... 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 ...

... ( L w . : O XJNIC INjPETWE~EN .THE AT- LANTIC A4D PACIFI'OCEEANS. (From the Times.) WHO has, not heard of project after project for joining the two great oceans of the world by cutting ?? the Tstlimus of Pananma? TIie distance to be accom- pjished .yas'really -so trifling,'the advalta'ges to cOOP merce' sd enormous, the territoty through which the path; must- be cut in :the hands of- so ...

... wat~olliau lum1cteu EDINBURGH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBE R I. A SECOND EDITION of the MERCIURY is published every Monday Afternoon, containlifig Reports of the London Corn and Cattle Markets of that day, tle state of the Fends, and ail other intelligence received by Telegraph. The Second Edition can be forwarded, in most instances, to any part of the Country by the Mails of that Evening. Her Majesty, ...

... MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1. - I ing on with unabashed and unreflecting precipitancy. Us. In Prussia the law against the press is now as re- strictive as though there never had been any such Eu thing, as fieedom talked of or permitted. Editors res must nowl pass under a strict examination before they the an( can assume the conduct of a newspaper, and those tab; journals which have gained the ...

... TEE HARVEST AND THE CROPS. a.- a OrucNr.-Crops are looking well, and oats are heavy ge- g, nerally. The late rains have laid a good deal of the latter. a- Potatoes are giving way in several patches, especially in old, e- rich yards and fields. re C0A1THNESS55-IRE.-Strong winds have been the prevailing ty characteristics of our weather for the wveek. The crops are d, here and there assuming an ...

... Iriculture, &C. FARMING OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. APArT from the necessary works of cutting and bar- vesting the grain, there abe a variety of minor opera- tions that should be attcnded to in the course of the month. Winter 'tchies 'may now be sown, and the earlier in the month the better. This crop is usually sown oln stubble ground, which should have manure ploughed in, or, as a substitute, ...

... SEQUESTSATIONS. ALEXR. RmAIs, farmer and Cattle dealer, lately residing at Tillioch, in the parish of Echt, and county of Aberdeen, now e deceased- Creditors meet in the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, . 8th and 27th September, two o'clock. e LAto, BARLAS, & Co., merchants in Leith, and Alexander a Lain-, merchant there, and Alexander Richard Barlas, mer- . chant there, the individual partners of ...

... The severest pang of which a sensitive and proud nature can be conscious, is the perception of its own debasement. Tfle sources of miscry in life are many-vice is one of the surest. Any humian creature, tarnished With guilt, will, in general, be wrctched ; a man of genie, in that case, weill be doubly so, for his ideas of ox-ealeatee arc higher, his seass of failure is more ?? Thie Last ...

... ?? tra Death of tlto Duke of Saxe- Cosbotry Koktary.-A tele- art grapic despatch from Vienna announces the death of me the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg Kohary, elder brother of for the King of the Belgians, at six o'clock on the morn- Pot ing of the 27th (Wednesday). His Royal gighness att Frederick, Duke of Saxc-Cobourg aud Gotha, was the born March 28, 1785, and was consequently in his ma 66th year. ...

... IRBLAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNIN#. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESrONDENT.] OUa PRtOSPECTS.-Elven with our greatly dimi- nished population, the safety of the present very extensive potato crop is a matter of transcendaut importance ; and the consequences of anything like a general failure would be most disastrous. Up to this time, although fields in all directions present a blackened and withered ...

... EvERY day's post brings us further assurance of a great fact which is now assuming distinctness in our hazy political horizon-that, as the native population of the Western districts of Ireland are emigrating to America, their vacant places are being taken by settlers from the sister island. The eye of Britain is now fixed upon Connaught, as the eye of Ireland is fixed upon the United States; ...

... Fal7irk.-During the last eight days the quantity of rain that has fallen in this district has been, at the present season of thle year, almost unprecedented. The heavy crops have been laidl down to a considerable extent, although not it is hoped destroyed. Mcuch will, however, depend upon the weather which we sosy have for the next fortnight. The position of the farmer is at the present time ...