... ,.BHE EDOBASTON RLAY. The sec?4 annual drauiatiC representation by the pupils 'of ~tle Bbsston Proprietary School, took place ?? the school building, Hagley Road, last nightT in the preene of a large, fashionable, and onthusiastlc audience. The general arrangements were not inferior to those of the previous year, while the programme and the youthful CO7P dramatique, were in nearly every ...

... (From ?? Tinmes.) To Liberia belongs the honour of being first in the field at the Great Exhibition, for on Saturday her consignment of goods was delivered at the building uand stowed away prno tern. in the French court. It was a modest beginning of the future glories of the great show, inasmuch as this first portion of it bnly consisted of certain greasy boxes filled with palm and other ...

... PRINCE NAPOLEON'S PAIPilHP HLET, Thko fxpecctrenl oiuphlet entitled Le Gottcic'ccnment ?? u la I aes, ,711i1 j 1sti' la Dipliatic Frcicnccisai,' ?? tU;f. hib ?? chl i a Il . It if' by Id. I'clcaieC, 1the Pi irez tu`!ctii I 1c c!f N i lwo Napolieon, al1rd is it iliojection Orf Sb vnco'rc itscitiving to sic te ilospr.al pa -ner (if the racIMC3 . 'ATlbe (I'jc . i(f ?? lkl]icatiioi, ey-c thzea ...

... | SCHOOLS OF XRT~ AND THE TEACHING I 01F DESIGN The tecond number of a recently started journal, the Art YrWo71, contains a searching article on the Govern- ment Schools of Design, and the way in WhiChh they have been managed by Mir. Henry Cole and his colleagues. The followina passage, extracted from the article in question, wo commend to the attention of the committee of the- Birmnliugham ...

... MR. CHOrPLEY ON NATIONAL MU1(;, The fourth lecture upoti usic was e delivered at tha Midland Institutc on Monday, to a very meagre audiet0., The lecture, according to the syllabus, was upon The Music of the *West-Eugland ann its 0l}sato'. Tl3 ap-pearance of the lecturer, accompanied by *7r. Thor,1D Anderton, was the signal for a very cordial round applause. In the coursc of his introductory ...

... TIHE ?NEA EMIIGRATION FIELD. ll1 RiIVER PLATE AND THE EXHIBITION. The niuihier of medals and honourable mentions awarded 1v lhe juries of thc International Exhibition to the pro- dswsts of tlse Republic of Monte Video, relatively to the e tnilt of thc collection, has excited surprise among those to whous that country is almost unknown, and must direct the pul~lic attention very strongly to the ...

... I The private view of the Society of Artists' Exhibition took place on Saturday, at the Rooms in New Street. The ?? 's very' numerous ; and, the afternoon being tolerably fine, the rooms had a bright, pleasant, and ani. mated look. Thei invitations were so freely responded to, that the Society 'had no cause to be dissatisfied with the lsuccess of their opening day; and the visitors generally ...

... TEA I'ELS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ; with the Narrative of ?? Voyage rounld Vancouver's Island. By Captall C. E. BAssEu'sTr-LeNADia . (London: Hurst and Ilacicett.) As considerable interest attaches at the ?? mxoxcnltto everything connected with British Columbia antd Vancouver's Island, notices of any work bearing on those colonies will be acceptable to the public, and. of some pralctical utility ...

... Signor Ronconi's state of health is such as to prevent his coming to London this year. Halvy is said to have left behind him an opera in readiness for immediate representation. Her Majesty's Commissioners intend to invite foreign visitors. to an evening party at the South Kensington Museum on Friday next., The new rooms containing the Special Exhibition of Works. of Art will be lighted for the ...

... ins is The Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on or Tuesday, drew together a very large and fashionable con- 'jef course of visitors, among w1hom we observed the Earl of be Westmoreland, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Suther- a land, Lord Sefton, the Duke of St. Atban's, Lord Ports- he mouth, Lord Chesterfield, and many other distinguished of members of the nobility. to The ...

... TiHE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. TEE FOREIGN COURWS..- HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. (SEVENTH ATrICL ) However excellent the warrant which history and geogr aphy furnish for associating the names of Holland and ]l -gium, it does not need the mechanical barrier intvriposed between the two Courts at Kensington to assure us of the perfect independence and distinctive- ness of the respective displays of ...

... t THE CLOSING. It is not intended ti close the building totally on the lot of November, as will be seen by the following copy of the Minute passed by her Majesty's Commissioners at their meeting on Monday last Resolved, to close the Exhibition on Saturday, the lst of Novemnber, 'but that the building shall remain open for another fortnight after that date at a higher price of admission, in ...