... TIlE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. NtcwnV.-On Wednesday nigit, heavy showers of rain fell, which have continu ciil) to this time. Flax- pulling, which had commenced in this district, is now completely obstructed, and farming operations geCne- rally are at a stand-still. Reports as to the state of the potato crop nre in maniy instances unfavorable, and farmners apprehend that the rain will have a tea- ...

... ST. MARK'S CHURCH BALLYSILLBAN TnE following statement has huten sent to us for pub- lication, aud disposes, in the most satisfactory wil. of a nefarious insinuation made in the colutnsi of the Belfast Afercury:- The Committee of St. Mark's Church have tl5 pleasure of announcing that the debt upon tle ?? il bhas at lentgth been paid off; and tbl, t, submit tbe following statement to the tiuien ...

... TIHE ARMY AND NAVY. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-Or'r[c0 PALL MALL, AUG. 14. 14th Reguinient of Light. Dragoons-Mior-iGCn. L. T. Maclean to be Colonel, vice General the Hon. 3ir H. M1urray, K.CJB., deceased. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-D. A. Farquhar, ont., to be Cornet by purchase, vice Royds, pro- nreoted. Military Train-Ensign E. W. H. Webb, fiom the 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by ...

... LATEST INTELIGENCE PI (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) (lReiters Teleqramn.) liague, Friday, Arigust 17th. The project of law respecting the railway has been adopted by the FirstChamber,bby thirty-foaragainst live votes. Paris, Friday, August 17th. The Palric of this evening, contains the following despatch, dated Naples, titl:- Tranquillity prevails in tbe city. Garibaldi is still reconnoitring the ...

... [ I TRTE EDUOATION QuMETONA- A srrbjoinecl we ?? frull RAr special repoto t bservations of tholit Irish n~embe il h osespeec'e l f the educatiort question in the ous of Cei~n Thursrady night were merely summriasried lei the Iend S. XrBrady, hir followed Mr. 0lpcrrall, didriet thisik Y, Attorney-General had grappled ?? one of the argismests soe his iron, 4rierrdlthe member for DeoitnrVan ...

... S I C I L Y . NAPLI9s, AGuaST 7.-Tho steamer caine in from Miessina this evening, and brings intelligeneo up to August G. The Carlo Alberto, G0 guns, arrived in )ort on the 5th, and sbe, together with tile Gover- nolo, it is said, will prevent the Neapolitan cruisers from interfering with the expedition wi icu Garibliddi intends to make iato Calabria. Very strong fortifi- cations are ...

... mEssiNA, AUdUsT 5.-Before this I had hoped to be in a position to give you an account of that great event still looming in the future-the passage of the Faro. All the interest of the moment centres in the Torre del Faro, where the principal embarkation is expected to takle place. Ever since his arrival in Messina, Garibaldi has devoted his attention to th's spot - whether from a conviction ...

... I - I ORANJ1,R DISPLAYS IN IRELAND. _ _ on the ?? to go into committee on the party embigins bill, on Fridas,- night, in the House of Commons, Mr. HODAessy. rme to mnore that the house go Into corn. osittec LiA this billen thastiay three months. He insisted that iithe pmf Atut hWY was quite sufficient to put down any of the,~ e ebj~c Ai~mble proceedinigs against which the bill was dimlre~bs is ...

... THlE GUNBOATS. The Ailly and N(( Og Gozeute says thlat it is enablod to f anticipate the report of tie committee appointed to in- quire into the state of the gunboats built during the Jnlssian %var :-In order to enalile the members of the committee to make a thorough ?? of the qua- c lity of the wood employed by Messrs. Green, Pitcher, c and the other buildess of these vessels, the authorities ...

... I ?? ~ ~. -- an Leuruary last the House of Commons appointed a select committee to inquire into the mode of ex inuia- ing and nominating candidates for junior appointtnene in the civil service of the crown. The object of the in- quiry was to ascertain vwhetler greater facility may not be afforded for the admission of proper qualified per- sons. The committee included Sir S. Nortiseote Mr. ...

... I (YIIOM OUll COItRnsIut Ox9oEar.) LOSDON, WLIDNEOID),Y EkEVNINr-T'hs conIsideratioII of the estimates for education in Ireland are fixed for tb-morrow cvening. Mr. Vincent Scully bas given notice thlat he will, oil goilg in to committee of supply, subimiit, the following resolution :-Tiat, ia the opiaioni of this house, all funds provideld by parliament for public education in Irceland ...

... CORK AND KINISALE RAILWAY. The half-yearly ordinary meeting of this comill y was held on Wednesday at the oflices, 17, Gracecstlmrh- street. Lord K;aSe.AcI (tile chafrrnaa of the boarI of directors) was in the chair. Mlr. fl. IV. Woods, the secretary (after the usual pre- liminaries) read the following report:- Yoer directors have thc pleasure to report that four miles of your Iile, ...