... LONDO V INSTITUTION. The fourth soirfe of this institution for the season took place on Wednesday last, when a considerable collection of works of art, pieces of mechanism and apparatus, and speci- |mens of natural objects, were exhibited in the library, to which various proprietors of the institution, artists, and men of science contributed. We may notice the following arti- cles :-The ...

... _-O Some little time since we directed the attention of our readers to the noble church erecting in Margaret-street, as a specimen of the highest art applied to the service of the Church of England. The building to which we now request them to accompany us is scarcely less remarkable in its way. Intended as a school for the sons of farmers and tradesmen, and a college for the education of ...

... THE NA V Y. SHEERNESS, MARaCn 20. The EBpiegle, 12-gun brig, Commander George Hancock, was inspected by Captain the Hon. Montage Stopford. The crew were paid advance yesterday, and she sailed this morn- ing, she was towed round the Garrison Point by the steam- tug vessel African. The wind being from north-west blowing a fresh breeze. She was smartly put under all sail in a very seaman-like ...

... [A portion of the following appeared in our Second Edition ofyesterday:-] [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.1 [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, TUESDAY MoRmINa. The Moniteur announces that news has been I received from Constantinople, which gives hopes that the complication in Oriental affairs will be concluded without compromising the good under- standing between the European nations. LFROM OUR OWN ...

... ND MUSEUM OF INVENTIONS. The following important correspondence has just taken place with reference to this subject:-- Town-hall, Manchester, March 17, 1853. Sir--I have the honour to transmit to you a memorial addressed to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which you will much oblige me by placing, as and when it may be convenient, in the hands of his Royal Highness, communicating at the same ...

... TERlUFIC COAL-PIT EXPLOSION AT WIGAN, I A brief notice appeared in T/re .ilfcrsriq Chlr'onicle on Friday usoriring of a fearful loss ot life which occurred at noon on the previous Wednesday, at Wigan, in Lancashire, the result of an explosion iln a colliery. We regret to learn from thle full particulars which we have received from our Correspondent (intercepted by the railway arrangements for ...

... INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGIINEERS. MARCHl 15 AND 22.-Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., vice-president, in the chair. Both evenings wera en. tirely devoted to the discussion of Mr. D. K. Clark's paper Oa Locomotive Boilers. The proceedings were commenced by an explanation of the diagrams exhi- bited, and by reference to examples from the expe- rience of Pambour, and other experlinentalists, in cor ...

... The existing act, passed in 1850, for the regulation of friendlysocieties, liriits the amount of annuity it Per-its them to grant to £30 each, reduces the rate of interest, and prevents the granting of annuities to any but widows and children. In consequence of those clauses, several useful and benevolent societiea in Ireland have been compelled to suspend their transactions altogether. Doctor ...

... To l11x EDITOR o0 TIIJ MORNING CHRONIRLH. Em1-PUblic attention seems now to be fixing itself on India and its affairs. It is to be hoped, therefore, that those who wish to form an opinion for themselves will be induced to examine the evidence taken last session by both Houses of Parliament. Ou the strength of this evidence, both com. | mittees have passed a favourable opinion on the existing ...

... I WE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, I, ~ ~ .MARCH 22. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ar- mand Pictet, Esq., now British Consular Agent, to be her Majesty's Consul at Geneva. MARCH 21. The Queen has been pleaeed to approve of Mr. Bernhard Areberg as Consul at Port Adelaide for the Free HEnseatio City of Hanebseg. The Queen has also been pleased to approve ...

... TRE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. NO. V.-SOURCES OF REVENUE-THE LAND ASSESSMENT OF BENGAL. , TO THE EDITOR oF THE MORNING CHIRONICLE. SIR-I turn now to the sources of Indian revoule, which i are likely to be the object of unreserved and perhaps ill- I directed criticism. I commence with a notice of the land i tax, the oldest and most universal mode of taxation in thel East, paid by the peasant ...

... UJNIERSITY REFORM. To THEB EDITOR oF 'Han MORNING CIIRONICLE. |SIR-Whatever may be advisable in the way of Universit, extension, I fully agree with yourself and Mr. Freeman it considering that very much may be done to render existini means more efficient. The history of all great institution may convince us that it is not the extdet of the system, bui the vitality contained in it, which ...