17 MARCH 1860, page 19

Arts.

'STRANGE PURCHASE FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERY. WE have heard a report connected with the National Gallery in which we can scarcely put credence. It was rumoured some three years......

Parisian Theatricals.

The most recent event at the Imperial opera is the production of a new composition by Prince Joseph Poniatowski, to which MM. de Saint Georges and E. Pacini have supplied the......

The Fairdairn Art - Gallery And Museum At Manchester.

"Every influence that leads the mind and habits of man from mental indolence, from froward passion, from grovelling pursuits, lifts him into a purer and a healthier atmosphere,......

Photography Tn Natural Colours.

M. Toussaint has been repeating the experiments of M. Edmond Bec- querel and M. Niepee de St. Victor, in which coloured objects were pro- duced with all their natural tints upon......

Eusit.

The only note that we hear just now from our Italian Theatres is the "note of preparation." As we have already mentioned, her Majesty's Theatre is to be opened by Mr. E. T.......

Royal Institution.

On fhe 9th instant, Professor Faraday delivered an interesting lecture on "On Lighthouses," and their illumination by means of the electric light. The simple idea of a......