... `cltctrfrb 19actfp. OLD FrRIENDS 'MET TOGETHER. OiT, time is sweet, when roses iseet, With Spring's sweet breath around them, And sweet the cost, when hearts are lost, If those we love have found then I And sweet the mind that still can find A star in darkvest weather, But nought can be, so sweet to see, As old fiiends met together. 'Tlhose ?? of old, when yonth was bold, Aind tiiue stole ...

... j;astjion b allyarictir5. TI'E COURT. liEL MAJESTY'5 VISIT 'IV THLE EXUIIlBITION PALACE Or 1851.-At eleven o'clock on Monday morning her Mujesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, paid her first visit to the works, Her Majesty left Winelsor at ten in the morning for the purpose. Her Majesty's expressions of hearlty arliratinol were frequent. Her attention wvas pirlicitlarly drawsl to the men ...

... Jaz1jion alb Farietic5. THE COURT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, con- tinnedtheir inspection of the Works of Industry of all Nations on Thursday morning, arriving at the Exhibi- tion at half-past nine o'clock. The illustrious circle remained till near eleven o'clock, and then ...

... Tira attendance on Wednesday, though many thousands below the monster gathering of the preceding day, was yet considerably beyond the number of previous Wednesdays; 58,000 persons were admitted on Wed- nesday week, while on Wednesday last the numbers considerably exceeded 61,000. Her Majesty was, as usual, one of the earliest visitors, and proceeded to inspect the various articles displayed ...

... - I Voctro. I; THE VOICE OF .W-GONE YEtRS. TiE voice of years gone'by! It steals acerss-mybrain, Low, softand'swveet as evening breze; ' Wfiich riinxdithe whispering aspen trecs Floatsdin-a dying strain. ~At that still voice; as at a spell, Come recollections dear; ' And visions of the long ago, In blent succession floating slow Before the ideal clear. Scenes of the past!-so lost, so loved- ...

... Om TUESDAY a large number of visitors were present in the Glass Palace, and it is said that 8,000 of them belonged to the class who paid 5s. each at the gates for their admission. An equal number of visitors, it is stated, paid in the same way on the previous day, and if these assertions are to be relied upon, the first two days of what may be called the public exhibition (as distinguished ...

... portru. A PROTESTANT PROLOGUE, OR EPILOGUE. Ring William the Third, the greatest sovereign this country has to boast of.-.Prince Albert's Speech. On bless thee, Albert, for the wvord, Pure joy so fitted to afford; A word in season, oh, how dear And precious to the loyal car; How sweet upon the stricken heart It falls, a balm for many a smart- And never was an hour more meet For word of ...

... Jiagitoit anb EFarictie5. THE COURT. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the junior branches of the Royal family, walked and drove in the grounds at Osborne on Monday.,. Mr. Birch and Mr. Becker had the honour of diring with her Majesty and l''s Royal Highlless. Tlb ollicers and corps of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard assembled on Tues- gay in the garden in front of St.. ...

... Ukebicw?- Igo. 157. BEN:TLFY'S MISCELLANY. October. London: Richard Bentley. Dublin: James3 M'Glashan. IT was our intention, in noticing, in our last, the flub- Juu Urrise;'.ity and Blackcwood's magazines, to have included a review of the excellent number of Bentley for this month, as we had received it in sufficient time to do so, but want of space prevented us from then doing it the justice ...

... ?? anlb raviotie0 THE COURT. WrNDSon, Oct 21.-Her Majesty and Prince Albert went out on horseback, yesterday afternoon, into the parks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, with Lady Harriet Hamilton, Earl Granville, and Viscount Canning, arrived yesterday evening, on visits to the Queen. The Royal dinner party included the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady ...

... o COUNCIL DIDALS. Tne subjoined protest was drawn up, signed, and sent to the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition, by six out of ten members forming the Musical Jury (Class 10 A), on learning that their award in favour of Messrs. Broavwood had been annulled by the Council of Chair- men:- To his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, K.G., President, and to the Royal Commissioners of the Great ...

... SURGEON BROWNE'q LEUCTURES IN THE MUSIC HALL. Ili compliance with a numerously-signed requisition by some of the most respectable literary and scientific in- habitants of Belfast, Dr. Browne delivered the first Of a course of two lectures on the Structure and Phy- siology of the Eye, in the Music Hall, last night. There was a crowded and highly-respectable audience on the occasion. On the ...