... T(E THREE CARACCI AND THE PHRENO-I LOGICAL CRITIC. I It We perused Mr. Winstanley's masterly papers on the l picture of the Caracci, now exhibiting here, with much interest, somewhat alloyed with regret that wve could not conveniently appropriate them in the Mercury on ac- count of their length. As an act of justice to the pro- r . prietor of these splendid pictures, we shall, however, here a ...

... A general meeting of the ITIster Teachers' Association took plaeoon Nloneday, in the Museun, College-square.- Thlc assembly; though not very numerous, Nvas very re- spectable, ard attencled by some men of considerable standing in the profession. The reeting, too, was graced by the presence of soine ladies, wfho, apparentfy, took great interost in the proceedings. Probably, not the least ...

... THE WEATHER-THE PARKS. The weather since Wednesday evening has undergone many changes. At six o'clock the thermometer stood at 30 degrees, two degrees below freezing point; but by seven o'clock a light sleet began falling, and about nine o'clock a heavy fall of rain, snow, and sleet mingled toge- ther commenced, accompanied with a strong westerly wind, which continued till an early hour ...

... EOAL-PlT ACCiDExt.-O-n Saturday week, an ident occurred at Ringley Fold Colliery, about seven es from Manchester, aad four from Bolton. It ap. rs that the neighbourhood abounds with coal-mines, ich have been very Fruitful, and yielded considerable fits to the owlers. The mines of Messrs Stott and owles, near the margin of the river, have been in k a considerable period, and are momeevhat ...

... AGRICULTURE AND GA ?? I ?? remarabe fitsot-horned bullock, three byars andlten months' old, was slaughtered last week by r Ieslp, utcher, of Newbigi sr h e whichweiihed 9 stoes. It was bred and fed by Mr R. Du-n, orth Seaton. Sonme time since, Mr Yeld, of the Blroome, Herefordshire, a grat agriculturist, took sonmc ears of' wheat, wihhad lain for fifty years ina srtie one half of the seed was ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL| The English mail due last night has not been received. FRANCE. The Paris papers of Monday contain the cor- respondence relating to the refusal of Admiral Stopford to acknowledge the convention signed by Commodore Napier with Mehemet Ali; but they offer very little comment on the subject. The CourrierFrancais saqrs-i' Baron Mounier is arrived from London. If our ...

... V INDSOR-THtItSAnDY. Her Majety and his Royal Hlighness Prince A'Detf walked for soeie time this moorning on the terrace oi t e Castle. Her Ros.al l-lighness the Duchess of Kent, atteric'n Lady Fanny Howard, took her accustomed exerci e. Iler Majesty rode out this afternoon in an op- n , phaeton, which was driven by his Royal Highnes, !r::e Albert. Colonel Wemysv. Mr. Itich, and Captriii mmir ...

... Another hitch in the settlement of the Eastern ques- d tisn has only been prevented by the complete conviction of I of Mehemiet Ali that any ?? resistance on his part to r- would be worse than useless. It- seems that Commodore -I Napier,. in concluding a convention with the Pacha, hall Pi d either gonse beyond his powers, or exceeded his instruc- th it tions, for his superior officer on the ...

... - AgtrittIture. CortN L&ws.-If the British farmer paid no rent at all, he would still be unable, after a repeal of the Corn Laws, to compete with the foreign corn-grower. Mark, then, the English farmer's position. His rent might be annihilated -but would his fiscal burdens, general or local, be removed by that change? Would, moreover, the establishment in this country of the continental prices ...

... 3tsouT DUBLrW Umolf. I TeterAaW *a. -a_- xesreroay the Uenardans toet at their BoarMtiOGI in the S;outh Dublin Union Workhouse. J. L. ArAnss, Esq., in the chair. AnDtI65soN OF TatI PtE5S. It When the reporters entered the Board-room the Chair. 'man said he felt happy in having to ea nouns to the gen- , tlemen of the press that they had been unanimously ad- n 'nitted by a vote of that board. ...

... TIB (JIJARTISTS AT INV1ERNESS. LFROM AS INVEUNERM PAPER-] Handbills were issued on Monday, nanouncing that Mr. Jnliau Harney, from London, ex-meniber for Northumber- land, to the quondam so called National Convention, would address the inhabitants of lnverness, showing the ?? for an inquiry into the condition of the working classes, at eight o'clock in the evening. Admis- sion two pence, to ...

... . local Intrifference. I , . Messrs. Smi. Smitb, Brothers, and Co. have; received from David Anderson, Esq., of Driffield, the sum of twenty guineas, as a benefaction in aid of the funds of the Hull General Infirmary. _HULL AND EAST RIDING FEMALE PENITENTIARY, -The treasurer of this valuable institution has just received, through James Henwooid, Esq., the munificent donation of £50, from M. ...