... THE ,WORLD NEWSPAPER AND LORD CLARENDON. A COaaESPON>ENT of the London Standalrud informs that journal that, anuxioius to see the documents filed in the Court oftExchequed, Dublin, in reference to this case which has excited so much interest, he proceeded thither, and learned that, in September last, a writ of summons was actually issued at the suit ef James Birch, Esq., proprietor of the ...

... RO-MAN ]'ANDITTI. Tue following letter from Rome, dated Jan. 31, de- scribes a most daring Uct:- I have to-day to relate a most singular, and almost incredible fact, the authen- ticity of which, however; is established by the most in- contestable evidencL, iniililing that of official reports. On the 25th of this umouth, the theatrical corpq of For- ?? was playing the I Death of C&esar. ...

... ?tov1:e?1Jirnbrur?. TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION. TO THE EDITORl Or TIIR tELFAST NEWS-L.ETTEIR. iEASE Sin,-Finding that you take a strong interest in the Galway transatlantic pndcket scheme, permit me to lay before the public, through the medium of your valuable paper, soeie most important information, which I collected seventeen years ago, at the time I formed tile project of a railroad from ...

... ,Pt BELFAST: MONDAY, FEBRUARy 24,1851. MINISTERIAL CRISIS-RUMOURED RE- SIGNATION OF THE WHIG CABINET. Tai blow has at last fallen upon the Russell adminis- tration. The hour of retribution has at length over- taken it-sooner even than the shrewdest specu- lator in political fluctuations could have predicted. It is no longer the tongue of rumour, or the chatter of gossip, which proclaims the ...

... RESIGNATION OF THE RUSSELL 'MINISTRY. WE have received an extraordinary edition of the Dublin Freeman, containing London correspondence dated down to -haf-pa st eight o'clock on Satur- day evening. We hasten to avail ourselves of the important intelligence thus so expeditiously for- warded:- The Ministers, immediately after the House of Commons broke up, took the usual step for tendering ...

... TIlE Aniliversary fete of last year, omi Queen's Island, in celebration of our gracious Sovereign's visit to Bel- fast, was so far successful as to render, by its proceeds, a handsome and seasonable relief to the nearly exhausted funds of that valuable institution, the General Hospital. It has therefore been resolved upon that a sniilar. fes- tival shall take place this year, and that its ...

... TiiF first public meeting, for the present session, was held on Wednesday evening, 26th November, when a lecture on some of the mineral productions displayed at the Great Exhibition, was delivered by Mr. Mac- Adam, ?? one of the secretaries of the society. The productions treated of were those employed for the purpose of ornament, or what are commonly termed precious stones, as these have, in ...

... Tnz city of London meetin gin aid of the Society was held on Monday, in the Egyptian Mall, Mansion-house. The Lord Mayor in the chair. His Lornisirir having called upon the Rev. mr. Wilkinson, the clerical secretary, to open the meeting with prayer, which was fervently joined in by the meeting The Rev. Gentleman next read the following requi- sition to the Lord Mayor, convening the meeting:._ ...

... Etc flllt. Tar following Staff appointments are very generally rumoured, we believe with reason, as likely to take ?? Artbutlhot to succeed Lord Frederick Fitzelarence in the command at Portsmouth. Colonel Taylor, from the Staff, Isle of Wight, to sue- coed Sir Richaard Doherty, as the inspecting field officer of the London Recruiting District. Earl Cathcart to become Commander of the Forces ...

... VitOM T1il.: GinEMaN., A COUNTRtYMAN once had a llithful dog called Sultan, whichl hadtl grown old iil his service, and having, at last lost all his teeth, was nio longer able to Seize either wolf or robber. I'll shoot that dog to-morrow, said the master tc his wife, one day, as lie stood at the cottage door; lie' of no use to us now. But the wife felt compassion for the faithful animal. ...

... PscTunrs are to him the sole realities of life. The only tangible things he knows of are panel and canvas, ex- cept gilt frames. To his eye, the wlhole world presents but two colours, oil-colour and water-colour. The earth, as lie walks upon it, seems to have a coat of varnish over it; and society, from the point whence lie surveys it, is only a great work of art-a large, bold composition, in ...

... A souinit, under the patronage of the Saintfield Tenant- Right Association, was held in the Presbyterian Church of the Rev. Mr. IMecredy's congregation in that town, on Tuesday evening. It was very numerously and re- spectablyattended-about 200persons, including ladies, being present during tea. Among those present were Revs. Dr. Coulter, J. Rogers, Mr. Macrody, Mr. Ma- guire, P.P., Mkr. ...