... THEIGREAT WE11h2ON, PROGIESS- oF .TXD WILDING. This great *oik, wfhezein tie cioi' st indstrial pro- ducts of the world will shortly be most beeomingly en- shrined, has novr been so far ?? towards comple- 4 tion tehat-itrmay almost be regarded as finished. It was, according to the terms of the original contract, to have been handed ever on Tuesday to the commission- ers, the last day of the ...

... THE :GREAT EXUIBITION. The subject-ofthe.-charges for admission into the, Exhibition is oue-which is at present oaccpyine the attention of the executive committee. No definite arrangement has yet been come to upon the subject. Various reports have been in circulation as to the charges, but all such statements are, of course, at present premature. The local committee of Chelsea at its last ...

... THE GREAT EXHBITION. Everv week is now a busy ocoe with the officials in the Glass Pslace. They have not quite two mouths left for the reception and ariangeacent of all the goods to be displayed, snd they scoem by their activity to be quite alive to the necessity for full exertion. Some thousands of packsees have already been received, of which more than three fourths are from abroad. The ...

... THE GRET EXHIITION. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING. As the time draws nigh for the formal opening of the Exhibition to the public, the question whether the pre- parations for that event will be completed in the interval ptill remaining assumes every day more and msore in-t portance. The royal corrnmission gave the contratrr till the end of January to complete the building, reserv- ing to ...

... THEAALSL, :ET. 'AD ER' -S-@13isj C MCL~S The e f the English stage is onie fthe `cjaliasft or, the ?? ;which is re- peated and i-s-echoed l it has becrme a sort of cant-' a form of wards which people have got into thehabit of Uising, without any distinct notion of its meaning.' At: all events, any one who sees what is going on'at-our theatres, ard what' a going on at' Sadler's Wells-any one in ...

... ?? . From Le Pdllet. The winter season has returned and with it the usuta demand for rich and elegant toilettes. Nothing can be richer or more beautiful than a dress of moire, with alteruiate flounces of satin, checked with velvet Nearly all silk dresses are trimmed with velvet, For demi-toilette, dresses of French grey moire are worn, with six flounces, alternate' moire and terry ':Velvet ...

... * DITERATURE. * WANDERINGS IN CORSIC A. We doubtless owe the translation ?? his wqrk to the adnirable notieof the origi alin the culrrent nuralber of the Quarterly. It is a most welcome addition t foreign history; for since Goosey Boswell Vrote his hook, and wore his fool's-cap at Stratford jabilee under the patronage of David f .rick__-ieiOe Bozzy dub himself on the strength of his fltalent ...

... I nOBERT COWaN AND T~Hf RAPPnRS. I Mr. Owen has put forth a pamphlet-(c!ce on fioe paper, ?? on ordinary, in obelience to tho advice of the esirits with whom he is on intimate speaking termas)-a pamphlet called The Fuluire of the Hsmesan eRace; or a Great, Glorious, and Peaceful Resolution, near at Hand. To be efcted through ?? of Denarted Spirits of Good anrd Superior Mete and Women. On ...

... (Abridged from Le Pbllet, JAwtna ?? Greed Monde.) The late fetes in honour of the imperial christening have called forth the taste and ingenuity of our most celebrated articses, which thee dresses we are about to describe will fully prove. A dress of white tulle, with seven flounces-the too one fastened in atthe waist. Eachflounce was trimmed with eight rsews of narrow blue velvet and silver ...

... LI TE R A TUE B, THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. In the July mumber of the YNtianal Review, inI ad- dition to an excellent artiole-eob'rly and fairly writ- ten-ou the sad Brout4s, we and a paper on the Art TrearRsree Exhibition of Manchester. This rapid re- view is a welcome c0ntribution to periodical literature: -and ore to which we earnestly advise the executive omramittee at Old Trafford to ...

... LITERATURIL Titan for Norenber includes some pleasant and p1natmetive gossip and word-painting from Munich, from which we sabll extract some pusazes, even at the risk of wasting space to touch upon fthe new, bright number of 1 The Virginias; or the Henry the Eighh of John Gilbert in the November part of Routledges Sballspere. It would seem, indeed, from our Munich pictures, that the ...

... FASRIONS FOR JULY. - (Abridged from Le Follet, Journal du Grand Monde.) At no season have the patterns of taffietas dresses been more varied or more ele gent than at the present time. Large flowers and checks are less in lavour than they were; narrow stripes, small sprigs, spots, or stars appear to be the favourite styles; these figures are frequently of the same colour as the ground, but of a ...