... THE NTEW CIASTELLLANI COLLECTION. TfE OISTJU AND GEMS. The purchase of a collection of art treasures from Signor Alessandro Castellani, of Rome, made in 1873 by the trustees of the British Museum, ex- cited considerable public interest at the timle, and the thousands who have since visited the depart- mcnt of Greck and Roman antiquities iti the Museum, of whichl Mr. 0. T. Newton is the keeper, ...

... New alloys are atlivn peaiseblo, wenl niy be expected to proey occasiowially of gxeat vabio, T n reipcct to bronze, very important retiults have followed frina the adloltion of Dr. Kiinvil'R niethdid. ws carxied out in England by the Phosphor lllonce Company. Thevitluc of phosph~oras in its combinationi with bromiil consists mainly-if not wholly --in its strong affminiy for oxygen. If thuts ...

... EDGBASTON AMATEUR MUSICAL UNION, The twenty-sixth concert of this association, which took place in the Mlasonic Esll, on Wednesday evening, under the direction of the society's honorary conductor, Mr. 0. J. Ducheonrn, ivas one of the mnst ambitious, and at the same time one of the most creditable of the series, being as in- terestingiin selection as it wes admirable in point of execu- tion. In ...

... I AMIESSlRS. ELKINGTON'S CONTRIBUTION. Yostorday, lessrs. Ellington tnd Co. arranied in their showlroowas, Newhall Street, Birniughain, a selection from their contributions to the Philadelphia Exhibition, and throughout the day c la hge number of persons availed them- selves of the opportunity of inspecting a. display which of its ?? has nsvel beon approached, and which will certainly find no ...

... DIlF i0sO OF T1Ri AimEICAN CrVr WAR-- LLScOcN, STANTON, AND) GRINT. Historical Sketchs0, by Major EVAN ROWLAND JONES, lnited States Consul, Newcastle-on-Tyni. [Lonldon; Frederick Warlo and (:Co. New York Scrilllnr, Welford, aad lArilstrongg] ln this volume, under thlo forml of three personal ,cienioirs, the author gives aL nost interosting account of the circumstances ?? led to tho finl' ...

... THE PICTUJRES AT THTE FRENCH GALLEILY, PALTMALL. Extreme finish, and minuteoei5 of execution carried to so great ant extreme as to necessitate the use of a magnifying glass to develop the almost microscopic details, stand out more strongly to the front thian usual in this year's exhiibition. The hitherto lavish displaiy of figure subjects has given way to genre pailutings of the Dutch school, ...

... BIRMINGHAM ROYAL SOCIETY OF- I ?? SPRING EXHIBITION.-THE PRIWATE VIEW. Constancy is a ?? which wo never appreciato somuch els in times of trial or depression, and it is one for which the lirminglhesn public, therefore, ought to be very grate- fill, in theso days of comumercial decline and moteorological penance, to the local Society of Artists. Other notes andi amenities of the vernal ?? ...

... THE OLD DERBY CHINA FACTORY.* Old Crown Derby has attained such fame, and has risen to such high prices duringc the China- maniac period, that nminy amnateurs and collectors will be glad to have some account of the factory, and an authentic guide as to marks, and original values. Potters, too, wherever their seat of manufacture may be, will not be sorry to add to the literature of their trado. ...

... BIRMINGHAM ROYAL SOCIETY 01' Almrs5J'S. .. ?? ?? SPRING WATETC ol2(ju,t EXHIlBI'TIONL ISECONI) AnRTICLE.I FtR1T1lER and fuller exiihillintioll of the contents of the elilbitiol is not ealeulatedl t,, Waken the favoiralblo mil-I preasiolw' CaliOd away froml, tbe plivateo vivw. Workx Of s~trikiug mnrit lere c rt.lilly r(-O; Iut tile positively Isnu we think, ar-a aeV Stjli ala features of ...

... ?? ,iROYAL SOCIETY QF ;1 ?? otAIl'I-l'TS AVlN ATEiiRC0OLUR EXHIBITION. [THwuD An'ricsX.1 * ~:~e ~ 0fthe~xibition are the evidences of advance iovgicte ldiature's, and( thle Masiler clssO 1 quis so s adimitting of th~is mnite x Ibcei,~~5t tartaititic tyroes IIssodHly nilake their bet as3 t tha cirrsisntanc, doubitless, rnalt be 1,,11d U or laiy leetbI0 and pnics-se cluisseter of ~, ?? O~kCioO. ...

... I - THEIXE RtOYAL. T'ro Lydlir Tliosupson Company nttracted a crowded holiday-hollse last night. The first piece, ''Man is INet Perfoet-nllotler verion of tire inciweits and business of Toole's Off ?? nine, with some varintions-wV: sp71eln- didly played by Miss Raolsel Sntigor and Mr, Liooll Brou-i r Phi YPaiml, described ill tle bill as the suo- Cssri5 Lolidoil hurloeequo,i scoured ...

... THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBIMON. This year's exhibitios, though generally of more than average excellence, will le chiefly remarkable for th econ trilestions of three artists, Messrs. Leighton, Poynter, and Fildes: the two first in the departmenit of Clasesial art, fiee latter for deep human emotion of subjoet anl treat- inent. Next to these, and closely bordering upon them, inmy h)e placed the ...