... I i I I I I A| ! ?? _ pO THE ROYAL ACADEMY I. IT cannot be said that the present exhibition is the best that has been seen at Burlington House, but it is very nmuch the largest. D)uring the past year three rooms, now occupied by water-colour pictures, works in black and white, and architectural drawings, have been added to the building. Two of them are of large size, and all are well lighted ...

... I OPENN OF e ANTWdRE I h DMITIONO 1. .0 'A.NWE, MAwY 2. The openig of. the Exhibition took plae to. day. The King and Queen, the Count and Countess of Flanders, aad their eldest son arrived *ronm Brussels at 1.-S to-day at the Eastern Terminus. The Mayor presented'an address, and shortly afterwards the Royal criae escorted by the Ide Guards, proceeded to the Exhibition by the new boulevards, ...

... -ASfHION AY-IJ VARIETIES. I ' - ?? THE COURT. Princess Beatri'ce. t ter Royal Highness afterwards wient to 1aio en at- tended b)y the Ron Ladly ?? and capti:l 11jantcr Campbell, groom-in-u ailig to her 'la;estc. l'rinee Aluert and the Princesses Victoria an.d Loulie oF SrtleM-lig Holstein visited the quecu to-r: e y an Ic- mained to luricheon. Earl and Contees SpTeucor harve left the Castle, ...

... I INTERNATIONAL INVEN-. I TIONS.EXHIBITION. I ~ I SPEECH BY TIEE PRtINCE OF WALES. London, Monday. The International Inventicna Exhibition, South Kensington, was, formally opened this morning by the Prince of Walep, in the presence of a large and distinguished company. Amongst those who attended were- Mr Trevelv-a, 1r. Mundella, M P; Sir Charles Dilkee M P; Mr Osborne Morgan, M P; Morley, iA P ...

... Mr. M\urray will publish in the course of this month a volumc of lc:f !- written by the late Earl of Beaconsfield to the members of Iiis family. 1 830-31 Mr. Disraeli made a tour in the Mediterranean for the benet o'n s health, and in these letters he describes his experiences and advent during the journey, Lord Rcnald Gower will publish in a fewv days a little volume of taccl entitled Notes ...

... I, IN Corn/ ill this month Court Royal, by the author of John Herring, maintains the high promise of its opening chapters; and No. il, William Square is an undiluted ghost story vigorously handled. There is also a readable paper on Humours of Parlia mentary Elections. Otherwise there is not much thatis noticeable in Cmwnhill. Mrs. Annie Edwardes' serial, A Girton Girl, in Trenple ...

... Time was when the first Tuesday in May was a very important day in Ipswich, agriculturists, graziers, and dealers from various parts of the Eastern Counties, and indeed of the country, making a point of putting In an appearance and doing busineses at St. George's Fair, where there were more thousands of sheep and lambs than there have been lundreds of late years. Eversince the change of the ...

... I THE ROYAL ACADEMY EX- i . HIBITION. -- i r AGL NCE AT THE PIC=ES. (FROM A COREESPONDE:NT.) Londow Saturday. The visitor to the Burlington House galleries on Monday will find ample material for the ex. ercise of his critical faculties. Singular ineptitude is in many instances displayed in the choice of i situations by the hanging committee. It is only t fair, nevertheless, to bear in mind the ...

... IOPEING OF THE INVENTIONS I i EXHIBITION. . ?? The International Inventions Exhi ?? was ?? yesterday opened in the exact terms of the pro- MO( gramme previously arranged. The doors were COn not open till after 10 o'clock, but within a short Hie space 'of time large crowds had poured in of 1 through the various entrances, and at noon enn there wero probably twelve thousand persons in ?? the ...

... TRE THEATtM1'. IRVING,,, 1'FAPPE.UtNC&' Legal autborities nssure us that An hgliqh theatrical ntuager is absolute Ionarch in his owln house; but practically the nsauggerial fwvmy in pit ?? gallery ?? not extesA far bevord a Mild suneerainty. This truth vts acknowlodged by the late Mr. JVehoster after a resolute atteumpt to intadunee pit and gallry stalls.' whih lrtoke ?? partly be- 'eaust the ...

... I THE INvEnIONS EXEHIITION. As n ;ie a visitor walking from South, af Ketusington Station: yeterday aud through the D . Horticultutd &ycie's grounds must have bean quite unable to believe that the xmbibitioa :mbereidX by Monday next. otbte usual d es~t; i; probf not lbe compete, but in m suoh zatters it genera3ly happens that at the ,t last Ilbur when te prospect seems to be most hopeless, ...

... IBU INUWJTIONS EXEIBITION. 'J'ho opeticg of the Interntilonal InveniloneErbibl. lion at noon on ?? next Is not to be a State aldarl ' lie Prince and Prth:uess of Wales, the Dake of edin. imurh, the Dub.e if Oamobldge,. acd probably other nembers of tbo Ro,, al family will, however, be present, and will InspeCt the galleries on their way to and from the Coneerseory, where the addrenean and ...