... ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS' C EXHIBITION. The following is the ligt of sales during the season of the water.colour exhibition. The result is very satisfactory. The attendance of visitors shows a considerable increase on the number last year; and the receipts for aales exhibit a still more marked advance. in lS70, the sales were £922. and £374. Art Union sales-total, £1,2TJ. This year the sales ...

... THE I INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. i THIRD NOTICE. Since the discovery of the elements of hard or Chinese porcelain by Bttcher, in 1710, there have eeen few mrore important devolopments of Ceranmic At, Illn the comparatively recent revival and iniprovelliont of Majolica ware, for which we are mainly indebted to the labours of Mr. Herbert Miinton. This beautiful and effective material, ,Oinin, ...

... BR. T. RUGHES, M.P., ON ENGLISH- I ADMICAN INSTITUTIONS. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., gave, before a crowded audience, in the Theatre of the School of bMines, Jermyn Street, an account of his recent visit to the United States. This latest recital of Mr. Hughes's remi- niscences of America formed the first of a series of lectures on social and literary questions, to be given ...

... Yesterday, the first floral exhibition of the season was held in tho Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston. These gsrdeds have natural attractions sufficient in themselves to delight the visitor. If there were never a flower there would be ample to repay the visit of a denizen of ,a great toiling, smoky town. But, there are flowero, and flowers of almost every variety and degree of culture, and the ...