... TAE SOCIETY OF ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, To-day the middle of the season is marked by tie customary reduction i n the charge for admission, which is new sixpence-low enough, one would think, to mike the exhibition accessible to rnybody who cares, even remotely, about Art. The Society, we are glad to bear, has not bad any reason to complain of the pnblic support hitherto--lth attendance of visitors ...

... Tl-IE FRENCH EXHIBIrION. [pom aur ouman ConAspondent.l I PARIs, July 8. 1ku.w : terrible news which was received here on Monday last, the very day of the distribution of prizes, has completely paralysed all the arrangements for th- roviows and fetes and balls to be given in honour of the Sultan. The announcement of the tragical death of the Emperor Maximilian has had aa extraordinary efect ...

... B IM I GAIM MUSiCAL FESTIVAL, j l' i 9' ' D A Y. H gTORNINlG PERFORMANCE. The character, object, and prospoots of the twenty- ninth Trieoflia1 Festlval, which opened yestorday under th nes oncouraging auspices, has been so fully and Racertlv canvassed by autiolpatlon in these columns, ihat further introduction on the present occasion !ould be siurply superfluous. Everyone by this time fisn r ...

... BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL, THE BAND REHEARSALS IN LONDON. [Fs'm our Cori l Reportcr.] Musical Birmingham was, yeaterday, absorbed in the delightful rares of her Festival toilet-rehearsilng some of her instrumental flounces and furbelows, and trying on her vocal bijoutcric with all the coquettish grace and more than the earnestuess of Gcunod'u Marguerite. A conclave of her friends, consisting ...

... TIHE FRENCH EXHIBITION [pFprm outr otwn Coreqpon&ntJ] PARIS, Wednesday. The progress of the Spanish insurrection in the pre' 'ailing topic of conversation here just now; and as far as I am able to gather, the general impresslon-ii that matters are very serious indeed. The Spanish news- papers and Government officials, of course, affect to think very lightly of the xnatter. Not more than a ...

... TIUE PAPIS EXHIBITION. I Vln r-ll Iu'll ,Yrcsnonden [F[ro5a our oic Us0leudcuf. GI PA et1S, WedI l dlusdY a ' lluo gis L ?? ?? COEailait tcl in the ?? of lpiiCCS, m i mimnly instances, last July, will not have been fergottcn by thle public. the ( M l5 medals given a to ambitious shopkeopers for exhibiting goods, the mann- facturers of which nol o got silver or bronzo, and narticles of dn it, ...

... HOW WRE MAY SHOOT NIAGARA ON A RtAFTER. IF,,,c'g tiansl'atcdfrom>the Cmql/csej ?? Since heptarchy in Encgland reigned, Such bitter beer wae never drained :o hulgely critical pelrhapes, As that for which we iling our caps With aeli con ceit [froil' Cihsleae spread] Igo INot man Coiqueror a head (Tiat mighty view we never read) To bridle and to see It driven- And guide ns high and wide to 1lavez ...

... WVE MAY BE HAPPY YET, (Ihl smile is you were wont to sonile, NoW wo hsve got a leaf Which sootoles our sorro NS for awhIle, And boinislea our grief. Lorg as Yomik PasaIge yet esall last, And sech a Tca we get, Unrtndnlifel of our sorrows past, We may bc hapipy yet, Chorus-' Wit may be happy yet, Is,, Is. 4d., Is. Cdt, 2B., and 29. od. per lb. 9hPopkeelceru ian meet witit Smeo extraordinary ...

... :5 On the occasion of Madame Lancla'a benefit, last night, it the houee, as might be anticipated from theunueualattrac- tions provided, and the well.earned popularity of the e belfficieire, was crowded from door to ceiling. The pro. grmmae was of the most comprehensive character, com- 5' bining the threefold interest of opera1, concert, and farce, n and ?? into play ?? theresources o aladame ...

... XI'l-;AP'Y, fCIENTIFIC, AND ART S C R AP S. Mr. V ernon IRigby, the tenor, is about to return to E ngland. It;ldlle, Patti is recruiting herself in the Bernese Oberland. From Brussels is reported the death of an esteemed musician, Al. Charles Singelle. The boilers at South Kensington are to be removed forthwith, and the facade of the new exhibition ex- posed to view. A French journal denies ...

... I S O R A P S A monument to Graiun is in Contemp]ation. Carlotta Patti is in Hungary, creating a great sen- sation. Thejournals speak well of MdUe. Milde, at Weimar, as a singer of promise. Mr, Bonedict's St. Cecilia wvill be shortly given at one of Mr. E1alle'a Manchester Concerts. MM. Anager and SardOtl fire preparing now ?? for the winter season of the French theatres, The Council of the ...

... TREA'TRE DROYAL. Anotber work by tbe apthor of C3sto wa prolucal lien oin the occasion of the beutfit perforunuice of MlIr. J Clarke, oni Friday i;igbt,. Ours, :13 tho new pl'y is entitled, belr a I: liixiy reaciubliuce to Mr. Iberriso1ii other comedics, ' Caae,' and ?? Society, not only in tile monosyllabic brevity of the title, but it mauY of Chu snore essential attributes of style, ...