... MAGAZ-NES FOR MARCH. FIRST NOTICE. Among iho many capital articles in Hm'sr's Magazine this month special notice must be taken of Professor Hewett's sketch of the history of The House of Orange, which is illustrated with fine portraits of members of that distinguished family. We are reminded that it takes its name from the principality of Orange in Provence, where it had its home 1000 years ...

... BRISTOL MUSIUM AND LIBRABLY The annual meethag of Sha subsoribiog shareholde.' of ?? inetfiutian was held yeeterday afternoon in thn idlecings theatre, She Rev. 5, W. Wasyle presiding over a * O.very limited attendance, re The report of She council wan submitted by the bon, 0 isl seen., Mr. 5. H. Swilne and the Rev. P. R. Blueeman. it, The following Is an abstract ?? considerable ~ 3d activity ...

... INVBETIONS RXHIBITION. The Prince of Wales, as president of tbo International Inventions Exhibition, has delegated to a commission, selected from among the members of the Executive Council, the duty of makingarrangementsforthoeffectivo carryin g out of the work of tbe international j1arias. His Royal Highness has expressed his wish that as was the Case in the International Health Exhibition ...

... FAILWAY BERVA14T.' ORPHIANAGU I C0NOERT. Last evening, B grand concert in aid of the above deserving institution was given at the Colston Hall, under 5 the patronage of the Bishop of the Diooese, the Earl ofC Ducie, Lord Fitzhardimge, Mr. Lewis Fry, M.P., the Mayor (Mr. Charles Wathen), the ?? (Mr. J. D. t] Weston), and other influential gentlemen; and there was t a very large attendance. The ...

... FEBRIUARY 'MAGAZINES, &c. |TH11U) NOTICIE.] Cescsl's s ?? .lfaqacziae continues the articles on Our Model Reading hlob,' which supply some useful hints for the choice oF pglse for reading aloud. The genetal contetas Iovell nothing to be deosired, entertain- ment and instruction being judiciously combined to suit various ages and tastes. Messrs. Cassell and Company have niade arrangements to ...

... The memoirs of the late Rector of Lincoln ?? ?? ehortly, Mrs. Mark Pattlson having finished correcting the proofs. Mrs. Mark Pattison's work on lndastry and the srit In France undele Colbert IB DOw far advanced towards completion, It Is proposed to publish the letters of the late Me. Hepworth Dixon, together with a brief rnsmeir. Messrs R. K. Mann and J. Redding Ware are engaged upon a iile of ...

... A fire was discovered at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, about six o'clock on Saturday morning, and spread with such alamilog rapidity that In little lees than an hour all that remained of the theatre were the four walls. AIr. Njebe bad only ?? withdrawn his 16sh annual Panto. mime after a most successful tun of five weeks, and on Monday laet The Babes in the Wood gave place to Hr. Emery's Bath ...

... LITERARY AND OTHER N OTES, The Correspondence, Journals, &c., of Sir James Blend BureS, whicb Mr. Murray will publish in a day or two, contains a large numuber of aneodotes and ra. mirri~ences of all the leading characters arnd chlif events of the latter part of the alghteeoth century and com. mnecriment of the presett. Among the corretpondenta of Sir James vere the first Lord Auckland, Lord ...

... A LITERARY LIBEL SMT. Mr;. Baron Pollock and a special jury has btee ?? -id in the Queen's Bench Division in hearing the ?? icn Legge r-. ?? and others, which was brouight re- '.ver damages for an allegod libel vhich had .r. piblished in the St. Staplirnas Birv'ie. Tl-ao !-:idautts pleaded privilege rnd also that the: state- 'UnTrts complained of were true. Mr. Edvward Clr-ke, Q.C., ' Mr. ...

... FEIBlRUARfY MAOGAZINES, &c. L-lT-tul) NOiTlCtI.] In the S alnld' el y0-ine (TI4ister end Co.) thc Rev. J. 0. W it jlilt ii r-limtn r, i lie xvslk don c by beetles in the glnlt ,i ot tlie WoVrld's luritiers Archd. Fariar, ?? Uet firith ii, itliqreissive irirniage 'The Exaile11Ph ift l tii tintl ' A. NV. XV. Dale gives an inteirn-i itritn~t 111 itof I !ofvse:or Fltweot s 4ffoirts for ?? relief ...

... FEBRIIUTARY MAGAZINES, &c. LIFIRST NO)TICE.] Sypiltt's 1lasm Tournal (Ward, Lool and Co.), con- tinues to farnish valhioble infossoation, not only as to now fashions and how to dapt therm to moderate incomes, but also on cconoroziel hounsekeeping in its various deportments, together with iziuch pleasant reading and ether matter, such ais literary comrpetitions for leislor hours. The ...

... I MR. AUGUSTUS -IMMOV.S9 ONOMEM. 1 Mr. Augustus Sim mons, the organist of St. Mary's P.C. Obapel, St. Augustine's bank, always makes a stwong appeal to his peta on3, acd his ballad concert at Ciaton Hall Iaet evening poateseed ample alilma in its own intriaslo merit, apart from any other consideration, to attrate those who enjoy a good Telecelinseoue prov gramsme where judgment and experience ...