... THE CONINETNTAL GALLERY. At the Continental Gallery, 157,,New Bond- street, Mr. Dierken has arranged a collection, of about two hundred pictures, and, as on former occasions, the artists represented are of many schools-chiefly Nor- wogisn, Belgian, German, French, Italiaos. and Spanish. A new painting by M. Jan Van Beers, called The Rendezvous-Bois de Boulogne, is intended to be the pi~oe ...

... Art ill vila~techmpol . Tfi latest ?? of thn Whitualinpul Art Exhibition is to bo till art sallool and guild for tho ellcourao nl;;t of tbe art of ?? nta1;ing beautiol thilngs. This will probably bc one of the beoneficial results of the present year's exhibition. 'I'ho school is ea-peeted to open early itl Mny. In the meantime distiig-lishoed artists nro doing their best for it by addresses ...

... THE H(RSE SHOW IN PARI$ (rOm OUB COBRESPONDET.) . D ?? al Horoe Show in the Pas deoY I'astnn, yliip, ppseid~ L9 .gwtuoy, wa row in 51 sawwg. it IsJtt spg *rpii04 Qrdi-4 i yiutext this year,as the nuvaber o naimal i Ombitbo ii imubh larger than LaA bees t e cgW for mauy Tears, upwads of 560 ent0es. ?? tl been nadle ot cj a zi Vnd riii ?? H lI i pqf ' a e. hb g4eqtpr pt p e s5, liuwaver, art ...

... ;LITERARY':NOTES .Meo 'Athenezum c'sys :-Tho Council of the Manchester Literary Club is making'sn appeal to the ?? behalf of the weltl-known authoress Ma. Linnieus Banks, who is aixty-five years of age, and, we rgrc t to say in indifferentcircumestances. Asubcrip- tion list has bean opened, which is headed by !r. JohnD Bright with a dountion of 61. It isproposed to purohaas en annuity forMrs ...

... USI1C. BAND REHEARALS FOR BIRMINGHAM. The orchestral rehearsals for the Birmingham Festival began yesterday morning at St. George's Hall, i and will be continued there daily till Thursday even- ing, the whole party resuming the practices with the chorus at Birmingham itself on Saturday morning, and concluding them on Monday; and the Festival itself beginning on Taesday. Thus-altogether apart ...

... ?? TIM3. PAOMENAD CONOERTS. Another classical programme was given at Covent Isst eveninoro, and although theterm elassical seemed to have benu ied in a somewhat elastic eOnse, tho selection 'ghe Wm apaentty qulb satisdor to I the audience. Tiadame Ukslo. for eO-Ie, made her 3 first appearance l season, singing in the o ela d portion' QuanDo a tao et from Faust, and for 4 4 enoerothe ...

... If anyone who event to the Court Theatre yesterday afternoon to see Little Goody Two Shoes anticipated that allowance would have to be made in consequence of all the performers being chdidren, nu agreeable surprise must have been the rcsalt. Through- out a brightly-writton piece of 'ive scenes there -wan not the slightest hitch, notwithstanding that some of the little actors ha1d an heavy ...

... i I BELNAEBffO~ It- b OBABiXuunaT. xuwr. {t | e.firat iinpreesson'whiehseeo r 0Q.s foreigner, oven- on- a r Sltuxndafr- sypla of gre4!tivity',%witia sad tetb and promenades. Trnmwvai and vehiclis of all kindsn, ?? D to the ras or taking struigzsrto, the Y wibiedE hich will not be oom- - ~j: rsoae time yet, though the Queen opens - S unday. Tho great attraction forthe - n of ?? who have already ...

... TJ-flhl H4NDFIL FESTIVAL:~ Although the attendance-returns at the' publio ta1 rehearsal for ?? Randel Festival are ?? eweted to reach the figures o the plformatuces proper, yet the rehearsal day is gradually growing in importance. Sarnest .ausic lovers mranifestly aprpd to a rooramme in which most; of vol Buars tUU no prt and in which the glgeuah choru and orchestra-that is to say, the ...

... Mr. Frrude's lutut Book. BICg. FiouDE, has oompletidhia survey of the Bixish. systemtwith his book on The gilehin the West Indivs, just published by LONGMANL aul Cu. Ile has now visited the. whole orb of ullsire in search of a moral. against. modern Libuxalisin, and he has found it. inwild.luwu-i ?iance in every clime. ?? Pacisfio Colonies Proudue this bread-fruit of Tory poleruiiacas ...

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... TIRAVELUNG DRESS. If 'aevrwe~ may reckon on suntshine in this most versaltile of climastes it is dulring the month ?? many Thousands of Londoners , are now preparing to get away from the beat d and dust of the great cityr to seaside r'esorts or to Continental lakces, rivers, anld mountains, t Tihe bad weather hus by nO means aonfined its sx depressing influences to England, but has At ...