jackson to be Cornet, by purchase, vice i;eowvn. lst Dragoon-Sur geoll J. Ml. Bartlticy. 51.. from 15th Foot, to ?? Surgeon, vice D. Jamieson, retires upon half- pay. 3;d Light Dragoons ...

... 'AIRS. S. C. llAII, S STORIES OF TriE ?? *EASNNTRY. SEvEI1AI. days ngo we received from the celebratedl authoress, MArs. S. C. Hall. the followitig letter, to which we were prevented by a pressire of P!arli:ainit. airy and other news froin paying earlie r attention: / To the Flit'or rf1w t A'w-e I/er. 'noe R osery, (lointester-road, 0il1 1:romptrn. Sin.-)uring a recent and somiewilat prolog, ...

... TrIE 1PRECUllSol SoUwEirls. a leetillg of the members of this society was held en redllesdaiv at the Corn-Exclllnge, °il Sir'rirancis NI'Donuell in the chair. Thle Secretary read the minutes of the last dav's Vtciee gslina and several communications addressed to 'ociety, amongst Nwhich was tile following letter:- tile society Belfast, Jan. 21, 18;3. )Ifln S,1n-On Wednesday evelling, tile 11th ...