The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-24 00:00:00

GARDENS.

The enormous new Music Hall at the Surrey
Zoo',lint Gardens is ■ow progr. ming with west vigour.
Its gr.uod plea e insists if a psralitr gran. 16b feet for g by
99 feet wide, with oc•ntonal toecap at tact r•a'erool angle,
in which wattling staircases are constrected, Le the purposes
of eideomuhicalitin with the earosis tits of rislleries vetch
surround the interior and esters. rot the bud., intr. These
IMITCIIIII 14,1 compovd of VAIL anise, and are 21 fat t In
diameter in th clear; suit the will-bole is 9 Pet d ame7er,
giving the 1 rcij ction of he steps frem the sat, 12 !cc:. The

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terminations of the toners are constructed of timber,
covered with plain and ornamental attain, Bed are h•ghly
picturesque in their outline, partikii g somewhat of the
pagoda and mine ret peculiarities in their upper woe...
Tt e lower portions are constructed of red Mick, with Ps !l-
ined cement quoins, wind,n-dreesinge, cornices, anti string
courses of the same materiel The u tal height of these
towers ls 96 feet. The prineipsl eon elevation is cow
piled of malls bricks, with red brick arches to the wit.
cows; the same mstetiel being usi el in the melons and
string courses. The "rear" e eta ion is of stock bricks,
with Portland cement or...sings. At the lapin rle Tel c f the
loser story of thus front is constructed a belchey with
bilustradtog, ttse upper portion of which will be &coveted
with natural Aswan, which will hem) a very pleasing effect.
The elevation overlookis g the lake will hien two c alt. nee
maternally, from which spec's' ors may vi,isv the fireeevrits
and the megnificent view of Coostantinople, the grottoes.
caverns, and other isgenione cos rviveness now in coulee of
preparation by Mr. Dement sod his able assistants The
so fof the interior is semi-circular, terminated at each and
by semi-acme., under one of which the orehec ra is con-
structed, and which will be capable of accommudatitic 200
performers. The eircul,r rib. if the no. rr • compered of
two thicknesses of laminated Meant hoards 11 ins he. thfek,
enclosing in the centre • rib of we; ugh•-iron, thweveighths
of an inch thick, ionising a most simple, air ng, and
ingenious eonir.•lllCO. I LII-• nibs are ail Cllll7.ctild
together with the usual i.urlios in the ordinary manner.
and, when the r isif is completed, will comprise • piece of
eacelleht plain carpentry. hers w; Ibe three galleries for
the scot mmodat on of toe author. ce, construct- d a 1 rosnd
the interior of the walls. except in that por ion os coped by
the (+reit aaaaa . The peojectiou of the two lover stepwise
' will be 16 feet 6 inches, end the ups er one 13 leer, which
will be supported by Pen columns, the fountiotioos for
which are connected together by is tested arch.. of tr eh,
•18 itches th•ek. sat in cement. The upper portion of the
domical roof will have louvre toerdisg, Sao thteught.ut
its entire heath for ventilation, and, in ad, ition to the side
lights, it will pave three seteennal insertnne *Meg the
mown of the arch, to which will be flied what ate tech-
nically cailsd wsi.h glass light., 12 feet diameter. Memel
timber is used throughout the entire building. Horace
Junes, B q., architect, of Furisivore-inn, is tie di signer of
the arrestor.. Messrs. Scott and Cornwell me the eat-
trances, and /dr. Thomas Wcv lf,ll is the aleck of the
otorka.—Land end Boilding News.

The Botanical Gardens in Regent's-park—which
opened their swami r rimenade on Wedoesday last with a
bight 'clay, a good thi.d, and pleso.nt muoic—will hold
their Bret Flower St ow on Wrdnesday test.
The Royal Garden at Turin was opened on Sunday
for the first tame this lessor, and scendgeg to custom,
the biriat tee' Etatra•nt of the Gearde played for two
boats. Tke Risorgimosta of Ow 119. h, in menu oning the
ritstobraws a comparison between the enjoymar.s f the
people of Toria and taws of Lend o; the tatter, it observes,
Wing (Martel' (ton loch a rt oreatig,n.
iiropoaal his been started in Lisbon for three
aelituarata to odnimemorate the great events of Portuguese
eisterpriges. It Is trop mod to en c. a twee to VA*CO de
Quart, thgudtecoverer of the Capa pase.ge ti India, to Nano
Alves Caboal, tha due) f B.eail, and to Casnoens,
who sarag the glories of Portugal in it. most gloriou

The CoUrrier du Bus-Rhin publishes a letter ex-
*states the calm of a pretended shower of sulphur
ethich fell a few de3 a ego at Strasburg. It says :
,V;This yellow wder, which generally falls about this tie*
t f the year, end which at &it Cght, erten coaling down
With the heavy rein, somewhat resembles sulphur, is cothing
. more they the downy powder from the flowers of the pines
, which grow in the ceighbouring mountains, where more
_than 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) r f them are planted.
Ie the month of May these firs diem The flowers are
slowly wedged together, and each collrcion of flowers
attains more than a sullies of grains of this fine down or
_powder. As each tree beers m•. re then 1.000 of these col-
, Wier, and as t►ere are at least 2,500 trees on every hec-
tare, the imagination can esa-c. ly conceive the quantity of
tye powder thee produced. The southerly winds blow this
powder towards the city, and it foPs to the ',foetid with the
rein, which thee has the appearance of hiving sulphur
mined with it."

Two more of the Rogers pictures have been exhi-
bited In the National Gallery during the week. Rubens'e
"Triumphal Provision of Julius Omar," after Mactagne,
sad the sketch of "The Horrors of War," by the suns
toaster. The firmer I. bang somewhat !ow down, under
the "Belot 1:1,v.m."

The Council of the Royal Society have recom-
mended the following genii, mon for election into the
11-oiety out of the list of candidates: —J. H. B arise, M.D.,
R. W. Blaney, Sir J. Bowrisg, Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Batt.,
P. H. Owes, R. Harkness, C. H. Hawkins, M. J. Johnson,
J. C. Moore, H. M. Hoed, B Pour, Rev. T. R. Robinson,
D.D., H. H. Sailor, M D., A. Smith, Car,. T. A. B. Sprott,
R.N.

W. D. Belcher, Esq., mayor of the borough of
Abingdon, died unexpectedly on Thersdiy lest, in hie
duty-meontb year. He woe wren time. may .r or his cativo

It is announced that the office of assistant secre-
tary to the fluent, of Arts will teems veriest :at the end of
June, its present holder, Mr. James Forrest, t.avieg bred
antedated to the Institution of Clod KOK:1111119. It has
bees resolved to throw open tbs office to competitive ela-
atimatica.