... BANBRIDGE EXTENSTON RAILWAY COMPANY. - , . ,. . , - . . . .. - . - TnE following is the report of the directors to be presented to the meeting of shareholders on Friday next :_ GENTLEmRw-During the interval which has elapsed since the last general meeting of shareholders, your directors have not thought it prudent to do more than make the necessary preparations previoun to commencing the ...

... YESTERDAY, the election of gentlemen to fill vacancies the in the Town Council took place in Dock Ward, St. atr4 Anne's, Ward, and Cromac Ward. In the first- I mentioned ward a vacancy was caused by the resig- fel nation of Mr. Alexander M'Laine, Corporation Street vir in the second by iMr. Richard Bell having declined q h to act; and in the last-named there were two of vacancies caused by Mr. ...

... | IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTS [BY MAGNE-TIC TELEGRAPH.]- HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTrEsRDAY. TEE LORD CHANCELLOR took bis seat at five o'clock.- STARTLINGe PROCLAMATION IN NAPLES. The Earl of DERBY give niotice that, in the ab- sence of tbe Marquis of Normanby. be should, on -YE Thursday, put a question to the noble lord the Se- cretary for Foreign Affiairs, with regard to a procla- mation, of a most ...

... -~counts IIBRITISII WRONGS AND AMERICAN wea spc D I F F I C U L T I E S. officer Bx the aid of (FROM THE TIMES.) into a BY te ai ofthe published correspondence Lord a quar Carearvon and Lord Derby have succeeded in pro- thle 30 ing tinl ducing a deep impression of British wrongs, and aan an impression still deeper of American difficulties. 30th o That three or four of the occupants of three or ...

... MR. OTWAY'S ADDRESS TO THE GRAND JURY. TO THE EDITOR OF THH BELFAST NEWS-LUTTER. SIR-I beg to draw the attention, not only of the Government, but of every lover of his country, to the able address of Mr. Otway, the Chairman of this County. which has been just published. Itisa spendid production. reflectingeredit both on his head and heart and should be in the bands of all the judges of the ...

... flelfast xgeul sX~efter. (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.1 IT; > : BELFAST: a WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1862. , ag THE business before Parliament last night was of at in very little importance. The House of Lords'sat n for fifteen minutes only, and the Commons for By about three hours, the discussion in the latter House being on a motion of Mr. White's, in- m tended to! take 'from members the privilege of ...

... AMERICAN COTRRESPONDENCE. (raoM OtU ELrE YOItX CORRESPONDENT) . NEWr YORK, FEB. 11. Assv good map of tihe Westernl States ot' America will t show the courles of two rivers which fall into the Ohio fifty miles above its junction with that of the father of floods, the great Alisissippi. Both of those streams originate in the mountainous region of Western Virginia and Eastern Kentncely, and both ...

... tel MEMORIAL TO CALVIN IN GENEVA. chi TO TUB EDITOR OF THE BELFAST MtEWS-LETTE3R. thr SIR-By this day's post I have received the sub- ho joined communication from Dr. Merle D'Aulbigne, Cla with a request that I should have it inserted in some cor of our local journals. The proposal to erect a suit- to able memorial to Calvin in hiis own city, which was w received with special favor at the late ...

... .I _ T . .. an rm. _ -ewl ?? INDIA-OFFICE, JAN. 30.-The following extracts from General Orders issued by the Government of India, regarding the payment of the Delhi prize. money, are published for general information:- His Excellency the Governor-General in Council is pleased to authorise the immediate issue of a first distribution of the Delhi prize-booty, at the rate of 86 (eighty-six) ...

... AMERICAAN CORRESPONDENCE. I (FROM oun iNEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, FEB. 8. AiemsT the enormous and wasteful expenditure of the National Government in carrying on the war, Eome feeble attempts are made at economy and re- I trenchment. Senator Sherman has introduced a Bill purposing to reduce the 'salaries of Govern- mert employes. Tbe cost of furnishing lights, fuel, and stationery is ...

... TuH Naval Estimates for the year 1'02-3 are now P before the House of Commons. The total sum re- the a-y qaired to be voted is. £11,791,305, less by £846,283 than the sum total of the navy estimates for last is r year, which, together with the amount of the sup- pleinentary estimates under discussion last night, YDt lng amounted to £12,640,588. - a There are seventeen distinct votes on the ...

... (FROM OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENT.) 1. BOSTON, U.S., FEBRUARY 4, 1862. WITH the exception of a little additional snow, the past week has been very agreeable, and our people D have not failed to enjoy themselves in the different f amusements peculiar to the season. The many ,ponds and lakes in the vicinity of this city are r covered with thousands of skaters, who skim over f the ice in double and ...