... TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS-LETTER, LETTER VI. SIR-In the department of mere vapouriog and abusive language, the sixth letter of Professor Ferrie is certainly a masterpiece. 1 recommend the perusal of it to all who are anxious to cultivate the eleqancies of literature, and especial- ly to those who wish to supply themselves writh a rich andi racy verbiage as a convenient substitute for povwers ...

... ' Ir I . We have much pleasure in stating to our readers, that the Joint Boards of Managers and Visiters of the Royal Belfast Acadermical Institution have been officially inform- ed, that the Royal Collegc of Surgeons of Edinhnirgh will I receive certificates of al tendance upon the courses of Mathe- *natical and Natural Philosophy Classes in the Institution, i as qualifying those who hold ...

... i The Autumn Show, the last for the Season, of this very useful and rapidly improving Society, took place on Wednes- day, in the large room of the Commercial Buildings. Al- though the day was extremely unfavourable, yet the assem- blage of visittrs, principally from the country,- was both numerous and highly respectable. The display of Dallias (now the Autumnal queen of the flower-garden,) ...

... LEU~t~fl4U4 .xeaSo-ETTER. * * iFBLFAST-FRlDAY, MAY 23. ABIAN.D-ONTINEINT OF REPEAL. Wi, this day publish an extract from a letter which Mr. O CoonIell has ad.diessed tobi3.dermi-0o1icial organ, the Dub- lio Pihot, :wal frointwbitrii it.appears that the agitation of a repeal of the Uiiion .has been, at least conditionsolly, aban. dloned-we would-say that it.has been abandoned altogether, f this ...

... We understand that this' day, the mail will be conveyed by a coach between Belfast and Enniskillen, passingthrough Lisburn, Moira, Lurgan, -Portadown, Armagh, Caledon, Glasslough, Monaghan, Clones, and Lisnaskea. The dis- patch from Belfast will be at 20 minutes past 5 in the, afternoon. Letters will therefore be*roeceived for that mail until 5 o'clock. The coach,' from ']iniskillenr will ...

... BELFAST MUSEUMI. On Wednesday evening, the 15th inst. the first public meeting of the Natural History Society, during the present session, was held in the Museum, when upwards of 120 Ladies and Gentlemen were. present. The subject of the paper was The Statistics and Natural History of Moville, Barony of Ennishowen. The author illustrated his re- marks by views, taken on the spot, of the ...

... TIAE ARMY. WARl-OFICE, DECE.IBER O. lot Dregootis: Lieut W. R. Sanis 'o be Captaill, by pur. vice'Stracey, retires ,;CorneECYork-c to'be'LiCet. by pil. vice Sands; Wr. Cunlilliilalinin to b)e Collet, by pJrI. vice Yorke.-Coldstream Foot Guards : Lieut. .T. L. El- rington to be Lieut. and Captain, by pur. vice Innes, re- tires; W. S. Newton to be Ellsign, and Lieut. by pur. vice Elrington; Hon ...

... 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 ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT._On Wednesday evening, aboutseven o'clock, a Vlicelvan, named John Boyd, was drowned, while hathVI& in the vicinity of the Point-fields. He had, ?? to come out of the water, got into a place as ere the bottom was very soft, on feeling which, he made an effort to regain a firmer footing, but, 'by so doing, sunk so deep that he was unable to extricate himself; arid, be- ...

... BELFAST SHIP' NEWS. The steam-ship Corsair, Gowan, for Livarpool, sails on Tuesday, at one o'clock afternoon; and the Chieftain, Heather, on Thursdqy, at two o'clock afternoon. The Herald, Roblison, for London, clears to-morrow. The steam-ship Shannon, Mills, sails for London,. calling at Kingstown, Falmouth, and Plymouth, on Monday, .the 22d Sept. at twelve o'clock noon. The steamer Hibernia, ...

... CURIOUS PASSAGES. FROM THE LIFE OFI DR. WALSH. .1 Tnaz last number of the Dzublin University Magazine contains, amongst a great variety of interesting matter, an admirable sketch of the life -of the late Dr. Walsh, of aVaterford, Physician to his Majesty's. Forces. As we are anxious to make our extracts from this valuable piece of biography as ample as possible, we .proceed to them at once ...

... FORl THE PrB!'LFAST NEWS-LETTER. CELESTIAL P1-IEOMlENTA FOR MARCH. THE. MOON. Last Quarter. Sunday 2d day,51 i . past 11 morning. Nevr Moon, Iluoidaa 10th day,-53 in. past 10 morning. First Quarter, Tuesday 18th day, 39 in. past 0 aftern.. Full Svloon, ?? day, 49 rn. past S morning. The Moon wvill be in .Apqee-, or at her greatest dista nce from the earth, on tbe.l.1thl day; and in P ripee, or ...