... Yesterday afternoon an exhibition of fino arts anu industries was opened in the Wesleyan Schools, Queen- street, Mdrley, by the Mayor (Ald. El. Stockwell), who was supported by several members of the Corporation and a large' number of local gentlemen. The exhibition, which is on a very extensive seasl, has been opened with a view to raising funds for the furnishing of the two senior class ...

... * GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL I I. EXHIBITION.: l THE PRESS VIEW. GL-eaow, SaturdanY Centuriesago a Moorish King chrouirled, in the midst 1D2a hostile race, his judgment that it vwas expedient that facilities should everywhere be afforded to the people of his dominions to meet together. in one place for 'the pur- 'poses of commserc. And the alien monarch also decreed- s may beread in ancient ...

... ART EXHIBITO A . OABIR , . . ?? : R EXHIBUON 8 AT SCA.BBROI. LORD RIPON ON ARTISTIC EDUCATlON. pnox ouns owu RIloaTn}l Mindful of the preceptwhich teaches that charity should begin as home, Scarborough does not keep all her good things for imported strangers. Some months must yet elapse ore the excitement and profits of the season can be enjoyed, so that any means of recreation which is pro ...

... THE PAIS EXHIBITION. (PROM X owN CO po zExwrN.) Paws, Monday. The 28th inst. is fhe latest date for receiving appli- cations for space at the offices of the British Section (Paris Universal Exhibition), No. 2, Walbrook (Mansion House), E.O. As the British Government has decided not to provide funds in aid of the section, exhibitors will be charged 5s. per square foot for space occupied. The ...

... - VHAMIEBER OXMT AT TEPBILO- SOPH HAT. LA II I : A conct give n.M>na ?? h : JU1Iit,L imoe ts scheme,' -was _ipozts&t hin..-its .character,; for; ilt rleas ?? ?? of nilnrduving ?? composer shtiDyke&.. Witb-hins't- .ome extent nn ieis' 'bix-y ?? fathr, the late 'Bej .L B, Dykes, was a musicianiof :.isuil. excelalnce; a~nd thongli hei issnowr chiiey refmembered b' the hym tune vwiobih'he ba left ...

... * It isi n titarire as in Finance-much Paper and MuCU Poverty may coexilt. A-mongst the great commanding figures of English AIstory, Chompnn Worw occupies a prominent and even unique place. His capacity in public affairs, and wage in a Court where sycophancy prevailed, his 'prescience in regard to foreign policy, and the general vigour of his political genius impress themselves on every ...

... LITERARY .ARRIVALS.0 IIt is in Literature as in Finance-muchI Paper and much Poverty may coexist. 3fr. Artibald Issle, -who haa spent nearly t irty ears in China as a merchant at Shanghai, has just written an extremely valuable and graphic account of bis meant voyage TIMOUGe THZ YiAN-Taa Gonons, the Yang-Toe river, one of the largest and, to all but Orientals, one of the least-known rivers ...

... I FASHIONABIE lARRIAGES IN LONDON. l _I. One of the prettiest wedding 8of this season took place at the Church of All Saints, argaret-street, London, Yesterday. The contracting watties wore Mr. Theodore Ac5ke land, third eon of Sir onry W. Acland, M.D., of Oxford, and Miss Caroline Cameron Gull, daughter of Sir William Gull. The officiating clergy were the Bishop of Lincoln and the Rev. A. B. ...

... POULTRY 3Y AND PIGEON SHOW AT I I-. WAIFIELD. IYesteray tle second annual exhibition of poultrY, ipigeons, Tatbbits, and cage birds, held in connection with the Wakefield and District Fanciers' Society, was opened- at ?? Exchange, Wakefield. The amount offered il riewas £ 250, and the entries heing oen to the United Kigdom.a ?? collection of very fiebrsand rabbits has b een tiroaght together.' ...

... NEW BOOS AND) NEW EDMONS. In 'ENa AND FaR (1), Mr. William Senior (Red Spinner ), perhaps beat known as the author of sWateraide sketches, takes a very wide range. He com- rnemoes with trout fishing in Wales, winter pike fishing, burm fishing in Scotland, roach fishing in the Thames, Treat, and Lea, eel and bream fishing in Essex, passes on to angling in sub-tropical Australia, horse ...

... THE QUARTERLIE.S. THEl EDINBURGHE REfflIW- An article of -exceptional interest in conneotion with the great subject now engaging attention in Parliament is that in'tho current number of the Rdinburph Review on f Mffunicipal Debt aend Local Taxation. Many of the - views advanced in the article call for difference I, of opinion, but along with these is an claborate 3, statistical inquiry which ...

... ?? annual show of horses pro- moted in connection with the village of Cottinghamn, near Hull, was held on a field in the neighbourhood of that village yesterday, and attracted a large number of agri- culturists from the Holderness district and other pamts of the East Riding. Mr. Arthur Wilson, b1.F.lL, of Tranby Croft, is the president of the society for tho year, and Mr. David Wilson and Mr. ...