... CHINA ILLUSTRATED: a series of views. By Thlomas Allom, Esq.; with notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright, M.A. 4to, parts I to 4.-London: Fisher. The happy issue of the struggle between this country and China has naturally aalwened curiosity respecting all that concorns that vast but ill-kirewn empire, and its dense and extraordinary population. It is to grati- fy this taste that Messrs Fisher have ...

... I Elow DID ENGLAND BECOM;E AN OTIAGAROKY ? Addressed to parliamentary reformers. To which is added A St5OrT TREATISE ON TEEFIRST PRENCrr~LrSOF PeLlTICAL GOVERNMaENr. By JonatIhanl Duncan, Esq.-London: X1adden & Co. Mr Duncan has in this small volume sketched the course of events in this country from a very early period, with the declared purpose of proving that the conduct of the aristocracy- ...

... The Cattle Market Floral and Horticultural Amateur Society held their first show for the season, at the house of Mr James Clzrke, WIheat 3hleaf lnil, Water- loo-slreet, Newidmstle, on MAonday, whens the judges (Mr ?? Berry, Mr R Brown, Mr A. Moat) decided asfollosvs: Mr Lishmean, foe three dissiroilar bloomrss of hyrcinths, ast; hir F. Shield, 2nd ann 4th, lr Isarc Scott, ior best 24 ...

... This -a i-s snI- I ?? . . . 'iUnIs society held their last show for the season, at the house of Mr J. Colpitts, Frainwellgate Bridge, on Tuerday last, for the exhibition of dahlias, &c., and the prizes were awarded as ?? 3 dahlias to Mr Watson; second best 3 to Mr Jerrems, third best to Mr Watson; fourth best to Mr W. Hutchinson; and fifth best to Mr Watson. Best fuchsia to Mr Hutchinson; best ...

... W'iSiISTI-BI:E ; ,A COLLnION OF SoNGs, FORt TIIH SOCIAL CReCLL, cisErLY ORIGINAL. Glasgowv, 1842. Although this age is principally distinguished by the development of mechanical ingenuity, and the applica. of physical agencies to the purposes of life, still the human mind is constantly displaying a desire to emnploy what leisure it may possess, in traversing the quiet and delightful avenues ...

... THE ARTHUR'S BILL Floral and Horticultural Society's first exhibition for the season was held on Mon- day, at the house of Mr James Clark, Cookson's Arms, when the prizes were awarded as follows:- POLYANTIHUS-Mr Isaac Scott Ist with Wilson's Fair J!-n Ogden; 2nd with Wilson's Rising Sun; and with Pearson's Alexander. AURICULAS VATlE'- ?? Barry Ist with Metcalfe's Lancashire Hero; 2nid, ...

... MARKE'i' S, VAk KS, &X. N'EWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 25. Time of year considered, the show of fat cattle on offer here to-day has been ful ly an average, both in respect of quantity and quality, including several very good lots of shorthorns from Yorkshire, and twenty of the Irish breed, from Liverpool, in excellent condi- tion. in sheep and lambe there was a decline both in their numbers ...

... WOODBURN HORTICULTURAL I ?? SOCIETY. I ,Th-. ?? 'This society held its annoalm-nee-ting on Friday the ISd of Septemaber. The exhibition took Place in a tent com-. posed Of four wings, each fifty feet in- length, facing at -right anaes into a central masrque twenty feet square. About 6:10 persons visited the exhibition, and the band of the Blellingham Iron Works discourted music to thre ...

... [ j. THE SANITARY QUSFT_ I h0_ . X . tkwrom ft rsc fasa,- Froms every side does the sad convijorj that petty selfishness, and the miserable i! local interests and loca02 authorities ?? difficulties with which we have to c tnt et l::rail vate intereat. whose resistance hao arte 'dhisTh sacrifice of 40,000 vauable ive iled- under many a false pretence of Patristj s rue rac of Pposition, ...

... Caps.-TYhe Bretons caps are now much sought after for a morning toilette, in muslin or lace; they are generally lined with different light colcurs, giving them a very pretty effect. Those in tulle are mostly made short at the ears, and ornamented at each side with three chouK of red satin riband, a wreath of very sntall rosettes passing round the back of the cap. Some are made without any caul ...

... I MURRAY'S COLONIAL AND HOME LIBRARY. XI. The Amber Witch. The most interesting trial for witchoraft ever known.-A true witch story, in the most comprehensive sense of the term. It purports to be a translation from a German manuscript, and to record the history, trial, and sufferings of the daughter of an old pastor, whose difficulties commenced at the close of the Thirty Years' War. The ...

... COUNTY OF DURHAM FLORAL AND n HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. I This society hold their show in the Exhibition Rooms, Durham, en WednesdWy. Judges-Mr. Roberts, gar- dener tO His Grace the Duke of Cleveland, Raby % s- tIe; Mr Graham, gardeser to Joseph Pease, Esq., Dar- ligton; and Mr Ross, gardener to Mrs Pemberton, Barnes, Sunderland, for the general production. For tde best culolatedAilotments.T L. ...