... A more pleasing evening we have rarely spent than that of Tuesday at the Corn Exchange. The grand amateur concert was in every respect a success complete as it was gratifying. The Exchange Hall was nearly filled by a fashionable and a o critical audience, and the brilliant attire of the ladies enlivened p the scene. The executants were grouped upon the platform II with very effective taste, ...

... Macaulay versus Fox. An Inquiry into the Truthfulness of Lord Macaulay's Portraiture of George Fox. By JOHNu STEPHENsoN ROWNTREE. London: A. W. BiNNETT, 5, r Bishopsgate-street Without. Mr. Rowntree has affectionately and somewhat earnestly vindicated Fox's memory in this reprint of two lectures which he delivered some months ago. lie takes a passing glance of the period immediately preceding ...

... | .. _ .I . , ^ .. - - L 2 . The annual general meeting of the members of this im- portant institution was held at the Museum on Friday last. The report of the committee for the past year having been read by the Secretary, Mr. Jewitt, It was resolved, on the motion of Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Bart., seconded by Mr. Longdon, that the same be received and adopted. The treasurer's balance-sheet of ...

... LITIRATURE. 27e Art-Journcl. No. Xii., New Series, December. Lon- don: JAMES S. VIRTUE, 26, Ivy-lane. The Art-Journal brings with it this month one of the most charming engravings we have ever seen. It is a beautiful reproduction of Miaclise's Origin of the Harp, the poetical illustration of the following pretty lines by Moore:- 'Tis believed that this Harp, which I wake now for thee, Was a ...

... Fiferam x1ofices. CA1Ens'S 3oUtNAL FOR JUNE. THE Boox OF DAYS ror JUNE. Edinburgh: TV. d R. Chaambers. Tim first article in Chamnbers's Journal for June is -The Rise and Fall of the Daily .Flambeau-a capital description of the establishment, progress, decline, and break-up of a new daily paper by a limited liability company. There is a remarkably good article on Emanuel Swedenborg, and an ...

... A 5ONSTER OE A LOCONOTM. . Tf'r, (Iecat Norltioru of Frane Ranilway Compatny ?? , cil* piC ff-fd ?? of it locomotive, which 1!;, ,. i: . . iwl.-lt r i.. wetor-Itiomli, and coal-honk, !O, ah.w lodiler to Siilic a height that the iw onei,; is how it can passm under an ordinary bridge. Its4 ?? instead of standing straight upright; as is the manner with ordinary locomotives, has to be cailed over ...

... (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) It is unfortunately too true that there is a sad ?? of management among the authorities of the Exhibition. Whether the Wvorki has been too nnuli Tor tle staff employed, or the division of lalolur becen carried out upon a bad principle, curtaln it is that many things have been made a m les, and a very bitter feeling of dissatisfactioln geij r:ted in the mninds of ...

... (FROMs OUR SrECIAL CoautESPONDUNT.) LONDosN, April 24. The vast edifice may be ready for the opening t ceremony ol the 1st of May. In these days of marvels it would be bold to predict that the floors X will not be cleared of the vast mass of goods and debris, and will not be swept and garnished in 1 the space of a week. All we can say is, that the contemplation of such a possibility exhibits ...

... 91p Pitmruafifna . ttt ?? We have said nothing of the Exhibition buildigi t incomplete state, and have abstained also from premature comment upoflnits contents. But now that it is open we shall proceed from week to week through a somewhat full discussion of the picture it presents of the World's material progress and of the present condition of the Fine and Thul International Exhibition of ...

... THE LITERARY EXAMINER, leisure Hours zn Town. By the Author of' The Recre- ations of a Country Parson.' Parker, Son, and Bourn. In a refined, well-flavoured comiaon sense lies the whole charm of the essays contributed to Fraser's ?? under the signature 1 A. K. H. B., and here forming a third volume of reprints. The Country Parson is not a profound philosopher, neither is he a wit. His ...

... THE UITER.ATIONAL EXHIBITION, The rain had a very depressing effect on the for- tunes of the Exhibition yesterday, the attendance not much exceeding 40,000 at three o'clock. The schools and public establishments, however, con- tinue to muster strong, and the railways to send up their contingents from the country. The schools yesterday were Isleworth British, franked by the Baroness Rothschild, ...

... lie TeStra lie The Saturday attendances at the Exhibition are a gradually declining, and for this very good reason, itthat the classes of society who could afford to pay half-a-crown for admission are leaving town as fast &as they can, Our distinguished foreign visitors are nnow the mainstay of our two fashionable days. t The Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaiefna and be suite, attended by Baron ...