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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, 'I THIS DAY. Concert Hall-Saturday Evening Concerts open for the 6f a3Ol. Clayton Hal11-Valentine Vou-den's Entextainment. Royal C .ls.3eum-,Mr. Gardiner Coyne in Two Irish Cbaracters. Tenuonli Hall-Panoramnaof the: Continent. Parision Gallery of Anatomy, Paiadise-streot. oeen's Hall, Bold-street-Sjciety of 'Fine Arts' .Bhll ibion of Paintisngs. htrihrtion Rlooms Postolfce ? ...

HOUSEWIFE'S CORNER

... I:. HO I = e -. aORN IrTA g 0~ ORIP ao I engage maj be done Iit'S x t .BlT11-MARRIAGES; a DJiATI c N*?O ISOtOO of 1314b. Manliap, or Jbah r bhaetd 4 Adirly' tSrZ~ 4 W° ?twplrPWAMreotr, UM. Robert, Xraae; r -adaughter. ?? - aps; 22, v i 4f..oh~ Go ,I .of a ., ?? ; ?? lb. jbvl.~ canbu J W . . ?? Rap, ?? ?? J theo ?? Jo Bmr.aWli aoi Parrwnomrhntala 'ahE toth. of Holywell;' : a l we,7ane time and ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... BRTIiSH WORKUMAN, for April- The number for the ensuing month of this magazine, which, for the excellence of its pictorial embellishments, the general style of its typographical execution, and the fine, manly tone which pervades its literature, stands at the head of the penny periodical press, gives an account of Sir Richard Ark- wright, the poor barber whom King George knighted. Sir Richard, ...

POETRY

... HtURRAH FORt OtLt ELBM ! aY ELVA COOY. murrab for ?? I men Of tl nding; Who have sprung wkindt e Warst y branid, Bot willtg nor ager t brand eight oet burning. Buttegave bsrat rob tbey have fronts for a blow; Theyhav bm etfratd 5ee'how the'll win them; Show them lsure' a trigger, and eyes for a foe, They b0have 5d5 fgt roe Briton i in tbem. That WhiU prhe eGarey, and tbe Green, and the Bl*e; ...

Pickings from punch

... _tickUl front 4' l uncb, DARING FEATS OF EORBANSrHP. -The honourable member for Stroud has acquired considerable celebrity by putting his spoke in the wheel of the government. GivE IT 'EM.-Punch reads paragraphs stating that the savage Druses claim affinity with the Scetch. This is all bosh. But he is decidedly of opinion that the sooner the Druses are scotoh'd the better. A FAIR ATTEMPT. ...

CHARLES DICKENS ON MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

... CHIARMES DICKENS ON: MISIO IAND M-US]IHras ?? - . ., . I T'fhe one hundred ad twventy gcwond;anniversary I festival of the R6yal Solety of Muscans, instituted ams inl1783 Yor the maintenanceof aged an digent fall musicians, their wido*s and orphans, too place on ,oria Thursday evening at the Freemasons-hall. The hair fes was oc.u.ied by Mr. Charles Dickens, whose appeaI of bn behalf of the ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... __ | GEOR)H THE FOURTH.bWant of taste ?? many other things painfully distinguished him. He at one time seri- ously proposed to dress all naval officers in red breeches and waistcoats I To the remonstranoe made against this barbarism, he replied with the old expletive tacked to a sweeping r em, dress 'em as you win, they'll never look lke gentlemen1 Such was the taste of the man who Would ...

Pickings from Punch

... ?cfugfns fromI jontb. TAUTOLOGY.-Calling a woman an angel.-Jen&ias. HAVE YOU ORDERED THOSE COALS, DEAR ?-Happy is the husband whose wife never asks him for any Jawel- lery, save black diamonds I LARGE DESIGNS. -Louis Napoleon, having failed in setting the Thames on fire, has been obliged to content himself with crushing the Universe. Georgina: Well, Gus I and how did you like your party ...

POETRY

... r - r: THE FORGET-ME-NOT. [FOR THE PUMSTON CUiSONICLE.3 And thou, wee flower, Twinkling, like living turquoise, by the stream, Nor cherished for thy native worth alone, Bat for the touching sentiment thou breath'st of loved remembrance, and, by fabled knight, pronounced Forget-me-not. Bloom on, sweet flower, In heaven's Own sapphire bue baptized; and when The blast that wings destruction comes ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... LITERAAY EXTRACTS. ANCoNA.-In the ancient church or duorno is kept the famous picture of the Madonna, attested to have opened her eves in 179.5, at a moment of great peril to the state. Fifty years after (in 1845) this miracle received the confir- mation of the Papal authority. Nine days of religious coremony inaugurated this event, which at every succeed- ing anniversary is still commemorated ...

THE KING OF DAHOMEY AND THE BARBAROUS FESTIVAL

... T I TlE KING OF DAHOiEY ID THE BARBAROUS FESTIVAL:' ,ny The committee of tho Afrioan Aid Scolet' have Ad addressed a letter to Badahung, King of Dahomey ing whuse barbarous festival and deep implinaton in ?? ny slave trade have made him of late so disagreeably ,ng prominmnt in the nvws from the African' coast. he The committee believe they may thus act as he pioneers of British Government ...

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES

... CSRLQJTMAB ,FE9fVTI~ THE 'LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE. Cn The Literpool Workhouse Is alwaya ?? o trot Chrtm s'Day. Its vast sim, tke multitude of Poor t within, its wells, and the feollities with which a din- ner oa a monster scale can be served Sp-all offer. lade. iementa to visitors to witneassth rccedtng5 of TE thie day. The workhouse contains 24 nimtes, and - It irs manifest from the following ...