... T.} the Editor of t1e ITHll Packet and (iluinmber Mercury. SI R-WAhen anly new systemo or sciencatO'Ines out into the world, Pml wvith hiigh preteleeeiouIlto imiportaniice anid utility, unless it he supported lab by facts, observaiioii, or experincent, it deserves on ly to be vidiculed fiii andl then to lie forgotten. But when this species of evidence is gro. mei tuitocoly adduced inl suppoit ...

... fil1oN ,old three Levers, yester- , in Arlington-street. At )eputaiinn of thirty of the others, who were prCesented 4ssde Pahoella, tire Por.- Ila Real, ChAnmberlain to his elvd a Levee, to receive the lra' attenrd-' l, hy Vi scull it I tin .. kissont, Mr. WVynor, Vi~scoiunt 1.His i, .,,itiss rtecireil tlie NMiniiti'rs ii ,jng-roiom, which hail teen set aiart for that pur- ,.nvreeseil wIiti ...

... 19.) [FROM A LErrER TO LOND LANSDOWN IN THI DUBLIN vedEVENING roar. f tle *My LORD-In cur last, we hinted at the state of ties public feeling in this City, on the changes rumoured as debt likely to take place in his Majesty's Councils. Happily hern apprehensions which we have shared, in common ro- with our countrymen, have, ir a considerable degree, sub- ersided. The Faction, we hope and trust ...

... e McS~tLAXMOU5. Ls, Tnrs MtsnnrDE A~r OXrORI~.-On Wednesday -morning At a 10 o'clock, thle .examination of witnesses into tire conduct of ly the prisoner Williams, (a yound man who was for some time on the fistal evening, in cbmpany! with the enfortunate de- ceased, and to whom Somec circumstances of a suspicious cha- - rameter attach,) on thle nighlt of the murder of Ann Crotchley, was ...

... CATHEOLIC ASSOCrATION-SET TO BETWEEN MESSRS. LAWLESS AND O'CONNE LL. ' 0(1 S~,n lril',v Toi. . - Oil ~aturday last, thiirii was a regular set 'o inth Association between Mr Lawless and Mr O'Connell; but we roust filst notice the introductorY proceedings. Thle Rev. Mr L'Estrauge presented to the Associa- tio; a waxen) figure of the great Daniel, the ' winged orator, which -with great ...

... 1WZS!ELz.tEOUS Z - irs. The king has presented the Birmingham Musical ..-Festisal aye. Committee with a copaf Dr.-; Arhold's valuable edition o& Handel's Works, in.43 folios vlumces. ld- Don Miguel was hourly exp6cted at Gravesend, but'1 ad e at. not arrived on Saturday afternoon. . It is not generally known that his late Royal- Highness the bis' Duke of-York left'a family of amon and daughter ...

... TRALEE, DEC. 22.-Mathew Greany is now living on lands of Derrymore (estate of Sir E. Denny), within five miles of this town, who has attained the great age of 106 years. He is in good health, his memory is perfect, and all his mental faculties unimpaired; he and his wIf (now also far advanced in the vale of years), are aIe only inmates of his little cottage (which, with a 6ntll spot of land, ...

... Rufl vathet anO Rumbte? iercurw. I--. .ULL.: TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1828. DESTrTUCrIOx OF THE GREE& FLEET.-We regret to inform our readers, tAat Intelligence has been received in- Londbn, uuL: teduct!, coAt enteisigence ias Deen receveg In- £ondbn, I through the medium of the French newspapers, of a most f disastrous event-no less than the total destruction of the s Greek Fleet, off the ...

... VENTRILOQVISM. W~e copy tile following froma tie Shesfrichl Coursant ofli -Saturday wvosk. it is extracted from a very ahic paper onl wit thle Hu1manl Voice, read lately by Mr. Boulthee, to the mem-~ by hers of the Sheffield Literary and Plilosbplhicall Society. in it i addition to thle elegance of style, by whibh this compositio ens is distinguished, it conlains some curious facts serving to ...

... in,. .. - 0e- beI he Id ut to ry a- ic, er ce is- it, X- Ce S- it, 'C it )- a. 0. We observe by an advertisement in another column, that a meeting of tire friends and projectors of the So- ciety is to be held this day. In our last nunber we briefly noticed its proposed formation, and its general objects. We now come to recommend it to the parti- cular attention of the operative classes ii ...

... THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. TUESDAY-JANUARY 1. - . . . - it We have had repeated opportunities of observ- 'ying, that to the future Annalist of Britain, the m past year will furnish a variety of topics of deep 3h1 and interesting reflection. We look back on its 2d variegated occurrences with mingled emotions.- eel At its commencement, the Tory party, as they es. are called (for the modern Tory ...

... '\.'%ICAN FINANCES4. II PL SeL OF OT 15.OC Report i- i:i nittees of Finance ahd PublIc Credit, on tl he Chamuber of DOputes, far autborising the C - i ni to negociate a Loan of Right Millions, tine balf .sl !e other half in Government Paspr, dated Oct.,. ;. r;:, - The M , o i.n were not without-the hope,t;ht the em- barrassnti iw der to whichl her financial system was na- turally e cs. t, the ...