... I Rt ifutman's, lounialo _ = A ?? succession of important events l Yesterday, we had the accou'at of GRANT'S laSI flank march and the ?? of James River, with his attack on Petersburg and rumours of its capture I To day, we have far different in- telligence. Petersburg was not captured, and GRANT was entrenched within a mile of the city. SMiTH bad fallen back on Bermuda Hundred, whither BUTLER ...

... The Board of Public Works have issned their thirty. second annual report, containing flll details of their operations during the past year ln the various services committed to their charge. In some of the departments the information given Is of interest, as throwing light upon the circumstances of the country. Under the head of Land Improvement, we are reminded that In consequence of the ...

... I ' TE O'CONN1ELL MONUIMENr. I ie; cul a Insurance Co ipany (Limited), 48, Dame street. DEAR Sse-I beg to enclose It. as a small subeerip-' tfon t, the O'Conntil lational Fund, and trust that the monument about being erected to the memory of him whose name should ever be dear to the heart of the Irish Catholic, will be worthy both of the country Rnd the people to whose service his life oand ...

... I SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT EN1ISKERRY. On Sunday evening a pic-nic party, numbering tea pereone, and occupying a four-in-hand break van, while proceeding by the Wiadgate, the driver left his seat for the purpose of putting on the break, as the vehicle wag about to deecend a ?? hill. Alcer putting on the break the driver, while trying to regain hie seat, let fall the reins between the wheelers ...

... i HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Tbe house met at five o'clock. The burial registration bill paseed through committeeo THRE SPANISH SLAVE TIsADr. Lornd Brougham brought before the house the quee. tion of the Spanish slave trade. Es said that there woa no aot in his life on whi6h he looked with more en- tiafaction than the course he took in rendering the elave trade a crime. An act ...

... MR. POPE HENNESSY'S DEFEAT OF T1B at GOVERNMENT. I w . rat -- - - - - .- . . . ?? - _ .- ir. asennesey aid good service In ?? Sir C. Wood to account for hia preposterous scheme for providing the Indian service with a larger supply of medical officers. Hitherto those officers have been appolnted by compe- tition. It bae been found that there are not a eufliolent ?? of oudidatse t the ...

... I Alrakadv -f ?? r Already, acknowledged ?? ?? £7,643 9 0 Received yesterday as per following 6 0 0 £7,549 9 o From the Rev P. Starkey, P.P., Balles and Bally. culter, county Down, 11. and 5o., as per the following letter:- Richmond, Tennplomore, July 2T. DEAR SItB JOIsN GRAY-I enclose you five pounds my subscription to the O'Connell Monument. I would bave sent it before, but I was waiting ...

... burnal; WRt irrumalf A. af DUBLIN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 186. Tna trades of Dublin have issued a very elabo- rate,-and no less able than elaborate, vindioatlon of their order from the uvjult aspersions re- cently cast on the artizans of this country iby Mr. SENIORI, Poor Law Commissioner, in his evidence before the taxation committee. The Trades in this document go into their work like men who ...

... THE TAXATION OF IREL&ND. I I ?? (s'iiosteouin eucvior~dI.) : LOSDON, SATUaDAYs,-TOhe select committee ap1 cpinted At the: ;nsiiice of Colonel 'Dimiie to inquirq iito and report upon te tisaxaison oi reand a&enebled agaie yesterday The0;we ?? Dunnoe C(chairman7, Sir Stafford Nortbcote, Lord Jdhn srowne' Mr.: Longfield, Sir E. lri6np, iM ?? in;hyP rir. ` sygtats, Mr. eanksl Stanhope, Sir G. ...

... flaR HEAJic, DUBL-U-I, Up to O acm,, July 0, IS4L-WInd, N.W. July 6-Alezandre,eteamer, Holyhead; Ebla aendPrlnce, eteamers, Liverpool; Arlel, steamer, Sliloth; Moteazuma, steamer, London; Iriehman, ateamer, Glasgow; Fannay, abls, gow, pipes, Henry, Weiford, Melt; seven collejrs gild two ore vessels. July e-Lord;lyoo, eteame?, lasgow ; Foyle, setamer, London; Princess, I;on Duko, antl Stgutdard ...

... MAJOR GENRIMAL CLEBURNE. The following sketch of Major General Cleburne hag been sent to us by an officer of the Confederate service on leave of absence:- The latest news from America gives the repulse, with great slaughter, of the Fedoral General Hooker, by the Confederate General Patrick Cleburno, of General Jobnson's army, near Mariette, Georgia. Thia is bat the beginning of the total ...

... T1lE DESPERATE ACT ON BOARD THlE WINDSOR STEAbIER. - ~ .. - - - - I In coneeqjuence oi the abeence in Liverpool of wit- resene, Dr. White, City Coroner, again postponed his investigation into this eame until Monday (this day), NAVAL PRObtOTiONS AND APPOINTlTMNTS. Avwn.ILiA', JULY 4. Royal Marine Light ?? following named Con- tiomon Cadete have beon appointed Secoud Lieutenants: Mr William ...