... TUlE usual weeklyn meeting of the Belfast Water Com- missioners was held yesterday in the Board-rooim, ?? Place, when JoIN LINDSAY, Esq., pre- sidcd. The other menmbers present vero - Dr. Stevellv, Dr. Dili; Messrs. Robt. Greer, R. M. Carson, IR. T. Ml'(eagh, J. Cameron, and R. Conncry. f STATE OF THE BASINS, Clear water basin, top water; town basin, 21& inches above top water; upper basin, 12 ...

... Tun very important sulbject of an amalgamation ofI the companies whose lines of railway form the com- munication with the metropolis, engaged the atten- tion of the Belfast Junction shareholders on Wednes- day, and still more fully of the Drogheda shareholaers yesterday. The argument in favour of amalgamation is founded on common sense, and on the experience of other lines of railway. Three ...

... -- - - - HOLYWOOD AND BANGOR RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NrWS-LETTER. Sin-The shareholders of the County Down Rail- way who fel interested in the extension of the THolywood line to Bangor, should attend the meeting of the company on the 20th instant. It is said that parties Opposilng this extension, and seeking to force the company to make the Conlig branch, will musteN strong Ol ...

... I N D IA. THIE CAMPAIGN IN OUDE. Camp, near Churda, January 8. On the 4th Sir Hope Grant attacked a party of rebels under Bala Rao, North of Toolsepore, and drove themn across the Nepaulese frontier, taking all their guns. It rained heavily during the night, and Christie's column and the heavy guns joined us after a fatiguing marcl on heavy ground. The Com- ?? had now a force sufficieit to ...

... - it a;s ; 0',4t~t..ft'tal l .)¢ te (ESTABLISIIED ANNO 1737.) E EL PAST: FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1859. Tii announcement of Lord Cowley's mission to Viennahas had the effect of sending up the F1unds; and yet the Times predicates that he is unques- tionably despatched to inform Austria that every expedient has been exhausted by England to make the Emperor lay his wild schemes of aggression and conquest ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY [BY SPECIAL TELEGRAM,] Their Lordships met at five o'clock. ) WITHDRAWAL OF THPE REEN'T POSTAL WARRAn.T Lord MONTEAGLE called the attention of Ilhi' lordships to the recent order which had been issued by the Post-office department, relative to the prepac ment of postage on letters. There could be no ilontiit that this order had created considerable dissatisfae tion in ...

... :VEIS-LETTER OFFICE, Friday Alornin,. LORD COWLEY'S MISSION. Tile ?? are incrbased of the intensity of the . s tlirolgl which. the affails of Europe are pass- Tile Fines does not doubt that Lord Cowley is st to Vicenna solely to inforni the Emperor that sc have exhausted every expedient in our power to induce timl Eperor of thle French to lay aside the sild schemes of aggression and conquest ...

... .- PUBLIO ME TN N CARRICKFERGUS ?? (s'nollOUR OWN REPORtTERt.) YE'STERDAy, at one o'clock, in compliance with a re- quisition, wvitha numerous respectable signatures, pre- sented to~the Hligh-Sheriff of the County of thle Town of Carrickfergus, M. Rt. Daiway, Esq., a public mneft- ing was held in the Town Hell], to consider the means at present available by thoe Irish peopio for ,acquijing an ...

... RA ILWAYS. -DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY COMPANY. DUBLIN, THURSDAY. FFROM[ OUR SPECIAL REPORTER,] THE half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company wes held to-day in tile Board-roonm Amiens Street Terminus-JAmsEs W. MUtLAND, Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors (wlicih has been ialready piuhlished) having been read, The CHAIRMAN moved its adoption in a lengilhned address, ...

... - - - E . PA. RI -,7 . * (Resumzedfo s Wednesdaye's Neszs-Lette'.) HOUSE OF COMONS.STUiESDAY, FEB. 22. VoREIGN POLICY. Lord PALMERSTON-I beg to give notice that on Friday next, on going into committee of supply, I shall malke some observations and draw the attention of the House to the present state of affairs on the continent of Europe, and express a hope that her Miajesty's Government may ...

... THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SECFlON AT TEMPIEPATRtC1;.-On Sunday last a sermon was preached by thO Rev. Hugh Hanna in the Templepatriecl Trinitarian Meeting-house, after which a collection was taken, to assist in liqui- dating a debt or £100 incurred in erecting a manse- By the collection, the sale or tickets, and the follow- ing contributions from gontlemen who could not conveniently attend, a ...

... Tbe Times states that at a meeting of the Atlantic Telefi'api m Connpany, held yetdady, the RiibtTllou Stualrt, Wortley,. MP., the Clhlairman, stated that within the last hour he bad received intelligence of the success of the nogociation With Government, and a guarantee of eight per cent. on £600,000 for twouty-fivo years, The gnarantee will not be uncon- ditional, and the prociso ...