... C If I N A. A PARTS letter in the Jodepedeance says:- A rumor is corrent that it is not impossible that the projected expedition in Cech in Clhina miavy bc counter- manded, the Emprlcrr '.t-1)uci, sovereign of the Ali- namite territory, having, on receiving news of the ex- ploits of the allied armies in China, manifusteiI a wish to enter into :1n arrangement. The Constointioonel observes:- The ...

... I (Fronm the London Press.) Up lwrds of three months ago-we announced that. the abolition of the Irish Viceroyalty had been deter- mined on by her Majesty's Ministers, and that a bill 1DI for the purpose was at that time actually in pre- 2d paraticn. The truth of our statement was denied Ro by the official journals. We knew our information III to be tco well founded for any mistake about the ...

... CO RRESPONID)E NCE. BRITISI-[ SYSTEMAT'IfC BEN'FICENCE, SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. 1)EAB SIR-Havinig ?? eiod n cour-se of PUlI)I; labonrs onl behalf Of our society in SeotlandI, nnd thhikiiig it highly desinibled to keep yonir rellders in- formed of the progress onr p licipies nre making in other parts of the kingdoin, I now senid yoen a rapid review of my last few ...

... (3,bt, ffrumads; ?&Ilrllajjl ?? DUBLIN: SAIURDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1860., AGAIN the telegraph wires announce that the bombardment of Gaeta continues day and night, Cand that the fire is replied to by the besieged; |ut with what result we are not informed. Of course, if theibeeieging army had obtained any advantage, or that their guns were producing any' important effect, it is not too much to ...

... 9?t 'kOldfiut ?? tffer. (ESTABLISHIE3D ANNO 1737.; B PiL F A ST: MONDAY, DEC. 31, 1S00. Wn have only space to refer to the very interest- ing letters and despatches which we give this morning, anl in which the Chinese news is very fully detailed Mr. Parkes's despatch will be read with no little avidity. The steel-clad steamer Warrior was launched on Saturday. It is known that the vessel is a ...

... CHIN-A. Tiro followving letters are from variouis correspon- de(nts of tile China p~aper's:- CA-SiO BEF0OO1 PF.MNr, OCT. 24.-In my last, fle- spitiltclre onl tire 13th or 14th instantit, I told you of the occuipation and sackeing Of thle Emnperor's 1ANlecO of Ynen-min-vUel, sri ii tire' surrender, bY the auitho- riies, of tire Au-tinl gate (Ca-ine Of Peace). a1 (quarter of an hear lwrfor(rr ...

... ST. JOHN'S DAY IN 13PLFAST, ,oDGEs II0, 40, and 151 ?? together, according to usual custom, in the Masonic Hall, Donegall Place on Thiusday, the 27th inst., being St. John's Day. There was a large attendance of bretren.- Shortly after six o'clock dinner was served in exexl- lent style by tie Steward of the Hall. The chair was occupied by the W.;f. of Lodge 154, 3r. Samniel Black, who was ?? by ...

... I (romn the Tihae of Saturdqy). The end of the year, and the publication of the monthly returns, present an opportunity for reviewing the effect of the French treaty on the import trade. The returns, indeed, only em- brace elven months of the year, and in no case more than nine months of the new tariff, and it will not be till next September that we shall have the means of collecting from the ...

... I -- AUSTRIA AND HUNGARtY. VIFNXsA, D Ec. 14-The ?? Ansciyer calls the at- tention of ?? von Schmerling to the following poliltil evils:- 1. The liberty of the subject is not guaran- teed. 2. The citizens are not protected against arbi- trary domiciliary visits on the part of the police. :1. The equality of the different professions has not been proclaimed. 4. The liberty of the press exists ...

... I (From the EvyrMa FRUHL&AN of last night.) Gaeta, Monday, 24th Dec. The bombardment continues day and night. The Bring is replied to by the besieged. Milan, Thursday, Dec. 27. The Perstemeranza states on good authority that the I young Qucen of Naples has left Gaeta. Vienna, Friday, Dee. 28. The official Wleina, Zeiung contains two imperial de- crees The first orders that in view of the ...

... .c I, tif 'RC in esft r+ (ESTABLISI-IED ANNO 1737.) BELFA ST: SATURDAY, DEC. 29, 1860. Tr1m arrival of the Overland mail gives 1s some further details of the Chinese news by telegraph this morning, of which we hope to give full par. ticulars on Monday. The account comprises the entry of the allies into Pekin, the signing of the treaty, and the destruction of the Emperor's Sum- mer Palace, ...

... FO RTIGN. THE SIEGE OF GAETA. LETTER FROM VICTOR EMMANUEL TO KING FRANCIS 11. (FROM DAILY NEWS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) MJOLA DI GARTA, DEC. 14.-Tho same uncertainty still prevails in our Camnp. Are we going to have an armistice or are we not? This is the question the officers ask one another. Since orders were received( by GeOeial Cialdini to discontinue tne fire of the battery of rifled gims ...