... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... YEtsTERtiDAY, the usual weekly meeting Of Lhis Board was held at the workIhOlse-MIr. DAVID TAYLOR in the chair. The other Guardians present were- Mevssrs. WV. T. B. Lyons, J.P. Robert Greer, Thomas Gaffilkin, Robt. Carlisle, Rtclicard Bell, Arthur Hamill, David Walker , Johbn Ifalill, Samuel Tierney, David AICiTtcheon, Georgo Jackson, and Wm. Trotter. STATE or THE TIOUSE Number in the ...

... NE iI'S-LETTER OFFICE, Thursday Mlornivg Bty 5AGN1ETIC TELEGniAP11.1 xyESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES. NAPLES IN A STATE OF SIEGE. Thle Tilles, in a second edition, publishes the fol- 0ifgtelegram: Naples, Aug. 14. 3.35 ?? city has been declareri in a state of slege. The regular troops and thle National Guard are exhredt o l n hi power to maintain ,uieorder. Ak Garibaldian steamer attempted to surprise ...

... THE INHIBITION. TO THlE EDITOR OF THE B3ELFAST NEWS-LETTFR SIR-It is now evident that this question list bo decided by law. Both parties have gone too Fir 1 either to recede with honor. For the good or, tl, diocese, may I be permitted to suggesa P,3 sf procedure which is calculated to allay alhitlOci>tie. and to lead to a desirable settlement of the q're'tir,1' My proposal is, that thie ...

... THE CUNkRD VESSELS. Tnr Galway Vindicator makes thc following state- ment respecting the sailings of these ships from Queenstown:_ One of the first consequences of the ratilieation of the Galway Subsidy Contract is that Cunard has given directions to withdiraw his steamers fromn QUecustown. From the commencement we knew that it was only a dodge of the LiverpO)il shipownlr' to make Cork a port ...

... THE IVEATIT{R AND CROVPS-DSASTROUS | EFFECTS OF 'THE LATE RAINS. r CLONUECL, S1TUOI1AY.-It is only now, when tile re. ports from the country districts are beginning to come in, that we are enabled to realise anything like ain adequate idea of the immense general damage n effected throughout the country by the late rains.- Front every quarter the accounts couclur in represent- ing the harm done ...

... AGRICULTIURAL STATISTICS. IRELAND-1860. I THE FLAX CROP. l THE Registrar-General has issued the following rc- tur), shiowing, in statute acres, the extent under flax in Ireland in 1859 and 1860, compiled from returns obtained by the constabulary:- 1:xtent of Land Diflerence between Counties nnd under Flax. 1869 and 1860. Provinces. 1859, | lS60. Inerenase Decrease _ ~I ?? Ulster. Acres. Acres. ...

... APPREHENSION AND CONFESSION OF THE ALLEGED ASSASSIN. TROWBRIDGI?, SATURDAY NclITr-This afternoon the whole of the towns it, this neighbourhood were thrown into a state of intense excitement bv the in- telligence that a man hidt been appirchended who had confessed to the perpetration of the mysterious child moider at Road, and this, unlike most of the rumors which have been in circulation, ...