... TO TIMt rEIToR. of9, Broadi-ay, New YokI, Dec. 20, IS61. Sn-Some three months ago 1 issued througlh yor parper a cailitang to fight the best ma- In Fingland-the light to eome off- either in Engiarird or Canada, at their option, on cqual terms, for ton tihousand dollars a side. The Engitsh rapers commenting on it, said It was more moncy than any fighting man In England could get backed for, ...

... THE QUEEN-UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. At a convocation of the Senate of the University, held on Tuesday, 28th January, 1862, by the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, LL.D., Vice Chancellor, it was resolved that the following address of condolence be presented to her Majeaty:- Bar IT ?? YOUR MAJhsrT-NVe, your Majesty's duti- ful and loyal subjects, the Vice Chancellor, boators, and( ilasters of the ...

... THE QUEEN-THE PRINCE. It was only after the decease of the Prince Consort that it could be known how great was tho amnuht of, business performed by his Royal IHighness, Do one can be more painfully aoquainted with the fact now than our bereaved Queea herself ; for the Pkince, it seems, really pesformed the duties that would devolve on the most confidential secretary to h3r Majesty. Few people ...

... CATFO~~C ' NTELIJT N = - I On Wednesday, the 22nd intt, his Grace the Arch- bishop of Tuam administered the sacrament of Con- firnation in the cathedral. From an early hour the confessors, 20 in number, were engaged dispensing the sacrament of penance. Three masses were offered up, and at each of them crowds partiok of the bread of life At two o'clock near 600 seuls received the gifts of the ...

... ARCIDEACON O'SULLIVAN ON sCRXET SOClllTIE. Ie KsuNMAR's, Dmc. 29.-The Arch'efcon -came out to-day again at first mass. He spoke nearly as fol- lows -After some preliminary remarks upon oaths and the nature of them, he said- 1 dil not intend for som0 time to revert to the subject on which I spoke this day four weeks; but, from what has happened since, I con. aider it would be not only culpable ...

... I PRU9STA AND TEE TRE&T AFFAIR. The following is the text of the note addressed by Count Bernatorff to Baron Von Gerolte, the Prussiau Representative at Washington:- . Berlin, December 25. Morsucsu LE BIAuoy-The warlike measures which President Lincoln has taken by sea against the Southem States which have separated from the Union, were calculated immediately upon their adoption to inspire ...

... I. ! . f2l ?? I pi) . : : 0 1 .. Plfa5f Stiv,54-eft-M, r - I JESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: TUESDAY, JAN. ?? 1862. By the news from India we learn that Lord Canning was to have left before the close of the past year. He may be. expected in England after a few weeks. Russia, it appears, was drawing supplies of cotton from Rhiva and Bokbara. As to the reported capture of Nana Sahib the Indian ...

... BEL FA ST: THURSDAY, AsN. 9, 1862. IT will be perceived, by reference to our tele- graphic columns thathe City of Washington has arrived witlr most important news, on which wve comment elsewhere. Another Trent affair had happened off the coast of Texas. The Federal steamer Santiago de Cuba had overhauled an English schooner, and captured two passengers, supposed to be agents of Al t ...

... - tinst. NEWB.LETTER OFFICE, of t Tkursday -fforn-w. failt YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. the [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] polil see ?? Reuter.) pro WVEST INDIA AND PACiFIC MAILS. the arm ARRIVAL OF SLIDE LL AND MASON its I AT SOUTHAMPTON. fore WRECK OF H.M.S. CONQUEROR. Mr. . r~~~o - ?? Soatharmpton, Wednesday. chi' The Alail Company's steamship La Plata has ar- disc rived here with the above mails. She ...

... I . I c be ?? ?? elf a?t ?'flt W, ic'ettre r* m (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: MONDAY, JAN. 21, 1862. WE publish to-day some further particulars of the Hartley Pit catastrophe, and also an article from the Times on tbhe melancholy occurrencei Vigorous, efforts are being made to raise a- fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the sufferers, and already the subscriptions have ...

... THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERIOA. (FROM Talt TiIMES' SPECIAL CORIRESPONDENT.) WASHUNGTor, Dac,. 16.-The Irish portion of the Americanss are said to-look. forward to a war with England -with pleasure, but I doubt it exceedingly; and as to' the speculations in one or two journals, touching the likelihood.of-the Irish regiments, or those of that country Jn 'our ranks, turning to join their countrymen ...

... | THETCIVIL WAR i -AM-ICA'- THI (FROM THE SPECIAL CORREIISPONDENT OF THE Tl1tES.) (EXTRACT FROM JOURNAL.) . WASHINGTON,. DEC. 30.-The N.w York journals of yesterday pursue the roaring nightingale line of writing. One rejoices that Jefferson Davis will be disappointed, because Mason and Sliddell will be sur.- rendered, if demanded, as nothing must be allowed- .to prevent the prosecution of ...