... IRELAND- OLD' AND YOUNG- BIG AND LITTLE.,, Trae celebrated controversy recorded by Dean Swift, in one of his inimitable satires; between the Big-endians and the Little-endians, was no inexact typo of the battle now raging between i' big and little Ireland. Irish dis- content, or rather, the popularity and profit to be made by it, is the egg, and the only difforauce between the ...

... THE GRE. T BRITAIN. A report from Mr. Brunel hrslr been printed for chrcula- tion amiongst the proprietors of' the Great Britain. lihe following are the principal passagest 1$ 1, Dukle-streelt, W estnkrwriter, Dec. 14, 1846. Firat-Ast regrrrds thle present stat~e of the vessel.I was agreeably disappojirted, after the reports which had reached me, to find hier, us at whole, aind in~deperidently ...

... NATIONAL CONCESS[ONS TO ROM.NANIsar. A curious and edifying correspondence bas just takicn plaer, betweel tho Riev. I1ughl Stowell, thue ?? PCoteOSt:ltt divine of ALMLanchster, aad tile prosuliedl c-ni ilates for thle roprisen- tation of ..h:t toiva at the omiul gesaarh l 0eletion, Ari. StoIvll, as Plresidlont ol tilh Alnloestor wl I S ,ifordl Protes- tant Aiiociation, Wlail n bhiailfof thle ...

... I - X OF IRELAND. (Friday) being the glorious festival of the Na. f elebrtet d in the several churches and o hapese a' Vince with great pomp ant solemnity. At tb. Z 1'tb0edrlt of Tuaa, the monument of the seal of i 0 jd A t h Fold of Judab, as well as of the piety r1 t i bo, and lamented predecassor . the Most Reverendr fi~llagaily, PD..2 the ceremonies of religion were ob. .h onexampled ...

... i)ESTR1UCTIOn2 OP THE SIA-NNON AIE MILLS, COUNTY CORK. | 'h he rovre^t Of the dostle ction of tile Shainisloti 'VZ!te inlls by fire, extiacted from the Corf L'.cic- tnetr, is ltlltrttuilltelv coll'rinted. A correspol- flent ?? ?? together with tie extinsive ltilditilg ailndl liachiiser', a large qlUlntitV of grain :ind Iflour has blien destroyecd by tlatt ca- lon:ti _ ' C'ioS.OAKcTTr, SVSDAY ? ...

... TIlE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Thle following im portlant case was tried before L.ord 1Ro- ?? and a jury, on Wednesday aend Thursday loot:- It 'OLONET, MATHOEW STEWART, OF CATRONE, v. ADAM AND CHtARLiES BLACK, IIOOKSELtLIRS AND PUBtLISHtERS IN EDINDUiRt55I. 14In this aetion t[he pursuer, as in riviht of his father, the bite Professor Dlugald Stewart, sought to recover dlamages from the ...

... TIIE AUTUroz 'IN IllS STUDY. 113 II.A Till, Voteir ?? 'ronl P0OOR. III ttt0 ?? OF I' hj s 1 ~iitc'loog SalO10liS', Wea..tth fiii. ?? El voic( appj iilli-- the el v of -thle tair. Thisi is the groitteat fact of our1 tge. ~ ~ lit achai lttxtiry a eti11 onti. It hlk omlidiil 011( litialS jiit iii1ig but tile ?? a;(!a ?? lloo' cilad Weaiolth tiasilpe, ithi grelil diltigorit~y still ?? the-L firii ...

... I 7, Ederi-quay, Dublin, 18ib Dec., 1846. i SiR-As it is the privilege of every member of the com- munity thus to convey his opinions on matters of public concern, I beg to submit a matter of, I believe, inestimable importance at this stage of the condition of this country. There is no question now as to the entire loss of the hi potato crop and the want of seed to restore it. For such ge- tj ...

... (From the Sligo Champion.) .. EMIGRATION.-This very week several poor creatures sh left this port for Englend there to take shipping for G America; they were nearly all destitute of clothes, money, or sea stores; and how they will be able to make their way Im to the Uuited States, is indeed, a mystery. But the fact of WI people leaving the country in the very depth of winter, on vs the eve too ...

... All i .5;nv 1 1,111 co Ito. U U ttsp* rerl U;6 Ir A remark of Sadi, the Persian poet, was- I nevcr complained of' my coidition, but once, when my feet were bare, and I hadi nut money to buy shoes; but I met it man without feet, and .r becanic coniteinted with mly lot.' 'r A poor taerl, iatNorwichl, personating Grainger e in thc flrco of WVho's the Dupe ?Vl on his benelit v iig ht, wihich ...

... T'HIE LOSS OF 7IIE OS1PRI-,.-COUi ?? MARTIA L. e PORTSNtOtUTit, DF.. T.-t 'kOUrt-marti;l wasn ae-C e bled this (lay, on board her Maiesty's ship St. Vinceitt, to o inquire into the CirCUMSuN Slt3 littending the loss of heir s Majesty's late sloop Osprey, on the coast of New alsod, in Mfarch list, and to try Commander Frederick P~uttj, h and the surviving officers anud Sihip's Company, for ...

... AM EIUCA. LtvErInoOL, DEC. 23. bi lly the 'New York packet-ship IEurope, Captill la i' urb -r, ive h1a0c pa-llu from N\ewv \Yokl one day liter. lbs pip, however, containt s notill (;j ImP1t tnvei, L:iteorpit icji Iis hacl l'ached'cd \Witsh- ingto I ?? tihe caipture ofTianipico. They 1 R are lenttiv, but contlin iotlinf that would ild-, terest thi l English r-ea(ld I (CTeniral Scott had sailed ...