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YRICF 4d.
ST.I3IPED sd.

'paining third to her niece, Louisa Elizabeth
Murray.

The will of George Lenox Conyngham, Esq.,
108, Eaton-square, l'im!ico, was proved in the
London Court, on the 9th ult ,by his son-in law,
the Right Hon. Hayes St. Leger, Viscount Done-
raile ; Thomas G. Staveley, of the Foreign Office,
and Henry A. Bathurst, Esq., of Chapel-street,
llelgrave-square, the joint acting executors. The
personalty was sworn under £35,000. Mr. Conyng-
ham was Chief Clerk of the Foreign Office, which
appointment he had held for nearly fifty years. His
will bears date Nov. 2, 1866, and he died, rather
suddenly, on the 26th of the same month. He has
bequeathed the whole of his property, real and
personal, to his wife, Elizabeth Emmet Lenox
Conyngham, absolutely.

The will of William Peters, Esq., of Wouldham
hall, Kent, was proved in the London Court by
two sons of the deceased and Mr. Stephen IL
King, solicitor, Maidstone, the executors. The
personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. The testator
died possessed of the Wouldham Hall estate and
manor, in Kent, and of valuable leasehold estates
in Surrey. He leaves to his widow £5OO a year
and the residence and grounds of Wouldham Hall ;
to each of his daughters he leaves £5OO a year and a
legacy of £6,000 ; to his son William £5OO a year ;
and he bequeaths the residue of his property, real
and personal, together with the goodwill of his
business, to his sons Joseph, Edwin, and Henry.
Mr. Peters had been very successful in trade as a
limeburner. lie .liodJannary 27, 18 67, at the age
of 73.

The following is the Hypo.
pointed to consider the designs fcif•-aew lAtiolsl
-Gallery. It is addressed to Lord xan Manners,
First Commissioner of her 'Majesty's Works and
Public Buildings :
" ;Nly Lord;—We have the honour, in accordance
with the instt uctions conveyed in your Lordzhip's
letter of the 17th ult., to submit the following Report
on the several designs for the National Gallery sent
in by the competing architects.
" Our first step was to obtain clear and definite
instructions as to our duties, and we subsequently
inquired whether, in the event of our considering it
unadVisable to recommend any one of the competing
designs for execution, it was expected that we should
specify which of the designs appears to exhibit the
greatest amount of comi.arative merit.

" Our next object in examining these designs was
to ascertain whether the competitors had in every
respect complied with the instructions of the Office
of Works conveyed to them in the circular dated
the 15th of February, 1866, and with this view we
obtained, through your Lordship, the valuable assis-
tance of Mr. IV. J. Gardiner, from whose report it
appears, with one or two exceptions of minor detail,
the instructions have been strictly adhered to.
" We have minutely examined the several designs
prepared under the two alternatives proposed in the
circular above referred to, keeping carefully in view
the relative importance of interior arrangement and
architectural elevation ; but while we readily
acknowledge the architectural skill shown by the
competitors, and the meritorious manner in which
many of the difficulties of these requirements have
been met, we are bound to say, after full and mature
deliberation, that we are not prepared to recommend
any one individual design for adoption by your
Lordship.
" We much regret that we are c3mpellel to arrive
at this conclusion, which, we may observe, is one to
which we have unanimously assented.

" At the same time we think it due to the com-
petitors to point to the design for a new gallery by
Mr. Edward Barry, and to that for the adaptation
of the existing gallery by Mr. Murray, as exhibiting
the greatest amount of architectural merit.

" Having thus far performed the duty assigned to
us by your lordship, we venture to submit for your
consideration the following suggestions on the prin-
ciplQs which ought to govern the building of a new
National Gallery ; suggestions which we believe to
be in accordance with the spirit, if not the letter, of
our instructions.

" We are of opinion that in the construction of a
National Gallery the principle of ample and unob-
structed light should be carefully observed. This,
we believe, will be most effectually done by lighting
the principal galleries from the top, and by so regu-
lating the space for the admission of light that it
shall in no case be less than one-half of the sup3r-
fieies of the floor.

"The height of these, galleries to the ceiling Egli t
should, in our opinion, be equal to the width ; and,
as regards their length, long galleries without sub-
divisions appear to us to be inconvenient to visitors,
and ill-adapted to a proper classification of the pic-
tures exhibited.

" We consider, at the same time, that a National
Gallery should contain one or more galleries of the
width laid down in the instructions to the competi-
tors, while other galleries might be constructed with
a width of 40 to 30 feet, which dimensions would
be well suited for the exhibition of smaller pictures.
" In th€se arrangements especial care should be
taken that the higher galleries do not obstruct the
light of the lower ones, and that the entrances
should, if possible, be at the ends, rather than at
the sides of the galleries.
" On the question of warming and ventilation,
the appliances should be so contrived as to give out
the heat in the cent►e of the room.

" Bearing in mind the arrangements required for
the upper galleries, we consider it a matter of great
importance that such areas should be provided as
will admit of the lower rooms being lighted from
both sides, so as to fit them for the exhibition of the
Turner collection and other drawings.
" The levels of the principal gallery floors should
be so constructed as to admit of easy access by
visitors. We would further observe that it is not,
in our opinion, necessary or expedient to add to
the difficulties involved in the requirements of a
national picture gallery by appropriating large
spaces to the exhibition of sculpture.
" These suggestions are submitted for your lord-
ship's consideration with reference to interior ar-
rangements.

" As regards the exterior, the light conveyed
through the glass roofs should be as far as possible
unobstructed by shadows cast from domes, towers,
&c. Any breaks, therefore, which may be intro-
duced to relieve the sky-line should be subordinate
to this practical consideration.
" Provision should be made for the shelter of
visitors entering or quitting the galleries, so as to
give ready covered access to their carriages.
" We have ventured to tender to your lordship
these suggestions as desiderata in the erection of a
gallery suitable for the reception of the national
pictures.

" We are, at the same time, aware that they
must be subject to local considerations, to the space
placed at the disposal of the architect, and also to
the architectural effect required in a public build-
ing of the kind under consideration.
" We do not wish it to be inferred from the above
suggestions that these requirements have been gene-
rally lost sight of by tte competitors. We have
already acknowledged not only the talent evinced
in dealing with the question of architectural effect,
but also the ingenuity and professional skill which
have been brought to bear upon the difficulties of
the task assigned to them.
" Havir.g, however, come to the conclusion already
communicated to your lordship, we should have
failed in our duty as a Committee of advice had we
not expressed our opinion upon the general prin-
ciples which should be observed in the construction
of a National Gallery, and we are led to believe
from the result of our investigations that such prin-
ciples may be generally adopted, and be found not
altogether inconsistent with those architectural
effects which should characterise a building of such
national importance.
" With this view we beg to submit the above
Report for your lordship's consideration.

" HamixGE.
"ELciio.

" RICHARD REDGRAVE.
" WILLIAM RUSSELL.

"A. J. B. BERESFORD HOPE. "T. G.AMBIER PARRY.
" W. BOXALL. " WILLIAM TITE.

"DAVID BRANDON.

"London, Feb. 28."

PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.--Photo-
graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch-boxes, writ-
ing-cases, dressing-cases, travelling-bags, envelope-cases,
blotting-books, ink-stands, desks, book-slides, work-boxes,
tea-caddies, hand-bags, and reticules, card-cases, parses,
stationery-cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage
stamps, crests, &c.; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket-
books, electro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles,
Prayer-books, and Church Services, in every type. Par-
kins and Gotto, 25, Oxford-street The public supplied
at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London.
A test of the dampness of rooms is suggested
by Dr. Coffee. Place 500 gins. of quicklime on a
plate, leave it in the apartment, and if at the end
of 24 hours this substance, which absorbs moisture
very greedily, has not increased iu weight by more
than one-fortieth or one-fiftieth, the apartment may
be considered fit to live in. In a damp or newly-
built room it will increase iu weight as much as five
per cent.

The steamer Washinton, of the Italian navy,
has just arrived at Marseilles from Venice with a
number of cases of articles intended for the Paris
Exhibition.
Advices from Copenhagen mention that the visit
of the King of the Ilellenes to Denmark and the
countries of the north of Europe is considered as
abandoned.
Mr. Frank Buckland, now oac of her Majesty's
inspectors of salmon fisheries, last week received a
%very handsome recognition of his services in salmon
and oyster culture from the authorities of the late
fish culture exhibition at Boulogne. An award of a
silver and a bronze medal was made to him, with a
polite wish for his presence on the decoration day,
March 3, 1867, to receive front their own hands the
honours which have been awarded.--Land and
Water.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN

The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public are
respectfully informed that the OPERA SEASON of 1867
will commence on TUESDAY, April 2. Full particulars
of the arrangements will be duly announced.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAN E.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. E.
Phelps, F. Barsby, Fitzjames, C. Hsrcourt, W. M'lntyre, C.
Warner; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, H. Vandenhoff, and
Isabel Adams.
To conclude with, WANTED, HUSBANDS FOR SIX.
Mesdames Lydia Thompson, H. Broughton ; Messrs. Barrett
ant E. Clifton.

Commence at Seven.

INHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Leesee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone,
THIS EVENING, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern,
Buokstenc, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c. ;Mesdames
Moore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam,
Atter which, DIAMONDS AND HEA RTS. Messrs.
Chippendale. Ho, e, Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathers-
by ; Mesdames Burke, Moore, Sidney, Mathews, ..tc.
To conclude with MRS. WIIITE. Mr. Compton.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. rechter.
THIS EVENING. 813IPSON AND CO. Messrs. Emery
and Prise; Miss Elsworthy.
After which, at Eight, DON C.,ESAR DE BAZAN. Mr.
Pechter; Messrs. Jordan, St. Albyn ; Miss Heurade, Mrs.
Leigh Murray, and Miss Leclercq.
To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdi-
comb.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T LIIS EVENING. at Seven, by the kind permission of J.
B. Buckstone, Esq., the Comedy of PAUL PItY. Messrs.
J. L. Took, Billington. It. Phi 1111" Ashley, C. J. Smith ;
Mrs. Alfred Mellon, 31iss E. Pitt.
To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE
MOUNTAIN DIRT; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY,
AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford,
Ashley, It. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon,
Miss Furtado. Miss Hughes, &Liss Emily Pitt. ,sic.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. igan.
THIS EVENING, LAVATER; OR, NO A BAD
JUDGE. Messrs. H. J, Montague, D. Murray, and Charles
Mathews ; Mesdames Ha7ris and M Palmer.
After whi,h, THE LIAR. I%!r. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews ;
Messrs. H. J. ‘lontsgue, H. Wigan, and Mrs. Stephens.
To conclude with A ROMANTIC IDEA. Mr. and Mrs.
C. Mathews, G. Vincent, and Mss E. Farren.
Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vinin.g.
TRIES EVENING, HIS LAST LEGS. Mr. C. Verner,
Mr. C. H. Fenton ; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss Went-
worth.
Followed by. at half-past 8 o'clock, a rew and original
Drama, by T. W. Rob, rtson, entitled SHADOW TREE
SUAFr. Characters hy Messrs. Vining. J. G. Shore, C. Ver-
ner, F. Villiers, H. Forrester, H. Mellon, and Cathcart ;
Misses Montagu, Minnie Edmonds, and Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manac,reress, Itlrs. Swanhorouc,rh.
THIS EVENING, MARRIED DAUGHTERS. -Messrs.
Tir, rne, Belford, and G. Murray; Misses Johnstone and
Hughes.
After which, the Burlesque, ESMERALDA ; or, The Sen-
sation Goat. Messrs. Thorne James, Robson, and Turner ;
111 csdamrs A. Swanborough, fluOes, Newton, Weathersby,
and E. Iloit.
To conclude with A SUIT OF TWEEDS.
Commence at Seven.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Scle rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
Be'more, Miss Foote, Ilis3 LcLinos.
After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Delmore, Blake. Garden,Voilaire ; 31esdameE
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. Baymond.
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lIE ATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S.
I. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. NATION.
Production of Benjamin Webster's Original Drama, "The
Golden farmer," and the Nation-al Burlesque Opening of
" Hush-a-Bye, Baby."
EVERY EVENING, Bayle Bernard's screaming Farce,
MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. H.
Stephens.
After which, Benjamin Webster's Original Drama, THE
G iLDEN FARMER; or, The Last Crime. Messrs. Fer-
nandez, Atkins, Stephens ; Miss Edith Stuart.
To conclude with the Nation-al Burlesque Opening' of
HUSH-A-BYE, BABY; terminating w,th Mr. Hick's mar-
vellous Transformation Scene, realising those scenes of en-
chantnv nt given in the Arabian Nights. Mieses Nellie Nis-
bett, Caroline Parkes, Thirlwall, Marion, Clifton. Mrs. Caul-
field ; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens. Milano, and Arthur.