... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... NAVAL AND MIILITARY. Tar court-martial on the officers and crew of the late Jasper will be held on board the Victory, on Monday. Accounts from Scutari announce the health of the troops there to be excellent, and the place airy, though tilthy, and overrun with vermin. The Guards, in. con- sequence, preferred company out. The Rifle Brigade and 93rd Highlanders had arrived at Scutari from ...

... C fjrrv?pmtmrr, AL1XAX'NDER STREEET RA GGED SCIIOOL. TO TIHE EDITOR OF TNu ZiELF.AST NEWs -FJTTER. Sm-aranv of Vour readers will be aware that, hbout eighteen nmonthir ago, I was induced, by readinn he Rev. V. M. (IY ?? ' Walks among the Poo, o embark in an educational enterprise, rndl open a Ragged School, in one o(iftie ?? anl most do eraoded ?? of Jeldost-eiz., lexander SIreet. Ope- ...

... T U R K E Y. (From thj Times' Correspondent.) CONSTANTnrOPLE, MAY 5.-The Turlish~ fleet Sailed yesterday for the Black Sea. It consists of 22 vessels, and left the Bay of Bujukdere, where it ha-slain so, long, to all appearance a magnificent squadron. The Ad.. miral, Ahmet Pacha, has his flag on the M1ahmen die, a first-rate of 124 guns; and there are, besides, eig~ht other line-of-battle ...

... 3i2orticultute. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. GOsrENioMUsE.-Water all plants abundantly, so that the entire ball in the pots may be moist, taking care that the draining be perfect. Re-pot, stake, and tie all plants as requisite; and proceed with propagation, as may be necessary; make constant war on insects. PITS AND FiAt-S.rs.-Forward tender annuals and beddinit-out plants, some of which ...

... THE HOMICIDE NEAR BALLYNAhRINCH. [snoP 03U15 CORRESONDrNT.) AN adjourned inquest Was held in the Market-house, Ballynahinch, on 'uosday last, before John A. Ward, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury, upon the body of Ilogh Tremnor, wh~o bad lost his life in consequence of a stab by a knife, or other sharp instrument, on the left side of tile abdomrenrinflicted upon him on the evening of the ...

... GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTAB- LISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Thursday, May 18. Tan Supreme Court of the Church met to-day in Edin- burgh. At eleven o'clock Lord Belhaven, her Majesty's Commissioner to the Assembly, held a levee in the Pic- ture Gallery, Holyrood Palace, which was very nume- rously attended. After the levee, the Lord High Commissioner -went in procession to the High Church, where ...

... i)mperial Variament. HOUSE OF LORDS-TinUnSDiY, MAI' 18. (Supplementarjy to Telegraphic Report.) LAW -OF LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL-POWERS OF LEASING BILL. The Duke of ARGYLE, in moving the order of the day for the House going into committee on these bills, said he would shortly state the nature of the prpposals which had been made by the select committee to which the bills on this ...

... Tmiy ca art~iamcnrt. | HoaUSlE OF LORDS'S-Sexosy, CMyr 22. Their lordships met at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAMI presented a petition from the principal navy agents against the Navy Pay Bill. They compnlained that the effect of the bill would be to take from them the business e'hicih they had enjoyed for 100 years, with respect to the distribution of prize monies and place it in the- hands of a ...

... WED-NESDAY'S LONDON NEWS. [BY MAGN'ETIC TELEGII1UP11- CONFIRMATION OF THE LOSS OF THE I TIGER.] VIarsNA, TUESDAY E-VEr[rG.-ThO Jozzur3a! de Odessa states that, on the 12th Mtay, the Tiger, which stranded ateseven versts from Odessa, was forced to surrender before the Vesuvius and Niger could come to her as-. sistance. Captain Giffard lost one legs a midshipman lost both, five men were wounded, ...

... ZT)ti 'o 'rI 'r ci IM c (ESTABLISHED, AINNO 1737.) BELFAST: IMONDAY, MAY 22, 1854. THE WAR. Tor intelligence respecting the bombardment of Se- bastopol, which reached us by Friday's telegraph, has been confirmed by the following, which appeared in the London journals of Saturday:- The Fremde Blaett, which is generally well in- formed, has news from Galats to the lth instant, which states ...