The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-03 00:00:00

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. is.
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-

ture- is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, ex opt Friday.
Flagman Gallery—tniversity of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,

10 till 4.-
Gallery of Ancient Maaters-49, Pall. is.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free: other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the haC

keepen
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free aaily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Batz.rdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &e. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork--. 58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. °non frAe
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens -Highbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at one o'clock
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
numbers' order.

BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS.—New York is shud-
dering over the knowledge, just received, that nine hun-
dred gallons of nitro-glycerine were carted through its
streets the other day.—There is an old log sticking in the
Mississippi River, near St. Louis, that has already sunk
three vessels, damaged two others, and cost 8220,000.
A, number of immigration agents are at Denver, Colo-
rado, making y reparations for the arrival of colonists in
the spring. A large immigration is expected.—Both Houses
of the California Legislature have passed a bill repealing
the Act allowing the carrying of concealed deadly wea-
pons.— A civilized Indian has opened a pawnbroker's shop
in Chicago.—Cincinnati is to have a "Great International
Singing Festival" next June.—At the funeral of Miss
Hattie S. Putnam, at Chester, Vermont, six young ladies,
appropriately dressed for the occasion, a cted as pall bearers,
and sang a dirge at the grave. Of 6,658 persons confined
in the Pittsburg "lock-up" during the past year more than
5,500 were under the influence of liquor.—The richest
gold mine in California last yearyielded a profit of $310,000.
—The steamship Ontario was sold at Boston, Feb. 7, to
satisfy claims of bondholders. The sale was by auction,
and the vessel brought s2so,ooo.—The .abstract of the
condition of the New York National Banks, at the close of
business on Jan. 22, shows resources and liabilities aggre-
gating 6421,903,477. The specie amounted to $36,888,141.
—lt is proposed to sell the Brooklyin navy yard. The
site, it is said, would bring $20,000,000. We understand
that an American has bought her Majesty's dockyard on
the Thames, a few miles from London, but at a very diffe-
rent price.—Fifty out of a hundred students at the Minne-
sota State University are women.—The United States
steamer Leyden, Randall commanding, arrived at Port-
land on 11th Feb. from Boston, to convoy the monitors,
liliantonomah and Terror, which sailed on S unday, Peb.l3.
A large auction sale of commonwealth lands on the Black
Bay was made in Boston, Monday morning, Feb. 7, the
total amount thereof being s97,6lB.—Boston'has 14 sav-
ings banks, whose deposits, on Oct. 30, were $33,102,564.
The deposits and surplus earnings of the saving banks of
Massachusetts on the same day were $114,801,608.23
equal in amount to the value of all the corporate capital
invested in cotton, woollen, iron, and leather manufac-
tures; nearly double the appraised value of all the rail-
ways, and exceeding by thirty-five million dollars the
capital of all the bias of discount in4bis State last year.