... 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. ...

... nt .I . Anl-Ten LrrrI'r INSA s'nTRv-Tlie band of this regi- 1nput playLed 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 ...

... /?.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 ...

... 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 uLilitaria 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 ...

... 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 tIeitaiCs I1li21 I have jLIust 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 holSes hbAng erekeAl and et \I to (I ...

... 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( r-''''it' '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 ...

... 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 ...

... '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 ...

... 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 la1in1ioteiIiii 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 ...

... 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. ...

... I HER AIAH SEYys VIIiT TO FRANCE, .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Jronw. the 2Tides' Special Rpenoers.) iO.tllN I, SATVI lye-Tis evoentfraiglht with so much interest to tihe destiiiies of lulrope, has this day set thle seal to an nlliatlce 'conseer-atecl and(l cementedl by the blood already shiel iii defence of civilization. 'IThe hews of thle glortoltS stieiucsses nf the LFrenclh al-iim ili'tie Crimitea, ...

... DUFFY DFFUNC - '1'111; LxS'r IRISH AItIATYRt'S SITLECII AND DYING DE- CL XLRATION. AFTrr nearls a month's prepairatioin, the intervny] being occupied by premonitory rumouirs tenlinig to invest with looming importance tcie great event, Mr. Cltarles CVian Dnfly has formally announced his detert n iltiole to retire fro n Patrliatmentary life -that is to say, fronm the represeItntation of thLe ...