... Eric Pam MISMANMAGrEMENT OF OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRlS. (From the Press.) PnsoPsors have often fancied that they could discover in little accidents and paltry motives the secret sources of those great events which fill the pages of history. Voltaire collected a crowd of in- stances to show What mighty contests rise from trivial springs. Bat the notion is rather ingenious than profound. Mere chance ...

... BELFAST ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE NUNNERY QUESTION. ONq Monday evening there was a performance of an unusual kind at our TheatreRoval. A certain num- ber of lay Roman Catholics, to whom their several parts were previously assigned. enacted a grand na- tional, serio-comic, politico-religious, tragico-farcical drama, entitled the Monk and the Nun, or the Auto- da-fe of Chambers and Whitesicle. ...

... THE QUEEN'S COTLEGES.-INTERMEDIATE I EDUCAT1ON. WE recently copied from a local cotemporary a report which purported to be a special account of the late interview between the Lord Lieutenant and a deputa- tion, consisting of the Presidents of the three Quteen's Colleges and other gentlemen, relative to the Rev. Drr. DtI'Cosb's plan of Intermediate Education, on which report we commented as ...

... GREAT MCNSTER FAIR AT LIMERICK. I nn - b LIMERICK, FRIDAY NieITT.-The annual spring fair. opened this day, and was in every respect highly satis- factory, as the quantity of horned cattle and sheep ex- hibited upon the Green exceeded expectation, while the attendance of buyers and sellers. was numerous, not- withstanding alarming rumours circulated-enormous in point of magnitude-respecting the ...

... 3?articulltulc. GARDENiNG OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CoXSERvTOaY, &-c-Now that the cold pits and frames will be cleared of the bedding stock, they will form excellent places, during summer, for the growth of many things for the autumn and winter decoration of the conservatory, Indeed, many of cur most useful plants for this purpose will do better for the next three months, in cold frames than in ...

... THE SUGAR IDUTIEi.-MR. GLADSTONE's I |FIN. WE could-if we had anry bow~els of compassion for the most arrogant member of the Coalition-nlmost pity, the miserable condition to whichl the Chancellor of ?? of All the Talents hs redleced hitimsC.. In b's sutpplementary Budget, his main ob- iect was to cover his blu-nders and deceptions by making another great bid for popularity amnong the Free ...

... MOND-AY'S 1bONDON NEWS. FRANCE AND GREECE. TirE Tbaes gives an important article firem the .Ae. niteur of Sunday, on the position assumed bv the Government of Greece on the Eastern question. Th ?? recalls ald the good offices which Franee ha! lavished upon Greece from the original accocaplishmen of its independence, ata cost to the French nation of aD less than one hundred million francs, ...

... FAIRS IX ULSTER. CorsTr ArTR1Ts._-Culshoentcajli, Ball' aure. Dimloy. Clewr- ax.-, M1on1day, MaV 15. Caiaunoner, Deivocl. iuesday, M31aTr 16y. ' - , _ COUNTY} AfltAX.Gen.Ca~tltdogli. S501ndax, Mlay' 25. l~ar- kceliM, Friday, ?? 19. P.ortadon a:Saturday. Ma20. COt-N~y Cx.vaxCNCa nn, Bailibejrough. Ait u.Ldax-. M1alr- 35. Ballvconllle41. TllesdaaN-, May 1 allyhaise S1adlin- l)ar. Thursdayd May ...

... 3otDonr, A.M.-TiJE WEATEsR.-Wind West and frosty, and a slight fog at 6 A,M. Very fine out of the town, with a cloudless sky. THE WAR. Tile morning papers do not contain a single tele- graphic message from the seat of war, or any of the European capitals, with the exception of one from Paris, which is as follows:- PARIs, THURSDAY EvnNiNG.-The Bourse has been rather active to-dav, and has ...

... Grocery Stock, Donegall. St., continued this day, ?? ?? ?? ?? G. C. 1Tvndman. U.niens, at the Mart, to-morrow. ?? G. C. EIhlvm11e. Flaxsceed, at G. 11byn's stores, May 10, ?? IL. C. Clarke. Furniture, in Smithfield Square. May 10, P. MI'Shane. Cornti at WV. MIC'C urea & Son's, May 12, .. G. C. Hyndman. I-oases, at the Mart, May 18 .. . G. C. Hyndiumni. ?? CriusTnci APPOINTsINrNTS.-Diocese of ...

... THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDEERRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir-In vour notice of the late lamented Lord Anglesey, and the detail of the military services of that distinguished cavalry officer, more particularly at the period when commanding the cavalry division, during the retreat of the army under Sir John Moore, I observe the following:- 1 At Benvenetta he repulsed tihe ...

... 7M),c ?p ??Frftet (ESTA4BLISH]ED, .dNAYO 1737.) BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1854. THE WAR. A LARGE portion of our space to-day is willingly surrendered to details of various kinds concerning the progress of the war. Some of these are in the shape of rumours, which still require confirmation Others are authentic-such as the dispatches of Ad- miral Hamelin to the French Government regarding the ...