... The number of visitors to the Exhibition yesterday amounted to 11,416. It will be seen by the above return that the attendance yesterday was the greatest, and we may add the most varied, since the opening of the Exbibition. All ranks and classes of our fellow-countrymen were represented there, from the wealthy peer to the honest peasant; and nothing could be more interesting than to witness ...

... i THE GREAT EXlIBLTION.' i VISIT OF' HER MAJESTY. This event, so long looked forward to with pleasing anti- cipation by every friend of induatrisl imorovenlent and social progress in this country, took place yesterday. Our gracious Sovereign and her royal Consort have presented themselves to our people in the noblest character which can become their exalted station. They have come forward as ...

... FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN>C. I RETURN OF IIER MA;JE7STY AND COURT ?? OSBORNr. -Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of WVales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the other mentbere of the reyal family, left Osborne House on Tuesday morninz, at ten o'clock, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Mary Seymour, Col. Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Sey- nmour, and arrived, ...

... ac t rI.I . P it ES ENT 'M E 1lh C I E.S. Tlii Vuoice which I did more ?? Than 3Music in her swveet.,t ht.i; The eves which unto mue did seem 31ore cuinfortablo than the day; Those now, by me, as they have been, Shal l ne vcr me re be heartn or seen, I'nt what I nco (r erjoyed in theie Shall seen hereafter as a d reattt. All earthly comrfutrts vanish thus; So little holdl of themi havo we That ...

... :i@ctr P. TfHE ANGELS TO THE DYZING ONE. COMP! Come! In the bowers of the earth, Where the jessamine breathed on the summer air, And voices wvere round thee of love and eil'th, We guarded thee safe from secret snare; From the serpent gliding slow, Where perfumed flowerets blow. Come! come! When sorrow wild, Like a blighting East-wind fiercely blew, We sheltered thee thenr, poor weeping child, ...

... TIHE GREAT INDUYSTRIA L EXH-IBITION. ri,, nuiblier of persons admitted to tile building on 'l'uesday was 9,207. The attendlalllce during the day was InIlIllel)cls and reslpectable. 'ihe interior of' the build itig presented, duri a g the day, a most lively ap- pearance, and was filled with a host of Li gilish tollrists, as also With a Vast no1ruber of our Own1 ?? peasantry, all of swlhom seemc ...

... LITE RA TUBE. 1.¼c 0,hies tf the ilea-se~ of flapshcrg aogicictt its oct01 I ILinie Surrecs, By F. W. -NinILK~AV 'Chapmnal. Mr. Newacan, wvhile acktiowlcdginlg that iallt 1-c-at cmpires have been born in crime,2 and grant- ong~ 'hat thle Housec of Bourbon preceded the House of Ileupsburg in personal wickedness; that the House of Boiioparto seems anxious not to ho behind it that tlce 1-ouse ...

... MUSiC. !nt CONCERT FOR THE ITALIAN REFUGEES. to The concert in aid of the Italian Relief Fund took W place at St. Martin's-hall last evening. It was a a well got up and agreeable entertainment; and, from .er the appearance of the roomn, which was quite fall, it must have been satisfactory in its result. -A number Me of eminent performers gave their assistance. Signor uBottesini, we understand, ...

... THE PICTURES SELECTED BY THE PRIZEHOLDERS-OF THE A RT- USION FOR 1853. This exhibition-the last of the year-was opened to private view on SLturday, iu the Suffolk-street Gallery. The number of works in oil exhibited is 140. The water-colour room contains thirty-eight specimens. There are besides, placed in the prin- cipal room, several engravings and statuettes, the subscribers' plate being ...

... (prom the Dablie Univereity Magazine.) See the shadows now are stealing Slowly down the mountain'a breast- Hark the turret belle are pealing Cheerily the hour of rest. Now the mellow daylight closes, All the world from toil reposes; Every breeze has sunk' and died- 'Tis the peaceful eventide. O'er the vale the mists are creeping Chanting hive-ward wends the bee; Ono by one the stars are ...

... oietrp. KIND WV OR DS. KIND words! who has not felt their power, Whels weary with some weighit or sorrow%? They come to bless the lonely hour, And weave bright garlands for the morrow. Who has not seen his brightest days When listening to their angel-breathing, Entwining *with their ?? lays The seeming joys of IHeaven's belieatliiig.? For, like the sumnmer's ?? air O'er us in blissful coolness ...

... (Written for the Caledonian Mercury.) The weather for the past month has been on the whole cold, with frequent gales of wind, and a rain-fall of 4.15 inches. These circumstances, along with a prevailing want of sun- shine, have operated unfavourably on the prospects of the har- vest. The quantity of grain laid down, however, is smaller than might have been looked for, but where wheat and ...