... ITH GAS. P'UBLIC DINNER, a YESTERDAY evening, a public dinner, to celebrate the D lighting of the town of Antrim with gas, was given in the Court-housoe In October, 1854, a Jointli Stock Company was formed fur the purpose of estab- I lishing gas-works, and 1,200 shares, of 1 each, 0 were disposed of; but it. was found that the gas- I. wories which could be erected for that amount would not be ...

... A GR IC U IT URE. FARMING OPERATIONS FOR JANUARY. t (From Pur'don's Farmers' Almanack.) c IJr commencing the year's work it cannot be too 0 frequently advocated or borne in mind the great r utility and necessity of early ploughing, or digging c stubble and other lands, for the reception of the p spring crops. We would, therefore, remind our v readers, that wherever this important operation re ...

... Tiiic DUBLIN QUAatJrlJ'r V JOURNAL Or MI1IICAr Sie lscc Current Number, XL. Dublin: Hodges S maithI. T'is number of a periodical, wvhich is justly cele- brated as a thesuurus of Irish medical science, con- tains a variety of important communications, the principal contributors being Surgeon R. G. H. Butcher, on Excision of Joints; Professor Robert Law, on lleart-disease; Professor J. Tuffnell, ...

... fTHE ARMY* PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-OFFIOE, DEC. 28. Royal Horse Guards-Cornet R. M. L. Williams Bulkeley'to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Gambier, who retires; W. P. Carew to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Baillie, promoted; Lieut. T. Leslie to be Capt., by purchase, vice Sutton, who retires; Cornet Sir B. P. Henlikor, Bart., to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Beedon, who retires. 3rd Dragoon ...

... TInE Committee of this charity held their eleventh annual meeting yesterday, at the Institution, rear of No. 1, Adelaide Place. There were present-ROeT. Conny, Esq., in the chair; Rev. Dr. Morgan, Rev. J. 13. Wilson, D. Taylor, Wim. L. Finlay, R. Boag, Esqrs., Surgeon Browne, R.N. The annual report of the committee was read and adopted, along with a statement of accounts. The medical report ...

... THE AMERICAN MAIL. Liverpool, Monday Morning. The America has arrived; 133 passengers, and 30S,480 dols. specie. She passed the Asia, Dec. 19, off Boston. Baltic arrived at New York 13th Dec. No Speaker had been elected when the America sailed; consequently, no Message had been delivered. The following was the result of the 64th vote, on the 13th day after meeting:- Banks, .-. ] ...

... caORRECu'u TO Turn 31lT Oa DCC., 1855. [jVhere twVo places are mentioned, the last-named is that at wvhich the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.] 1st Life Gds., Hyde Purk 41st Turkey, TelPIeneoro 2nd Ditto, Windsor 42nd Teirkey, Stirling RI. Hrorse GOs., Regent's Pk 43rd Bnng2alor, Chetla 1st Drag. Gds., the Crimea; 44th Turkey, WaMlmer Exeter 45th CapeG Hope,Chiathni 2nd Ditto, Dublin 46th ...

... CORRE SPONDENCE. THE POOR-LAW VALUATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SiR-It has been asserted that tho Poor-Law va- luation for the Belfast Union is incorrect, and that a re-valuation is desirable. But we require proof of the truth of these assertions, and such proof has not yet been given. That there are inaccuracies in every valuation we must admit, for men's judgments, in ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCIj. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH] lESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. Count Esterhazy had his first interviewv with Jount Nesselrode on the 28th. It is now said that 'russia dous not concur in supporting the Austrian Propositions, but that her efforts at St. Petersburg vill be confined to a general manifestation of a lesire for peace. It is reported thatpropositions of ...

... I MEETING AT ENNISKILLEN. A mrrmTuNm was held at the Court-house, Enniskillen, on Saturday, pursuant to requisition from a large number of the most influential electors of the borough, to the effect that, Mr. Whiteside being in Enniskillen, it was desirable to express the sense of the electors generally on his Parliamentary conduct, and to hear his views on the present and future prospects of ...

... TIHE OLD AND TIIE NEW YEAR. Coa-tla-CLN the lahours of another year, it is our first; and most agreeable duty to address our nume- rous readers in the language of welcome and con- gratulation on arriving at another of those epochs which significantly divide the past from the future, and compel, as it were, the thoughtful mind to pause for a moment in retrospect of the annual cyclq just ...

... ENTRY OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD INTO PARIS. (Front Daily Newvs Correspo1dent.) Paris, Saturday Evening. In my experience I have never seen the heart of[he metropolis so beating as it has been to-day, on the occasion of the entry of the Imperial Guard. Every regiment marched behind the bands of their corps The tattered colours of the 80th regiment, which playel so active a part in the taking ot the ...