... TCt lrms. M2ILITAlRY CAPACITIES OP TEE CON- TENDING AR'MIES. (Erom the Times.) ALTHGUGH1: we have now been more than six months at war, it is only within the last few weeks that we have found any opportunity of testing the actual military capacities of the enemy, or of ascertaining the value of those improvements lately introduned into our own service. Both these points, however, involve ...

... SCRAPS FROTAM PUNCH FOR OCTOBER 21. ITri TUiEATnE Or VAYn.-Prinssra is waiting until half price begius. A STrIcT VErerTARsIAr.-iIe vwon't take a pill unless he is tirraly convinced it is a vegetable one. Wiriire Frov.kritrrls.-Ieow wonderfully easy does the ?? officer malke a sceming inpossibilitr. IIn the held of battle he wears the -white featlher, yet never vsiobs it Tlii Runssian snake ...

... THE i WI IG'S LI RAtLITY SELF- ILLUSTRNTED. I-,, its blind zeal to attack and Vilify th1e Towno Council, without rhyme or reason, tle _Notrthrur Wllij sotme- timies Signally commits itself, and never merem luit- crouclv chart in its publication -of' yesterday. 'iiac 'jnuriraI, alludhing to a rumbcur that '['uis Verner, Esq., is to offer bimscif ais a candidate for one of thle seats abouit to ...

... RAILWAY MEETING IT COOTEHILL. A MEs;T1iro was held in tire Court-house, Cootehill, en Tuesday, tile 3r.d instant, to consiier means of ilicreas in- ii th;at loclity trafic in euiion With the DiLm dal k ?? Ennislfillen Itaitwirv, whicoh is now opened1 Up aUS far as BIilibay, and with the view of doveleping| in tile lleighbourhjoodI of Cootchill the advalitages of railkv;LV cominnnwie.ation. ...

... FAI'S, IN 1. LSTIEI. Com~v A'rn~ri.A~t.gh~iIt, Mendermay October -c~aL Icughl. Thtlrvsdnv. 0ictuLt r 12. lialliutur. S:ultaxdar. 'ut. 14. CoulN'Ty ?? Mutijir.w- Oc swror 9. Cu~lIy!banat!. 'lesslac. I )cto'ber In). blaikwatertowrn, .lonc-sbareiughl, MVedtdidn v. UOct-r II. ]itrz-rl-. TI rs- dav, Oct;bir 12. Kse rP-biorv. (cbesr 1.3. COI'NTY ?? Irensidte. S~iaiav (cutber i. Stra- 1(UIC. T2estay ...

... A MtrLTriNG of the Qiicen's University, to confer de- grees and distribute hlonours, was held ill St. Patrick's I-fil, Dublin Castle, at three O'clock en1 Wednesday. TIe noble apartmnent in whlich these interestina- ceresonies took place ?? a very splendid ap- pearsnee wsheon the Vice-Cliancellor and Senate snored in procession tsp tihe hail, to take their seats under the e anopv wrieh ...

... BELFAST TTNloN. Tots usual wveekly mueeting` of the 130ard of Guarlians| efT his unio l as lil onl Wed(nsday, in the ll oar(T I roomn-I BTl. I iouston, Esqc., in the ccair There scere also piresent the folfo in' Gurcrianet-yltisrs! D. ?? I], J. Wr. S. 3M'Canlce (doput. ciarrilan), Carlile, lNiekir, Stewatt, I:iaslectt, MeriteDy B'ijgger l) -. M'e al Si'inn The Cr.cicir rearl a ictinr from tlhe ...

... SALE OF THlE ALEXANDER ESTATE. ON Wednesday, pursuant to advertisement, the valu- 2 able property in county Antrim, commonly known as the Portglenone Estate, formerly owned by the late Nathaniel Alexander, Esq., and continued in the'name of Robert Jackson Alexaminer, Esq., was sold by auc- tion at the sale-rooms. of Mr. Hugh C. Clarke, auc tioneer, R oseniary Street. The attendance was very E ...

... 'l-quirl6turr. F liiNO OP V.'AT4ON-S FOR OCTOBERI. Tit I 0:etilIe'r Still Continues, withi little exception, fja- xe urabbi to ?? Op irlitionis. wv~icit.l is greatly neeoc] d, ais inuch grailn remain-i, and is hbiit tardily v hi coining- fit for dile sickle, in the North, Wet, ailit 01i udis) dist ricts; no ?? sholjd now ivlit bk~ it, tran.SfQi'-'!llw tO the liagziird such], of tlins tort-al ...

... f lil'NTJR CAMPAIGN OF'THIE TURKS IN REISS- all ARABIA. l The Vienna; ilogri has a letter of the 21st from Galatta, lio, which confirms mue in the belief that Omer Pasha will soon a mnake a demonstration against the Russians in Bessarabia,, an although the Moldavian writer says that be will hardly do so 6before nuews arrives of, tbe fall of'SebasteI)oh The go Turkish garrisons at Glalatz, ...

... - BY ELECTRIC T | RP ENGLUSH, FU:J~gDS-: ,r. LOnze ,SnAiu MW SAbD M rOOK .-C dsols open d at closing quotations of yesterday, 'imprving -a 4 per.cent in expectation'pi fa.,voueabb'ank'itnrna, 'bnt' which' was net maintained'to the'eloa'ofs'boailnea`' :RaiiL*aiytoek jWa5 Bat in the morning, hut reivered ia' &l'tl15later In the day' No change in foreign itok, laeid,' of b'lik' desci1ptloun.- ...

... TPHEATRE ROT4j trA ~ ~ ~ ~ . IA _ t f a .sn We were bighly gratified, and for aeverai ressons, at witness- ing the crowded and highly fashlonable audience which graced the Theatre Royal last evening, to enjoy the presentation of the tragedy ol Otkehlo. We were plea-ed, because an evidence was afforded ua of the extended development of popular taste in tavour of the olassio drama; and also, ...