... I| PROTESTANT TEA FESTIVAL _ . -- , .. . i: . I . F . . . , I I a, j ?? annual tea festival,; under the auspices of the a local lodges of .the'. Loyal Orangemen of England, was held last evening, at the Protestant'Instiitute, Kingston-square. The tea was effiiently provided' S by Mr. Jenkinson, ef Waltham-street, and was of a 'very'substantial character. 'There were 'about 300 persons pto' .t, ...

... I HULL SCHOOL OF ARM. The annual presentation of prizes took. place last . night in the school-roomy at the Music-hall, Jurratt. street. The room was decorated with specimens and drawings, which had received prizes at the National Exhibition in connection with the various schools of art in the kingdom. Amongst the drawings was one which had received one of the national gold medals, the drawing ...

... (From ?? Tinmes.) To Liberia belongs the honour of being first in the field at the Great Exhibition, for on Saturday her consignment of goods was delivered at the building uand stowed away prno tern. in the French court. It was a modest beginning of the future glories of the great show, inasmuch as this first portion of it bnly consisted of certain greasy boxes filled with palm and other ...

... PRINCE NAPOLEON'S PAIPilHP HLET, Thko fxpecctrenl oiuphlet entitled Le Gottcic'ccnment ?? u la I aes, ,711i1 j 1sti' la Dipliatic Frcicnccisai,' ?? tU;f. hib ?? chl i a Il . It if' by Id. I'clcaieC, 1the Pi irez tu`!ctii I 1c c!f N i lwo Napolieon, al1rd is it iliojection Orf Sb vnco'rc itscitiving to sic te ilospr.al pa -ner (if the racIMC3 . 'ATlbe (I'jc . i(f ?? lkl]icatiioi, ey-c thzea ...

... The Victoia Magarine claims and deserves the first place in our list, on more than one account-it is a new candidate for public favour, it bears (not, we believe, -without permission) the name of our beloved Queen, and it is printed by women, at Miss Emily Faithful's well- known 'Victoria Press. If it does so happen that in this first number, the contributors, with one or two ex. ceptions, ...

... jEW ADELPHI THEATRE, MOOR STREET. I To anyone versed in the topographical traditions of Bir- miinghaim, the notion of an operatic performance in the ?? locality of Moor Street-saoredl ohiefly to town councillors, tolicemen, and acrobats-vwill appear almost as preposterous and impossible of realization, as did the coming of Birnam wood to high Dansinane hill to the ever-confident thaue of ...

... I At a season of the year when other theabrieal managers find it difiicult, even with the aid of highly-spiced melo- dreeme, and star engagements, to keep their houses open, Bli. Gratton, the new lessce of this hitherto ill- starred building, rejoices in the nightly presence of houses whoee magnitude and enthusiasm would not dis- credit the first night of a Clhtistmas pantomime. That ...

... | SCHOOLS OF XRT~ AND THE TEACHING I 01F DESIGN The tecond number of a recently started journal, the Art YrWo71, contains a searching article on the Govern- ment Schools of Design, and the way in WhiChh they have been managed by Mir. Henry Cole and his colleagues. The followina passage, extracted from the article in question, wo commend to the attention of the committee of the- Birmnliugham ...

... 3IUT DECEMBER, 1861. And ever more 'Is it come? they avid, -FRANCEIS BROWN. 'TrUly the watohers have long watched and waited, And to them day hath seemed long time in breaking; Eopea that one time their gladdened hearts elated Now seem to be their troubled hearts forsaking. The years roll on; another's hours are numbered, Soon shall we toll the knell of its departure- And era one moment it ...

... MR. CHOrPLEY ON NATIONAL MU1(;, The fourth lecture upoti usic was e delivered at tha Midland Institutc on Monday, to a very meagre audiet0., The lecture, according to the syllabus, was upon The Music of the *West-Eugland ann its 0l}sato'. Tl3 ap-pearance of the lecturer, accompanied by *7r. Thor,1D Anderton, was the signal for a very cordial round applause. In the coursc of his introductory ...

... NEPTITNE'S ADDRESS ON THE HONEYMIOON. Aushpicious was the steam, Whatever were the gales, Which, faster than old Neptune's team, Unto the Prince of Wales The fair young Maid of Denrark bore In triumph to Great Britain's shore, The Monarch of the Sea, Soon saw his nags were beat; So therefore round the Nore went lie After the British fleet, To wait the happy Royal pair, At Osborne, and receive ...

... POFULALR SCIENC4E. While scientific men have their special societies ant journals, which afford them ample means of intercom- ?? and discussion, it has often been felt that the public is virtually shut out from direct knowledge of the great questions which from time to time agitate or intereat the scientific world. To a great extent this exclusion is unavoidable, because long and special train ...