... The bold and comprehensive scheme proposed by Mr. Thomas Fairbairn, for the foundation here of a permanent and free art gallery and museum on a grand scalers much talked about. The words art gallery, although per- baps the best that could have been selected, convey but a faint idea of the magnificent undertaking suggested. In the long letter which he addressed to the local papers, Mr. ...

... 'Tis sweet at dewy eve to rove When softly sighs the western breeze, And wandering 'mid the star-lit grove To take a pinch of snuff and sneeze. 'Tis sweet to see in daisied field The flocks and herds their pleasure take; But sweeter are the joys they yield In tender chop and juicy steak. 'Tis sweet to hear the murmurous sound That from the vocal woods doth rise, To mark the pigeons wheeling ...

... appointment* for tbe Wittb. Monday, 27th.Chepstow Fair. ...

... fit. A CABINET CopNCiL was held on Saturday. HER MAJESTY visited the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday. No alteration has, taken place in the Court arrange- ments for the ensuing month. It is expected that her Majesty will leave town on the 8th or 9th of March for Osborne, and will return to town a day or two before the day appointed for the first drawing-room in 1860, the 24th of March. THE first ...

... Jtabal and JfUlttatg. LOUD CLYDE.—According to the latest accounts from India (says the Army and Gazette.), Lord Clyde has yielded to the pressure of the Governor- General's wishes, and has consented to remain in India for another year. The result will be a general though partial change in the Indian commands. As Sir Hugh Rose retains the Bombay command, Sir William Mans- field intends, it is ...

... PARIS, SEPT. 4. The Patrie of this evening publishes the following telegram:— NAPLES, SEPT. 3. The annexationist committee assembled this morning and received communication of a letter from Garibaldi, stating that, as the state of the country requires a de- finitive solution, he will arrive at Naples about the 8th instant, and will in the name of Victor Emmanuel assume the dictatorship of ...

... EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT FRAUD. Whilst hay was fetching X5 a-ton, a well-to-do farmer in the Isle of Man hid himself in a load, and his weight of course was added to that of the hay. Before the hay was shipped the trick was detected, and after another weighing 7s. 9d. was deducted from the price. ...

... PARIS, TUESDAY. The Patrie of this evening publishes, under reserve, the following dispatch 1 £ NAPLES, MAY 28. Garibaldi having collected all his forces and military materiel, attacked Palermo on the morning of the 27th instant, made himself master of all the outer works, and succeeded in entering the tovm. News of a later date announces that firing continued in the town. The fire of the ...

... (For the ensuing Week). FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. — Should the weather become dry and warm all newly bedded-out plants will require daily watering. The benefit of little basins round each plant will then be readily seen. Let the young shoots on all old Fuchsia stools be thinned out to five or six. Attend diligently to standard roses constant disbudding is necessary at this period also ...

... PARIS, MAY 7.. The Patrie of this evening says We lo ,rn thai; General Garibaldi has left for Sicily with an expedi- tionary corps d'armee. The Patrie adds General Garibaldi, by acting thus,, commits an action which falls under the application of the law against piracy. The same journal further says: The Sardinian Government has ordered the- Sardinian vessels off Sicily to oppose with armed ...

... INDIA AND CHINA. ■, I -j., MARSEILLES^ MAY 3. It is reported here on the authority ot letters received. ttoni bombay to the 11th ult., that orders had been given in Lombay and Madras to suspend the dispatch of troops to China, hopes being entertained of an amicable arrange- ment of the pending diiiiculties. Khan 1! ah ado or nad been hung. The disturbances among tne indigo planters appeared to ...

... CITY, MONDAY, MAY 7. Demand for Money has diminished, and rates of discount rather given way, there having been many arrivals of the Precious Metals during last few days. There is more business doing in Public Securities, Consols are 95 j-f; and Three per Cent Reduced 95|-f. ...