... FORMIG IA TELLI C4 TEIE EFRENCHEMPIRE. . PTHus IaV11DAY E ire.vH .--The preparations for Ae marriage of the Emperor are On a very grand scale. .- , applications for tickets to Notre Dame have exceeded by ten to one the number of seats that can be made. The municipal commi99ion of Parii have voted 600,0001. for a diamond nocklam to be presented to the future Empress of Frace, and 800,000f; to ...

... I be treemtaw! $OlaLnW DUBLIN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1863. SIR JAMES GRAHAM-DECLARATjON I IAGAINST THE BALLOT. . I Several of the ministers and office-holders have spoken from the hustings, and detailed, as far as was consistent with their position, the policy by which the coalition will be guided in its administration of the affairs of the country. Two cabinet ministers have already ?? James ...

... MR. LONG'S APPOINTMENT. We confess we felt a little startled when we read the reply given in the House of Commons by Mr. Hamilton to the question of Mr. Ball as to the un. precedented nature of the appointment of Mr. Long to the Presidency of the Money-order Office, view- ing it merely in the. light of an irregularity, and quite independently of the indecency of such an act having been done ...

... Driven from Carlow-driven from the Queen's County-afraid to face any constituency in Ireland, Mr. Sadleir is said to have taken refuge in Dublin Castle. We kiow not whether the rumour be true or not, but the political gossips have it that the government, finding that no constituency in Ireland could be got to elect their Junior Lord, have resolved to put him to the desk in the Castle, and ...

... THE CARLOW ELECTION-IRISH PATRIOTISM | AND PRINCIPLES. (Froim the .Beyhst 1fercury.) If, upon party grounds, we regret that a member of the present government has lost his election, we must admit a feeling of satisfaction that a traitorous brigadier has not been able to pass through the public and constitutional ordeal con- sequent upon his acceptance of office. The experiments which the ...

... I I The recent unpleasant occurrence at Island-bridgo Bar- racks, Dublin, which we noticed in our last, ald with which two young infantry oeficers were not very creditably con- nected, has resulted in Sir Edward Blakeney's administering to each of tho officers in question a very severe reprimand, accompanied by an intimation that the Lieutenant-Goneral was only moved to take so lenient a view ...

... THE CONVIuT KIRWAN. Some singular disclosures are coming to light regarding the means employed to obtain the commutation of Kirwan's sentence. A correspondent of the Evening Pascket, who writes under the pseudonyms of JJUSTITIA, in pointing out the discrepancies and falsehoods of the statements put for- ward by Kirwan's advocates, comments upon a most astound- ing fact relative to the ...

... _. I _ _. - .1 _: _ _-2 a _, _! I -. A 1 - - I The usual monthly meeting of this society was held last evening in the Board-room of the society, Kildare-street. Shertly after eight the chair was taken by Mr. ViciceRs, T.C. The Secretary having read the minutes of 'the previous meeting, Mr. Copeland read the first portion of an elaborate essay on wheat, which he proposed to consider as regards ...

... ssBRAIDWOOD. AUGUST 17.-Tbe most favoured spot is still Major's Creek. Some are still making their four and five ounces a day in the dry diggings. About 300 ounces were sent down from this creek by the last weekly escort. At Bell's Creek little or nothing has been done. The' last three escorts have left without any gold from that locality. Tbe price of gold has been lately as low as 21. 18s., ...

... DEPARTURE Or' THE EARL OF EGLINTON FROM II RELAND. .I Yesterday his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by the Countess of Eglinton, their family, &c., took their de- parture from this country for England. In accordance with previous arrangements, the Viceregal family and suite left the Lodge, in the Phcoenix Perk, at eleven o'clock, and, escorted by a squadron of the lst or King's ...

... I I pl _ THE FRENCH EMPIRE. F PARIs, SUNDAY EVENING.-Although the Emperor pro- ffesed to make no speeches on the occasion of the New 'ear's-day receptions, he thought fit on the appearance of the diplomatic corps, to say a few words, which it is hoped will have the effect of calming the apprehensions of war en- tertained by all the other powers of Europe. In answer to the congratulations ...

... On New Year's night the teetotallers of Kiugstown held their annual ball in the large roons, Paradise-row, in cele- bration of the tenth anniversary of their important and useful society. The hall, a spacious, handsome room, was beautifully illa- mniated and tastefully fitted up for the occasion, with two large arches of evergreens extending the whole breadth of the building. Evergreens wvere ...