... TO THE EDITOBS OF THE LIVERPOOL M1ERCURY. Gentlemen,-At a meeting of the British Association in Manchester during the year 1861, Dr. Collingwood, of Liverpool, read a paper before section D On a Scheme to inducethe Mercantile Marine to assist 'in the Advancement of Science by the Intelligent Collection of Objects of Natural History from all parts of the Globe. The object of this scheme was ...

... hi This evening there is to be a conversazione cu at the Liverpool Art Club, when Miss Jessie la; Macgregor will read a paper on the place of pr ?? subject in art and the pictorial possibilities of re ,h ?? Norse mythology.ha 7 The 101st exhibition of the Royal Society of TI of British Artists, the private new of which took be ld place on .Saturday, shows no advance on that cli Id id last year ...

... LTARY NOMTICES. It ot RcilsaY8, their origin, development, and romnance. By John Pendleton. C jlcideal~lutes (London: Csse and Co.* a 14 volumes may fairly be called'com- 1 These ti~ve. As the author jtstly remarks, the t F'n of oar railways in some sense shapes 1 blstOrY o a history of the country P period through which the f ititve has sped, so intimately have their too an; d development ...

... SPEECH BY LORD DERBY. to 't Last evening, the Earl of Derby formally dar 3 opened the competitive exhibition that is to b6 0 held for several days at 'the Walker Engineering TI] '6 Laboratories at University College. The tr 1 exhibition has been promoted wvith the qu 0 object of encouraging members of the qtr 6 various boys' schools and classes in the tra 9 city and the neighbourhood to ...

... _- _ - 2 I L - . The following pictures-have been sold at the a current spring exhibition in the Atkinson ti ns Gallery, Southport, since our last published ne list - The Slave Market, £200, Frank he Brangwyn; ?? Hamilton or Macullum; The Lingering Light Decays, ne £70, F. T. Sibley, ?? Young FruitV le Sellers, £63, Antonio Paoletti; Moorland, nt Arthog, North Wales, £50, F. T. Sibley; ...

... ROYAL COURT. A Woman's Revengewhich iS the last play lt'epean of the Iate ijr. Henry Pertitt was rc'ced in thisaity forthe first time last evening . 5 a large audlienze, in the Royal Court i'svr and, judging from the manner in which I ?? wras enjoyed, the succes3 which g aachieved ?? will obe repeated in Nl c mcl. Dealing with varioua phases of pra- th ' t. hyiff the piece reveals the ...

... INDUSTRIAL COMPTITIVE EXHIBITION. Arrangements have now been completed for the t d opening in Liverpool to-ay of an industrial com- c i petitive exhibition, which will remain open until I 's the 18th of the month, and in regard to the access ( s- of which sanguine expectations are entertained I rs Financial success, it is as well to explain at the ( d outset is not so much sought after, the ...

... LIVERPOOL MUSIC SCHOOL 'I The Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Alderman W. B. Bowring), who was accompanied by the Latit- Mayoress, yesterday afternoon attended at Uni- versity College, in order to distribute awards. certifcates, and medals, to the pupils at the IMurii School, Hardman-street. Amongst those who were also present were the Mayor of Birkenhead (Mr. Benedict Jones) and *Mrs. Benedict Jones ...

... -- LITERAY NOTICES, TE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.*1 There are autobiographies and autobio- I 1 graphiea. Mr. Samuel Pepys's is unique in the I c al' world of letters, and, moreover, the perusal of t !hb it is am unique e*perieneae. Men live side by it side, they have the most intimate communica- tions, theyr confide to each other their joys, s*a their sorrows, their strivings,.their triumphs; t ...

... This evening there will be a conversazione at the Walker Art Gallery, given by the president and council of the Liverpool Amateur Photo- , graphic Association, at which there will be vocal and instriunental music and a limelight illustration of Norway Revisited,' by 11r. Paul Lange. I The total amount of sales of pictures, sculp- i ture, and photographs at the Spring Exhibition in the Walker ...

... THE BOYS' INDUSTRUL EXHIBITION. PRIZE DISTRIMBUTICON r The prizes g d bv cr.y- Industtial Exhibition,-dbwe.1 ha.i - some daysatthe WalkerE3 r-e ?? 5 in Univer-itr Collge, - tributed by Smrs . S Tas took place in the Lg crowded. The chair va .i -- 9 Forwood, and amnon ~t otte- P-s- N ir. and MNIrs. S. G. Rahbos. Mr. Adainson Mr. Ware Mr T D ?? , ?? 1-S hg i Miss Billgh Miss Stokes, Mis5 C,87 : ...

... At the Artiste Clubon Saturday the follow. hig liverpool men were reported as having received varnishing tickets for the forthcoming exhibition at the Royal Academy :-John . nnie,1 pcture; James o Watts, 2; Cres- 'wick Boy ell, £; David Woodlock, 3!; James Ireland, 1; G. EL Neale, I; and David f Jenkins, L The private view will take place > on Friday next, and the public will bead y on the ...