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POETRY

... THE PRIMATE OF ALL IRELAND. To his rest among the saints of old That our stately primate must be laid In an ever hallow'd mould; That the good archbishop aleepeth well, Tongue and pen unto the people tell. Drape the great cathedral where he prayd, Let the bell be tolrd I Not for marvellous speech or musings grand, Not for martyr's pains! Those noble eyes Opened on a goldlen land. With him ...

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 1ST LANCASHIRE VOLUNTEERS

... PRESENTATION OF COLOU'S TO THE1 1ST LANOASIHIR VOLUNT ERS. The ladies of Anfield and Everton having gene.- rously subscribed for salutding and camp colours for w tho let Lancashire Rifle Volunteer corps, the tl ceremony of presenting thems took plaos lastevening, ti oa the ground to tbe front of Colonel Chambers's h, residence, Prtory-road, E~veston, in the presence of a Vf very large snd ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862

... THE ITE R Wili O ,i 1862. l ?? PIngTING} IaAOXNILY. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENI.] I AMONz3ST the varied classes of mjwhinery shown us ?? Exhibition therer'6i0arll'h any possessed of 'more. interest, especilly to- those who desire the advancementof knowledge, than those ma- chines eonnected with typographic printing. - e the general pln0 see, ?? the products of printing machinery,.they ...

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST

... FASHIONS FOR AUGUST ( LrSot L FOLLET.) The fashionables are gradually disappearing irene Paris, bat the toilettes with which they provide them. selves plainly declare they have no desire to leave fashion behind them. t)ur large houses are now busily employed in the Vianufacture of dresses ex- pressly designed for the watering places. IFor the morning, or for travelling, simple dresses, as we ...

MESSRS. HOLMES' CARRIAGE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... MESSRS. HOLMES' CARRIAGE AT TRE INTER. NA'T'IONAL. EXHIBITION. svia ?? s1 r- -lm-,h *1.,t : I:. . ?? Our readers will remember that in noticing the Derby. shire contributions to the Internatlonal Exhibition we wrote in laudatory terms of the carriage sent for inspection by Messrs. Holmes, of Derby. It is exceedingly gratifying to find a more experienced critic has also awarded to the pro- ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... |- l His Excellency the Lord Lieutemant enter- tallied thle foliowintg goests at dinner on Friday, thu 25tls inatant:-0 oneral Sir George Brown, General Lawrenson, Colonel Douglaq, Captain Keith Fraser, Colonol Liltztnayer. Colonel Lowe, Colonel and Ifra Htaiues, Mrs Brown rigg, Colonel Whitmitore, Captain Bttackett, A D C; Colonel Lttngdau, Caolonal tnililivygramn, 16th Itubiours; Colonol ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... THE FOREIGN PICTURES. No. IL As might naturally be expected, our French neigh- bours occupy thegreatest share of the foreign galleries; and had they adopted the same limit as that selected for English art, the wvhole building would have proved iisufficient to contain the pietures they might, and probably would have sent us. With all deference to those critics who regard a hpreference for a low ...

HALES OWEN AND HAGLEY FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION

... HALES OWEN AND HAGLEY FLORlAL AND HORTICULTITEAL EXHIBITION. Sure]y no more aplpropriate place could be chosen for a floral'exhibition than the Leasowes. Erst the birthplace and residence of the author of A Pastoral Ballad, in four parts, aid other Poems, and described by Dr. John. son as ' a sort of rural paradise, upon which the owneir (Shenlstone) squandered mo8t of his meaus, oxpceding ...

A STRANGE STORY

... A S I w T iE StOIY-. ; A. ST.RANGEE' y 0. The (ourt of Asslaer ef the Seine tied, on Satutrday, a young man namned Hervent, a deserter from the Eel alan armny, on a charge of murdering, on3 tbe 10th of Marceh lastZ near the fort of Anbarvil~iers, w a young womanx namend Yranoothen, with wvhom be o cohabited. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner 1 had beens a sergeaat in the Belgian ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... TTHE INTEANATIONAL EXHIBITION. I A curious coincidence was observable yesterday in the tevnperature of the interior of the LExhibi- tion building, the glass giving only half a degree more than that of the return of the preceding day. The attendance had also increased, but in much greater proportion, and the visitors continued pouring in down to a very late hour, A company of the 60th Rifles ...

ALNWICK FAIR

... A.LNWICK FAlR. MlONO.nY, .I TJLY 28. 'he vI eather for this imnportant Imarket was rather favounable for the tranisaction of business, nold thee was a very consideralble amount of it doncaliolngstile genelal stock that wecre exhi- bitedl in antythi rg lilke condlition. The attendance of dealers ani buycrs vas rather numerous, but in the early part of the lay they could not come to haigaitning, ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... CASHIMERE AND ITS BELLES.-Cashmere is suipposed to contain pretty women and lovely scenery. Perhaps, if the country had been always called Rubbaboola, or by some other such Indian title, it would never have enjoyed its reputation for excellence or superiority in these prti- culars. Cashmere is, without doubt, a very pretty name. OccasionaUy you may see a lovely scene, or a. pretty face, but ...