... TH E PRESS. POSITION AND DUTrIES OF THE CON-i SEPrATIVPE PARTY. Wi- (10 not re-ret the failure of' Lord Deorhy's at- tenmpt to ?? a Goveriittent by mlto'1WII Lorid P'tlinerstoxl. Tihatt attlempt was dlictatted. by, a siense of PobliiC duty, tran was made inl Cot~liiflKID' 'lwlitil te wis.h Of a eutilsiderahlc mnimber of Conlset' valtive mnmner' i f t 1 L etzzislattwe. T1hrough th a. setusal ...

... l'ORtEIGN INTELLIG,+E. N C, A ME RIOC A. 'furs advices fromI New York, vtile~ Baltic, are to tb' 24th silt., eight days later 'than, pre-viously to 'Ihei Ion. J.1L. Kennedy, tihe bearer of' special de- siratchees for the United StaItes tegatonl fin London, ar- rivred in tile Bait ici Tbir clippereship Groat 11`jIubiO, after having, hadl her' upper dlock taken oft', has leen fitted for' sea. ...

... AR 13 0 RICUTTUII. PRUNING OF FOREST TREES. (Written for thei Newis-Letter.) Tur, varions opitions, aitd, as I tlhinol, tie many errors which prevail. in reference to the prosing of forest trees, induce tme to say a few words oni the sutlject, However simple the teatter appears to ile, it is not exempt from mitch misconception; and erroinetois notions, tilhough tp- ?? inteotsidletlaule, often ...

... M[SMANAGEMENT OF THE WAR-MB. ROE- BUCK'S COMMITTEE. (From ths Times.) The last news from the Crimea will have very little the ebaraoter of news to those who derive their information from any other than official returns: The remainder of the Britimb army, hardly 10,000 men, will be reorganised, and defend the upper valley of Tcherniya and Balakilava. Now, it is true thereis nothing inglorious ...

... THE AR.MY-ROYAL IRISH FOOT GUARDS. I TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRUERAN. 18, Lower Dorset etreet, Feb. 17, 1855. I Sl-In looking over the columns on military intelligence in the papers I perceive by a paragraph headed Increase in the Army, that it is suggested, in military circles, that a splendid regiment of Royal Foot Guards could be recruited out of the Irish constabulary. The idea of such ...

... I THE CONNAUGHT RAGERS. We (Evening my4) have been kindly favoured by Mr. Henry Grattan with copies of the two subjoined letters, which our readers will agree with us do honour to all con- corned. A word or two will explain their origin. A friend of Mr. H. Grattan (Sir Robert Newman), while lying Wounded on the field of battle, was murdered by some Rus- sians; who bayonetted him to death; ...

... _ CATHOLIC CHURCI. The Very Rev. U. M'Dermott Dean, and P.P., Strokes- 8 town, has commenced to build a new church in Strokestown, which we understand It it intended will far exceed in elegance and extent any other in the diocese, and with a munificent liberality has announced his intention of making no demand for funds on his parishioners until he shall have expended L,500L from his own ...

... THE A NMISTERIAL CRISIS. i (Fromr the Temes.) Although but forty-eigbt hours have elapsed since our l. t publiotion, that interval of time has sren tWO or three n- - nisterial combinations discoseed, attempted, and abandonri; and it was not till yesterday afternoon that hopes could a entertained of the definitive solution of this crisis by plad 4 the lpower to form an adminietration in Lord ...

... _CO TAXATiON L. , I TO THE EDITOR OF THlE BsnR MAN. SRm-As the subject of taxation is DOW, a matter Of most vital importance to the country at large, and as the citizens may not~perhaps be generally aware of what the actual poundage rate is, I beg leave, if you allow me, to state, through the medium of yout independent journal, what that rate is; for the present year. 'I now illustrate by a ...

... TOWNSHIP OF BiHINESMR. NEVILLE'S REPORr. To TEE EDITOR OF TBE 'REENIAN. 5ra-As SXr. Neville's report t- he co poratior, alluded to in your journal of yesterday, oontaits some very great misreprel sentations respecting this dirtr et, I olaim, s a nmatterof jastice, an opportunity of replying 'i them through your columns. ,Mr. Neville reprints (psi' ,- i) what professes to be an ex- tract from ...

... - A leading New York journal contains the following:- Before us lies a copy of the Albany Evening Journal, printed on paper made from basswood shavings. The in- teresting article from the J'ozirnpl, which we copy below, gives such informatirn respecting the process of manufac- ture, and the almoet certain success of the experiment, as the public can expect in the present stage of the ...

... TEIE WAR. - THE CRIMEA. A despateb, in the asuond edition of yesterday's Timeb, dated Vienna, Tuesday, 9 a.m., says that the following has been received from the East: - Tbe British infautry only lave been withdrawn from the eiege lines. British artillerymen and sailors still serve the guns in the English batteries. The Moniteur contains the following:- CONssTsTATNoPLE, IFB. 8.-The.newsfrom ...