... THE CO,4MPARA ITIVE C'ONDITIONS OF THE f'O01? IN 2£XNGL.IND AA)) EUROPE.*I PART FIRST. Mr. Kay, Travellitig Bachelor of the University of Cambridge, puts forth a highly able and in- tercsting work detailing the results of eight years' investigation iiito the social condition of the peasants and operatives in Western Europe, as compared with that of our own people in the same station. Ave ...

... N OF 1851. Designs for the Building.-The committee appointed by her Majesty's Commissioners for all natters relating to the building, having come to know that many contributors of suggestions for the building are taking much trouble in preparing final and complete sets of working drawings for the building, which, in the present stage of the proceedings, and pending the adoption of a general ...

... THE RO YAL ITALLIN OPERA. the This c-4ablislimernt opened on Saturday night with the in- Oltroduetion of WiEBER'S greatest Work, Dee F~risc0iiitz, to the eli' boards of the Italian lyric stage, uider the title of Il Franco .4 iviceu. Thle occasions Was rendered more interestinig by the Lai performance, for the first time, ofthc recitative music added St. by HEcTOR BERtLIOZ to the original ...

... PHILHlARMAONIC SOCIETY'S CO NCEsR TS. The second concert of the Philharmonic Society attracted last isight a full and brilliant audience to the Hanover- square Rooms. The progransuse was sufficiently interesting, although it did not embrace much novelty. P.ART 1. Sinrfonia, Letter Q ?? Ilaydn. tolance(C Iu jeBuis? Auber. IUsne 'fte, tin beo ange .Abr (Le Dofloino Noir), Mdllc. Chartosi . . ...

... GREAT EXIIIBITION of IND US'TI? Y of ALL .VAlIONAS, 1851. To TRE EDITOR OF THlE )MORNING CHRONICLE. Sin-The Westminster Committee, considering that the letters of which I enclose copies are of general interest, and that you would therefore desire an opportunity of giving them publicity ill your papeLr, have directed me to transmit themis to you for that purpose.-I am, sir, your obedient ...

... G?1A1 ND EN 7'TR Ti ,N2)EN T to VISCO UN T fO (UGIl, ot the UNITED SERV17CE CLUBI. Yesterday the members of thc Uitited Service Club gave1 a imagnificent entertainment to General Lord Viscount Gough, ait their cIlb-ioust- inl Pall-mall, in celebration of the return of that gallant voerea.n fromt thle East. Thto banquet, teas served in the grand saloon on the ground floor, which was so ...

... ANCIENT AND MEDiEVAL ART.-EX- tlBJTlION AT TIE SOCIETY 01' AJTS. A very interesting and important exhibition was opened to the public yesterday, at the rooms of tbe Society of Arts in the Adelphi. It consists of a collection of works of ancient and medileval art, lent by their owners for the purpose; and it arises out of a suggestion made to the Society of Arts that such an exhibition might be ...

... ENTERTAINMEAT to Major ED WARDES, C.B., at SIRlls WSBUrI?'. The gallaut Maljor Edwardes was entertained on Wednes- day last, by his fellow-townsmer of Shrewsbury, at a grand banquet, at which nearly 300 guests were present. The en- tertainment took place in the Music Hall, the worshipful the Mayor presiding. On rising to return thanks for his recep- tior, tho Major, after a warns compliment to ...

... EXHIBITION OF INAD USTR Y. 1851. A meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to bo held in the year 1851, was held yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. The commissioners present were the Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, Sir Robert Peel, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon, W. E. Gladstone, Mr Bazley, Mr. Cobden, I ...

... 7ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. w A success of the most brilliant and decisive kind was le achieved on Saturday night by Mdlle. AMALIA FEISRARIS, a new cavdenuse from Italy, whose advent had been an- s nounced. Whatever may be the alleged shortcomings of English audiences as critics, there can be no doubt of their ' iepacity for instar.tly perceiving first-rate talent, or of their g readiness to ...

... SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTUSTS. or On Saturday there was the usual private view of the Suffolk-street Exhibition, which opens to the s public to-day. 'Ihe general character of the exhi- le bition is like that of too many of its predecessors. I- From the mass of mediocrity, alike in conception and execution, some few works, however, deserve notice. There are some established artists exhibiting , ...

... 7TH1E EXHIBITION OF imi. Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting ?? of 1851 have had under their consideration the subject of the prizes to be awarded to exhibitors, and have resolved to take immediate steps for having medals struck, of va- rious sizes and different designs, it being their opinion that this is the form in which it will, generally speaking, be most desirable that the rewards ...