... THE OPENING CEREMONIAL. The following is an abstract of the official progrannild of the ceremonial to be observed at the State opening of the Intternational Exhibition on Thursday next, As is already known, the Queen, under the impossibility of per- forming the inaugural ceremony, has appointed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, IC.G., his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord ...

... THE. GLORIO.US EVENT AT TOULOUSE. Thie Ghinon.Nyationale giveB anhistorical sketch of the lglorious event, the tercentenary 'festivil of which the; Archbishop of Toulouse has been prohilited from cele' ?? plaeb ten years before tho St. Batthaolo' niew massacre at, Paris. . Twhe aet roes,. ants and Catholips had flamed up into a civil war:-- The. Protestanto intrenehed' themselvef .in ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Some definite arrangements are now being made, says the Times, with regard to the details of the opening cere snony on the 1st of May. Up to the present no official decision has been announced, but if all that is intended is carried out in the spirit in which it is devised the whole ceremonial will as a spectacle be one of the richest and most notowortly tlsat has ...

... O THE FORTHCOMING GREAT EXHEIBITION. . MEETING OF THE LOCAL. COMMITTEIE, Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Local Exhibitioii Committee was held in the lecture theatre of the Midland Institute. Dr. LLOYD presided, anid there were present Messrs. Henry Van V/art, John Lowe, J. H. Hopkins W*. H. AlI. Blews, J. C. Shaw, BMeCallum, MV. C. Aitken, and C. J. Payne (Secretary.) mArl. PAYNE read the ...

... 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 following decisions regarding juries have just been issued by the Commissioners:- GENERAL- CONDITIONS. 1. Objects exhibited in the Industrial Department of the Exhibition have been divided into 36 head classes, whiclh, for the convenience of thehjuries, have in several cases been sub-divided into sections. The classes, with their sections, amount to 65 in number. 2. Each class, when not ...

... ROY AL GENERAL TIIEkTl'l[(!AL 'UNDI). ?? BUC1(STONE ON THE CLERtCY ANtD AMUSEMENTS. The Wlth anniversary festival in connection with this fullnd was held 1:1st evening, at the Frecnussons' Taveris. Abouit *200 gentiulemen 'ere liresett. Imitating the Italian examile, ladies were admitted to the Ficemasons' Hall, ,It vnly in tbls charactcr of spectators. The chair was illmed tby 3m. Nlfred ...

... I'OM IATY AN!) SIVl'ITZERLAND. By FELIX i. ~ ?B IIOLIX. Tianslated from the Ger- ~ , ayWallace. [London Longmans and Co.] a pragaphwas inserted in the English and ca soper ?? anlyonle who ?? letters M.dlshnto senid themn to the anthor of this Work, ii Banltiaitboldy, with the view of completing ~ ~ is correspiondencee which it was contein' tsidlh.This request aplisars to have been very ...

... ( From oar. ,Speeiaf Lo'rrespondent.) LoN)oN, Monlday Evening. Admiration is a very exhaustive exercise, and when once it hlls been elicited in a highldegree by any great effort of hunian intelloect or enterprise, a reaction is pretty sure to follow. A painter's second picture, a poet's second poem, a warlior's second victory is rarely received Nyith the same enthusiastic acclamnation as thlat ...

... LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO TH]E E XH I B IT I ON. MIessrs. Hinks, Wells, afnd Co., of llucU. hIJV designetl and, completed, a very Itmlmane t Ie dicativc of what the firmo is capable of t omuiiisi i steel pen manufacture. It is of large dim , oitlitIIC glass front, and the asrtickes slhs avI ?? stud no less effectively arranged iplist a si id, Iark velvet grousnd ill the interior. To arrane 1 ltl ...

... An enormous amuount of work remains to be done by the exhibitors themselves. The BJitish are now cou- fessedly ahead of their foreign competitors, but, unless they make further exertions, they will only be ahead, and by no means quite ready. The executive staff and the contractors have worked with such unremitting diligence that their portion of the undertelcilg is ahmost complete, and it is ...

... oA x OGO F, S U Di M E Ri. A RS S . BlRADBIURY (QUALLON). 9111iomr, come again to earth- Let me see thy sunny bloom; itet the crimson rose have birth; WNinter chills me with its gloom. Sliow thy beauty on the wold, Virgin Spring will quickly wane j4ive the flowers their hues of gold, Let thy sunshine fiinge the lane. W'ake again hle humming bee, Toiling 'moug the bollied flowers; ID my dreams ...