... SIR C. NAPIER ON THE BOMBrARDMENT | OF SWVEABORG. Tillm Past-Admiral of the Baltic fleet has ad- dressed a lengthened yarn to the Times on the bombardment of Sweaborg, with the object of ex- plaining the reasons Why /te did not perform that feat last year, and why his successor in the coin- mand, wvho actually (lid the thing, was not able to (do a great deal miore, when lie was in for it. ...

... THE NORTI-I-EAST AGRICULTURAL ASSO- CIATION OP [RELAND. Tnnrr was a meeting of the committee held on the 3rd instant. Present-John Hancock U~q., J.P., Lurga xn, in the chair; Rev. Dr- Montgomery, Jolna- than Richardson, William Charley, Francis Fforde, Jolin M. Jolnilstolx, Johnl 13irhwick, Robert Morrow, Robert Bo 3yd, John Hamill, A. T'eoxpletoll, Robert Shaw, Paul 3HIlenrv, and A. Dickson. ...

... 'Kfild, >#cus-:fcttr (ESUTABLWSl'H1) ANNO 17;7.) B E 1L F A S T; TIIURS! ) Y, A IJGU ITS'T 1C, 155 TIHE DESTRUCTION OF SWEABORG. A (iBEXT naval triumph has revived the drooping spirits of the nation, just at the moment when fears were beginning to be entertained lest the prestige of our wooden walls was about to depart for ever in the reproach of inglorious inactivity, or still more ...

... We blush with sharme at being obliged, by the duty we owe to our principle;, and to the party we are proud to support as ]ong as it sticks to these principles, to transcribe thi following short articlo from thoe Dublin correspondence of the Ti es:- iEIiESPRENTATION OF Nl.W ROSS. Al'. Charles Toitenhain is nowv a bona fdile can- didlate for the seat proulised to be vacated by the re- tiremnen ...

... T li W AT R. SIEGE OF SEBAISTOPOL. (Promi tdri 7'imes' Ceolresopendeit.) CAMP 11i:1R EOit SiBAIrOL o'e, AmGe (I.-lIottle lils oc- cnril hire since il my List I (tter to Vary theC Oftenl-de- scribed rouliie. A great (del-I Of ?? CoIl- tilsles to go 1iii to tile frolnt, alld there are mnaliy spweeulatioils rn to the probability ofa ns early attack. 'The Fronch are workin- away oin the right, ...

... nt .I . Anl-Ten LrrrI'r INSA ?? band of this regi- 1nput ?? to church, for the first time, on Sunday ,nor'ring last, accompanied by the bandmaster, Herr Fr. g. Thomas. As a musician, Mr. Thomes has no superior and very few equals in this kingdom. Tire perfectioll at Which the band of the Arinagh Ligrht Infantry has alreadly arrived is a strong testi- nonial to his indefatigable attention to ...

... E N E' RGY BEGI N S AT o m ,E. A LunolUIs tioergsi of miratcles has long since passer] avii%, lilian persons act as if they thought that it ilas eit rev never term liatitl at all, or has lately re- conitnnonce.i. Yet wo boast of our ?? n15ism wte worriv everv ;y intellient it) eiriser wve neet, bv proclaimiting the astounding fact, that ir we ale a 11r1irticril people ;` e O li ii tsill ?? ...

... TilE EA Rl'lI QITU KE' IN SWITZEIRLAND. (Pica t/(e (IC Gi/ Eeiiee.) SIO:,i, Vat.1ii, Jiiv 2.7. -I seild you some freih ?? I1li21 I have ?? collected with respect It) the eitastroplhe of St. .Nicolas lnl Viege. '[ile 21t tflihs bel. a yet mere tr rible day titan the 2-.th -not tbiit tile shocks of earthqutefe have e II ItrereCl but that 11ti I le ?? ?? ?? and et \I to (I .ili wvvre Liall to ...

... 110138K 0 CUMM0N$~uun~hAY Aul. 2. Tillt WALt AND 'Tilt' Pl'itMtOttAtON or 1DIIIJiA~MiN'T. Mh RElE D no':ed ?? 'hat t th is 1 tlouse, PaIrtici- iitt'ttt sh~oilil be i'tieliiiletld wtht Russia which clot's ntot alive ir b( ?? 'id to secure tintIucnoti'tble, ,jisi, and hltitl'! joIt'JeP u ut's to) impreis upon list Al iipstv's (,,ot tt'tiil'it how great t siatisfitletiloi it mscold be to thle ...

... /?.w 6 1? t dfit5f- ctfer. PI (lES'rAlMAbtSI1I') ANNO 1737.) B B' L F A S TP WE1)NESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1355. THE PRIOROGATION-THE ROYAL SPEECH. T'ia session of 1855 was prorogued yesterday, in tie IILouse of horde, by Rtoyal CommIissioll, after the reading of her Maijesty's speech. This document is an exception to the usual class of Royal messages. It is, in the first place, of a length ...

... THIE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (From the Times Corresponldent.) Fourth Division Camp, August 17. AT four this morning the English batteries opened a lieary fire aloig the whole of their line. Tito RlI- slanls kept silence ior fuli twoelity millutes, ?? they replied in good style. Thle Frenrh iveee slow in co- operating with us. It was hilly hair-past five before they opened on thle left, and when ...

... ?? sucuISsFuL Q-) RII. WVITR som1e men (liut not with us), political success fulfils tine office of Christian charity, for it co- vereth a multitude of sins. Such men as these have of late degraded thlemiselves by their adulation of thle Miniister who this day closes his Parliamen- tary cani p aign in triu mph. In our opinion, how- evel, Suci flattery is not only uniserited by tile re- ...