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Miscellaneous.
MISCELLANEOUS .
SOCIETY OP BRITISH ARTISTS , Suffolk-street . —AVe have seldom enjoyed stronger feelings of pride and pleasure than those ivhich we have derived from the view of the twelfth exhibition of the Society of British Artists . First in rank is a very classical , historical work , Haydon ' s " Cassandra , predicting the murder of A gamemnon on his arrival at Mycente . " There are several other compositions of a high character ; and we would direct attention
especially to those by Fisk , Buss , and Zeitter . The illustrations of Scripture , " David sparing Saul , " and " Judith attiring , " by Martin , possess all the grandeur , as well as the eccentricity of this really great master .
AA ALKBRS EIDOURANION , Strand Theatre . —Amidst all the professors of astronomy in the present day , we have heard none whose illustrations are so simple , yet so clear ancl striking , as those of Mr . AA ^ alker ; to whose father , it will be remembered by some of our elder readers , the public were indebted for the first splendid transparent orrery upon a large scale . Availing himself of all the modern discoveries and improvements in astronomical science , Mr . AValker has made various useful additions to his machinery since we had last heard him .
AN account has just been published of the net public income of the United Kingdom , for the year ending Sth January , 1835 ; together with the balance of public money remaining in the Exchequer ; from which it appears that there is a surplus of revenue over expenditure to the amount of 1 , 608 , 155 / .
POLISH SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION . —A meeting of this society was held on the 26 th March , at the Mechanics' Institute , Southamptonbuildings , M . Stanislaus Viozmian addressed the meeting , and said that the society had now heen ten months in existence , and although by one of their rules the report should be made half-yearly , they , however , deferred it , in the hope of giving a more explicit detail of their plans and prospects . He then read the reportwhich stated the objects
, of the society to be the gratuitous instruction of English children and mutual information : for the attainment of that end a number of Poles had united their funds of industry and talent , and hoped in time similar schools would be found extensively spread throughout the metropolis . The meeting was addressed b y M . Reitzenheim , Lord D . Stuart , Mr . Bailes , and Dr . Epps ; all of whom spoke in favour ofthe objects of the society .
COMMUNICATION WITH RUSSIA . —It is calculated that a canal may be dug between the Trave and the Elbe , or from Hamburg h to Lubeck , ivhich can be completed in two years , and cost about a million of marks . By means of this canal the passage of the Sund may be avoided , and the distance of the voyage to Russia diminished by 200 miles .
FOREIGN . CANADA . —This country is still in a very unsettled state ; public opinion demands a very careful consideration of its interests .
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Miscellaneous.
MISCELLANEOUS .
SOCIETY OP BRITISH ARTISTS , Suffolk-street . —AVe have seldom enjoyed stronger feelings of pride and pleasure than those ivhich we have derived from the view of the twelfth exhibition of the Society of British Artists . First in rank is a very classical , historical work , Haydon ' s " Cassandra , predicting the murder of A gamemnon on his arrival at Mycente . " There are several other compositions of a high character ; and we would direct attention
especially to those by Fisk , Buss , and Zeitter . The illustrations of Scripture , " David sparing Saul , " and " Judith attiring , " by Martin , possess all the grandeur , as well as the eccentricity of this really great master .
AA ALKBRS EIDOURANION , Strand Theatre . —Amidst all the professors of astronomy in the present day , we have heard none whose illustrations are so simple , yet so clear ancl striking , as those of Mr . AA ^ alker ; to whose father , it will be remembered by some of our elder readers , the public were indebted for the first splendid transparent orrery upon a large scale . Availing himself of all the modern discoveries and improvements in astronomical science , Mr . AValker has made various useful additions to his machinery since we had last heard him .
AN account has just been published of the net public income of the United Kingdom , for the year ending Sth January , 1835 ; together with the balance of public money remaining in the Exchequer ; from which it appears that there is a surplus of revenue over expenditure to the amount of 1 , 608 , 155 / .
POLISH SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION . —A meeting of this society was held on the 26 th March , at the Mechanics' Institute , Southamptonbuildings , M . Stanislaus Viozmian addressed the meeting , and said that the society had now heen ten months in existence , and although by one of their rules the report should be made half-yearly , they , however , deferred it , in the hope of giving a more explicit detail of their plans and prospects . He then read the reportwhich stated the objects
, of the society to be the gratuitous instruction of English children and mutual information : for the attainment of that end a number of Poles had united their funds of industry and talent , and hoped in time similar schools would be found extensively spread throughout the metropolis . The meeting was addressed b y M . Reitzenheim , Lord D . Stuart , Mr . Bailes , and Dr . Epps ; all of whom spoke in favour ofthe objects of the society .
COMMUNICATION WITH RUSSIA . —It is calculated that a canal may be dug between the Trave and the Elbe , or from Hamburg h to Lubeck , ivhich can be completed in two years , and cost about a million of marks . By means of this canal the passage of the Sund may be avoided , and the distance of the voyage to Russia diminished by 200 miles .
FOREIGN . CANADA . —This country is still in a very unsettled state ; public opinion demands a very careful consideration of its interests .