... V A R I E T I E S. th Why should physicians have a greater horror of the gt sea than anybody else? Because they are more liable to to iev sicknesj! lit illustrated with cuts,' said a young urchin, '1 as he drew his pen-knife across tihe leases of his b g ramtilar. a] I Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she used to ir be s'-No, she has left that off, and turned ex- t} pensive. at 'Now, ...

... -a ?? . THE OPENING CEREMONY. ] he Tines of Monday ?? no time since the coummencement of tile building has such an amount of work of all kinds been accomplished as during tile past week. The English exhibitors seem to have been fully lawakened to the daueer of being too late, and have began to send in their goods, erect their courts, and fill their cases with such rapid energy as has already ...

... ,.BHE EDOBASTON RLAY. The sec?4 annual drauiatiC representation by the pupils 'of ~tle Bbsston Proprietary School, took place ?? the school building, Hagley Road, last nightT in the preene of a large, fashionable, and onthusiastlc audience. The general arrangements were not inferior to those of the previous year, while the programme and the youthful CO7P dramatique, were in nearly every ...

... (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 ...

... | 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TIHE ?NEA EMIIGRATION FIELD. ll1 RiIVER PLATE AND THE EXHIBITION. The niuihier of medals and honourable mentions awarded 1v lhe juries of thc International Exhibition to the pro- dswsts of tlse Republic of Monte Video, relatively to the e tnilt of thc collection, has excited surprise among those to whous that country is almost unknown, and must direct the pul~lic attention very strongly to the ...

... I The private view of the Society of Artists' Exhibition took place on Saturday, at the Rooms in New Street. The ?? 's very' numerous ; and, the afternoon being tolerably fine, the rooms had a bright, pleasant, and ani. mated look. Thei invitations were so freely responded to, that the Society 'had no cause to be dissatisfied with the lsuccess of their opening day; and the visitors generally ...

... TEA I'ELS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ; with the Narrative of ?? Voyage rounld Vancouver's Island. By Captall C. E. BAssEu'sTr-LeNADia . (London: Hurst and Ilacicett.) As considerable interest attaches at the ?? mxoxcnltto everything connected with British Columbia antd Vancouver's Island, notices of any work bearing on those colonies will be acceptable to the public, and. of some pralctical utility ...

... MR. J; lI TOOLE AT THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE. I a The Inlented and popular comedian Mr. J. L. Toolo made his first appearance in Liverpool last fvering at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and was Melcosued by a numerous and most ?? audieunce, the comfortable, elegant little house being ci ?? in every part. Thc evening'senterbtinment con-1sted of Rlaines Bayley's petite drama The Spitaifields ...

... XsTB&OBDARY SCEN AT A | CoNCERT.| fil scene ?? ataperformance of The xesdb.,lvan by the members of the B trmlng. m S~esoJety ,onSaturdaynight. Anumber ,tam Ch d taken possession of some of the cf d seats, aud great disorder resulted. During he nterval bed tween the opening of the doors and the hor fed for tbe ?? of the oratorio, much onf1Il~ e Itein consequence of attempts being suedeto ...