... TOWN AND TABLE TALE. (FtMOROWN CORnESPONV:14'1P. DUBLIN, TUESDAY, D :C. 20. )uR, weather has, for the last few days, been singu- anrly inclement. The thermometer has ranged at a ower temperature than it has done for many years. rho River Liffey was frozen over at several points, md water in vessels within private holises was, luring two or three nights of intensest frost, covered with a thick ...

... THE FIGHIT ON THE PEIIIO. IXTrEIIESTING ANECDOTES. Wr make the Following extracts from a brilliant article in .Blackdwosod, deseriptive of thle fight on the Poilh:- V When thie Cormorant's bow-gun did the. good service of sileici ug, in four shots, tile centre cavali&?, the Admiral, lying on his cot, was so struck with the accuracy of the aim, that he immediately sent an aide-dc-camp forward ...

... THlE ES'TA1BLItSaHED C1EUaRCG . ENGLISH OtDINATIOSS. The following gentlemen fromn Trinity College Dublin, were ordained deacons oil Sunday last:- By tile Bishop of Poterborough-Tlle Rev. J. Foster. By the Bishop of Carlisle-The Rev. T, Hawes, for the curacy of Preston Patrick. By thle Bisilop of Oxford -Win. Henry Podmore, AL., Trinity College, Dublin, and Stildent of the' Theological College ...

... As a number of electrifying machines and galvanic batteries are to be exhibited in the lower room of the Mlusic Hall oil the evening of the 4th of Janusry, at the conversazione, it has occurred to some that, from the attraction of electricity by metals, steel crinolines might prudently be dispensed with on that occasionl We know not whether scientifli men may Concur in the suggestion; but of ...

... ; THE DUKE OF CAlBRIDfla AT WOO[ , vI0li His Royal Highness the Dake Ot Uanlorlugou VUI- b down to GWoolwich on Alonday, fcr the purpose of 9 delivering the prizes of merit to tise gentlemen cadets t recommended by the aovernor of the Royal Militar~y Academy, as deserving rewards and priies for good I conduct and acquiremnents: and also to inspect two of tho most. important nov'cties of the ...

... JOHN BROWN'S LAST LETTER TO HIS FAAILY. I A LrTPER of Brown's has been published, in which be expressed doubts as to the propriety of his wife visiting hilm in prison to bid him farewell, and it is probable that tile subjoined letter from Brown to his wife and children was written under the belief that no interview between themn would take place:- JOHN BROWN'S LAST LITTER TO II[S FAtI LY. ...

... THE ArMAIY AND NXVY. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-OFFICE, Dee. 20. eth Regiment of Dragoon Guards-SkirgCOn ]. S. Smitir, froim the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice M1olinc, who oxclhanlgcs. 7th Ligiht Dragoons-Capt. A. E. Wilkinson, from thie D9 Light Dragoons, to be Caipt., vice Bulieley, weho exchanrges; Lieut. J. Giles, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut., vice Viscount Royston, ap- ...

... RAILWAY TIIhE-TABLE. TnAINS Will leav for the undermen3tionef( places, from and to Belfaist, on week days, at the following hours From 130l fiotA. To Belfast. , 33 am; 2, 41 o10 Pm Antrim 18, 10 27 Anm; 2 40 Ih.10 plo1. 8 mn; 12 n; 4 30 pm; Aimngolmorco 7 25 amn; 12 n; 4 55 pm 7 15 pmll 7 d0 pIll 7, 8 em I ; 12 1), I0 30, A roliogil h)3, 13 0 ino, 12 Il 7 10 pmn 51 Pill 3 G, 9130 ale;1- 2, i ...

... 9 1) c ky?) c Ifof 'N? c iv? -'Irl, Of a. (ESTABLISIHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1859. TIIE approach of Christmas creates a scarcity of newls, and there is this morning not much of im- portance from the Continent. Prince Jerome, whose life was all but despaired of, improves in health, and bulletins are no longer issued. Pre- parations for the Congress are still going forward, ...

... -LATEiST NEWS. NE ll'S-LETTRR OFFICE, Tllhtrs(dajY AMomning. :Y 'iAGNET 0 THLEGRAPII,] 5WIITZERLAND AND TIlE CONGRESS. Berne, Dec. 21. In reliy to a mOM0ino1 nddressed by Switzerland to tile Poi'erS co0mprising tile Congress, tle majority lIAV expressed themselves favorable to the admission ofpjet0Hpotentiarie frow Switzerlaud at tbo thne when t1Zo ConFlresq. *k0iberates on the neutrality of ...

... BELFAST TOWN COUNCIL,. YESTETWDAY, a special meeting of the Council was hold in the Town-Hall, the MAYOR (WV illiam Ewart, junior, Esq.) in the chair, The TowN-CLEr announced (linit the Borough- Assessors had appointed as their deputies, Francis M1ende and James M. Thompson, Esqrs., Barristers- at-Law. The following letters wero read:- Queen's College, Belfast, December 0, 1859 - SIR-I liavo ...

... SECOiND EDITION. TIllS DAY'S NEWS. iB Y M A G N E T 1' Jr T 14 E G 1C A P HC AYENrF-LETZ'ER OFFICE, Theur'eay, One o'clock, p.rva. THE EMPEROR, NAPOLEON AND THE PQPEDOM, An Irriportant pamphlet has just appeared in Paris. TIhe Times has no doubt that it expresses, in a most decided and perspicuous manner, the views which are entertained as to the future destiny of the 1prnperor' himself. Tire ...