... THE CALAMITY IN NORTRUMBERLAND. SHIELDs, TuESDAY, 9 A.M.-The condition of the poor women and children residing in the colliery village of New Hartley, from which I have just re- turned, is one of mourning, lamentation, and woe. This morning the fifth night of the imprisonment of the husbands and children of the women has passed away, and the sixth day has dawned, but only to reveal to as ...

... IT is appropriate to reproduce the following extract from n communication made by Mr. Seward, after a tour in Canada during the fall of 1852, to the Albany Evening.Turnal:-- Hitherto, in common with most of my countrymen, as I suppose, I have thought Canada-or to speak more accurately, British America-a mere strip lying North of the United States, easily detachable from the parent State, but ...

... FIER k1EAD, D)UBLIN. L*urvALa Up to b, nm., Jan. 27.-Wind-SS.W. January 2b-Leda, steamer, London ; North Ash, Ariroa&n, iron ; illbernia, steamer, llelyhead ; Llberfy, Liverpool. fil8s; Havelock, steamers, Glasgow ; Dread and Bertlia, Rancorn, salt. January 26-AdmIral htoorsom, steamer, Hiolyhead * Torch, Princess, and Royal William, steamers, Lirerpoll; Diane, Ibrail, Indian corn; El zabeth, ...

... ?? ExTEgBI0v1% IRELAND. | 'oaescR'1 Tastr.-The preseattfiert sessions for the bifony of Irnokitly 'weas held yestefty at the Court- lotiuse, ildletor.% Lotid FitstsoY'prftided. There was an applidatioli ?? proilsslon to put VP. telegraph poles ea public roads similar to the eermnsoion granted at the Baerymorietans~orl seessions. Ttao object of the appli- eatien waslo opan a msore direct ?? ...

... 1 QUEEN noq SE; A.)RE CHILDREN.. |, One lay the, Duchess. 01 Mssauu 91avu ai usu 'It honour of the ;u -ha Irtns4,t AIthdugh ?? and sufferig' left -her' cola8iss and 'alWe764 -herself' to d drgeed. Her fair 'bair;'whioh *hen untfastesled eaobed down to her feet, Was arranged 'in -the anclent Greek fashion, and. oruamented *ith' a' garland of flo*er These were no natural on,' however, but, made- ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... LoNDO X CORRESPONDE N CE. (FRsOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) so rl LoNDomr, WEDNESDAy. OPI Tag period has now so nearly arrived for the assent Iras bhese Of Parliament that is perhaps unnecessary to hs speculate upon what communication her Majesty'is Masi advisers May make on the subject of the civil war in not Ainerica. I am, however, in a position to state that, Ti in the continued absence of ...

... THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. (FROM THE TIMES.) It Now that the Trent affair is over, the fermentation of Yankee eloquence is rising. Until Lord Lyons had e delivered the demand nothing could be more still - than the official personages who had the power of *t making amends. The voices which did fill the air were all of most powerless personages. Judges, Go- . vernors, Secretaries of the Navy, ...

... crea INICOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BuLFAsTr NEWS-LETTER. -Y SliR-In Tour publication of Monday last, I saw B( note beaded as above, wherein 1An rinhabitaint corn jllaineid 'of having been called'on by notice of 26th MMf December for payment of income-tax for the year TCo 1861 Iand 1862, and stating It to ba 8 preposterous I S thing that public Servants should demand what is not leal. [ ...

... FRIENDLY ADvIOE TO THE POPE. - Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at onco. THE READING-Roor OF THE BRITISH MUSEi4.- Facotiously known as The Author's Crib.' ?? STYLES OF CONSOLATION.-A Man's1Well, I'll tell you what you must do. A Woman's-Ah - Itold you- how it would be. STONE-BLIND.-We suppose that an old -'hunter may be said to be stone-blind, when the poor beast has got ...