7 MAY 1853, page 19

The Amateur Exhibition.

The notion of an amateur exhibition has proved a decided hit. In this its third year, the number of exhibitors is more than twice that of the last, and the number of works is......

Fine Arts.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. Criticism on an exhibition such as that of the Royal Academy, com- prising nearly fifteen hundred works in various departments of art, cannot be......

Naval Gazette.

ADMIRALTY, April 22.—Vice-Admiral of the White B. Hodgson has been appointed to receive a pension of 150/. a year, as provided in her Majesty'a order in Council of the 25th June......

Military Gazette. War-ofpice, April 29.-7th Regt. Of...

W. M. Lord Sandys to be Col. vice Major-Gen. R. B. Gabriel, C.B. deceased, whose commission as Col, of that Regt. is hereby cancelled. 1st Regt. of Drag. Guards—Capt. H. D.......

Births.

On the 24th March, at the residence of her father, Major-General Staveley, C.B., Commanding Poonah division of the army, Mrs. Anson, Wife of Captain Talavera Vernon Anson, R.N.,......