Mr. Arn,mEns wished to ask Sir R. Peel whether it would be inconvenient to the Government to fix the discussion of the Church Extension question for some other day than the 4th of May. He (Mr. liers ' had given notice of a motion on the subject of the Corn Laws for that day. He

permission, exhibited to the public at Berlin; the proceeds, which are said to be considerable, are to go the fund for rebuilding the Cologne Minster. The frame and borders of this piece of caligraphic art are very much admired, but the cognoscenti think the writing of the words

Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain David Buchan, R.N., 1818. By Captain F. W. BEECIIEY, R.N., F.R.S., one of the Lieutenants of the Expedition. (Published by authority of the Lords Commiss

"On the evening in question, several herds of these animals had crawled upon the ice to enjoy the fine evening, and rest themselves after their exertions in the late boisterous weather. The boats, properly equipped, and manned with some of the officers and seamen, pushed off in

_ The" Art Union" is publishing a series of articles, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, entitled " Memories of Pictures." From one of these, devoted to a notice of Bird, the Painter, we subjoin the following account of the manner in which the people of Bristol, the city wherrein artist life w

The new packet-ship Montezuma, Captain Lowber, which sailed from New York on the evening of the 20th ult., arrived at Liverpool on Friday, after a quick passage of 17 days. She has brought papers four days later than those received by the Great Western, but their contents are un

INSTITUTE or ARCUITECTS.—Prince Albert presided at the meeting held on Monday last, for the distribution of the medals awarded by the Institute during the session. The successful candidates were Messrs. E. Chamberlain, and T. W. Parwortb, for Essays on Synchronism, &c., and A. J

Montt',ly, recently convicted of robbery and murder, was executed on Saturday, at Orleans. The evening before the execution, the culprit manifested a good deal of self-possession, and although he did not openly express any expectation of a commutation of his sentence, it was eas