... CORRESPONDENOE. a CHRISTMAS DAY. TO THE EDITOR- OF TRE BELFAST NEWS-LErTTEI. SIB-Would you be kind enough to inform me if the merchants and shopkeepers of the town intend to follow the example setthem by the people of Eng- land in closing their respective places of business on Monday, the 27th inst., in order to allow their young men an extra holiday? Theemployers of Belfast have always been ...

... Tar prisoners were brought up for examination on Tuesday. Mr. DowNIxG applied ?? a professionar reporter be admitted to taelc tile evidenec of witnesses, with an understanding that. it should not be published in the piulblic joutinals, After a lengthened discussion, the magistrates refused to allow the presence of a reportitr. Danelc Sullivan, tle approver, was then called. We undverstand tl ...

... THE ArIIY AND NAVY. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. IVA -OPPICIc, Pa rir-Mar11T, Dnu. 21. Royal Horse ?? G. Bull lias been pemjitedl to retire rrolm the service, by the sale of' his commission; Quartemaster Corporal Major It. Mac- Alpine to be Cornet, withont purchase; Coniet It. McAlpine to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Bull. 2nd Dragoons-Lieutenuit A. S. AM. Browne o bie Cap tain, by porecase, vice ...

... ECOLCESIASTICAL. THXE ESTABLISHED GHURICLI. The Rev. Hamilton Gerty, late curate of Booters- town, Diocese of Dilbiin, has been appoilnted to the charge or tihe pnrisih of Sailtfloldl, Diocese of Down. The Rcv. IV. C. Gorman, Arcihdcicon's Vicar of St.. Canice, Kilkeoiny, has been presented by the Malrehionmss of Ormonric, in the name of her son, thc youthful Marquis, to the vicarage of ...

... [BY MAGTrNTIC TEGREAtt1i.',] IN DI A. EARLY MOVEMENTS OF TIIE CAMPAIGN. Tile Boinbay correspondent of tie Daily Ylre. writing November 91b, describes the gencral scope of the rnilitary operatious:_ - The chase in which our troops have so long been engaged in is fast coming to an end. Tim rcebl army, led by Tantia Topce, Ibeaten twice within tito fortnigiit4 was rapidly dwindling away, ant it ...

... A, DE 31ONTALEMBERT'S REFUSAL. (FRIM TIlE DAILY NEWS.) No man of our tine has better excuses for despising ihis fillow-creatures than the, present Empeicor of the E French. No man has a better right to be discon- certed and surprised at tre sound of a solitary chal- leige of defianco in the nmidst of an acclaiming chorus of contented lacqucys. Tihe day before yesterday all t tile puppiy dogs ...

... SP'EI.AL MlEBETINO,. A SPECIAL iie'tiiig of the Belfast Wiater Comnnis- sioneris was held last Saturday at half-past one o'clocl;, at the Board-room, Rosemary Place, when MIr. JAMES CAmEROx occupied the chair. The other members present were-Dr. Stevelly, Dr. Dill; Messrs. John Lindsay, Robert Creer, It. T. MIcagh, Willialu Addison, R. Connery, It. M. Carson, and It. Black- burnt. 'The CHAIRMAN ...

... CONSOLIDATED CIAMBER.-MONDAY. ?? . 1>_ ?? 1 (Before Baron UituuNE.) JN RE CATIIRnNE r 1'CANN. Mr. GANUInL.t applied for a writ of lutbeas corpus to bring up the body of CatLhering l 'Cann, a young girl at present detained in the convent of Laketands, Sandvmount Ile moved on the afildavit of Mr. M'Clintock, of Dawson Grove, County Dublin, which stated that Catherine Al'Cann was engagcd by him ...

... | [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] - Manchestcr, Friday Evening To-aGnIT, tile great soiree fir the purpose of con- gratiulating the hoen. neinber for Birminglmin, Mr. J. Bright, on his restoration to health, to celebrate the- retirn or himnself and his late colleague, the Right Ilon. T. Al. G ibson, to Parliament for the boroignhs of Birmilngham and Ashlton, and to thiank them for their patriotic ...

... R A. IL WAY T I M -T AB LE., EARRANGED FOR '1'N TIM 'EiS-L1iTTN.3] TRAINS wvill leave for the undernientioncdl ilneoes [inom and to Belflast, oel week days, at the following hours _ _ From Belfist.. 'Ti llelcist. a, 9 30 amin; 2, 4 30 plln Anltrim 7 s, 1f n:2 nai; 2 S8 7, 'S an ; 12 ii, 4 30, A valnlgh 7 2, 11 : 2O m, IQ , 7 IG pilt I :)(s ou 0, D 30 alt 2, 4i 0 pill 13llyclaro 0 21, I 1. ...

... (FROM OUR OwN CORnESPONDENT.) LONDON, VEDNESDAY. TDE firstof December opened upon th is sinful Cocknley world of ours with bright sunshine and a warm Southerly breeze, suggestive of Spring, and flowers, and everything, in fact, but Winter. Mr Waklicy, the Coroner for Middlesex, whose duty it is to inquire into the sudden and accidental deaths that daily occur in tile metropolis, assures me ...

... LATE ST NEWS. i [BY bEAGNETIO TELEGRAPH.] CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape Town, Oct, 22. The Cape Mfonitor is not sangilne of permanent peace. Affairs arc rather unsettled on the Colonial frontiers. Thefts are considertibly increased, espe. cially ofcatthle Tile Kaiffir chier Unibalnh, and two of hiri council- loIs, have been found guilty, by a special Criminal Court, of attempting to levy war in ...