... The Cultivation and Improve- ment of Flowers, illustrated with living specimens. The attention of the audience was agreeably occupied for an hour and a half, and at intervals the beautiful plants and flowers, which decorated the theatre, together with ...

... next year's estimates. CHELSEA HOSPITAL AND THE RAILWAY BOARD,- Mieut. Colonel Alderson, R.E., at present a member of the Railway Board, has been selected to succeed Mr. Richard Neave, as Secretary to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the latter being about ...

... and brake, was encored. So likewise was the trio, Mrs. Harper, Miss Lu-ombe, and Mias Flower, My Lady, the Countess. In this, the deep, and rich tones of Miss Flower's mezzo soprano voice were heard to perfection; whilst Mrs. Harper and Miss Lucombe ...

... important point is success; and if to succeed he must strangIe, with lis own hands,his opinions said precedents. lie will no more show grace to them than to an enemy. We invite you, French readers, to commu- nicate to your acquaintances that this gentleman passes ...

... the cat out ,ofthe bag with a vengeance.] I DpmvITsION O ?? is less, and yet more .than a lie. A lie is the root-humbug the flower-of false- t hood. Humbug is a lie in its practical developement. We sometimes hear of such a thing as- a lie with ecicutsstan- ...

... in .the extreme. The viariety and value of she artieles showed how actively the'fair contributors h id exerted themselves in the good .jorkl' It is impossible to enumerate one tithe of the show, and difficult to do anythiig like justice to the ,most prominent ...

... Asylum t District (which comprises St. George. Hanover-square, St. James,, Westminster, St. Mary Abbott, Kensington, St. Luke, Chelsea, St. Margaret and St. John the Evan- gelist, Westminster, St. Martin,in-the.Fields, St. Mary- lebone and Paddin ton) by which ...

... army at Chelsea, by the remioval of all the girls front that place to the minor establishment at b Southampton; and liy bringing all the boys from 'I the latter place, to Chelsea; so that in futurne the o: boys will he wholly etlucated at Chelsea, and the ...

... Jf - Asthe evening a yeteranbody qf GroI1a- a- ?? gwdaZ -wo were;, ernphaticifly called l e Waterlooseo, and whose medals showed where ~ . °tlseh aqquired that' honourablc title, were drawn 'ap in a line along! the sdtb aisle, at tbe extremity P of wyhich ...

... the brilliant scene. The gardens, on every hand, presented wifn appearance of almost sur- passing lqveliness and beauty. Flowers, rich and rare, revelltd in ill the luxurianee of nature, and the slopes, smooth as velvet'and the foliage of the shrubberies ...

... brooding on her nest; | And the shade on the woods is adeeper green; And the dark grey hills are more faintly seen And the flowers their bells of beauty close, And wearied nature seeks repose. -There is rest ?? all, but none for thee, For thy heart is ...

... made memorable by the turning up, by the ruthless ploughshare. of the mouse's nest, and of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower. Deceased frequently accompanied Burns in his visitto the Mauch- line Belles ; and several anecdotes regarding the great ...