... The distance from town, the high charge for tickets of admission thus rendered necessary, and the very unfavourable weather that prevailed at the time when the Fancy Fair was held at Maybury, on the occasion of the first stone being laid of the Royal Dramatir College, all contributed to diminish the attendance on that day, and prevent many who had eagerly anticipated the event from joining in ...

... GRAND EXIIIBITION OF FINE' ARTS AT BER USSELS. i _ LUnderthe immediatepatronege if the Belgian Government.] The exhibition commences on the 15th of August, and closes on the 15th of October, 1860. It is open to the works of all living Belgian or foreign artists. The objects intended for exhibition must be addressed, A la Commission Directrice do 1'Exposition Geinerle dcs Beaux-Arts i; ...

... COURT AND FAFION, AMONDAY.-Her Majesty the Queen and his royal highness the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes past tselve o'clock to-day, for the Royal Pavilion, Aldersbott Camp. Mfer Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the princess Alice, the Prince of Wales and the Count of Flanders. The royal party left the palace in four of the Queen's carriages, ...

... I ?? TEu O(2FICIA- ILLUSTRATc D GUIDE TO TABE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND THE SOUTH WALE1S AND CORNWALL EXTEN- SCO:S. Illustrated by GEORGB MEASOM, .Rchard Griffin and CStationers' Hall-0ourt.RihrGifnad Accustomed as We are in these Railway days of competition and Pr0gress I esee great feats performed and remarkable results ob- tained, we honestly confess that the literary work before us, and ...

... L-TERARY MSOELLANEA Bn'TiTr was unakceown to the Greeks; they have no ord whioh expresses an idea of it. HaE who labours for mankind, without a care for himself, has already begun his immortality. Tere true poet is he who finds for 'he uliversal thought and foaling the becoming language. A GOjrp- VorAoGa.-Dlrakes voyage round the world was one of the most profitable, as well as glorious, adven ...

... THE SCRAP-BOOK COL'UIL ' TNxrsTBucivE ExTzETANMfiNT. -On referring to iots of the courses of lectures that had been given in this thriving hall, I fancied -I detected a shyness in admitting that human nature when at leisure has any desire whatever to be relieved and diverted; icnd a future sliding in of any poor make.weight piece of amusement, shame-facedly and edgewise. 'Thus, I observed that ...

... The literary anvils are now in full activity, and the resfllts come so fast one upou the other thet the critic has much ado to keep pace with them. Several important works were submitted to us !ate ]last Week, and but for the faet j Lrnat it wouI(1 L1?' a been urf ?? t.o Cotice them on a mere glauce-perusal, tiliy would have received attention earlier. Pro- niilent aniong these is Tlhe History ...

... HER MAJESTY'S 1I1P.HEITRE. _ _ - I Lar.t night a grand extra plerfi ir nce vas given, the re- i ceipts (f biceh have been presented by Mr. E. T. Smith to P l the fuend of t he VolYuniteer Riflo Association, The day was selected as being thatton whicth the distribntion (of prizes for I the best rifle shooting in the presence oif her Ma jesty and the I'rince Consort was fixecl to tako placo at ...

... BROUGH tMEORIAL FUND. A vocal and instrumental concert on a great s took place on Friday at St. Jame'sb-lal, for the beneft of the widow and family of the late lamented Robert Brough. It was got up by a committee of gentle- men-riends of Mr. Brough ; and a number of the r0ost 4minern members of the musical profession-a profession ever ready to come forward in the cause of benevolence- gave ...

... PROVINCIAL THEA rRICALO. (FROac OUR OWN CORRERSPONDEN!TS.) ABRBDBEN- Thewafe o or gad~jtyhae fr te lstfew weeks been completel)' Covredwit imens poter, anoucin avisit from Messrs Howe's ?? fmou CioueThor frstapparance in Aberdeen will be no Mnda, te 16h istat, wenweas sue, heywil have an exeel- lentaudenc, fr tereis o oasoof musmens mre opnar here t han a god Creu, an wekno theUntedStats ne ...

... Lucite. By Owen Meredith, Author of ' The Wanderer,' I Clytemnestra,' etc. Chapman and Hall. Three narrative poems have appeared during the season now closing, namely, Lucite, by the writer signing himself Owen Meredith, Vfiryinia's Hand, by Miss Power, and A 3Ian's Heart, by Dr Mackay. Of the numerous volumes of minor poetry few have risen above the mono- tony of undistinguished cleverness; ...

... FIVE ARTS. D~ce sing Tint ET.GIN MArLBLs.ES.-Several important changes have and recently been made in the arrangement of the sculptures had and casts in the Athenian Galleries of the British Muselum, ?? The statuos of Theseus and of H-yperion, with the Horses ?? of Day rising from. the waves, have been plrced within pro- framework corresponding with tile extreme angle of tho tage pedimentof ?? ...