... A show of poultry was opened to the publici on Saturday last at the Crystal Palace. The total number of pens is 1,466, and among the owners of the birds are nearly all the most eminent breeders and fanciers of poultry and pigeons .rc Isle country.. he number oi pens of Spanish fowl is i _4 of Dork ngs, coloured and white, 150; Cochin China, brown, white, and partridge-feathered, 109; Bramnah ...

... The Queen held a Drawing Room on Saturday at St. James's Palace, for the purpose of enabling the aristocracy of the country to pay their respects to the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia previous to their departure from this country on Tuesday next. The reception at St. Jassses's was a most brilliant one. Directly thedoors of the palace were opened, soon after one o'clock, the ...

... THE RArI TWWWRTRATIoMT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. It is impossible to obtain greater proof of the progress of music in this country than the desire we occasionally see manifested to bring before the public the works of some grand old master, whose greatest compositions are laid aside because of the difficulties in the way of their execution and performance. It will be remem- bered that some of ...

... ocktl. STANZAS SUGGESTED BY A SHELL. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgettli)g.-WVOaDsWofStsa. 11he sea shell of its native deep A thrilling moan retains.-RzSIANS. Imagination builds on airy beams Temples more fair than human skill can boast; With brighter hues the visionary gleams Than aught this world owns, or hath over lost, The signs and symbols that in man exist, Divine suggestions, ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATfrLE AND POULTRY S H 0 A. Tihe exhibition opened yesterday nborning, and during the day no tower than four thousand persons were admitted, the greater proportion of these using the tickets issued to subscribers. ilhe aristocracy of the neighbouring countics mustered very strongly. Anmongst those present were the Earl of Shrewesbury, Lord John Scott (Preeident of the Society) and ...

... What should have been a promenade concert, with all the attractions of a celebrated band, a llrst-class vocalist, fresh air, sunshine, and a pretty view, was wondrously translated. hle rain being pitiless and the day darksome, there was a wise altera- tion made in the arrangements. The pianoforte, which had already beon deposited in the Parlo orchestra, was removed to the Great Gallery; and ...

... In Saturday's Journa we gave a short notice of the rich and glorious-addition which the Poet Laureate has mado to our literature, We do not propose to give any further analysis of this four-fold string of pearls, but merely-to call here and there a few of the exquisite, noble, and pathetic pa3sages with which the poems abound.. Such glorious utterances as are contained in this volume ...

... A PATRIOTIC ODF. O England! I oeuld be so very poetic, And use such long adjectives-two in a line- And spout in a vein that would seetn quite prophetic, Whentelling the glories that yet ehall be thine. But no! rbll e satisfied simply to tell you I think you've a decent old home for your sons- They're not every moment in fear of the bellow Of stark Revolution and thunder of guns ! You have some ...

... The first concert of the Dirinighalni Musical Union-a society expressly devoted to the cultivation of Classical Chamber Music- took place last night, at Dee's Royal Hotel. The attendance was both numerous and fashionable, the various approaches to the hotel being lined with vehicles of every description, from the modest car to the stately family coach; and it the expectations of the pro- ...

... R A musical instrument of a novel character -was exhibited on Saturday -at the Crystal Palace, the performance upon which excited considerable interest among snamerous mem- hers of the solentificand musical professions, It is-a piano, or organ, the sounds-of-which are prodticedby-steam. Por some years past, the Americans, ever on bhe look-out for some meansae of economising labour, have ...

... vottry. U+ 0 P E. Gentle spirit, ever smiling, ]'en in sorrow's darkest hour The sad and weary heart beguiling With thy sweet and mystic power, Th' imprisoned soul in sadness pining, The sching heart with anguish bowed, Thro' thee beholds the silver liring Of ev'ry dark and threating cloud. Sunbeam on the glooms of sorrow, Chasing grief and eare asVSy; Promising a bright to-mxorrov. The' all ...

... (Abridged from 71he imes.) The new Opera HEouse, now in the act of being built, is to be opened next May with a grand opera. It is scarcely more than a few weeks since the labourers were at work clearing away the rains of the old building, and now the new one is fast approaching completion. The Opera House, as it now stands, is externally one huge structure, nearly 100 feet high by 122 broad, ...