... PsoGnESS OF TMlE ARPLANG;EEYTS.-The hoardings and plain fittings on the eastern side of the building are norr nearly complete, anti an opportunity is affarded of forming an apptoti- mate ?? ate of the amonnt of the contributions received from foreign countries. Many of the compartments are, as Yet, quite empty. No arrivals from the United States have taken place up to the present time; and ...

... YTSBITIWNY OF LLHE 'RKS Or' I ?? INDUSTR Y OF IALJL Nll,=TIONS,'18611 Lraoi I' 9DITr R! C-WO beliove that n srraagent en ista ta no U mnnade to corn)y irma ?? I various obliga tiont, -mbieh Nvill bed~ fi d ?? ?? Commitai Of thin dl-tltrtot focal Itrn Si blnvi henar apponirtod (or abrenst a Yolry deparmntilt of raw rmate'innta, CH produce, 01micai .'rrrg'ftih fne aismimal hionoon, maci~nery a. ...

... ne __ _ _ a Ois Trursdav, the third R ?? show of the Hlrdderufield h i ortlicultural aoli Floral Society, was hld insiteccrtisei-rouod lit Ifalifdisxroad. The nuoruing optned threatosingly, and coltinued Ile to ustil atout one oclok, when the stll broke out, and dissipated I d( ?? fears of those who ttad beeo expec tng a wet afternoon. The t he exhibtibiss took plce in Ibe large nmarqtl.6 of ...

... ICa PRODUOED BY STEAM Powcr.-That ice can be produced by mechanical means many may have heard; but that steam may be used as an auxili- ary for the purpose will seem hardly credible. It is, however, now being daily demonstrated at the Great Exhibition by Mr. Thomas Masters, of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street, the inventor of various ingenious machines for freezing. The ...

... PACTS AND INCIDENTS OFjTHE GREAT EXHIBITION. 0, On Saturday last £1,862 2s. Od. was taken at the n- doors of the building, the number of visitors being in0,236. DurinY the afternoon a most extraordinary Sn specimen of Gold ore from California was placed in is the American portion of the nave, which, from its le size and evident richness, attracted an immense a- amount of attention. In ...

... TElE GREAT EXHIBITOY. n ?? noise of the hammer is now hoard incessantly d and up to the latest hour within the Glass Palace, and a corresponding amount of ahldevement marks in the close of each day, The nave was never fuller of packages than it is at present-a circumstance which is partly attributable to the inadequacy of Le the wharfage for the reception of the goods. There d are only two ...

... , vublic alnuoemrato. k DRURY LAN9 THEATIRE. A crowded audience assembled at this house on ' Saturday evening, 'attracted by the announcement of a new drama, from the pen of: Mr. Bourcicault. When the curtain drew up, however, we found our. ;7, selves treated to the opening-secene of that venerable 'yacquaintance, Simpson, and Co. 'At first the audi. ence did not know, wbat to make of it, but ...

... ioubisr amuommon0. HAYMARRET THEATRE. The town has lost too many of its old favourites not to welcome back one of its choicest, after a long and severe illness, with great heartiness ; and I, the warmth of Mr. Wallack's reception at this theatre on Monday night was commensurate with lids merits arid his popularity. lie selected for his 6 re-appearance the character of all others requiring the ...

... SEASON TicKETS.-In consequence of the immense demand for ticlkets of admission for the opening (no less than 10,000 having been applied for on Wed- nesday) the Executive committee decied that from Thuraday morning the price should be increased by a guinea each, in the hope that this addition to the kg charge would limit the number of visitors to some- a, thing like what the arrangements ...

... FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT I ~~~EXHIIBITION. On Saturday the numbers did not exceed 12,000. The receipts were-seisson-ticlkets, £33 12s. ; at the doors, £1674 10 :-to al receipts, £1,708 2i. On Monday 07.555 persons visited the Crystal Palace, and £3,016 'Al, was the amount takdn at the doors. Another ch;.tge has been made in the number and ?? of the jets of gas displaying the re- ...

... Ug)lemo. Is Magazmine. February. Simpkin, Mar- shall and Co. ho Commission to inquire into the Working the English Universities has been made Io ppropriate occasion for an admirable ar- ,,en tihe constitution and existing condition these institutions in Scotland, The writer pialtially sets forth both their advantages .i their defects, and making all due allow- iec for the latter, it is easy to ...

... THE GREAT EXH*JBITION. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. Arailing myself or the invitation courteously extended to the Editors of the Press by the Executive Committee of lhet Majesty's Commissloners for carrying out tite lonrgtalked of Exposition of the Industry of all NationD, I have this week visited the great metropolis for the purpose, chiefly, of viewing the now world-famed Crystal Palace, and of ...