... 'RgEcutture. THE WVEATHER AND THE CROPS. A large brpadthi of land is again planted with pota- toes, and hopes are entertained that the dryness of the season w ill tend to restore that esculent to its former hlealthy and vigorous condition. The high price of grain has caused a larger sowing of wheat than has been usual with us since the repeal of the corn laws. Flax also occupies an important ...

... Tine Timptr' correspondent gives the following interest- ing sketch:- Gsrrmrorm, APRIL -9-The Golen ?? left Mialta on FridayV the PSt OF March. at 51 St,vwith the first ?? of the british ?? armay. There wrre few persons up to witness tile departure of tihe no~ble Ship -with her living cargo. The mrorning was tiark andl overcast. A fewI~ fishermen, the boateiioa in the great hiarbour, and a ...

... A SUPPerESENTATr Gazette was published on-Wednes- day night, coritaihigl, the following Ordets in Coun- oil:- , ?? ?? , ' . : Attlie Court at Bucicingiam Palace, the 29th day of IMarch, 18.54-Present, the Queen's Most Excellent 5Iajestv in Council. H-er Majesty having determined to afford active as- sistance to her ally, his highness tbe Sultan of the Ottuman lEmpire, for the protertion of his ...

... COI-sNT- ASTITTM.-Con1ner. C rumln. Mondla. Mrax 1. Port-rlmone. Tuesday, Nlivy 2. B elfaltt. WNednesdain 31air S. Glenariffe., Thursday, _)lay 4. lBallinulaoney, 'Fnda~-, Cous:mTy AnwTAGn-Maghb-rv, fl'lhebonght. Charl-st*wnl Forklili. Monday- Mar 1. Iteleek, W,-clnesdax- Mci- 3. Acton, Middletron, Thurs(day, 3M ?? Cr. -5Ula`ilef, Fri- day. AMayr. Armagh. Poitzass. Saturday, Star 6. CO N-Is' ...

... LF. was the brother of a saint, and his friends were rich, so they dressed him in his best, and they put his turban on his head (for he was of the old school), and they bore him to the tomb upon a bier and coffinloess, after the custom of the East. I coined the procession as it swept chanting along- the narrow street; and we all entered the illuminated church together. The archbishop strode ...

... THE LEADER OF THE BOTUSE OF COMMONS. (l-ros the Standard.) Lo'RD JOHn RussErt, having, we suppose, dried his tears and composed his sobbing breast, and calmed all the other expressions of anguish -which moved the tender sympathies of M essrs. Joe Rume, John Bright, and even some Conservatives, on the Mrnemorable 11th of April, 1854, has now very naturally betaken him- self to the pleasing, ...

... Aforeign Hflitdfigrlla, MOVEMENTS IN THE EAST. (Pioia the Tines Correspondent at Gaeiloei.) An army encampedhere commands thep zgean and the Sea of 3iarmora, and can be marched Northwards to the Balkan, or sent across to, Asia, or up to Con- stantinople, with equal facility. SD far then, if the Turks are beaten, this point is of some strategical value, but would it not be much better to let ...

... TIE DAY OF HU3IIMAT.ION. TuE following are the special prayers appoilnted to be read in the Churches on Wednesday (to-day) tile Day of llum lration*- ISefd CL t/rhe pr ayer iu Time of Wlarend Tnsariitr, tire ?? shal bre secd:-_ O ArarnmnVv God, maker oi the universe, and sove- reig- n disposer of ?? ?? of men, at whose command natlons and empires rise and fall, fiourish and decay, we Thine ...

... TI-fE COMMITTEE ON CHARGES OF. CORRUPTION. rioL. The comnmittee sat on Thursdday. Mlr. Keogh intered injto a narretive of the various aljpohitmenits he had made redcscmng them to five in niit iher. Th ',,utlemen had all bgenel his supporters at Atitlone. Mr. BRMCsrT--Have you evei obtained all appoint- ment alt Athluae for any ene who, has:gpposed you at anll lection ? Vitli.ss-Certainiv not. ...

... F AIRS. NrWTOWNL1s- .xvADY MALcCFS FA1a.-This fair was I held on Tuesday last, and the weather beingr good tthere was a considerable attendance. The show of- lean stock was very larre. Good-qualities were in de- mand, aned sold fron £2 to £9 ISs. rat cattle wrre scarce, and those shown of that description were very inferior, and sales dull. hizlch cows sold from £w7 to £12 12s. There were very ...

... Jffortin I-itcligeitce. THE WAR ON THE DANUBE. Constantinople letters give the following details of the Russian attack on British merchantmen:_ On 'the 22nd March, the British barque Bedlington, with a cargo of grain and salt meat, was sunk by the Russian batteries in front of Sulina, while legally sail- ing down the Danube. The captain and crew were in time to reach the Turkish territory. ...

... IMIR. GLADSTON-EUS FINANCIAL STUTE- | :!MEiNT,' TII Chancellor of the Exchcquer's explaination o: the state of the nationai balance-sheet on Tuesda; evening, was suffered to pass muster for the presetn l without criticism, various causes operating to postponc the punishment wvhich ine-irably awaits the great fintancial delinquent. Mr. Disraeli. who contentec himself with reminding the country ...