... EXHIBITION HlANDKERCHIIIEF. Ie Wc have just received fioin Messrs. Williamn Stirling & Son a of of this city, a Turkey Red lIandkorchief, on which is printed a 2C zn series of vieirs of the Crystal Palacc, and other designs appro- C s priatc to the (ireat Industrial Exhibition We ,vill, however, +I attempt n description ofthis verybcmtifiiy ornamentedpiece ot calico. In the centre sits a ...

... THE G17EAT EXHI B I T1.T () (Foml the Ti`ceS of Maonidav.) 11'er Mlajesty, Prince Albert, and the Rtoyal party at the Palace, visited thc Exhibitions oil Saturday mornilg beforre the - public were admitted, and were chiefly occupied in inspecting the departments of Spanish, Italian, and French contributors. After their departure tir area of the building was tlirongod throughout tic dlay, andl ...

... POP'ULARl ENTERTAINIMENTS. ?? . . ?? ?? . .1- 1 .. 1 ?? I Pt'isce's ?? establishinieut 31r. Josh. Silsbee, . the faunols siet'iean comedian, and Mir. B3enjamiin 13arnett, have been perfbrniing nightly to good h(ousPs. Of the former t we do ineit well know what to say that mnav not be construed into lanlt-filoidig and hypercritical fastidiousness, hult we Canitot help what nitay be thought of ...

... TIHE FINE AlRTS IN GLASGOW IN THE OLDEN I TIME. LI R1OB3ERT ANDI ANDREW FOULIS. anTI (Ceolrntimiated by G. N.) abou In thec t ?? Institute for thin Fine Arts it may be in- ?? i ttrilefive I toiyor readers to know somsethling of the Academy ld flulideil in (l asgoiv by, Robert and Andrew Fouhie. I regret Sacri c thvat 1 d1i ilit ?? LinformatLion to stilto ?? precise date of its LI foildaltpiol ...

... c I fMTTrrt. r -rmr Snr -wam eln THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST. (By Charles Mackay, in the Illustrated London News.) Cincinnati, Jan. 27, 1858. Cincinnati is as yet the greatest city of the Great West. How long it will ,remain so depends on the progress of po. pulation in Missouri, and the city of St. Louis on the Missis- sippi. But a few years ago it was the U'ltima-Thule of civil- isation, ...

... 7 A - W ?? ARRAN FLAMES' SOOETY CATTLE SHOW. . ?? . . .. . . . I .. sA - This show was held at Issnlash -on rsesday the 16th inst. The following is the list of prize.:- l For the beet Ayrelhire BuA not undgee ?? years of age- Ilst Wm. Todd, Gleniee- !W, Mri Finlay l'ook, Torrylin. For the best Ayrshire bow, not uder 1ires yettofage vhich has had a omitf -dring the: crrent season- M'Callum, ...

... FASHIONS FORL VOLUNTEERS. ._ .. -- c ~ - , +. ' - ' (From the Spectator.) Artists of real talent as well as distinction are discussing the not unimportant question, how to dress the volunteer. They only seem to forget the sage precept of the ifumortal artist as the preliminary to dressing, first catch your hare, ' for this discussion is by no means useless. Ittends to promote the practical ...

... LITER AT UII E. TiLE LIFr or JULIUS OESAsI. By the Ven. John Williams, t- A.M., Archdeacon of Cardigan, Author of 1;Alexander the Great, &c. London: G. Rloutledge & Co., Farringdon Street. 1854. Tills is a vcry interosting record of the Life of the Groat Re- dman, accompanied with instructive sketches of his contempor- t. aries, and of the state of thle Republic ainterior to, and disriug Isis ...

... LI TE RAT U RE. ScoTTIc1sMIS CORRECTED. London: John F. Shaw. ToIS publication (a part of a series, entitled, Never too late to Learn), begins by defining a Scotticism in tvo wsays. The first definition, that of Dr. Beattie, the well-known poet of the last century wepresume, is, a Scotticism is an idiom or peculiar expression of the natives of Scotland. The second definition is stated to ...

... CA'TTLE SIlO WS. Yesteiday the annual competition of the Kilbarchasi Agri- oultural Society for cattle, poul try, and dairy prroduce,.was held e at Kilbarchan. The weather was really mast delightful, mnd 1% the turn-out on the show grountl was much superior to-what we b have seen on former occasiond. The proceedings were also r conisiderably enlivened from the preoseunce of, the Kilbarchan ...

... (FROM POEMS BY ELIZADETII 3IARRETT DROWNING.) Dying In his absence abroad, and referring to the Poem in which he recorded the sweetness of her eyes. On the door you will not enter, I have gazed too Iong-adieu!- IHope withdraws her peradvOenture- Death is near me,-and not yotu I Come, 0 lover, Close and cover These poor eyes, you called, I ween, Sweqtest. eyes, were ever seen. When I beard ...

... I~ ~ ,_ , . ken. a of (iFramutbe Mtanchester Guardian,) was The Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, this at Manchester, in 18.5?, is now a thing of the past, so far as the nee, public is concerned:- and to the executive committee there re- sage mains but the onerous tasak of. packing the countless treasures por- and retu-rning. them to their liberal-minded owners. it was for ...