12 MARCH 1859, page 19

. No Less Than 4150 Pictures Have Already Arrived For

the great Paris Exhibi- taco,. and some two thousand more have been promised. The term for sen ding in paintings ended with the first of March; a large number of artists,......

Through The Aid Of Mr. Graves And At The Price

of 300 guineas, the Historical Portrait Committee have obtained a very choice likeness by Garrard of the celebrated Countess of Pembroke, "Sidney's sister, Pem- broke's mother."......

Fiat Arts.

THE NEW TURNER AND VERNON GALLERIES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has shown great tact in the settle- ment of the vexed questions for the fit accommodation for the National......

Literary News.

The little stir or promise there is in the publishing world seems with Messrs. Chapman and Hall. They announce in the course of the month Mr. Thomas Adolphus Trollope's "Decade......

Publications Received.

A novel by Mr. Trappe, a volume of poetry by Mr. Patrick Scott, and annotations upon Paley's "Moral Philosophy," are the chief publi- cations of the week. The novel we expect......