... OBSEUVATIONS ON SPERCI, the Cure of Stammer- ing, &e.; by A. Al. Bell.--(liamilton, Adams and Co., London.)-This small work contains some useful infor- mation. CLOAkUc's CATECHISM OF Tira RUDIMENTS1 O MUSIC. ?? and Co., 6, New Burlington-street, London.) The tact that this little work has reached a twenty-ninth edition, is of itself sufficient to recommend it. It is marked by simplicity and ...

... FLOWER SHOWiS &c. HEwTON.-The annual show *vs held on the 1Sth inst., atcHettos-le-Hole, when the grounds of N! Wood, Esq., were thrown opt-n to the public, the Marquis of Londonderry's band being on the lawn Among the company were the Hon. and Rev. J. 6rey, Lady Georgina Grey, Alr Conmmissioner Ellison and Mrs Ellison, the Rev. H. G- Liddoll and family, Capt. flall and the 'rieers of the Bth ...

... MR 3. B. GOUGE-, THE TEMPERANCE ORATOR. X This popular and well-known advocate of the tempe- rance movement delivered two orations, on Monday ind Tuesday evenings, in the Theatre-royal of this town, and whatever bar Deen written of him, and whatever success has crowned his eflbrts in the cause, it is but due to say, that those parties connected with the move- ment in this district, did their ...

... SLALEY AND IlEXHAMSHIRE POULTRY SHOW, &C, &c. This society held their second annual show of poultry on Saturday lsa, when. Mir Win. Trotter and MTr Andrew Ford, the judges, avarded tie prizes as follolvs:- 0'cslin Chtinat--Ist, Mir It. Blackburn. COch/un Chinia O/i/ens.-Ist, Nr Thoe. Elitson. Spatt, 'it ?? illiami Lamibert. .Vtttd it tltiekena!'.-lst, MTr Edw. Janies. (rGt/lden ?? Itnrg/is. ...

... BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. (Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.)-A disquisition on the Nar- cotics we indulge in comprises within its range tobacco and the hop, with that too frequently employed sub- stitute for the latter, the cocztuus indiciec; reserving opium and hemp' for futuro consideration. The writer, evidently himself a smoker, after alluding to the possible abuse of tobacco, ...

... _ * BURNOPrIELD--The Burnhoppield Horticultural So- cietv held a show at the house of Mr Thos. Rippon, on the 6th inst., when the prizes were adjudged as fol- ?? gooseberries-R. Swinburn, 1st, with Top Gallant; and M. Hunter, 2nd. Kidney potatoes-H. Swinburn 1st, and E. Charlton, 2nd. Round ditto-B, Swinburn 1st, and R. Charlton 2nd. Summer onions- R. Maugham lst, and R. Charlton 2nd. Winter ...

... BLE.LAK louis. Nos, XVII. trd XVfII. (Bradbury and Lvans, London.).-Tle descriptions given in these numbers of the detection of the murderer of Mr Talk- in-ghorn, and thme search for Lady l)edlock, aro written with great ?? ; and Mlr liablot lBrovne, in his illus- trations, has fully caught the spirit o thc author. DI(oGiuES. Vol. L. (J. Bennctt, 67, Fhcet-street, Lou- ?? w's no small ...

... I INXINGTON r00-EiEmsY Sseow.-Thc members of this society held their annual meeting in the Boys' School Rono, in that village, on Saturday last. The prizes, as usual, wvere keenly contested for, the weights of the berries increasing each successive year by the uimproved eulture of the members. The following is the award of prizes :-leaviest gooseberry of any colour, C. Mfacdewed lst, with ...