... jaup ?IttzlliyllM C II I N A. Tern following mercantile letter from China gives particulars of the latest reports current at Hong Kong regarding the new treaties. The Enrglish treaty was said to be much more lengthy than the others, and this may; perhaps, partly explain the delay in its receipt. The accounts received a fury days back from Paris said that the indemnity to be paid was £1,200,000 ...

... fpai-Qll ,?flltdtiyllm RUSSIAN DISASTElS. TOTATL DESTRLUCTION OF ASTiIAIXAN. A TELEGRAM 5fl,(iilnces the total destriction of the city and seNa-port of Astrakxall byV the explosion of a powder magazine. The event is r egaidedas aiiount- ing to a disaster to Russia almost equalling the down- fill of Sebastopol. At Astraloin fir years al arsenal or enormous resources had heen in progress, ...

... ENTERTAINMENT TO TIHE CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOLS ON THlE SHlANE'S CASTLE ESTATE. (FROM OUR OWsN REPORTER.) YESTERDAY, nf cfltetttlililt of a rich and sulistan- tial description was given to the children atlenilisg the schools in connexion with the Shane's Castle l's- tatc, by the respecteil proprietor-Rev. Will am Clichester O'Neill-and his mucicestecened ladyv, The weather, which l]is been most ...

... AT the annual dinner of the Coventry Licensed Vic- tuallers' Association, held in that city on Monday, Mr. Newdegate, M.P., presided, and in replying to tile toast of the county members, observed-' I believe it is only by a firm adherence to those principles upon which the constitution of Englan(l is founded that you can preserve intact the inestimable blessings of freedom vwhich it is your ...

... THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. An ordination was held by the Archbishop of Can- I terlbury, in Christ Church, Croydon, on Sunday, when 1 the following, among others, were ordained:-PrieCt5, R. Bruce, B.A., T.C.D.; A. Whitehead, M.A., T.C.D. l The following ordination was made on Sunday at C(hester:-Priest: J. G. R. Stephenson, BA., T.C.D.; licensed to Tattenhall. The Bishop of Ripon held( a general ...

... ' tIfitst eetit r. (ESTABLISIIED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1858. TEE project of Mr. Lever in reference to Galway receives new accessions every day. The meeting of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was held yesterday, and a shareholder called at- tention to the importance of developing the tra- ffic betwveen Galway and America. Of course his motives were interested; but ...

... TILE ordinary weekly meeting of this Board was held in tie Worlkhouse, yesterilay J. W. S. M'Cance, Esq.! in the chair. The other members present were- Captain Win. Verner, J.P., J. Blackiston Houston, Surgeon Browne, David Taylor, John Finlay, Richard Bell, Adam Brown, David M'Corinell, John Joyce, John Hnmill, Robert Carlile, James Kavanagi, Geo. Martin, Win. Johnston, and James Harper, ...

... vx'csponbllc2. TIl OUIJT'SIDE ]3OUNDARY QUESTION. TO THiE' IEI iTOIt 0F TIlE iitII.AST NiVS-LErTTliR. Sii--l'liuouItsidlers sly, theyLare Willing to talke Upo (LIeLiIvllv's heeir sluIl ' the lgRal debti, hit noLt aly poirtioll of tile illegal, lecaInls.! they wVoelinnt repiv- sentedl ilk th, TIowvn C' ulnwil wholl it NVIls r nltr lc tedl I'he shlle arugoint would be valid ilglinst their ...

... THIE GREAT EASTERN. Taur following are the details of a scheme to be sub- mittod to the shareholders at a meeting to e) held for the pm pose in the course of the next three weeks. A new company is to be formed, to be called Tito Great Steamship Company (Limnited), with a capital of £330,000, in shares of £1 each. This sum, it is calculated, is sufficient to fit the vessel for sea, and it is ...

... NEWSPAPER PUFFERY-THE STAMP RET U RN S. WE copy the following article flin the Ulstein=w of yesterday, a journal consistently, and often bitterly, opposed to thle Bel/ast Newvs-Loter, and whose testi- morny in our favour is, therefore, above suspicion:- There is a certain amount of roguery in all trades, and the newspapeLr trade is not without its liir pro- portion. In modern commerce, ...

... BE LPAST MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. ROYAL COM1MISSION OF INQUIRY. TWElNTX-F'IllST DAY-lRIDitAY. T im Comissi oil ells took, thivoi seats inl thle Recordl Court, Shot tIV bellbru tonl o'clock. Mr. II urc i loeR, oil behtalf of' the watim. comnid'- Sinlq and ed Ill aL Sta~tCI1Jnt of' thle scatle et' rates cI,oi'-e I bN that Botard. Mli. I'mi~ said, that. if they coIttli gree as to fthe couisoli, attill ...

... LAT' T FST NE WTS. YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPI.) INDIA, The following message has been received at the East India House, Sept. 28th, 3.10 AM. Supplement to Mr. Secretary Edniondson's tnes- sage, dated August 20th, 1858. O U D E. On the 20th August, Sir nope Grant sent a force across the Goomtee, at Seltanapore, and occnpied three villnges in his front. Benares Divisionl-Capt ...