... Ii- THE OPENING CEREMONY. ut_ _ ia. The Queen hlaving, as we previously intimated, 6igniked lu her Royal pleasure that arrangements should be made to to enable her nlajesty to gratify a wish very generally ex- re pressed on the part of the public to be present at the id interesting ceremony by which the Exhibition will be thopened on Thursday next, the Ist of May, the Royal Ig Commissioners, ...

... REIlIBV. IvW Addlys9 Chanmbers i'r Bobl.-( Cjtamjjbers's Snforniation for Hi the People.) Parts IX and X.-E dwards, Pa'Ilheli. On We have always looked upon the undertaking of tio translating and publishing Chambers's Information in de Welsh, without the auxiliary aid of a munificent patron, Pr a bold step. Chambers, with the wide field of the United an Kingdom, the British Colonies all over ...

... ?? THE SEA BURIAL, t] Dark and deep is thy grave, brother! a In the vast heaving sea: a Dark and deep as thy slumber t] Beneath its wave shall be. t; In the solemn watch of midnigh') 1s By the torches burning dim; l We lay thee in the wvatersl And chant thy burial hymn: t Sleep, brother, sleep, In thy grave dark and deep! The battle and the storm, brother May idly o'er thee sweep; a They will ...

... j1oettp. THE ROSE OF ARVON. Where the Menai's glancing waters, f Lasv the Arvon's pleasant Vales, 1 Blooms the fairest of the daughters f Of the mountain land of Wales. f Rose of Arvon! blooming lonely- t Many a wild flower gems the vales; But this heart is thine, thine only, Daughter of the land of Wales! Long, alas ! I've been a ranger, Long had braved misfortune's gales, When I came a ...

... rrs YSBRnD0oN ANUNa' gan Iorie,'tlb Glan AIed. I It There are four or five points which should never be l slost sight of in estimating the merits of any poetical a scompo ition. As poetry is a very powerful moral 1. agent, exercising great influence for good or for evil, t h and forming, as it generally does, an index to the , n moral condition of society, it is of the first importance tnto ...

... YSTORAI TIBERIAS. A X -11 - v- - l - ?? Y A WELSH ORATORIO. 1 This is the title of an Oratorio, composed by 1 by the Rev. E. Stevens, of Dwygyfylchi; the words _ by the Rev. R. Parry, t Gwalcinnai) ; the subject m( taken froin the 8th chapter of Matthew, 23-27 yn verses. We were much gratified at being present Di at a performance of the above Oratorio, at the a c Bethesda Independent Chapel, ...

... DENBIGHSHI RE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRI-U CULTURA L SOCIETY. The annual meeting and show of stock of tjis Society was heldc at Wrexham, on Wednesday last. The morning was very unfavorable, and the atten- daiicc of visiters wvas not therefore so numerous as migilt have been anticipated. We were glad, how- ever, to observe that that the show of stock was in every way satisfactory. 1There were not so ...

... I Jouestr THE VEDETTE. Poetry by J. P. DOUGJLAS: ?? by :cuAl: WAT .SOn0 London; Jeffreys An Co. On to the front and guard the Pass The Chieftain strongly saidd To saddle sprung a youig Vedette, And like an arrow sped. 'Tents bshone whiteJ In die still rnoonligir, Echoed the sang and jet; Baimeris ?? out thiat. blazon'd folds 1D haughty Wild uOrest. oil to thle bont-nwnay Lony Spslrr'd tilh ...

... - 1ARLECH MUkICAL FESTIVAL. la 1867, a few of the leading men in Merionethehire, with one or two energetic men from Portmadoc, held a preliwoaur me0tiDg, under the presidency of the late Rev. E. Morgan, Dyffryn, to take into consideration the. desirability of forming a Temperance Choral Ucion for the county of Merioneth. They unanimously agreed to form one, and decided to bold a festival ...

... ORIGINAL POETRY, PENY ?LLLON. I. Cris n en fryrl yr nrlar ?wylll Ion, II rev ?? lyred ir fan cc fvrcoec', Vi eltir is 'r for, ?eaille c?. 'r fynycid, A clod a?i:O yie deli4ctydd. yn v roor y henrI rev reysyrici S0dd yes encleliec Ilto lii eic-isn5 rid ?'ci ('heWn cttcwsilh relwg crecci Cyri iv gelses elirlert den, S. Trirm ycc''r plirns, a tlcrwcii y;sr car ig.- irrent yce s-euro icv1c d. ca ...

... This flourishing Society's first excursion of the I season took place on Saturday last, the rendezvous being Aber, one of the most interesting and i historical spots in the ncighbourhood. Notwith- E standing the threatexing aspect of the weather in a the early part of the day, the afternoon turned outc remarkably fine. A party of about 40 members, C assembled at Aber. Mr H. Barber, solicitor, ...

... F AS 1IION S FOR J UNB. Tihe mc de, a.s thal otling ae it is faiieslable, of wfearing Iwra'hie?~txs'es of f dt'ernl naterli.;s, lain britoglit in i;pda:nzJ ltiu-:ie h.r the hot dsyprof dhii slttitner, andl h-iP *m oi t-2?a arc tiiy azttvasttte. 'Tito boiltoce alre . - tlie c ~vn,.r i .h utatin iil bstii4; toat thin ta look retil en ?? s g~zl F i,; stripe l innust Is e tll I toncs try:ti j ?? I ...