... 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 ...

... COLLISION UPON THE DROGHEDA RAR,.WAY. ON AMondav Rvening, a collision took place on the altove li e. T hle cirCurnstalicS unrile' kvlicL] tilo ROCj_ dent toni ; place are these_:-A ptssenr train li'aves ?? in thl eveiting, at twvuity flve m sines to Iliae. A goods train leaves Dulithilt at six in tile evening. lotht ttrailns inset usually at the ltdfast juiction-shott is, tie goods trait] ...

... INISIIOVEN UNION.--PROTESTrANT CHA PI'LAINS. AT a ?? of th! Board of Guarrdians of this Unlion0, hbld tit tle workhnt use, on Mol dalY, die 29tIh Ult., the followingYII mevinlels of tihe IOa t'd N eore Preseit: JOIhn HIarvey. Fsq., Chabrirmin; George YOUnIg, JnineS ?? Samutel Ittiltail, John Mller, EsqLs.; MessrS. Doherty, Ibinkiln, Scolt, lper. i bar ,Wiley, Wilson, Mallginmiess, IEe) lenrsti ...

... TitE p4itico-social aspect of the United States at this moment presents a huge pal ados to the view of intelligent observers from this side the Atlantic. Whilst the native population of that vast republic' from the Presidolt in his chair of office down to the dirtiest and obscurest rowdy in the centre of his knot of tap-room admirers, keep up a never-ending, still- beginning strain of ...

... TIlE A R'Y AND NAVY. -I PRO'MotIONS AND EXCHANGES. Wau.Orrt,,cFIS. 713. But Dragoon Gasrds,.-Lieot. G S Burnand to be Cp . ?? Campbell, dee.,; Cornet 'T '1'l 11 ampton t6 he Liout,, without purchase, vice p!1 BIurnau1d; Corne~t H 12 ?? to be Lieut., with- (i (lit purchelase, vice Hamupton, promotion cancelled; ar Cornut Sir, B S l1,ttchinlso, 1jurt,, to be0 1,ieut,, by !n purcehlse, vice ...

... THE WEATHfER Ton PursEeNT FrOST.-Tho frost of 1856, though not yet so lengthiened inl duration, is likely to become no iess memorablie than that which wvas experienced forty one years ago. From Crttmlill Waterfoot to Rnm's Island, a distance of nearly two miles, Lough Noeah is one broad shqqt of ice, and hundreds of people hafv crossed from tile shore to tile ancient islo of tie O'Neill. The ...

... LATEST INEWS. [BJY RENTER'S TELEGRAAPH.] FRANCE. Pmaus.-Frihav's (this day's) Moniteur announces that the GeTillasn Diet adopted, yesierday, that the principal contingents be put upon war fouting, to be rendv at a fortni-ght's nolice. WAlISAW, \V s NSlAY.-Tim Russian Government hias dissolved the English Institution for the Couver. sion or thle Jews. T'he tni,4iouiries received orders to quit ...

... PRESIBYTERJAN CHURCH. INSTALI.LATION AT GiLvo.ri-The Presbytery of Banbridge met on Tuesday last at Gilford, for the purpose of installing in the panstoral charge of the con- gregation theres the Rev william Gordon, late of Woringtoln, Engdalnd. The services of tie day wvere conducted by the Rev. Jamies Orr, Moderator oF Pres. bytev, ithe iev. Dr. Cooke, 3Belfast; ;nd Rev. John Jelhniton, ...

... THE WAR AM)D FINA-NCE OF 1855. (FROtMi THE St'uerAToa.)le PEAcE wvili he Initiated itt Vienna by) the Conferen.e Iin whiceh LordI,T n J11r)Russell is to take p~art, Or the faillure Of the attempt wvill initiate ekte %val', to Which the Campaign of' 1854 has only been a tedious and vexatious prologue. Unlless, therefore, thle vv~lioe question be suddeiilv Closed bv aL peajce, wve oust look ...

... IGENRAL SIR DE LACY EVANS AND H1IS I - - - -- Sl'CONS Yi'UE'rTS. O.t Thursday, a very numerous deputation of tile lead- ing political frierids and tdtl irers of General Sir De Latcy Evans waited uliojt thc gallant general, at his residtlice in Bryanston Square, for the purpose of pro- sentiag him ;vwith a address of congratulation upon his returln to his roltive land, after having braved the ...