... Cr ite Vres. TIE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND THE KAFFIR WAR. (From the Times.) LonD GlrEY has, so far as England has been con- cerned, had full license to do (in the Colonial-office) as lie pleased. Ile has indulged, without let or hin- drance, in every crotchet that his fjncy has suggested. Ile has exhibited every phase of his variable temper with respect to the unhappy colonists, and has finished ...

... 9IE; axi~ll, g&. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR OF]FICE, OCT. 31. 1st Life Guards-Lieut. lon. D. C. F. Dellos to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Biddulph, promoted in 7th Light Dragoons; Cornet and Sub- Lieut. R. Bateson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice DeRos. 4th Dragoons-Lieut. T. B. Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Coster, who retires; Cornet G. C. H. P. Brigstocke to ...

... GIBRALTAR-THE MOORISH PIRATES. Oua accounts from Gibraltar are to the 31st ult. No further intelligence had reached that place from the Riff coastrelative to the Moorish pirates who had beaten ?? steam ?? (as mentioned in the NeIVs-Lettsr of Friday), except that the five men taken by the Moors, and now held in captivity, belonged to the British brig Nelson, which was laden with Indian corn, ...

... THERE is much cause for serious apprehension in. the existing social and political condition of England, as regards the domestic questions which are now await- ing their solution by the legislative process. The state of trade, in nearly all its branches, and in almost every locality, is critical in the extreme, as we learn by the commercial circulars, and by the weekly mar- ket reports. The ...

... WINTER EVENING SINGING CLASSES IN I BELFAST. WE refer with much satisfaction to our report of the proceedings last nighdt in the Music Hall, in reference to the projected establishment of evening singing classes, during the winter, for teaching music on the Mainzer system. The meeting, as will be seen, was a most numerous and influential one, auguring well for the success of the movement. We ...

... THlE GRACEHILL MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT. Tim Rev. Robert Gault, of Killileagh, has published the following account of a recent visit to the well- known Moravian settlement at Gracehill :_ On a dazzling bright day in the month of Septem- ber last, we visited Gracehill. We had long been de. sirous of seeing a spot of which we had heard so much; and we could not have enjoyed a more favourable op- ...

... 0-4c Ruip an's flaVp. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAn-Onicr, Nov. 14. (ith DragoonsSergeant-Major G. Fraser to be Quarter-Master, vice Smith, who retires upon half-pay. 1st Dragoons-Cornet J. 1. Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Littledale who retires; Assist. Surg. R. F. V. de Lisle, from 06th, to be Assist. Surgeon, vice Grogan, promoted in 26th. 7th Light Dragoons-Cornet J. Aytoun to ...

... TMEETING OF THE BELFAST AND CRUMLIN I TRUSTEES. A mEETING of the above Board was held on Friday, at the Linen-hall News-room, for the sale of the tolls. Messrs. Johnston, Ewart, and Tripp attended to insist on the re0oval of the gates to a greater distance from Belfast; tonl 'thlegrdmfdU 'of the utfairffbss'tf havini to pay toll in addition to the county cess. Deputations, also, attended from ...

... TIHE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY AND DR. COOKE. Tns following letter was published yesterday in a locat cotemporary, at the request of the Marquis of London- derry. Altlhouigh we are not certain that it was written under the idea that it would ever come before the pub- lic eye, still, as it has appeared in print, we re-publish it; inasmuch as the whole of it, but especially the lat- ter paragraph, ...

... -- - ?? ?? THE LATE JAMES WATSON, ESQ., BROOK.- HILL. Wn have the pleasure of announcing that a full and very interesting biographical memoir of the late lamented proprietor of Broolthill, from the pen of a gentleman well qualified, both by his literary ability andE by the many resources at his hand, for accom- plishing the task in a satisfactory manner, has just been published. The memoir is ...

... TurE announcement contained in this heading will doubtless, astonish the public at large, as the fact itself has been a source of extreme- surprise to us. Will it be believed that the parties who, through the praise- worthy zeal and vigilance of the constabulary, were arrested a short time since, as recorded in our columns at the time, in Belfast, Antrim, and Randalstown, and forthwith ...

... TURNPIKE TOLLS-IEmEETING IN DUN. YESTE;UDAV a meeting of tile ?? of the upper half-baronies of Belfast, Castlereagh, and Massereene, was held at Mr. James Carmichael's Inn, Dunmurry, for tile purpose of concerting measures for the removal of tire turnpike gates ofl the Old Malone Road, and the ?? The meeting vas rot large, but was composed of some of the most respectable farmers of the ...