... Mtr?Af.. .,D .HARMONIC1 &OCII : ' Hfifedel's fsalmsoni wa-perbonimed -aut evedno.g at Vlxefer-hall,O5 theoftrestime uider the dirctanof Adx Costa, whoseddmirable skill and judgment 'ootriasbted! ,gr~tlki'to enhiance the powceftthis noble worke 'amson .e mri written-ismiediately after thse Mcssisii wrhen Hsn- .epitch of sublimity f ineh. lssheverbeen psas4 %he' eeftiof tiek oratorio, ...

... I I There was no incident worthy of special notice on Saturday, unless it were another visit from the Duke of Devonshire, who was accompanied by Sir Joseph Paxton. 1 in a promenade through the foreign departments. The I activity of the parties employed in the work of removal is now especially conspicuous in the Sardinian and Italian sections generally; but as these comprise many articles of ...

... . 5orThe pluvial influences which can quench 6tneutee an in Paris, and disperse ehartist gatherings in London, make ?r- even the attractions of the Crystal Palace feel their power. th The rain set in early yesterday morning, or rather main- nd tained a continuous dropping from the night before, and the en ite consequence was a falling off of 10,000 in the first hour's of applications for ...

... ' TheIrish Land Question;; with Practical Plans for all , Imlproved Land Tenure, andarnetw Land Slyster. By' VINCENT SCULLY, Esq., Q.C. Dablin: Hodges and Smith. [Second NoTticc.] I Even supposing the general concord between landlord and tenant, combining to come under Mr. I Scully's system, answered his expectations, the ma- t ehincry by which he proposes to work it seems in. the highcst ...

... SURREY GARDPVS,-FLOWER SHOW OFI THE 8OUTI1 LONDON HORTICULTURAL SO- ICIETY. the The fourth Swver show of this society 'ws e4. ii )W esera at ?? Gardens, and the specimiens: exlhi. S thbited bad '4li the brillia~ncy which might be expected from 'I to the fine weather, and the advanced period of the season. t be The ?? and Carnations were mucha admired, and the the ri wa bnat, and of fine ...

... LITERA TUBB. L B1teleatioas of Siberia. By A BANISHED LADY. B'ited t by Col. LAcsc SZYRsAk. Two vole. Colburn. I The authoress of these volumes, as her editor tells 1 us in his preface, was a Polish lady of q.jjty, who,E having incurred the displeasure of the -TuJgian go- i vernment for a political offence, was exi',ed for a term to Siberia. The place of her exile wisr Berezof, the most ...

... t I BIRMINIGHAX MUSICAL FESTIVAL. LeBiB1NomAx, -TV3'8DAY EVZNIXG. e The festival commenced tbis- morning most un- e favoUrably, so far as the elements were concerned, for the morning, with gatheringand rolling clouds, which presently poured forth heavy showers, which gave to the streets a dirt' appearance, gave to everything a dull leaden Qspect, an-d east a chilling influence over what is ...

... FINE AR TS. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS IN THE PORT- cal LAND GALLERY.al The second Exhibition of the season was opened to Pl1 private view on Saturday. The crowd of friends and otl amateurs attracted on the occasion was so great as to H render impossible that deliberate examination of any An picture which ought to precede criticism. We can op only speak as yet of the general impression produced ...

... INAUGURATION OF THE NEW M1USIC HALL AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EvIRNING. The formal opening of a new musio hall, just erected In this town, took place ti-lay. The great concert I %U iln this town (unrivalled in Europe) is not likely to be superseded by any other building, and we have reason to believe that the prcjectcrs cf the new ball have bad no such object in view; their purpose ...

... FINE ABRTS. _-4* SIBERIAN AND CHINESE SCENERY.-WhO has not5 in looking at a mop r f Asia, experienced a feeling of intense curioeity mingled with wonder, and even a certain awe, on marking the enormous dimensions of the continent to the north of Persia, India, end China, bearing, as it does, only at intervals of about the length of Great Britain, a few un- couth names just to suggest the ...

... LITER A T URE. - Roe Jgfava; or, Itindoo Annals of tle Provittceof . Goozerat, in TWestern India. By ALEXANDERC XID;LOCa FORBES. Richardson Brothers. 1856.X Mr. Foxb-e holds an appointment in the East India Company's Civil Service, and has taken advantage of the facilities Efforded to him by his position to acquire k some valuable information with respect to a portion of Indian antiquities and ...

... LI Y'ERA TUBE. Letters from ?? Quarlers; or the .Realtties of the War in Ile Cri'nea. By an OFFICEB on the STAFF. Muaray. The staff officer's letters and journals are valuable as a corroboration of the general accuracy of the reports from the seat of war furnished by the special correspondents ot the daily newspapers. It is true that the writer is very indignant at the audacity of civilians ...