... ?? (FRtOM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) tr PARIS, DEC. 29. SI The Emperor's allusion to the forthcoming Exhi- ti bition, in his speech from the throne, should set every mind at rest as to the opening of the Palais de s ?? on the first day of May next. It would a be weak to allow the Emperor of Russia to interfere t with the commercial developments of Western t! Europe. Let him see a great nation ...

... 2'BRS BATTLE OF INKERMAN. (P10K PIll ILLUSPRATED WXD@N NEWS.] Sebastopol lay shrouded I. thick Novembher gloom, And through the midnight silenee The guns had ceased to boom. The sentinel outworn In watohing for the morn, From Balakiava'e heights Beheld the Russian lights, In the olose beleaguered fortress far aclown; And heard a sound of bells Wafted upwards through the dells, And a roar of ...

... LITERATURE, TORX OF THE ENGLISII POOR LAW.| jstor!Y of the Eiiglid;h Poor Lawo in Conncf ita~i~ *d1 tt ILsigslat~on and othesr ?? *ffcc- site COflditiOa of thce PeOPle. By Sir Gisoaws Sgl., ?? late Poor-lawr Comimissioner .,d ecretasrY to the Poor-law Board. Lonldon johnD M2urray. Wil title of this work gives by no meaus an ade- teidea of its contents. Instead of being ?? a history of the poor ...

... CAgBINET PICTU RES AND SKETCHES OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL. As for some reason or other access to the artiet'o work-rerm is not so easily obtained in London as in Rome, or on the continent generally, the establishing of exhibi- tions of art becomes amatter of importance, both as regards the advantage of the public at large and that of artists in- dividually, The present Exhibition of Worka by ...

... cf The Scottish EMhibitiou of Arts and Manufactures connected with areciltectsre wsas opened on Friday, in the building erected for the purpose in Bath-street, Glasgow. n The occasion drew together aevery large assemblage of the 3 fashion and beauty of the western metropolis of Scotland. Among other parties present in their official capacity were ry the iln. the Lord Provost, Sir Archibald ...

... LITERA TUBE. The Unisersal Dictionary of Science, Letuers, ?? (Dictionaire Universel des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Arts). Edited by M. N. BOVILLET. L. Hachette and Co. Paris. The French are lovers of dictionaries, manuals, and vade.mecums. They are great in books of reference, and spend vast sums on their compilation. They form companies to publish one extensive work ( The History of the ...

... TlHEl MAGAZINES. Id BLACK WOOD. Thes opening and closiing papers have reference to his the great Stdallabsorbing topic of the day-the rk war in the E~ast-thus imparting to Old Ebony quite tof a muartiail appearance, and investing it with qoali- rytics which would almnost justify its adoption for a :w- motto of the well-knowna words of the Latin poet, n- artno v1irrn qut caneo. In the first of ...

... .LITEFRATURE. HItSTORY OF THEli ENfG;LISH POOR LA. gro~Vi; ,4 History of the Engiswh Poor Lawo in Csnp~~t. Gtf with~ the Legislation GOId other circu~mstances aifC. raed.E ing the Clorditiol) of the People. By Sir Gio5G oruri NIcIIOLLS, ?? Iate Poor-law Cowmissi~a, ce aud Secretary to the Poor-law Board. Joha MurraY. . oat (CosiCtsded from27w ThMAoraintj C'lsronicte of ye~f>>| a The ...

... DR URw Y-LANE THEA TRE. A short picwrtencby Mr. otenb Zr BlonacoCAuLevT, was pprdduced at this tiseatro last ovenileg. Though described in the bills a a petiie del'aooa, it is, in fact, tmerely a tingle arose, and titat not a very bugl ont. Fromn the retrospec- te iiotO~ irdeoml us by ?? y h various prea et, it ep- iap puaces that al Easehisisman namedf George Tarleton has, while teavelling ...

... I- -,RZIA AND ITS INHABITANTS. p 9'1c1rkolas 1. Emperor of Russia ; with a ',¢ceo R of russia and the Russians. By I Loudon: Lougman, Brown, Greeu, w171twonlan ein Russia : Impressions of So- . tei ,l ariuers of the Russians at Hlonic. By lvY Ten l'car9 Resident in that Country. ,a1 . Jo3 Murray. 1 u ;dc - wvhich we naturally feel as to the e And ?? of foreign countries generally, ?? ...

... LITERA TURE. 7The Westminster Revie6w. -January, 18.55. (Chapman, Londort.) There is nothing of us but doth suffer a war change. Here is the new Westminst~er, with fourI articles out of seven political. In the present state of the public mind, it will Dot be thought the worse for that, but the better-if the political articles are wise and informing. It should not he forgotten, also, that the ...

... LITEIA TUBE. Romre Life in RSwia. By a RUSSIAN NOBLE. Hurst and Blackott. Home Life in Russia illustrates many phases in Russian life. The incidents are so peculiar, and the characteristics so novel in the eyes of ordinary Europeans, that the book can scarcely fail to interest the reader. It throws a strong light upon many features of the social constitution of Russia, which have hitherto ...