... DESPERATE PARTY AFFRAY AT CASTLEDAWSO.N. I.AVESTIGAMTON BEFORS TlE fAGISTRACY. (om1m our Reporter.) FROm several paragraphs which have been published, the readers of the News-Letter are already aware that a party affray took place at Castledawson, on Christ- mas evening last, between the Protestant and the Ro- man Catholic parties there. It originated in a drink- ing squabble, and swelled to a ...

... THIE NEFW MINISTRYV. (Froi /te OG'lobe.) LORDn STANL1EV, of Aldsley, ias been appointed V7icee President of tihe Board of Trade, and Paymaster Oe- neroll to the t'-nces. Viscieunt Canning is the Postmaster Genera]. The lion. .II. Chartitris a 1,0o(1 of the Treasu rv. The 'I'reasury Board is now completed, tile l.;r(Is being, besides the First Lord and Chancellor of thi EvxclEtquter, 31r. Johnt ...

... 2jte lrmg ALrSTRIAN OUTRAGE ON A BRITISH SUBJECT. (From tn Tihnes.) AN)OTIEWR of those outrageous acts upon the person of ati English subject, for which the Austrian Govern- mnent has acquire] so unfortunate a nototiety, has jiist iieLi committed it Vienna. The sufferer in this Case is the correspondent of the V/oi*niing Chronicle. Before offering any comment upon the case. we will endeavour ...

... Tnati proceedings which took place at the meeting of the Council on Satuirday were, it wvill be seen, of pecu- liar interest and importance. We halve only space, however, to refer to the very felicitous m-mnner -- which the vote or thantis to Aklderman Fenton, the late Mayor, was presented ani accepted. Mr. Fenton's mayoralty was distingulishled by events which required high ability, groat ...

... R?gricllttllxc, &C. --- --- --- FARM OPERATIONS FOR JANUARY. ANY winter plosighing remaining undonc should be put out of hands without loss of time, that the land may receive the ameliorating influence of the winter's frosts and thaws as much as possible, taking advantage when the land is dry, but avoid plougiltilg when the land is saturated with wet. Attend closely to the drainihu cad ...

... The Sergeant-M1ajor of the 12th is promoted to an Ensiglncy, without purchase. The 23rd Ftiiiliers, 50th, 77th, and 82nd Regiments are uidLer orders For Ireland, to replace the 1st Rloyals, 31st, 3'th, and 657th, proceeding to the Medi- terranecan. ENNISKIt7it.N GxritutsoN.-The strength of this gar- rison is to be increased, by the ad(dition of dragoolns and artillery; and it is in ...

... ITlHE LORD'S DAY VERSUS THE PURITAN I 11 SAB13ATI. T13 't TRUE OBISERYP NCE OF TIIE LORD'S DAY. TO TrIE EDITOR OF THlE YORTIMEILNr WVIttG. Sia-I happened this morylrlig to ierli ill your' paper of Christmeas Day ll art icle headed 'The True Ob- servaree of the Lord's day.'' In this article you have given expr'essionr to send ineir]ts whici h I aum astmnis lied ainy m1:rir calli:4' arid ...

... Ox Wednesday a public meeting of the electors was held in tihe Town Hall, to hear a statement from tIre Righit Hon. the President of tire Board of Trade of his views and opinions upon public questions. MNr. Card- well, on presenting himself, delivered an address of more than an hour's duration, explanatory of his claims to the confidence and support of the constitueney. Hle referred to the ...

... SO INIANY CALLS. IT was a brisk, clear evening in the latter part of De- cember, when Mr. A- returned from his counting- house to the comforts of a bright coal lire, and warim arm-chair, in his parlour at home. Ile changed his heavy boots for slippers, drew around him the folds of his evening gown, and then, lounging back in the chain, looked up to the ceiling and aboat with an air of satis- ...

... BELFAST TOWN COUNCIL, TntE first monthly fle-etin;g of the Counieil took place onl Saturday last, il the Town TIall, the Mayor for this yesr, Dr. M'O\1 it, il the chair. There was a large at- tendance of tiembers. The TowN Ci. itsic read the miniites of the last montilly meeting, and also of the special meeting held on the 1Ith ulo., the suubject matter of which w as ad- journed till tile ...

... I TR 0 S I'PE CT. |I,\'IN arrived at the commencement of a new year, it is natural, as it is custoniary, to illoraliso Uipoti the events which have occurred during the year that hits gone by, in order that we may be the hetter fualified to specalate upon the prospects before us in that upon whichl we have entered. The year 1852 -was in many respects eventful, whether as regards the civilised ...

... CIIEERPING PROSPECTS FOR IRELAND- THIE LEITRII COU' U FTEILD.S 1' ND IRON MiNLES. WEV have received information, fi'ot a source upon Which tile most implicit reliance nay be placetl, rela- tive to the receent diseovery of extensive coal fields and beds of iron-stone in the COuntLry ]eitrim, wihich we conceive to be of such vast importarrce to the manufacturing and mercantile interests of ...