... I THE ROYAL ACADLT1Y-IRISlI ARTISTS, 'AIR. AcC1s,.c-The Atheliracu, in its notice of the Exhi bition of tho Royal Academv, speaks of Mr. 31acli-e's pc tures in the following terms :-The next artist who clatu: our notice is Mr. Mlaclise-and be claipns it as mucb fir hbe contrast as for the separate excellencies of his two welks.- 'lice Spirit oJaustice, painted in the House of Lords, is hue ...

... ?? ?? SPRI\NG MiiRTI-Na, 1850. -S~iW~eos -Thie -Enrl of'-Strathinorc, GPnn, V fers ?? Col. Pac1,~M,P.) ters C- LrILKOF TiILL CoutisrE- Mr. fl.. WV. .To1,iani. ig- Tue weather being very fine fhr t;res the ct an ous re More ?? than W~e evrianen e of 'ecThe sport was bxbellont, and dll pnaesed.,off with u iqhI less cirdernt than tigt, have beeni expected. - oem ..''PACiirsnstaia WiccaCuei, ...

... -y I. -_ . I s The brief telegraphic message received a few I days ago, ainiouncinig the failure of the negotia- 1 1 tions between Mr. Wyse and Baron Gros, has been fully and painfully conlfirmed by letters from S t Athens of the 28th ult. It seems that on the 1L 24th the French envoy received from his govern- vG l ment a despatch intimating that on the 9th 31. Drouyn de Lhuys, the French ...

... ThiPElRIA - PARLIAMENT. -4-- - 1i fhOUSE OF LORDS-~MONDAY. t Thle Dl.ke of IBUC LE'UCHI presented petitione- from SC- C Ceral places in Scotland, fo h nioneto h SCo~ttih Foor-law, and against sund~ay labour in thle P'ost-office. Onl the motion of te Erl of CARLISLE, the Procees .,j'practice (Irelaind ) B~ill was mssed tirull ounite Lord BROUJGHAM 1tresented petitionis from Rumford, tl ...

... April, 11 ff m K-11trilignice. A ti E R. I Cx. To a Atlantic, tiews American steamer, Captain West, has brought New Ynrk papers to the 271.11nilt. The politicalunes requires ito particular notice. Its Mexico a fire list occurred, which destroyedi property to the amount of half a suillion of olr. At e~arn-hooat explosion satd taltei place oin the do byv whichi 100 inivrjidurals lost their lives ...

... ?? 3llnltficl. ULSrm ne A IR I ?? tr alic oil this rail Iway for the wcele cnening- 12th .\lMay, IS50, was:- l'tessieiget e 2,G4; amillount, £510 15 7 GO o ,` ?? ..810 10 10 l-C27 12 oi Corrlespoinding week last yer :t - Passeligecr, ?? amo out, £-ISl S 9 Coods, ?? .. ?? 05 a 2- £780 14 11 flIAT.T.-YMENAii RAirrTVAY.-ThC trallic on this railway, for the week eiuliig I Ith May, ]8 M, w-as:- Pa ...

... I IfA correspondent of the A lbionz says :- The commer- Y cial and general public will rejoice to learn that Lord v If Seymour, First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, has, E P in his ealings with the Birkenhcad Dock Trustees, .5 amply realizcd the e qpoctations formed of him from his I: d admirable reports as chairman of the Navy and Ordnance X 1. Expenditure and to which anticipations ...

... THE CURTIS-AND-RATHBONE, PRIZE ESSAYS, . ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERANCE, FRUGALITY, AND CLEANLINESS UPON THE i WORKING CLASSES. what ?? but all ome. ?? II. t By MR. WILLIAM WOODWARD. ertut That the world which we now inhabit did no ret w, lle itself, hut wvas created, must be obvious to all:fr fw meeexamine its construction from when it was a ma'ss of con- taefusion without form and darkness ...

... The HousE of LORDS sat at five o'clock yesterday. Lord STANLEY called the attention of their lord. ships to the recent intelligence from Greece which had brought news of the failure of 'he French arbitra- tion, and ofthe final terminationofthedispute through a forcible compulsion exercised upon the Greek go- vernment to secure peace by complying with all the demands urged on behalf of British ...

... DuMNr, MAy 13. A considerable improvement has taken place in the weather, but we are still without any general fall of rain, the moisture with which the country has been favoured being hitherto confined to some partial showers. As a satisfactory evidence of an improved state in the social condition of the people, it maybe mentioned that an increase in the monthly consumption of tea in Ireland ...

... ST.kTE. OF TIHE COUNTRY. (From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar General, Registeredl iuc the Divisions, Couities, ?? of England. The marrianes, which in 18-i7 were so much (le- prcsseodand inerensc(l alhocet inepereeptibiv in 1848, -rose ito 141,509 'in the year 1819; and in the aurtan quarter were 43,6321 which is a hbigher * nurnber than has ever before been celehrated, ex- tipeting in ...

... TENANT .IGIIT-CONFI'RENCE IN DUBLIN. 'Plln ?? commi~ttee siting, in Diihlin to to1,liCI Iii- ?? for the apprwiclilag T'1'csorl-dgt coafreepeoc liaae, isuead all adidcs., to Lhv. frlitnds ?? thl-Ough. mit thle cotiltrC, (if vwhwih %e s~l~lojjti thle lenodim- feal lie's 'ITh Ltime ori' molly conitemlplatedI for holdin, tileTenant. right Coniference laving noo' ocerle larrivedl, tlic ...