... NATIONAL EXHIBITION INI.YDE PARK. MEET1G OF THrE 1SOSGOW, coaraE. Yesterday afternooni, a meeting of the Glasgow Committee, ap- pointedto further the objects ofthe forthcoming Great Exhibition of the Indastry of all Naiions, waiheld inthe Council Chambertomcet with Dr. Lyon Playfair, who has beea deputed by the Commission- ers in London to give any explanations that may be necessary. The ...

... NEW We have this week to acknowledge thbdi eit qf ,pa P eeot . mu-sic; from Mr. J. Alfred Novello, 69 Dean Street,'Sbfho,Lbd ldor 'which inecldes,amoahgst others a continuation of the exrednl; I cheap, beautifu3, and portable series of Sacred Classies. The.petftb t We have received are 100, 103 of the mosithly series, which con- clde Hlandel's Oratorio of Samson ; parts 99 and 102 which are ...

... NEW KILPATRICK AND STRATHBLANE HORTICULTURAL | -- - . . .SOCIETY. The second meeting for the season of the above society was beld in Mtr D. M'Murtrie's, Black Bull Inn, Milngavie, on Friday, 26th July. The competition, both among gardeners and cottagers, wais very animated, and the varions articles were bronght forward in fine condition. The display 'of plants in pots was greater than on any ...

... FINE ARTS; TEE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND sin ROBERT PEEL.' 3 We are happy to be able to state, that the admirers of Art in . * Glasgow will very shortly have an opportunity of seeing a grand j I picture, which has been painted by Winterbalter, dt the express command of Her Majesty. The engraving from this work; which repressnts.His Grace the Duke of Wellington andz'the late Sir . Robert Feel, ...

... , GREAT EXHIBITIONt OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY r OF ALL NATI3NS IN 1851. oI Theatime has noaa arrived when it may not he'ont of place tn P~a speakt sometehat in detail on the Subject of the, approaching atolibi. ta7 tiuls--its prospects and presumed hearing ?? 4 a~ ta~ UrIn~g iotdfests, and hli phttiiidO t uiidu ofr edt ilt jl d ate-iallre-lon of Glasgo*. - Is In disc;eas itshoa the ...

... ITRIKINTILLOCU HIORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. - ?? A . - . I E b- A n {_AQS- LA% Z+85nrtrsa o The second exhition for thc season of the above-named Society was helil in tlso hall of the Croven Inn, Klirkintilloch, on Saturday the I0th ,instnt,when the judges, riz., Mfr John Waterson, loerlst, Paisley; Mr ; Middlomoas, Glasgo; anod Mr 5mill, of Paton & Small, nurseryrmen, Glasgow, awarded the prizes ...

... MEMUORIALs OF' THE CASTLE OP XEDINs'uuH: by JAMES GmANT. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London.- T}iEnE is nO place in Scotland so rich in historical associations and romantic traditions as the Castle of Edinburgh, which, from the date of the earliest authentic records, has been regarded as the I most important stronghold in the country. In all thosewars. rebellions, and civil ...

... ?? ?? - -- r- -.S. Germania; its Courts, Camipe, and Rl0ople.-This new work of the Baroness Bllazd de Bury, comprifing so many curious disclo- sirns ctcherning the various sovereigns and courts of Europe dur- his the recent revolutions, avill be hailed by all as one of the most notable bhok.9s of the day. To give an idea of the scope and varicty of its contcnts it need only be mentioned that ...

... THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND-THE NATIONAL THE O VII :GALLERY. (From the ScotsmanU) We understand that, according to the official information received t in town, it is highly probable that her Majesty and Prince Albert will arrive in Edinburgh, by the North British Railway, on Thurs- a day afternoon, about five o'clock. Her Majesty is to be present C that day at the ceremony of opening the ...

... sAPTEBMBEB. Welt lain, September marched eke on Ioot, Yet was helheavy laden wills the ?? 01 harvest riches, whichl he made his boot, And him enriched with bounty ofthe soyle, Inuhis one ha-nd,5i-t for harvest toyle, Hie held asknifrh110k; and Ia tli' other hand Aepis f elgA withi which he did assoyle IBoth more and less;ewhere he indoubt did stand, t And equalgaeteahsjutcduycne. Such is ...

... HELENSBURGH HORTICULTURAL SH6W; The annual competition of this Society was held in the new School-roolm, Clyde Street, on Friday the 30th ultimo. The day being all that could be desired, the visitors were more numerous than on any year previous, consisting chiefly of the fair sex. The various articles brought forward on this occasion excelled any of former years both in extent and excellence. ...

... GLAStiOW ART UNIGON The season is rapidly approaching when onr Art Union will re- open its gallery for the exhibition of the wvorks of living artists; and we are gladl to have it in our power to mention that everytbing, in the ineantia, bids fair toctards making the exhibition 1850-51 one of more than ordinary excellence. The Art Union has done a great '2d deal to deserve the gencrous support ...