... [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] The newspapers generally have given the public a good idea of the Exhibition as a whole, and several departments, which every person is in. terested in, have been more minutely particularised; but there are some which have hardlybeen noticed, because they are not attractive to the cursory observer. If there is one branch of industry more than another with which the ...

... SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THA FINE ARTS. The annual general meeting and distribution of works of Art of the Royal-Association for Pro- motion of the Fine Arts in Scotland toolk place in the Queen Street Hall on Saturday afternoon. There wan' a large attendance; and among the gentlemen on the platform were Lords Neaves and Jerviswoodle; Colonel Macdougal, Major Dundas of ...

... FASHIONS FOR AUGUST ( LrSot L FOLLET.) The fashionables are gradually disappearing irene Paris, bat the toilettes with which they provide them. selves plainly declare they have no desire to leave fashion behind them. t)ur large houses are now busily employed in the Vianufacture of dresses ex- pressly designed for the watering places. IFor the morning, or for travelling, simple dresses, as we ...

... In the Court of Probate, on Saturday, a peti- tion under the Legitimacy Declaration Act, was presented by Mr John Augustus Shiel Bonverie of Castle Dawson, Londonderry, praying for declara- tion thathe wasthelafwful son of Mr Fraucis Kenelm Bouverie. The petition was resisted by members of the Bouverie family in Northampton shire. Sir H. Cairns, in opening the case, said that Mr Francis Keneln ...

... ' (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) This branch of Scotch manufactures does not occupy much space in the Exhibition, and what there is of it is not seen to advantage. Whether the exhibitors or the Commissioners are to blame, we don't know; but right before the Hawick hosiery case stands a much larger case belonging to a clothier, who merely gives the back and. front views of clergymen's gowns, ...

... CLIPPINGS FRON THE MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH. [FIRST NOTICE.] TRUE CULTURE. BEbACIKWOOD opens with a review of Stanhope's fife of Pitt, succeeded by the experiences of a traveller 'Across the Channel, which brings its to another of some valuable - fCaXtoniana, aingularly practical for the author of The Strange Story to indite. The other contribut- tions include a review of David Wingate's ...

... A.LNWICK FAlR. MlONO.nY, .I TJLY 28. 'he vI eather for this imnportant Imarket was rather favounable for the tranisaction of business, nold thee was a very consideralble amount of it doncaliolngstile genelal stock that wecre exhi- bitedl in antythi rg lilke condlition. The attendance of dealers ani buycrs vas rather numerous, but in the early part of the lay they could not come to haigaitning, ...

... An Arab chief, named Si-Hassen-ben-Said- Ahmed, a member of the commission of delegates sent from Algeria to the Universal Eshibition in L6ndon, has just addressed three reports to the Governor-General of that colony, laying before him an account of his mission. The Debates, in the following observations, gives an idea of the nature of the documents in question:- In veading the reports sent ...

... This market was held on Thursday, and was largely attended by farmers from Roxiurghshire and adjoining counties on both sides of the Bor. der. The market is principally for the salc of Cheviot wool, and the Hawick manufacturersare generally the chief buyers, though they have competitors from a distance for the clips. No business was done till the afternoon, and the market opened slow and dull ...

... THE SCOTCH PRIZE WINNERS AT THE T C EXHIBITION. I The following is a list compiled from authentic sources of those from Scotland who have gained I prizes at the International Exhibition :- a oto MINING, QUARRYING, METALLURGY, AND MINERAL no, PRODUCTS. shi Medals. K .aowvans, Rockville, Edinburgh-For successful GCh application of bis borer, and of galvanic blasting to pli quarries worked on a ...

... PEEBLESSEIRE AGRTCULTURAL ASSOCIA-I TION CATTLE SHOW. The sixth annual OxIlibition in connection with this Association was hell on Taesday, in Hay LodIge Pairk. The attenldance of visitors during Ithe d:ty was very large; and, upon the whole, a mnore pleasant aid successful exhibition hats never been hell in connection with the Peebleesbire Association. Among those present we nioticedl Sir ...

... EAR.LSTON FAIR. MONDAY, JUNE 30. This market, being rather an important one at this season, more particularly for grazing cattle, was hel(l on the usual stance. The stock of this kind was in fair condition, and many of the lots attracted the attention of buyers, more. particit- larly those somewhat advanced in condition, the inferior kinds being very little looked after, there being a doubt in ...