... FINES ARTS. I ExHIBITION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESS IN THE COTfON DISTRICTS. E In noticing recently the very excellent exhibition T of water colour drawings planned for the relief of the suf- ferers in the cotton districts, by the new Water-Colour- A Society, we threw out the suggestion that if the many C accomplished amateurs whose ability is so well known, were asked to unite in a ...

... LITERATRE ?? - I Tile Tnvasioa of the Cr-imea. By WIXeDR I-a 11AM KINGLAlKE. Blackwood and Sons. We The wa whichdestroed theimposing image of T Th wr whih d atroe thle prc of a million lives, a gave Europe a new mater, is a theme to be coveted Fl by the historian. Mr. Kinglake was aong abglidesig toc nated to tile task by his opportunities anbd abiites, h and he to vlumnes which be baa publise ...

... f 1X . USIC. 1 MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. E Tlhesprinlcipal piece-the morceau de rbsistance it may be cfled-of laat isight's concert waa Spohr's Nonetto in F, op. 3Lt; a work ?? on a very extended icale, and ful of ?? which characterise this composer's : concerted issrnmental music for ~she chamber-a class of composition in which, notwithstanding his symphonies, his operas, and his oratorios, ...

... The Home by the Chtrehilard. By J. S. LsRE. Tinsley Brothers. The author of this singular story is a new hand, so far as the English public is concerned, but he bars nam whih ws not unknown to the light literature of the last generatiofl. We have a, digh rclltectionr o some pleasant hooks written by a MIrs. Lefaure, a member, we beleve, of the gifte Sheridan family, and we presume that Mr. ...

... 7FIY~ ARTS. THE ART.UNION PRIZES. The Art Union offer a tempting list of prizes for their subscribers this year There is, ath grand prize, a work of sculpture of mnch greater ihpoitance in an art point of view, and of far higher value, than anything hitherto per- chased by the council. This is the lrfe-sice status in marble, by Mr. W. C. Marshall, R.A., w very picturesque and graceful figure, ...

... I .A NEGRO FESTIVAL I Extract from a private letter from Rev. W. H. Charning, dated Washington, Nov. 27: My thanksgiving has been passed amid the freedmen chiefly, and I shall send you a printed report of the Contrabands' Thanksgiving Dinner. It was certainly a novel festivity, and I know not when I have enjoyed anything more; some sad drawbacks on my cheerful feelings excepted For, alas ! ...

... LORD EBUBY ON SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN. Last night a public meeting was held at the Middlesex Schools, Cannon-street-road, St. George's in the East, to reinaugurate the School of Art originally estab- lished in the same district in 1858. Lord Ebury occupied the chair, and in moving the adoption of the report read by the Rev. G. H. M'Gill, expressed his regret that the east end of London, ...

... I MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. These concerts, interrupted by the Christimfsl holidays, have been resumed. That of last nigbt was the onshundred and thirteenthof theentireseries, ortheeleventh of the fifth season; and it showed the undiminished poPu- laity of these admirable performances; for the disall waother-sufficient literally to throw a damp upon public eotertainments-had no effect, either ...

... MUSICAL PUBUCATIONS8 The Chorale Book for Englansd. Compiled and edited by WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT, professor of ho Music in the University of Cambridge, and OTTO on GOLDSCHMIDT,. Longman and Co. of The names of the editors of this book are ofa thf- fi icifnt guaraintee for the vatiue of its contents. Pro- w' fessor Bennett, it is well known, h d of his attention to the old German school of ...

... I not The 1Aonaitcur of yesterday contains a report of mnce the speech delivered by the Emperor Napoleon on the Sunday last, at the distribution of awards to the oral French exhibitors at the International Exhibition, a y to telegraphic summary of which has already appeared Lave in our columns. The speech was preceded by an lust address from Prince Napoleon, as President of the ?? Iperial ...

... DRAA.31AI Symptoms of a few chanvgs at' onreorses atwohfough chief theatres are beginning to show themsyelvs altoung. h o the pantomime and burlesque seasofl isyt on. eo withdawal f Gcdeahji, the &ofd, the Christmnas piece atT the St. James's, hs. left a gap in the hul ?? a to-pr gether filled by Mr. Rose's sneceesful drama, The Darkth Cloud ;and we believe that A burlesque on Mr. Fecbter's ...

... MUC. I 3M HENRY LESLIMS CHOI. The concerts of this choir have gradually risen to be one of the best and most popular musical entertain- ments. The choir has been entirely formed by Mr. Leslie, who has shown as much judgment in discovering and selecting excellent voices, as he has skill in teaching and training them till he has brought them to a degree of pro. ficiency surpassed by very few of ...