... MEETING OF WORKING MEN. hi On Thursday evening last, a meeting was held at the tB Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge, to consider the propriety of calling a public meeting of the working classes, h to assist in carrying out the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, to be held in May, 1851. James se German, Esq., Mayor, and S. Cartwright, Esq., attended fr as a deputation ...

... 111 x-nNbsUF& urlflA UV.UMiqU1t. 1i11 MNAany yearsi have elapsed since the Liverpool public mid have lieda the opportnlity of attending the performance ted of operas of any description so admlirably produced as te those which attracted numbers to thlle Theatre-Royal on ;oil, the evenings of Monday and Wednesday last. th Mad'lle Charton, as a singer, possesses many and ex- ' collent qualities, ...

... n- I as t n BY J. ?? ANSMONY. We were three-and friendship never Wreathed round wvariner hearts than ours; We wcre three, all boys together, Sharing life's bright sunny hours. Hours of life when hearts are lightest, Full of love, and trusting, too, When upon life's path are springing Flowers vwhich snom of fadeles.1 hue. We were three-alike in spirit, Daring deed.s our darling theme Laurels of ...

... l P R I NG. BY JOYt4 CRITfCLBY PRINCE. Some renovating spirit teems to near us, l1eaving a spell which every heart obeys; ?? swect and 'welcome influence seems to cheer us With the fresh rapture of our early days; Our clouded souls seem kindling into brightness, Our thoughts, like wild birds, seem to flit and sing, Bound all our pulses with a newer lightness- Joy I 'tis another advent of the ...

... 1: !, ,1 ¢- . e i : - Ii .. I ; .. Ii ?? ~ ?? , I TH. MIODEMN- WHICH PRIZES ARE TO BE, AWAIRDED4 w ''Th~follo'qiciiraeularhha sbee- i'ssued:- : in Her, majesty'sco timissioners for. promoting- the exhibi- ea tibon 'of 1861 hive h.'d 'iiideie, their consideration-the:sabjeot. r othe Eifitobe'itiirded t exhibitors;j-and have -re- 1al :r lved'to t 'ediiitesteps for having., medals: struck of d- ...

... Rebitfbi. ^~ ?? I The WVesleyan Reriewc and Evtangelical Record, No. I. John Kaye and Co., Fleet-street, London. I If it be true, as asserted by the Rev. Dr. Campbell, editor of the BrktiDs Banier, that the Methodist commu E nity, as a body, are but ill-inforned on the laws and 1 usages of their own church, any publication having for its 'l object tho enlightenment of the people on those ...

... L IN E S SUGGESTED ON LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF SALEM INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, BURNLEY. What noble feelings fill the breast, On this auspicious morn ! The past-that dark unwelcome guest, Is far behind us borne. Or if, indeed, we turn to look On one sad record there, it seems more like a sealed book Than ought we had to share. And however much we may regret Men's dark inhuman crimes, 'Tis ...

... I N VI TA TION.. t Clme, come, my dear Lrrlr, accoelipany ne:- Time's openinga page ill his toelei let's join in ollr colnverse, be bllithesonsw and free, Anld revel wvith Ilind as we oroam. See mornieg's first glorics---tle suns in 1he skies: Like mllolten linrl sparkli's the flew ; See health, oil her bailmy wing, lloverinag lics, To give her wrcatli'd roses to you. Then comic, as all ...

... Aiterara Extracto. - of It was the peculiar felicity of England in the seventeenthspe century tha t prtof religious faith and the spirit of vit 11, liberty reigned together, and that she entered n o were political ?? soone till the tpwo revolutions at the same time. All the great passi us of the human soul were thuis excited and brought int aelun ne 5,while~ sonme of thle most powerful ...

... BEIIIND THE SCENES. ?? - .. . .. ?? CtILt'TEt TItl F'ORTjtrL. a 'ili101AS B3ETVTEltTON-(CoNCLUrnDo) The public, however, who retained a grateful sense oftue ?? they ?? freqluenltly received fromt this ii thecatrica~l veZterani, and sensible of theo narrowness of his b mircniitmitiaeos, resolved to continue their marks Of estteem U to hint iy giving him at benrefit. Oin Thursday, the 7tb it o~, ...

... re The third subscription concert of the season took place ste on Tuesday evening last, at the hall, in Hope-street, a WC numerous and brillient audience being present. The chief ch attraction of this concert was the appearance of M. of SILAS in his double capacity of composer and pianist reE A short sketch of this young and promising candidate po. for musical honours may not be unacceptable. ...

... A-MERTCA AND TIHE EXHIIITTION OF 1S51. rave. D .. - .. . I .. ?? _. ?? -- The Ghcat Indullstrial Exhib,1ition of l8 is 1 excitillg considLeabl)C attention in the United i States. Ave havc before uls a very interesting ; letter from the ?? Abbott Lawreoce, I American Minister to Eniglanlld, to the Secretary of the Amaericani Institute at New York, in which i he speaks of the interest whlich ...