... THE PACKET STATIOIT. The .fail of last night, speaking of the report of the so- t called Packet Station Commissioners, against Ire'and, says: AllThe government secured to themselves the advent Age of packing thtir jury and controlling its operations. A com- mission, therefore, was issued to these five p rsonages, Lord n Granville, the Vice-President of the Boars of Trade, Sir h John Fox ...

... (FROM A CORmuSPOWDENT.) Tuesday Morning, 10 o'Clock. The town is up and stirring this morning. The streets were crowded last night, particularly about the committee rooms of the candidates. Nothing remarkable, however, took place, as the weather was not favourable, it having commenced to rain about eight o'clock in the evening; so that no speeches were delivered from the committee rooms. Lord ...

... I FRAN~CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVEvING.-The ministers have made up their nminds to remain in office for the present, notwith- standing the defeat on the motion of censure proposed by M. Baze. In fact, it is evident that the meaning of thimsmalevo- lent vote was to dash the triumph of the large majority on revision with a personal mortification for Louis Napoleon. It was to show that at least one ...

... An adjourned mee ing of the proprietors of the Dublin . and Drogheda Railway Company wasl held on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, in, the board-room, Amiens-atreet. The meet- intg wvas atdjoured by resolution from the let of March last, forthe purpose of receiving the report of the directors in reference to the estimated cost of the (construction of the proposed branch from Navan to Kells. There ...

... C Freemat' 3Iourwal UO A1 .. O . ?? . 1. ! DUBLIN :'MONDAY,'-AUGUST''18;~ 1851. ' . THE' ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMET [ I . SOCIETY. . Co-operation is the instrument by which the greatest social improvements are effected in our day. Associated bodies have taken the place of govern- ments and individuals in originating and directing systems of social progress, and while large and legi- timate ...

... I _ The managing committee of the banquet to be given to Mr. Reynolds, M.P., on Wednesday next, have received from the following members of parliament letters expressive of the high sense entertained by them of the valuable services of Mr. Reynolds, and we have no doubt that the large attend- ance expected at the dinner will further prove the estimation in which he is held by his fellow ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMNENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-WBDNESDAY, JULY 16. In reply to a question from Mr. COWAN, b Lord J. RUSSELL said the'report of Sir Jobn M'Neill, with respect to the destitution prevailing in the Highlands and islands of Scotland had not been received, and could not g therefore be laid upon the table. d The arrest of absconding debtors bill passed thrpugh com- mittee. LAW 011'EVIDENCE ...

... A general meeting of the assistants in the leading wine and grocery establishments of Dublin was held last evening in the Mechanics' Institution, Abbey-street, for the purpose of adopting an address to their employers, requesting of them to assimilate their hours of closing to those of other large merchant establishments of the city. There was a very numerous and respectable attendance. The ...

... i - IRELAND. It would no, be doing justice to the Chesterand Holyhead Railway Company to consider their recent arrangement of through fares and return tickets between England and Ire land simply in the -lght-of a commercial speculation. No doubt the scheme now set on foot facilitating the interc-urse between the two countries will be commercially profitable; but a step in this direction is not ...

... THE LARVEST-THE POTATO. MomnvEgA, AuG. 28, 1851.-The crops in this neigh- bourhood have now arrived at maturity, and the sickle is consummating the long-cherished hopes of the anxious bus- bandulan. The harvest truly is plentious, but, alas! the labourers are few-7men cannot be had for love or money. The potato, I regret to say, is now stunted, but I am happy to say, that that'is the only ...

... MINISTERIAL TACTICS-THE ENGLISH PRESS. I _ I We continue our extracts from the London Press, The Globe, in an article remarkable for the auda- city with which it combines insult against the Pre- lates and other distinguished individuals who took part in the great Aggregate Meeting, with the pro- fligate offer of patronage and pay to such of the Irish members as would desert the standard of ...

... (From the Liverpool Afercury.) We have this morning been favoured by a respectable mercantile firm in this town with a view of letters just received by them from their correspondents in Sydney, and from those letters we make the following extracts:- Sydney, 31st May, 1851. DEAR SIRS-Slnce We last wrote you, on the 10th instant, in duplicate, most wonderful discoveries have been made in this ...