... PsRIS, AuGUST 30.-The Constitusioone in an article on the Duchies, says:- The Emperor having agreed at Villa-Franca to the restoration of the former reigning Princes, has made heard (a fait entendre) words of reconciliation in the duehies. His Majesty had not yet given up all hopes of success, and will ulill loyally to the end his disinterested mission; bet, ift he should not suc- ceed to ...

... i BELFAST AND COUNTY -DOWN RAILWAY. YESTERDAY,. the ordinary half-yearly meeting of share- holders was held at the Board-room, Queen's Quay terminus, Wm'. R.. ANKETELL, Esq., Chairman of the Board of. Directors, presiding. The attendance of shareholders was very sntall, and it was not till nearly an hour after the adverttised thne that' a quo- ram was got together. The SEcRETAitY read the ...

... HIORWi'OULTURE. GARtkDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEKI. PLANNT Du.aItT ?? ?? ?? sbould be lost in completing tihe repairs of the vaiioo structures devoted to the grovti1 o' plants, belbre ?? latter are put under tho protection ot glass. Coaulinue to keep the houso gay by a selection ioun the reserv° houses of the showiest plants in bloom; carefull) tie out, before they reach the blooming state ...

... Tan balf-yearly meeting of this company, held yes- terday, passed off without much discussion. The Chairman gave a very encouraging account of the increase of traffic on the lines, and expressed his con- fident anticipation that the receipts for the current half-year would enable them to declare a higher di- vidend than the present one of 9s per share. In the course of a conveysation upo5 the ...

... A SPECIAL meeting of Comhmissioners and house- ho]ders, was held in ?? Hall of Portadown, on the 26th August, to elect on behalf of the town trustees of the lease of the tells, cranes and customs, pursuant to public notice printed and posted. T. 0. WooeoUe, Esq., Chiairman of the Town Conimissioners, occupied tile chair. Mr. O'Brien, agent for the Duke of Manchester, attended. The CHAIRMAN ...

... LORD 1NORTT1WICK'S PICTURES. THa disposal o'ltbo~e~trdasure'a co lected during a life extending for nearly a quarter of a century be- yond the average terra allotted to mlan, occupied eighteen ?? days, dtiracted buyers or buyers' l agents from all paits of the kingdom, and realised a l suM amounting in round slumbers to neiily £100,000. ?? 'extensive a-collection-has not been sold for many ...

... THIS DAY'S NEWS. [DBr MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] t NTEIVS-LETTER OFJICE, Tlhursday, One o'clock, p.716. t THE TALLOW TRADE. t The Daily News says a telegram fromn St. Peters- s burg quotes the exchange on London 34.16d. The t prices of tallow had risen to 54.k s.r. on spot, and 65 c for September, but the market was extremely uu- e settled in consequence of a statement that the Rus- SiaD speculators ...

... i.tTHE.-TESTI-MOMAL TO THE MEMORY OF I THE LATE DR-. ADAM CLARKE. . FROXM OVtt OWN REPORTS.R.J YESTERDAV, as previously advertised, the proceedings in connexion with the inaugaration of tile testimonial .to the memory of the late Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D., Methodist minister, and author of the well-known Commentary on the Bible, took place at Portrush, and the laying.of tle foundation-stouo.of a ...

... GALWAY, TisUnSDAY;_ThC following letter was read at the meeting of the Town Commissioners !in this town to-day by the'Rev. Peter Daly. It will throw some light upon the progress which is being made in the building of the vessels:- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August 13, 1865. MIY DEAR SIR-YOU will be glad tolearnt that we ?? making progress in the building of steamers for the Atlantic Royal Mail ...

... C5 1) c x ) et , , a]) c I f 115 t 1- c ?? (ESTABLIShED ANNO 1737.j B E L FA S T: THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 1859. MATTERS are not progressing favourably at Ztrich, and the Paris correspondent of the Times states that a dissolution of the Congress is probable. The same correspondent affirms that the desig- nation to be given to the new Piedmontese King- dom has formed a subject of discussion at the ...

... TO CO.RP1ESPONDENTS. SOMiE communications are unavoidably held over. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BEL.FAST NEWVS-LETTER. SIR-The Rev. George Gillingtoti, Curate of Car- rickfergus, is reported in. your paper of. to-day, to have said last Sunday, in a sermon, in Carrickfergus Church, that out of 2,200 clergymen of tile Church of England, not so nnany as 1()0 could be counted ...

... ROMANTIC CAUSE CELEBRD IN THE FRENCH ! I . .. 11 COURTS. ' l ' TnI First Chamber at Paris is busy at this noment pleading one of the most extraordinary arid romantic cases' ever submitted to the novel redder by the horrbt-strickin imagination of Anna Radclifro. In the A*e Mfot Jules Junin' has inventedi6inithbing like it,, bt falling far short-o the roalityj so true it is that everything ...