... NTOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY EXRI- BITION. (n Monday night last, a cabman was invited by his far5 to take something to drink in a public iouse in the South- ieet ilii(lgo Load. Oa returning to the cab the fare fttihd that his carpet bag had been taken away. A police- rotatabllle was called, and Robinson, 18 Ptriaced the bag to a boy nanmed Thoenas Shen. The police at once went to tie house whero ...

... True FRENCH EXIIIBIhION. I I ?? -I.. IA . A s. T7-/ 1 [1iomi oar Own Uorrespomlcat-l PAl-Is, Monday. MtO;?OIIUiin m. I; ZOuAV i, the miracle worker, has com0 to grief. Theo, Government, tired of his pranks, have stopped his morning sittings in the flue J.oqiuette, but this is not the worst. A sceptical bookbinder, who overheard Jacob making some remarks which he considered as blasphetollos, ...

... Mr. Thelps last isight madc his first appeafrance here this season, in his renowned character of Sir Pcrfbsesx AlM(- atcrpte hant, in Mackilin's conmedy 'The Alan of the World, Ncitisertlhe play nor thle impersonation need be described afresh in these columns, but to revive faded impressions and assist the memory of our readers to recall the merits of one of the most perfect histrionic ...

... Yesterday, the annual Fat Pig Show, for prices (established by Mr. J. Beach), was held In the yard, Alhna Place, ?? Street. Theor wore aboutforty pigs exhibited, and for qualitytbey were not to be eurpoosed, Tire principal attraction was a pen of three splendid pigs from tire Hattons Farm, but these were not entered for com- petition. The admisston, no usual, was free of charge, and the ...

... piuNCE OF WALES THEATRE. more pressing olalme Upon our space have aompelled US to defer till to-day our notice of the very interesti5n performance which signalised Mllies Amy Bedgwiok's re- appearaaeo on these boards on bMonday lastb; bub even this delay we find does not dispense us from the nenessity of disoharging our tank with the utmost brevity. Forlnu natelY the requirements of the ...

... THE FRENCH EXHIBUIfON. [Froln oatr Hpecial conrcsponelecnt.1 PAIRs, Wednesday. ON Saturday last, a ease was settled here, the result of which will please many a poor, forlorn, and swindled traveller who has this year partaken of the hospitality of 1Frinch hotel-keepers, A rascal named Limoineo proprietor of the H~tel des Italiens, Roe de Choiseul, 29, has been sent to prison for a month, and ...

... PROGRESS OF THE KIDDERMINSTER IICHOOL OF ART. The efforts made a few years ago to re.organiao the Kidderminster School of Art are being crowned with satisfactory results, and in no year more so than in the one just closed, aseshown by the report. of the committee of tb e school, read at the annual meeting, which was hold on Friday evening, in the Music Hall. The attendance was but moderate, ...

... The third annual Exhibition of the Handsworth Got- tagers' Floral and Hort[oultural Society was held yester- day, in the grounds adjoining the Rectory, at Handsworth. The athletic sports in connection with the Handaworthi Working Men's Club took place in the same field, and the weather being fine, the double event, enlivened by the Prince of Walea Band, from Birmingham, attracted a large ...

... THE SDIIfHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHIOW FOR 1868, Tbc Council of the Smithfield Club have just issued their programme for the forthcoming Annual Cattle Show, which is appointed to commence at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Monday, 7th proximo, and to continue the four following days. The last day for the reception of cer- tifgcates of entry was Monday, and so great is the increase that not ...

... I Although late in taking root amiong tis, erehestrel music in Jinlcingicam appears to be growing in popularity and artistic worth witlls amazing rap~idity, anid under the fester- ing core of Mr. Anderton, the founder of the Subscription 3Orchiestral Concerts, this youngest of our musical institu- tions bids fair- to attain ore long dimensions and inport- once oecond only to thooc of our ...

... The judging of animals at this show was proceeded with on Monday morning, the awards remaining to be made beingin Class 8. This class was the first taken. The first prize was awarded to Samubo, a really pretty horse, with good action. He is the property of Mr. Hornshy, of Grantham, Lincolnshire. The second prize of £10. was awarded to The Peer, belonging to Mr. E. Campbell, Army and Navy Club. ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMBNTS, &v. Roeval Alexandra Theatre,- The Blue Jackets, and sue Pantomime AAU-Bsba and the Forty Thieves. Royal Amphitheatre.-eornani, Azela and Agoust, and the Rantomime Jack Sprat, Prince of Wales Theatre,- Masks and Faces, and the Burlesque 'The Rise and Fall of Richard the Third. Boyal Colosseum Theatre,-- The Headless Horseman, and Black Cawsar. Theatre Royal, ...