... HANDSWORT[ AND LOZELLS FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION. The third exhibition for the preosnt season, in connection with this Association, took place on Tuesday, in the beautifully laid o ...

... L I T E RAT U R E, THE BADDINGrON P1ERBAGEI* Mr. Sala's novel lais been subjected to severe oriti- eism. The saturday Review gave it to their unsc~a. pulous slasher; the amiable editor of this periodical Lass his list of authors to be abused, Mr. Sala, with Mr. Dickens, is on the black list. Let the popular George Augustus place his name upon a new title ' page, rind all lovers of ill-natured ...

... 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; ...

... The Lyceum Theatre was opened on Monday evening by some members of the above corps and their friends, in aid of the funds of this distinguished body of Volunteers, the pieces selected for the essay of their various capabilities being The Rough Diaosed, The Corsicae Brothers, and Mr. Oxenford's admirable one-act farce of Twice Killed. Amateur acting has become so highly respectable and there is ...

... ?? Q HER NEMAJBltY'8 THEATRE. On Monday night a grand extra performance was given, the receipts of which have been presented by Mr. E. T. Smith to the fund of the Volunteer Rifle Association. The evening of the day was selected as being that on which the Rifle Association commeneed their operations on Wimbledon-oommon. The entertainments were of a varied kind, and consisted of the first scene ...

... I It was stated iu Tin Ea on a former occasion that Dr. James Pooh, who had been the mueical director of the English Opera at Drury-lane Theatre had petitioned the Insolvent Debtora Court, and had been libe- rated on ball. He appeared on Thursday to be board before Mr Comntls- eioner Nichols, and wae etrongly opposed. Mr Dowee represented a creditor named Joseph Braham; and Mr Bicker Caarten ...

... TaR ART JOURNAL for July. London: J. S. Virtue. Belfast: J. Harton, Waring Street. THE engravings this month are Peace, from the icture by James Drummond, ?? and Bacchus and Ariadne, by Turner. The'former is in the Royal collection at Osborne, the latter in the National Gal- lery. They are very different in style, and no two pictures could better illustrate the different effects that art ...

... A T N I G H T. 1DYiNG? ?? do butjest! You smile in the dark, .1 know! Surely I should know best How the quick pulses go. Lay your hand on my cheek: FEEL, though you sup not, the red. Why, in another week, I shall have left my bed! It 'was being so long alone- So sickof the world's vain strife, Uncared for, and unknown, That sapp'd the springs of life! You have given a world of love: Nay, ...

... WIND AND SEA TbaSes is a jovial comrade, ye laughs wherever be goes; His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his bale repose- lie lays himeelf doiwn at the feet of the Sun, And *1akee all over with glee, And the broad-backed billows fall faint on the shore, In the inixth of the irighty Sea. Ent the Wind is sad and restless, And cursed with an inward pain; You may bark as you ...

... Alusi. 1I FnsMAN'S SOING. By Norman Macleod, D.D. Dedicated to the Glasgow Riflemen. Published antd sold to allt a Bazaar for Barony Parish Missions. TaerT IX GOD AND no TEE RIGHT. Song by the Rev. Nor. man Macleod, D.D.; the melody by Mendelssohn; arranged by William Hutchins Calcott. -Published and sold to aid a Bazaar fur Barony Parish Missions. Wasar the above songs have a strong ...

... THE VOLUNTEER OF JULY IAL THE SEQUEL. (From Punch.) If yon're ivaking cml] me earlv-though I feel so very queer, T/ at wilh all t-he calling in the world I sban't get up, I fear; I ought to clean ruy rifle, and a precious iob 'twill be- Forthe ?? tight at Chisellhnrst I don'tthink theo'll catch Me. Grant'r cooking-w negon on theground they told us weshonlnd find, And so I lebt. unluckily. my ...

... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , r . -? 0 1 -.4all ?: V?,.Dttrg. .: ,I p LAY OF THE MAID-OF-ALLTWORIV 0 1 vhat a weary life we lead, 'Twixt woek and scorn !, , We ?? in ConstaDt slavery, N. igit noon, and morn! ,With early morning e begin .Our endles8 day; -Nobreai;&st-hoar-no diiner-hour- No time for play. If friend or lorer call at eve, N social walk; - Our prison bounds we ...