... What should have been a promenade concert, with all the attractions of a celebrated band, a llrst-class vocalist, fresh air, sunshine, and a pretty view, was wondrously translated. hle rain being pitiless and the day darksome, there was a wise altera- tion made in the arrangements. The pianoforte, which had already beon deposited in the Parlo orchestra, was removed to the Great Gallery; and ...

... CnlAMRB7aS' INFOBMATION POn THE PZOI'Ln. New ( and Improved Edition. Part XXL Ediuburgh: E iV. & RI. Chambers. E ?? the peculiar province of the Messrs Chambers G to provide Instructive reading for the masses. The N S work, of which the twenty-first part is be ore us, is R well-known as containing an invaluable fund of S &nowledge, and as eminently suited to the compre- D thension of the ...

... I ~. . FINE ABT. E I PICTURES AND ETCHINGS AT THE FRENCH GALLERY. The room 'in Pal-mall lately oeopied by the French Exhibition i apgin, thanks to the enterpris i Mr. Gambarti well worth a visit The contents are calulated to afford the mean to the few unlucky prisoneral in London during tbis stsgnanl mouth of August of whiling away an hour very pleasantly. FPit and foremost, tse who ld not the ...

... I IFASHIONABLE IELLI-GENCE W Y ,e a-e much gratified to learn that our ex- cellent Lord Maiyor has determined to entertain Mr. Bright I and the principal ofiolilas connected with tile Atlar tio Tale- graph Company at dinner, at the Manslon liouse. Eis FN- celiency the Lord Lleutenatnt has grecioualy accepted an in. vitation to be present on the occasion1, end hes~fixed the 1st September for ...

... LITERATUBE. DR. BARTH IN AFlRiCA.5 Dr. Barth' further experiences it North and Cen- tral Africa are sow before thepublic. We have here most remarkable and most valuable insights into life in Negrolad; pleasantly and intelligently told by a most intrepid and persevering traveller. We catch glimpses. too, of & dawning commerce for nu in these regions, that should tempt capitaliats in the wake of ...

... Vidtfno from I iunjb.py THE REAL MMLRE WAY--The projected telegraph line from Alderney to Cowes. YOUNG l'RkCTITIONER: Hl'W, very Odd-I mnust have made some mistake; there's nothing the matter with this tooth. Never mind, try again I CLERICAL BOREDoM.-Thea Abbd Domenleh, in his record of priestly experiences in Texas, describes how he drove his errant congregation from his garden Into his ...

... LITERA TUBE. I .Dfemoir and Letters of the late Thomas Seddon, Artist. By his BROTHER. James Nisbet and Co. There is something mournful in such a biography i as this. When a man starts in life we expect to see l that life, after passing through its appropriate stages, arrive at'a final and honourable close. Our ideas of sequence are rudely shaken. When we sow the seed we look forward to ...

... E~C,.TU1lIS .-V R OF THE LATE s1D oN, E:SQ., AH T[S - 1 1 EJ J0f _L .k lb 1'/o o ' e l i, B c NA r he 1ate T110711ax3 81,1,1 n, Esq., a 11tgr ° l3rotler. Ldli Jme n ?? to seo this rieenw irof an ma ny Ve are glad for IC05O * Sedois himself dose~res eue le of is career, aiid be- 1tterestinlg obseava- .-tte' uiption. In every way his 15Cilla Esstt tis artistic taste led h io for the a anid ...

... lITE RATURE. THE MUTINIES IN OUTH. An Account of tlic 311tdcec3 01, O1Icdk, and of CtsC Stege' of the' Lucknom RI'esidensl/ ; vwith, souse Ob- Ilerva~tions oil do.' £'oiditioie of the Province of find/, and on C/is Causes of the Jftictcy/ of the .13ongad Ar;;ly. By NitreriN Rionkim Guimnsx, of the Beqgal Civil Service, Finianijal Commnis- sionwr for Ondli. London Richiard Beontley* This ...

... -4- =-7-liF£ RE JerseY, ajj Allderney. By y, t pDtY, Esq. Fll. s tt/it> i1otsof ElaPd and Wrales. By 1l 4 , el0 Wxi.cJT, itLA. Londol : Edward e oltull sl form part of a series I 1! l~leie jks ~jcat printed, of at convenient * :e oJ rttelb Tllc former contains all3 11eceel1' ?? for the sojourner in I, luece33a Oo( of historic lore and much ?? II IC,,lea are details to be found er odesl of Tler ...

... - - ?? I V A RI E TIE S. A little boy in Cambridge describes snoring as letting off sleep. People .re generally quite as vain of their deficiencies as of their available gifts. As they who for slight sickness t ike physic to repair their health, do rather impair it, so they who for every trifle are eager to vindicate their character do rather weaken: it. A lunatic once informed his ...

... ??flf WTI. - --v - ?? WHAT A RIDICULOUS FASHION I TUNE- The King of the Cauaibal Istandsn (F'ools Punch.) Now Crinoline is all the rage, With ladies of whatever age, A petticoat made like a cage, Oh, what a ridiculous fashion I 'Tis framed with hoops and bars of steel, Or tubes of air, which lighter feel, And worn by girls to be genteel, Or if they've figures to conceal. It makes their ...