... 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 ...

... BELFAST NEWS-LETTEI. BELFAST-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. nihEX PRESS. W last nightreceived the London Papersof SATUTRDAY evening by Express from the Messrs. JOHNSTON. Almost the only piece oflibtelligence which tbey contain relates to the probable assembling of 'the Spanish Cortes. Every paragraph worth notice will be found amongst our extracts. The news from Spain, contained in the Paris Papers of ...

... -HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY, FEB. 14. -REPEAL OF TAXES. i The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. BERXAL ill the Chair. Lord ALTHORFP said, it is now my intention to call the attention of the House to the present state of the finances. I am now about to speak as to the prospects of the finan- cial year, which the House knows will not. terminate for tro months ; and it will be ...

... LOANDON-2IfJNDAY, FEBRUARY 17. FRtANCE.-The French papers of Saturdayhave brought us an account of another failure of the French Government to procure a conviction of the press. It prosecuted the Quetidiennte for inserting what appears to be little short of treason, and the Jury found the parties not guilty. We do not look upon this so much as an indication of the unpopu- larity of Louis ...

... :(WE -c Pe ercd pb the ?? leLLer, . -which bas ~edb lr pcall i te oh(mnrs uf a contem- Porary.) Sa1 cl LATE ELECTION OF THE POLICE COM MISSIONERS-HOLE & CORNER MIEET- ING ON SATURDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS-LETTER. SIa-As an inhabitant of Belfast, and a contributor to I its municipal assessments, I avail myself of the privilege of i directing palzbir attention, through your journel, to ...

... BIELF.AST- NEWS-LETTEK. BELFAST-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Mn. O'Connell, it will be seen, has brought forward his threatened motion for an inquiry into the judicial conduct of Baron Smith, and has succeeded in obtaining a Com- mittee of Inquiry. The Ministry seem to have been sin- gularly irresolute on tflis: question, as they came down to the House with a ...

... POLITICAL MORALITY-A LAY SERMON.| THE discussions respecting the Traitor, which have e recently taken place in the House of Commons, have pro- duced a number of disquisitions on political morality, which Iare important to the public, however worthless may be the occasion in which these disquisitions originated. The Globe, a London evening paper of superior talent, and with which Colonel ...

... FOIR THE BELFAST JIEWS-LETTEWR AGIHICULTURAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY. COUNTY OF ANT1t1t. T[E weather has heen tolerably favourable, ?? spring sowving of wheat hrs heeri going forward. As the water recedes from the fields which were early sown in wheat, rind which were referred to last month as being Hood. et, a black sti irfce presents itself, every green plant of wheat having perished, and the ...

... BELFAST-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. PORTUGUESE BATTLES. TiHE London papers are filled with details of battles, which have been successfully fought during the last month, by the forces of Don Pedro. Successive victories have been gained at Faro, Marvao, Leiria, Lagos, Torres Novas, and Pernes. On the 3d Jan. Col. de Soares, at the head of a body of troops amounting to upwards of 700 men, at- tacked ...

... BELFAST-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2]. MR. SHEIL-REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. IT will be seen, from our Parliamentary reports, that the Committee appointed to inquire into the charges against Mr. Sheil, have returned a verdict of acquittal in rela- tion to the principal charge, while in reference to the minor accusation, alluded to by Lord Altborp, the personal decla- ration of Mr. Sleil in the House of ...

... I OPENTING oF PAULItAMET. I LONDON-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. Precisely at two o'clock his' .Aajestv entered his state carriage at St. James's, and pro'deedetl,' with the usual for- malities, to open the Session of Parliaarncrt. Salutes were fired during the procession from the Tower and Park guns. On the arrival of the King at the iouse of Lords, his Majesty wvas received by the Lord Chancellor and ...

... THE. CHASE. FROM TEE LOGa.4 K 'OF RICHARD MIZE&,' ?? 'Sail, hoi' cried the mast-head-man, as the daylight broke on the ?? S. ship ?? on a fine morning in June, 18.- ?? Where away.?'_ ...