... FLOATING BATTERIES AND BOMBEPROOF I BATTERING ROCKET APPARATUS TO THtE ZErTOn OP THEl DAILY NEWS. SlPr,-The discovery of the principle upon whieh the Misting floating batteries are made bomb-prooftis mmvo.. ooily ascilbed to the Emperor of the French. In ISM, while visitirg steel manufactories in Sheffleld I noticed with great interest the effect produced ugona etal by hammera of enormous ...

... RAILWAY TRAOPIC. rnash MR-Oope2IOII Recelpt8. .yborg 335 357 6 8. 187. Ibrail Redale and Leyburn ?? 10 10 £E81 As, Wiebee Blelfast and 6 6 as Mj4 O lo ?? 17.. it I 36189 Yorks 0hlackbrn 23* 261 ?dt h ?? 20 1 490 14 9 mdt heaeran ?? reline. ?? s9 2 7 333 sangel Cr lcyc.ad1aog * 6 0 8 Dwalla ?? 386 2 Unfir B~ ?? Yato .8 8179 N1 M1CCbe uli and Droghseda ?? 63 ISO84 1630 D~lnand Wicklow Inc. ...

... 1 (FROMe OURP OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Mi (The following appeared in our Evening Edition of ?? yesterday] :th PARIS, THusiSDA EvmxctN. ins The Emperor has decided that all France shall toi join in a 2'e Deum at the moment when he and the mil Empress are prostrate before the shrine of St. Anne pa of Auray on August 16. The imperial commando vis are promulgated in the following circular, addressed ...

... RALWAYS IN TURKEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR5,Having been shown an' article in Chabers's Journal on Turkish Wailways, plan- sibly enough written ,but which is,through the medium of that publication, calculated to mislead the mind of the English public, I shall therefore briefly resp6nd to it for there ought not to be two opinsions at this stage of proceedings on this great ...

... NAVAVL AND1 MILIIARY. I ADM.ITRALTY, AUGUST 1 9-ArPPONTMxENT.- Clerk ?? II. Chowrn, to tho Madagasicar, store-ship, at Rio de Janeiro. Liciutensot-Gvet ral Sir J. F. Love, ?? Inspector- General of Jrfauwry, arrivitl at Cork fromt Fermrty, on the PI 16th Auntrust, lie inspected and dined with ColoiaelFarren'si 0 C.B.. D3,I (nt Battalion on the following day.,I Hter Mlaj lty' 0'1i leimirueit, ...

... PRINCESS'S. Tnis EvrNqtN LIlVING TOO FAST.-And TER MERCHAXT 4)F VxA O. jar.RadMr 0. Kean.-Openct hafpwt6. DI1URY-LANB. Tara EvrnV!NG, INQOHAR. Mr. Jamies Anderson and Mi.s Elsworthy.-And HEN THlE BOATSWAIN. Messrs. J. Douglas Md W. Smith; Mrs. B. Honner and Mrs. T. Dow ?? LYCEUM. THis Evrnmo, EXTREMES. Mesrs. Emer(. llure.t. E. Falconer. and Jamsxn ltoaeer; Mrs. C. Young. Mrs. Weston, cmd Miss ...

... THE BA67STN AND WESTERN LINES OF [MAIL COMM UNICATION WIIH AUSTRALIA I (FROM A CORRE5dP02eiNNT.) The late Australian Mail company were fined 27,0001. during the first six months of their contract. From April 1857, to last January, their ships were behind time in reaching Melbourne 43 days, and once during that time 1 one of their ships arrived there a day before its time. During that period ...

... TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY KEWs. SIB,-The quotations made by yourself and other journals from the Twelfth Report of the Commis- sioners in Lunacy have been felt. An attempt is made by friends of the Commissioners in some of your contemporaries to diminish the pungency of your commentary on those quotations. It is asserted that these quotations only apply to single patients, over whose keepers ...

... THE ATLAANTIC TELEGRAPH. TO TR EDITOR OP THE DATLY NEWS. SIR,-Has anything occurred within the last cen- tury to compare, for one moment, with the importance of the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph ? I appre- hend everv Englishmzan who values the blessinge of peaceful hommercial parsuuta will heartily ouiwer- Nothing eom- parable to tbis great faot. Wel, then, let all the people ...

... STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY ON 21 AUGUST, 1858. 1~~ ?? iA i ?? A - -- -l ?? - . . (From the Edinburgh Gazette.) Wheve tio places arementio'eed, the last named is that at which the DeIot of the Regiment ai stationed. Life Gueards. Poot. 1s, Hyde Park. 24th, (lst Batt.) Bengal--Clhtrn. 2d, Aldersbott. (2d Batt.) Bury. Rtoyal Horse Guarde. 25th, Gibr-altar-Pembroke. Regent's Park. 26th, ernmiuda ...

... THE GLASGOW CEI'IC SOCIETY'S GATHERING. The second grand national gathering of the Glasgow Celtic jin Society was held in the Upper College Park yesterday. 'I'le yost meeting last year gave promise of large encouragement for and future gatherings, but the arrangements were then; as might Con be expected on a first occasion, hy no means matured. This jorit year ample time was takeir for ...

... ?? n DIVINE SERVICE AT THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. -In the English Channel, on a ridge of dangerous $ rocks facing the port of Plymouth, says the Bristol d Timles, stands this majestic and highly-useful beacon sj to the mariners of all nations, a structure which has been the means for preventing frequent shipwrecks, t( and the sacrifice of much valuable life. At this spot, V far away from the ...