... WeTEWICESBURY REGATT AND FL ,WR E iTBVVKESB ~s a 0 \V. ADFOLI In tho somewhat exotensivo Ijet of papular li - gatherings in the midlnrd counties, the regatta a. * her, *i cultural exhibition which is held at Towkesblay tak high, If not the highest, rank; and that thil is, s - to be wondered at, when it is considered that the ar,,t ments which the committee labour indefatigably to lrvcvi for ...

... HANDEL MUSICAL FESTIVA.L. FIRST DAY Verom our e1vs lReporter] Flee HIllijalus w ith which the crystal d o, ne at S yden- ham resounded yesterday, on the occasion of the formal opening of the third Triennial Handel Festival, whatever their effect upon the general public, will ienquestionably have awakened a heartfelt echo in the breast of every person interested in the commercial issue of the ...

... [Prone,) Lrc i'ellcl,3 Thle extreme heat ami( beauty ol tbis stulolm- VeaCthUe reider the deniand for ligh t amid thin miaterides very great, and never has thier been a gTeater variety (of celgant rlatze-like drLsses. Whito is extremely fashionable, whether in mnuslin. alpaca, foulard, or sultan, ; white muslinl over a coloured silk petticoat being especially ill favour, often made with a ...

... T-HE TRE ROYAL. MR. TOOLE IN I ID AL{ER TITAN LIF I. Ileth for Its own sake and that of its principal exponent--for its merits of constreetioit sad elharaeter-paintiflg a1s wait as its uses forbisitrionie developmeont-t0m neW dosnaetie dramnalofINM. Byron, in which Mir. Tooke appeared here last night, is entitled to seome- tising more than passing mention. In1 plot and incident, Dearer than ...

... THE SOCIETY OF ARTISTS' EX.HIBITION, FIGURE SUBJECTs, No. III. A few notes will dispose of the remaining figure 3subjects in oil: those inlwater colours being reserved for separate notice. The first picture which strikes us in the Front Room West is one that deserves the strongest possible condemnation-Mr. Key's The Lily and the Rose-a preternaturally ugly woman (the rose !) and an over ...

... FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER, [From Le Bollet.] As winter costumese niake their appearance, short dresses nru seen to be more end more in favonr - in fact, for walk- ilg dress the trained skirts may be said to be quito out of date; they are reserved for in-doorm or carriage wear. Wo Aould be sorry to have to tell of their total disappear. once but, so capricious a mistress is fashion, that it may ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW, DENTITION OF PIGS, The following statement, In reference to the recent diaqualificatione of pige, has been forwarded to us:- PEN 205, CLASs 41,-Threo Fat Pigs, of one litter, not exceeding ten months old, having been disqualified -by Profeesor Gamgee, with the remark, Disqualified-the state of dentiteon indicating that the animate are of dif- ferent ages, I think it ...

... PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, Following the Scriptural maxim which enjoins us to try all things, and hold fast that which is good, the manageress of this establishment, after passing in succession through nearly every phase and form of dramatic enter. tainment particularised by the loquacious Polonie2s, appears to have at length found her true vocation in a drama, which, if not strictly good ...

... The eighth annual exhibition of the Stourbridge and District Horticultural end Floral Society was held at the Corn Exchange, yesterday. The previous Ehows have taken place earlier in the year, and the present one can scorzely be compared with those of former years, from the difflrence of the season in which It is hall. One effect of this was that the show was not so large a one as usual, the ...

... PrJINCE OF WALES THEATRE. DIDLLE. DEATI1ICE AS MARIE ANTOINETTE. Ancting aflltle'' sailstories of the death of kings,hbusy Some herve been deposed, Some Slain in war, no more tragic and toiuching histioty has ever occurred than in the fate of the liatndsoir'e and unhappy Mlario Antoinette, the Quecn ot Louiii thieSixteenlthof Francee. Her praise wassoundced in onie oftehemiost eloquent ...

... Oft wandering down through Harborne's quiet lanes- A is V wont when daily toil is e'or- 'oP1pird a cottage, 'neath some sheltering trees, FiawraplIed in Nature's mantle-ivy green. Not far fromu thence, a running brook purls by, 'ld nniniuurs soft tbrough tie umbrageous glea In diveor cadence with the fitful breeze. A thouiflud songsters swelled their little throats In grateful harmony. Wliiei ...

... As the hour of eight drew on the streots, which had gra. dually thinned of their multitudes during the afternoon, again began to fill-the only variation upon the morning features of the crowd being the Intermixture with its more orderly and respeetablo components, of a horde of young zapeoallions-the outpourings of the faobories and schools, whose ingenuityseemedoonatantly on the raokfor the ...