... :t, f ; ? I THE ROYAL ACADEMY There is no picture in the Exhibitiodnwhich im- proves more upon acquaintance than Mr. 1' rith'a lK ing Charles the Secord's last Sunday. At first sight it might be estimated too lightly as one of the painter's largest and most ambitious costume pictures, but it is really a work of importance, both historically and as a' chief picture of the English school, of ...

... I (FROM1 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENITS.) AIRDRIE. MR. HAMJILTONt, 'with his Diorama, has been induced to prolong his stay a sicort time ~longer. There was a fashionable night on Monday last, under the distinguished patronage and presence of Sheriff Logie and tiso Provost and ilagistrates, which brought out the elite of the town and district, sienrly fluing the large ball. ARBROATH. TiranDEs' HIALL. ...

... .aj s~-RT HALL oF ARTS AN3 - r, SCIEiNCES. - roy of laying the first stone of the Hall o re t t South Kensington was performed ?? n!ig ny the Queen. C5, ?? 3 h i. hithus commenced has been designed qtj ~I'i -id ?? Scott, R E., assisted by Mr is baised on the ideas suggested by the - o ;? ., f9 '9 ne building is elliptical in form, ano ittis ?? of red brick, with ten-a-cotta enrich. s h';'t7e ...

... I- 1P, ASY tzE N-7 '1x Ioir, by beating, may beome red-hot ' And a mild disp~4ition, by perpetual ;taunts, mansy'eooma out- rageous. ' Ooi~nn~ssIoi( augmenbt pleeture -and dininishes painbby onfr havingelares in 9ither; for silent weas are greatest, as silent satisfeoticn least, sinoe sometimes our plesaurest wroed be none but for telliug of 'it,.and onr ' gretf -iri'sppcrtible 'but for ...

... LITERARY MISOELLA!EA.- CxvSTALIZ&sION.-Crystallization may be defined as a methodical arrangement of the particles of matter ac- cording to fixed laws. For instance, there are nearly five hundred varieties of oryscallized carbonate of lime, each crystal being composed of millions of atoms of the same compound substances, and having one invariably primary form-that of a rhomboid. Mechalnioal ...

... One man asked another why his beard was brown anid his hair white P Because, he said, one is twentv years younger than the other. A schoolmaster was about to flog a pupil for having slid he was a fool, when the boy cried out, Oh, don't ! dollt! I won't call you so any more! I'll never say what I thirk again all the days of my life. POLITICAr Eco;oxy.-Mr. Gladstone has been able to ...

... THE PROPOSED MUBSEUIM. Imic --O o-W ar-e glad to say tbat there is cs-cry prospect of thist thle undertaking bciiig hecartily set about very soon. It Me has b)een delayed in conscqjuence of the absewce of theI II to Lord Provost. But aI number of gentlemien have en-itI iltrdwrmcly into the scheme3 an offers of rr n curious articles have been snade already. Thel( Momn-I tics hers for the City ...

... Li :THE ROYAL A0ADEY.; Theicademy enter npon their ni-ietnintl year ?? bition wloi'cls about td be`'opened to tepbica on'.i,.'daThJ,, Teoccasio~n ;iso,0ttat,' asi comnsound each year, ?? t onser 'seriouslyour .position in art-whether obr arti are worthily taking the stand in the world' Tt h ith9ey ought. toid6 id'i*t1 the '.tiotiriC, I . fi t- L otri the Ahtat a 6. is 'a4ez'ady t} higher ...

... AMXRICAN THATRICALS. NEW YOPK, MAY 0 The Black Crook is still diawing crowded houses at Nsan.o's GARDENS, and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams are an immense suc- cess at the BRODWAY THEATRE. They produced The Shamsrock last week, and were very successful in their impersonations of Pat Malloy and Maggie Maguire. The acting of Mrs. Barney Williams has an ease and freshness about it which are truly ...

... I THE QUEEN IN LOiDON. The bitterest sorrows pass in time away From human hearts. The anclem Grecian telt Weds passionate anguish with the nightagalgs When first hq flow athwart the olive-gray Groves of Cephisau& Lo she comes in May When hawthorn blossom scents the southern gale, And listeners find, as amber skies wax pale, Mesastireless sweetness In her mellow ley. Even so, greot Queen, the ...

... TI HALL-b .ii ;z AND SCIEN C ;.i~ LAY8N4G OF-THE-FIRST STONE BY Ellt X i',, !i AJE5TY.'.'' .. 'Th foundationtt.oire of the -HallOf Art anda e3nt es was, laids yesterday morning by her Mjelty the ?? The building,, whieh will be. jpuggestive 'of. ..the generals features Iof the Udi4 Ueum' ?? Blohie, tis to- e erctWd' On the Ac portiof'the ground lyng i the zsar of the zrvatbry of cthe Royal ...

... W~rINDSOR, SuNxrY.-Their Royal Higneosses the Prince and thcess Christian dined with the Queen yesterday. The Quees, L-.irpal Heghnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Leunse ritncess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen inl Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the prevate chapel. [hFe lien, and Rev. F. E. C. Byng, chala1tin at Hlaimpton Court Palace, ...