... (Prom the Times.) We take this occasion to resume our notices of the chief objects which visitors may look for in the various classes. Classes 6, 31, 32, and 36 are all placed under the charge of Mr. T. Wright, who is using his long experience in various exhibitions to secure the finest possible show in his depart- ments. Class 6 comprises carriages not connected with inil or tram roads, and ...

... It slowly steals away; WVitlh silent step un1heede(l, it depaits; The beauty and the glory of the day Fail from our eyes and hearts. Faint gleams the leafy rill With softened fnush the cloud of evening glows Wane all the sunset fires, and ens the hill Dies out the fading rose. It is the quiet hour When sights and sounds that have disturbed us cease; And weary hearts are folded, like a flover, ...

... IHI(W FRENCH CONSPIRANCIES WERE MANUFACTURED. A smuall volume of about 400 pages, entitled X-6moibles de ('(olkNre, appeared hardly a fortnight ago. The author of the book-at least, the person whose name is on the titlepage-is a retired officer of police, or, to speak officially, chef (lu service de saute and has amuserd himself during the leisure his retreat affords ini giving an account ...

... BALSALL HEATH AMATEUR ULORI- CULTURAL SOCIETY. The second annual show ofthis society was held yester- .day, in a field adjoining the Calthorpe Park, rerahore Road, -which was kindly lent to the committee by the owner, Mr. Bell. The present, we understand, is only the secndyear of the. society,!s-xietenice, and we can onliY say that tle exhibition of yesterday, though not of large ex- atuddrn ...

... TILE CoaiNimos SENSE OF TL£E WATER CURE;. Py Ciqr tain J. H. Luisa, late of the Gist Regiment and the 1;orth Eihban Militia. Ve have to thank the author of this little work for giving vs the best written description of li9eandtreatinent in a hydropathic estalblishment it has ever been our lot to read. Common sense views of any subject, especially hygienic, are so rare, and writers on ...

... I NOTd1I ON NE7 -;S I!,~NOTE8 ON NBWV BOOKS. JOUR1(AL OF A POLITICAL MISSION TO AFGHANIsTAN IN 1857, UNDER MAJOR (NOW, COLONEL) LubmlDeN; an Account of the Country and Peoplo.-By !E W. BELLEW, Medical Officer to theMission. With | Jll??i~tions. [London: Smith, Elder, and Co.] Lest tlie Ciia of this work may lead to a misunderstand- iag as to its contents, we may begin by stating that the ...

... SMITHrFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. (From ouir Special Cesrespondeiti) LONnoN, Saturday Night. The private view of the Smithfield Club Cattle Show was hell to-night, and was attended with a more than usual interest on account of the new locale of the exihibi- tion. During the sixty-four years which have elapsed since this club was established it has been continually gaining in impoctance It ...

... PIINCE OF WALES' THEATRE. We were under the Impression until last night that Mr. Swanborough's autumnal seasonhad commenoed some three weeks ago. We even fancied we could remember Mr. Bncketone, and thejlesdig members of the London Hay. market Company, lending the ncat of their names and presence to the Inaugural performance, and being sue. eeded, after a ?? successful engagement, by an ...

... THE GREAT FRUIT AND CEHRSANTHEMUM BELOW. Among our autumn shows, there io not one that appeals erore directly to popular ay mpathy or receives more general support than the exhibition whose name stands at the head of this article. For a man to ba learnedift the matte of bulW, a connoisseur in reapeot of dogs, and well up' in tre points of Corhin Ohines, Dorklugs, or any of the hundred and ...

... LITERARY, ARTISMIC, AND SOUNTIFIC SCRAPS. The whole of the Pourtalea collection of pictures, statues, &c. will be sold in February and March next. The catalogue contains 2,O00 lots. St. Canice'u Cathedral, Kilkeany, is to be newly roofed, as a first step towaris its restoration. Mr. N. Deane, of Dublin, is the architact. An energetic attempt is ?? maie to obtain the erection of a statue of ...

... BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LITERARY ABBOOIATION. A converaz one was held last evening, In the Assembly I Boom of the Boyal Hotel, Temple How, in conneoblon with the Central Literary Assoelation. The members of the soclety with their friends mustered In large numbers. Al present were in evening dress, and the scene was one of much animation and gaiety. The bust of Shakespeare was placed within the ...

... SHAKESPEARE'S OWN PRAYER Booes| The following letter appears in yesterday's TUmrs:_uk A book catalogue has thie morning reached me bestial Its title-page, In conspicuous red letters, the anaons ment that 9Shakespeare's own prayer book' Is ?? No doubt this catalogue will be very widely Gtcircu1. for Its leading announcement Is a rather startling one, ?? I am much more startled to find that my ...