... or [ N[FROM OUR OV1_N CORRESPONDETr.] iC LODON, SATURDAY. r Is a very few weeks all speculation will be at rest 'Ir- cc with reference to the policy and intentions of her Majesty's Ministers In the peculiar position in ?? the Government stands it cannot, even if it s so desired, assume an attitude of reticence. But s, such is not its intention. Although placed in a ,- position of extreme ...

... Ott ?dfast felu-Ndtfr. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1867. SoM mefurtherdetails are given ill reference to the fire at the Crystal Palace. The damage done is very extensive in itself, but not sogreatas tohave prevented the Palace from being open for the Christmas entertainments yesterday. No expla- nation is yet given of the cause of the fire. It is stated that the yachts ...

... THlE ARMY ot L The following niEeneSt: of weginlits vill take n ?? in thle coulrse of thc next feow wec1;s.-l'he 4th and 8:3rd. frozn lrelacl to Malta anl Gibraltar s~ respectively, replaciug the 84th and 86th, proceed- ing to the Wcrst Inhliv..; then 1stlbattalion 1.5th, from \T ?? Bransweick to Berrmuda; anl the 2nd battalion Gtii come hoine froto Jamaica, when relieved by the o8 4tlh or ...

... THE COUNTY WATERFORD! ELECTION. IIIOTINU AND Lur;IS OF LIFE. l EFROM THE CORRESIO>Jt}:N OF TrE )XATERFOtuib MAIL.3 W. u-i'oZI), S.xrvu:ic). T--Iic contest boigaln at eight ?? with luich vigiir. The arrangoelellts made by the autborities for the preservatioal of thii peace were admirable, there being a large force of cavalry, infankrv, and p1XlicO. The agents at both sides were detdmilnlled to ...

... CO RRESPOND) ENICE. e- THE WVOODBUILN STREA'S ANTD THE Dr JUGHTS OF THE BELFAST WATER MuM- or ISSIONERS, ., TO TSIC EDTrrO OF TrEE BELFAST NEW;-LETTER. le Sm-I have been informed since I came here that one of tie Belfast Water Comrissiouers (:orr. erer) ;D had lately made a statement in public. and in the og presence of the arbitrator sitting to atijnrdicate on .t- the claims made upon the ...

... in- TIHE COLRT. )er- OsBORN , FiuoAY. -The Queca drove out yester les day afvcrnuoll, auccomnpanied by Princess Christian and Prince Leopold; and her Majesty drove ?? on- this murnhig vith Princess Louise. PrincussBca- ty- tliee and Prince Henry of PruLssia WulceLI in the a g-rounds this uioisiing. Her Mfajesty held a Coulncil the to-day at one o'clock, at which were present the Duke Of ...

... ] [BY TELEGRAPHT.] N 3rEW FS- LErTTER O ?FyiCE, Tuesday Morning. THE YE.AR 1866. The London morning papers contain reviews of the closing year-that of the Ilerald extending to over thirteen columns, and the Daily 2'elegraplh to twelve columns. The Timens describes the past year as a gloomy, eventful, and ominous year. It closes tn-day in England a long season of prosperous tranquillity, has ...

... E C CL ES IAS T IC AL. THE ESTABLIHIED CHURCH. Archdeacon Allen promises to bring forward a motion in Convocationl to prohibit the use of any vestments except the black gown, the black Cap, and the surplice, and to refer all disputed questions of Ritual to the Or dinary. The Lord Chancellor has conferred the vicarago of St. Just, in Penrith, near Penzance, in the County of Cornwall, and ...

... THE YEAR 1SG6. [FROM TIHE EXETERI FLYING POST.1 1 rT is no cxaggeration, but the simplest historical truth, to set down the year just drawving to a close as one of the most memorable of the past half century. There are, in fact, but few years in all history distingnished by more terrible incidents than those which will marl; the year ISS. It has. been a year of war, of revolution, of ...

... CO'MPLINIENT TO THE MAYOR. AtrrR the close of the business at the Police Court, yesterday, Mr. O'DONSELL said-Mr. Mayor, permit me, on f this, the last day of your mayoralty, to assure you on my own. behalf and that of my friend and col. .league, Mr. Orme, of the great pleasure and grati- 1 fication we both have had in co-operating with you l in the discharge of those duties that devolved on ...

... ADDRESS AND PRESENTATION. TzeURSDnY night, the 27th Dec., being the anni- versary of St. John's Day, the members of The Lodge of the Muses, No. 9, Dungannon, met to celebrate the event in their beautiful hall in Dun- gaunon. The usual business of installing officers for the ensuing year, and the ordinary business of the lodge having been transacted, the members sat down at seven o'clock to a ...

... r ?? PRAYy, the ordinary hi-monthly luecting of tic r nlenlle of this Trust was held ih the Board- 1 a[rior Orlie-Riuirwr Boyi), Esq., in the PPr. he oth r inemnbers present were - Sir 1:3 a cr1(nev, J. P. 13r. I'irrie, Mlessrs. Charles t;n. Statcs Hrilnnihon, Fobert Patterson, James (:riwnl, andl IWillian. 'Valentiue r10 XS 'ARV readl the miniutes of last general atl 1 't-1111ittee ineetines. ...