... (Frvom the Athewnrum.) Of the contents of the building we have to communicate somfe arrangements for setting out the great masses which will fill the nave, in the form of trophiesoor gatherings of distinct manufactures, each in its appropriate group, com- posed in effective centerings. An avenue seventeen feet wvide will be left on either side; nothing whatever will be ?? against the pillars. ...

... NOTFS ON NEW BODKMK. TilE LiuR oe SIR MARC ISAMBAXID BRUNrI., Civil Engineer, Vice-President of the Rloyal Soeiety, Cor- respondiling Member of the Institute of France, c, ?? By RncAxRD BEADMISIf, F. U.S.-[LouoIon: Lannul u and Longmiani.] Marc lliarlbld Bruncl-onc of thoe13 einn to wliolsl England stands largely indebted for her progress in the mechanical arte-wias born iii Normandy, in April ...

... - TBEATREROYAL.;: The production of Sliakespeie'sKing John-on 'the Biraiiigl am stage is an event which, under ordinary cir- cumstances, might be~dismissed in very few words, and, in the absence of some special ground, to dilate on the merits of a perfosnaance so familiarin every detail to local play- goers would! in the words of a prominent character of the drama, be - d be Tediousras a ...

... CONCERT IN AID OF THE IANCASHIE FUND. Aamong theemany efforts for the good work of aiding our fe1llow-countrymen in Lancashire, a concert is announced in our advertising columns, to take place next Friday, at Handsworth. We understand that it will include a dis- play of amateur musical talent of the highest order. The following beautiful and appropriate song has been written expressly for this ...

... A SHORT WTAIF IN HIJAGLPY AND TaANSYLVANIA IN 'I IBr ASPING oF 1862. By Professor D. T. ANSTI)n, M.A., Fp.S., &c. (London: Win. A. Allen and Co.) This little work purports to be a personal narrative of a rapid trip to a part of Europe less known and visited than it appears to deserve. The author believes that a plain statemient of what he hasseen and done in Hungary during the season may ...

... TilE INTERNATIONAL EXRIBITION. - -~ ~ ._ I THE FOREIGN COURTS.-AUSTRIA.. ii (FIFTH ARTICLE.)b For a country-numbering nearly forty millions of t inhabitants, and occupying a good twelfth of Europe, e. Austria makes a singularly small and modest show in t, the north western transept of the Exhibition. In the artistic excellence and symmetrical arrangement of her a: display, however, the land of ...

... VICTOR IIUGO'S. R bW MISERABLES I FI1R8T 'NO TIO.' Yu the FPronch'eiginal Victor Hugo's last and greateat book forms twelve volumes. In the English translati'on it extends over three volumes, each containig about' four hundred closely printed pages, and the. whole cereainly equalling six volumes of the ordinary novel size. As it is obvious that in a busy community like ours comiparativelY ...

... TEE GREAT EXHIBITION. (P,'551 ,55t ,Special Cartesvttoidenttt LONDON, saturday- The geats question jut 10ow in' regard to the Great renliibitiol ?? it be fit to open byst 1st of wora Wellf yesterday, Good Friday, nlot ah strok ofan wor asep pceritthed intpolllel prso the bulinan ?? intoa lislE ho~liday, aosasalsodeer 5atnrday, so that, deducting Suthdays, jt aebout awevek of atuabl worieig ...

... The Xdfgepratf^Ekays:- The Commissioners were long in deliberation on Monday touching several weighty mat- fera which have crowded on their attention lately. We believe the most important resolutions which were passed at ibis sitting related to season tickets, which ara to be admitted after theati of November, and until the end of the time assigned for selling off. to more day tickets 3.e o ...

... FROM SOME RECENr BOOKS. Timc EMIGRANTS NOT IVANTED IN AUMTRALIA.-I believe emigrants are still wanted, such as agricultu- rists, agricultural labourers, mechanics, stone masons; but with regard to other classee, it always struck me that the colony could well dispense with hundreds, if not tens of hundreds, of its present inhabitants, The population of Victoria is 500,000, but the number of ...

... The number of visitors on Saturday was much larger than on any previous day last week. The company wasl, most fashionable and aristocratic one. Much has beens .done during the week to render the principal portions of the building more attractive. There is now a clear space between the two lines of trophies on the sides. On the steps leading to the nave, and at the foot of them, are placed ...

... INTEINATIONAI. EXHIBITION OF 1862. (From the Daily News.) The works at Kensington now so 'nearly approach coin- pletion that there is scarcely any doubt of their being ready for the reception of goods on the 12th, not the 1st of February, as stated by a weekly contemporary. The 12th was the day fixed from the first, and by that thie it is expected that everything will be ready. The foreign ...