... TRAVELLaEs througl some districts of the County Down must often have been struck with the nuaie- rous hills over which they are obliged to viend their way in proceeding from one town to another. One would imagine, indeed, that in sene districts the roads were constructed on the principle of going right on, and following the outline of the country, no matter how steep the ascents to le ...

... GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. PLANT DEPARTMEN'r-Conservatory, &c.- In changeable weather like the present, this structure villi reqlile very eareful mnanagement.. The bestplan is to keep as low and (Try a temperature as can possibly be permitted, say from 400 to 450 at night, allowing- it to rise a little in the daytime. In urixed greenhouses see that the young stock of heliotropes, ...

... RAILWAY TIMI E-TABLE. TR.AlNS will ?? tor- the r10u01r`lentionult ?? fronn and to Belfast, on week days, at the followin~ From Delftst. To Belfast. 6, CoO ama; 2, l 10 pm I Altrim 7 58, 10 27 am; 2 40 A 40 p.ll. 8 am; 12 n; 4 30 pin; Aaimghimorc 7115ai; 1211; 4 5pm 715 1 m 7 40 pin 7, 8 aim; 12 ii, 4 30, AIiltifh 7 20, D :.0 nill, 12 n 715 plia 2,10 ?? G, 9.0 j am; 2, 4 pm 3 i Bllyolare 8 21 ...

... (itnlst OUlt OVN CorcRHLSPONDNT.) i LoNDoN, SATUIRDAY. THEFRE is little new or startling to CoMunl nicate liro the Continent. Thie San Juan affair is reported as arranged for the present, the invitations are going out For tho Congress, the MAIoors and Spallirds are figbting, as tile late Lady Morgan would Ihave Said, like regnlar devils, nend tile French and English are ell route for a ...

... xj' ?? t hj-3J s Xt.) }lt I (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: TUESDAY, DEC. 13, 1859. IT is stated that Lord Wodchousc is to attend the Congress at Paris as a second Plenipotentiary. The Times, which makes the announcement, told us some days ago that Lord Cowley would merely attend as our Ambassador at Paris, but not as Plenipotentiary. The public have surely a right to know how this is ...

... THE PROPOSED TJOlYlVOOD AND BANGOR RAIL WAY. WE have received the following note from a gentle- man who does not wish his name to appear:- DEAR SIR-I do not want to enter into a contro- ?? as to tilhe nwcrits of tile HolywoofI and Baulgor Line, but you seem to forgettone point: that this extension will add so much to the traffic of the best part of the County Dowin RailnIay-Viz. the line to ...

... THE AMERICAN FRIENDLY ASSOCIATION FOR IRISH ENIIGRANIS. LAST evening, a meeting wats held it, thce Victoria Hall, for the purpose (if hearing at statement of the Objects of the association by the agent., Mr. John Cook~e. The chair was occupied by Will. EIVART, juni., E sq., Mayor of Belfast; aind amonigst those pre~- sent ?? Lordl Bishop of Down and Conner, Rev. Dr. Cooke, Rev. Win. Johnston, ...

... THE]. ARMY. Capltain C. Ellis, GOtd Royal Mitlss has succeelel Capriaii Laelrton, of tire S~ots F1 lrsil' t1rrals, nisr Aid -de-Calol(. ) to 7Major-tGenerl ?? are, cuia- moainding tile 2u(r In lrinty Briaide in D)ubilin. ROC\T, IHOSPI'TAL, C.HtitStA Captrin lilly is re covering fi on) tire etieets of' his late severe accirdnt. Caipt if D.owniln is d(oing the dhities ot 'aksisant ruiril ...

... THE unusual heavy galeor ramer IE1i ,iel-, - - night of the 24th October last is unexampled in its work of destructiotn in mon maritinle records. During the whcle of that day not a singlo casualty, with one trifling exception occurred oither on the sholes or in the sens of the British Isles. When the Royal Charter re-commenced her voyage fionn Queeustown o0 the mornilig of that lay, everyone ...

... CORRESPOND ENCE. TIllS WKTE' QUESTION. TO THiE: EDITOR OF TilE ISELFAST VEWS-LETTETI DiEAn SIR-MaIXfy I request you will have the good- ness to correct a clerilal vrrnr that appears itn my letter, as ?? on SlatuIrdav last,, where in givitii tile weighit of tile pressore of 20,000,ooo gallons of witter at tile head ot' tle ninin, in the cilear water 1)asin, instead of lity' tons, tile weight ...

... LA~r:tIi T INEWS. - -= it t xamineb tlse validity of the reason of tbis nnorna 10u3 resollltion. LONDON PRODUCE WIARKET. Sligar-Mallret rery flrm; good bnsiness inrelinel qnillilv A carszo ot liavannn, consistill6 Of 88( rxeSS 1¢ to 1GA; has been sold nt 31s for nenv port lly insured. Coriee-Full demand, nt faII rnte. ToaQlljet Cominon congon, Is. 2d. 12,00( pacl;liges gor sal e on Thursday. ...

... STE-COND EDITION-. 'l'HIS DAY'S NEWS. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAP1.I NE IVS-LET'J'R OFFICE, Taee2lay, One o'cr0sk-, panl. AUSTRIAN NATIONAL LOAN. Vienna, Decenmber 12. Tile Julstriaita Gazette of this evening says:-. To-dav, on' Chinge, it was positively stated that, withl tile new year, the payments in silver of the coupons of t(ie national loan will he resumed. TIHE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Air. ...