... JJarrign 31,11trilignicc. F ANCE. THE only topic of interest from France is the discussion on tile River Plate question in the Assembly. It was feared that iM. Thiers might influence the majority to vote an ex- pedition against Buenos Ayres, and that the Government, though opposed to such a course, wvould consider themselves obliged to comply. The majority of the Mountain, or Red Republican ...

... LORD DOWNSHIIRE AND IlIS TENANTS. Tuilu following circular has been addressed to the tenants on the Dowrnshire estates:- Draisagse being the first step towards the effective culti- vation of such lauds as reituire it, anit thers being a great proportion of the Marquis of Dowinshire's estates in D)awn anil Antrin, tite ?? of which is much less titan it sight hie, his Lordlship is desirous of ...

... THE TOWN COUNCIL-SIGNAL DEFEAT OF ITS ASSAILANTS. THE first meetilig of our Town Council for the year 1850, the proceedings of which we record at length elsewhere, has been a memorable one. At that meeting, the mariceuvres anld machinations, which ever since the depositioa of tbe imliecile Wlhig Commissioners, have hecn furtively di rected against thicir spirited, honourable, and active succes ...

... -- - WORKING OF THIE IRISH POOR-LANV.-RELIEF STATISTICS. COMPARArTIVE statements of the expenditure and collections under the Irish Poor Relief Act, for the lattcr portion of the past year, have been made, anid the results exhibited are suf- ficiently interesting. The following is an approximate state- ment of the expeoses and collections for last October, com- pared with those of the same ...

... PETITION TO TnE Qvirnea.-This document has received a largenuinl)erofsignaturessince we last adverted to thesubject. Among those are the Earls of HIuntingdon and Mounteashel; Sir A. Brooke, M.P. ; Mervyn Archdall, MI.P.; V. Ormisby Gore, M.P.; Sir Robert Gore Booth, Sir Nugent Humble, HeInury Rowley, Esq., D.L., Carrickmore, &c., &c. The Earl of ?? has also signed the address, and upwards of ...

... IMPORTANT MEETING OF TIHE TOWN COUNCIL. TnF usual mnon'tbly meeting of ?? Council was held on Tuesday last, thle 1st instant, irs tire Town Hall, at, twelve o'clock. INAUGURATIO11N OF THE MAYOR. Alderman STIRLING, the newly-appointed Mayor for tire. ensuing year, took the chair for the first time, andt was in- vested with the Insignia of Iris office by Sir W. G. Johnson, tise retiring Mayor. ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH'S AILMANACK. TEE M11OST MASCUMJIN3E OF ALL. GitIE.-Tihe Sports (of tile I le-laiidls. ?? TO rUlI. A PRaso.N's 'Nosrn.-?iIase him a present of half a dozen o theic best Silk poclkei hatniikhillerehiCfs. NAOTuRAL Ilisrotty voR N!.oti ?? liauit that las ?? hleaped Logeliler helr ?? for the wtinter will re- pny attentioln. LADI03S OF EXNLXND, AESWEIt Tnss.-If the man is a ...

... LOCALE FARMING SOCIETY. Tirle annual ploqigling-martcli of the Locale Farining Society weas held onl Tliorda last, os ii ch fern of tire Roe%. David Whvte, of Dillon. Airn adlditional scenle of ceimpetitione was a iigig-otcl, at the Same tinie andi place. Trhee was ai fallieg sff is the attenlance hoth of gcnitry and farmers. W'e obServed, in the ilehis set apart for the plorighliig aod ...

... PROTIECTIONIST MOVtEENT. THlE CAVAN COUN\TY MEETING. 'furs meeting, so niuch tallked of, was held oul Thursday in the Grand Jury Itoosa of the Court-house. Without ex- aggeration, the meeting was the most inluenetial we have cver seen assemble Iin Cavan. It complrisedl nine-tenthis of the landled proprietors of the county, and many of tire prin- cipal jahabitants of the town. Iha asd( arounnd ...

... TIHE CIIILID AND TIHE LAkDY BIRD. I'vrs brought my Rachel a pretty nosegay, said a father, as he stooped forward to kiss his d ing ciild, and laid the flowers otn the coverlid. ''lte childl gnaspeti theltil tl her little thin fingers, raisc:l them to her failed face. * Stea tlarlting, there's a lat. hbirdl otl that white ros, let nlse ptnt it out. 'Oh, pretty ladi-ibilr ! cried the little ...

... fforcigil flutclUgnirc. F RAN CE. TtE Presiilcot of the Repubiiilc has celebratted the rew year by erenting. for tile fir-st time sin cc the Revolutionmr of Femir ii ary, a Field..Marslial of Firance. 'T'liegeiarral uipoii whomii t his distiiigiisherl honoor lisa heesi conferred is thle Presidicri's uncle, General Jerome Bonaparte, the Gavcraiir of tile hi. valides, and ex.khig of Wrestphalia. ...

... QUEEIN'S COLLEGE.-I'PROF1SSOR INLYNEXE UX'S LECTURE ON AIEDICAL JURISI'RUDENCE. Pnrr'ssonis ATOLYNEAUX aud l-IOD e s hlaving- beets dirc~tedI liy thle Council to deiiver, Conjointly, aI course of Iecetiris onl Medicleal Jurisprudence in the present session, Professuor MiUly. ncnltx, on Wednelttuisday, t lie I 9ti slt., do ivcred h is ?? C tory lecture, which wve stow publish, us a useful ...