... WHE G REAT EXHIBITION. :~ %. : -- 7s -- - .Iauttendance, - yesterday, although many thou- saa4q'.elow the monstfr gatheringof the preceding day, wasyet considerably beyond the nurd ber of previous Wed- nesdsSy`:. 68,000 persons were admitted. on Wednesday fwee, hile yesterday the. numbers' considerably exceeded 61,PQ0. Iler Majesty was, as usunl, one of the earliest visit jdtpa ceeded to ...

... The Derby day made little impression on the; ap- pearance of the crowd in the Crystal Palace. There were people enaogh in London bor the Derby aud the Exhibi-i 1 tion, and it surprised foreigners that a concoursa of eleganceO and fashion could be found in both places. In the after- noon the navy was, as usual, the scene of favourite resort,'! and in the promenade we noticed several leaders of ...

... - &ngs of FrantO. - Composed by CIHARLM3 GouroDU zE .The quality of th'ese 'ga, 'nd' ,theiir recoption i iboth in Paris and London, have settled the question started by some of our musical critics as to the young author's 1- e character as' a tobmaposer. The cold reception of 'his' Sappho at thQ Grand Opera, and (in its Italian drqqs) a . at Coveixt-gariednwa4' Lndeniably owiing to tbe, ...

... On entering the building yesterday, it was satis- factory to find that the daily complaints of the public and the press on the subject of ventilationhadnot been left wholly unattended to. The whole of the glass in the east and west galleries has been removed, and such light airs as generally blow in that direction have free ingress and egress. A similar change is contemplated with respect to ...

... PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The entertainments at this theatre last night con: sited of ,The First Part of King Henry IV., and a new afterpiece, called Tender Precautions, or the Romance of Marriage. The play was strongly cpst. Bartley's Fasft was an excellent and; successful performance. It was, perhaps, a little too elaborate. He seemed studiously desirous to make I points; and his anxiety not ...

... ITHE GIE'A .'EXHIBITION.- CONTENTS OF 'ILT E GLASS JAIAOE. i THE AGRICULTUIRAL IMPLEM TS AND la ; ' ?21t01)UCE. . . a There is, perhaps, na department of the xhibi- li tion which has exc Lied more surprise amongst it numerous and educateidl classes of . our o.ucaountry- 'al men, or more admiratioi in! the minds of our inteqli- w gent froteign visitors, than the alriculturul'imuplements. pl Our ...

... LITERATUBE. Foreign temiinisecnccs. By HENnY RICHARD LORD HOLLAND; Edited by his Son, H. EDWARD LOUD I HOLLAND. Longemtan. 1850. o This is a volume that every one will snatch up aad dive into. The noble author was one of the best informrd-men in Europe-; -had-travelled; -hadt-known- and been able-to form a ,personal judgment of every celebrated radn. And hefe ase those judgments re- cordA -fHi ...

... MD;SIC. -PHILMARMQI4I SOCIETY. The programme of the Seventh Concert, whieh took ?? last night, was as follows Sinfnis, No. I (Gread) la 0 .. ?? - 1nh . Bemit., ' Elifin me roilk reuL'. Ait, Daes l'ombre de ld nult:' (Le Chaperon RIupg) . ?? Bolelu Overture, Corlolan ?? . ?? -. Bee scee,' * La calms dans mon asae (Der Freischitz) Madame Chart ?? ?? Weber' Concerto, No. 2, Viol'n, Mr. ...

... [ HER MAJRSTY'S .TREATRE. Thalberg's new opera,. Florinda, orethe Moors in 76pain, was performed for the first timelastnight. ?? It ex. a)cited an .extraordinaryidegree of interest; for, though M- a lbeor has for many years. beea .eelebiatnd, throughout dE| rope, yet he. is aft. entire debutant as a dramatic corm °poiser. Indeed, beyond.two or. three occasional songhe is e ?? 1uown As the ...

... ROYAL ITALAN OPERA. The wlanapement of thi3 theatrt has a1t no, time since the arrival of Madame Garcia Viardot in reproducing the 'PrbpheteYt This great' opera was 'peaoredonSx a- turday eveningv with 'all i'ae magniacenee ofprenouw seasons. 3¢adsiuno Viar4ot 'ireeivedwith loudl and lting.continued: ?? fronm every part of the house, er pexfdrmance of~tho part of Fldes-.a partwhiioh she has ...

... Mtr?Af.. .,D .HARMONIC1 &OCII : ' Hfifedel's fsalmsoni wa-perbonimed -aut evedno.g at Vlxefer-hall,O5 theoftrestime uider the dirctanof Adx Costa, whoseddmirable skill and judgment 'ootriasbted! ,gr~tlki'to enhiance the powceftthis noble worke 'amson .e mri written-ismiediately after thse Mcssisii wrhen Hsn- .epitch of sublimity f ineh. lssheverbeen psas4 %he' eeftiof tiek oratorio, ...

... I I There was no incident worthy of special notice on Saturday, unless it were another visit from the Duke of Devonshire, who was accompanied by Sir Joseph Paxton. 1 in a promenade through the foreign departments. The I activity of the parties employed in the work of removal is now especially conspicuous in the Sardinian and Italian sections generally; but as these comprise many articles of ...