... LONDON XUSIC HALLS. ROYAL ALOAmBR.A.-Mr. strange must have expended a coni- derable sum in keeping up appearances. At the present time, belsind scaffold poles and white hangings, a new proceium is being prepared which will as deuht increa's'e the brllat appear- ance of-h ulig n enider it more perfect titan ever. 'Thess alterations interfere in no degree with thle regular entertainments, which ...

... OS WALD HA STINGS.* ADvENTURES are to the adventurous. We are afraid to try Captain Knollys' hero by any of the ordinary standards. A youth who rises from the ranks in so brief a time, and earns all imaginable honours in three short volumes, who loves an heiress, marries another girl from her likeness to the first love, has an affair with a Turkish lady and sees her drowned in a sack, is ...

... WAKEFIELD INDUSTRIAM AND.ART EXHIBITION. (SECOND NOTICE.) Probably no department of the F1shibition hag attained to so much success or been the touroc of so maclh real pleasure to the thousands of persons who have vited the building since it was ?? cd as that devoted to at. It has been foundwe should thi jk, thaeven on those days when it is most densely crow ded, and When the large majority of ...

... MORLEY AGRICUiTURAT SHOW. I . . . . . The floral and horticultural exhibition of the Morley society, held on Tuesday, was followed by that of the agricultuyal stock on Wednesday. The separation ?? tw departments of the show did not appear to have had the result which might have been expected-that of diminishing the attendance, not on the whole, but on the individual days of ex- hibition. On ...

... JU Memoir of the Life and Writings of Sir Richarda Steele, Soldier, Drarmatist, Essapist and Patriot ; t arith his 'orrespoindence, and Nowes of his Con- temporaries-the Wits and Statesmen of Queen Anne's Time. By Hiaxty R. MONTGOMntEY. 2 vols. Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo. We thank the author of these volumes for taking f us into exceedingly good company. We have spent many pleasant hours in it ...

... Congi y Cyfnsoddw7r Ieuafngc. SIOMLINT CAI1IAD. Mae 't ddewnm draw gerilaw y nant Lie nad oe aun preawylfod. Tn dwyn ar gff pan oeddem blaut Sn llob0a da en cbyogod. Ni ebl'wid pryd hyn d Chwith ochain chwata f A byddwn etto 'r cc mc! Pe 'a ei y deud Gwreae Rwy 'n cofio 'r fan a'r lie DU 'r Yn tyngu 11w ffyddiondeb Drwy ddyweyd na ehawsw f Os Duw a rodda; nrY i- c Ac ni feddyliais inaau 'ioc- ...

... C07tr7ibutions to Naturral Hislory-ceiieJfy irn relatio n to tire Food of the People. By a RURAL D. D. William Black- wood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1865. TnIS book desrrves, and we venture to predict for it, a wide circulation. The snhjects embraced in it are of general interest ; and treated as they are (or most of them) chiefly in relation to the Food of the People, they bespeak a very ...

... DUNDALK F&IR. I . _ . .. d__ _ . . ?? .. . .I DvPDALX, 8wi 2l.-Our harvest fir, which took place on y~eterday. was one of considerable Importance, as sbowing the eagerness of dealers in stock and others to become purchasers of stock. The weatber was cbaracterieed by the same sunshine and warmth which boo prevailed for some weeks past, and field operations being at present at a lnil, the ...

... .EXITRACTS FROM PUNCH. EULENB1JIPG AND OTT. (A So%; or SAMSeSoucL.) Only for killing a mere cook, Forsooth, they'd have Us bring to book A A soldier and a noble lad. Oh pooh-those people must be mad I Why punish Eulenburgi For what ? Because, they say he murdered Ott. Well ; in a street row, at the town ' Of Bonn, he cut the fellow down. 'My soldiers have a right divine To cleave such ...

... Christy Xhistrel_.?, Withie the last few years the supply of Christy comedians, vocalists, and dancers has been fully equal to the demand. Rival companies have jostled each other while pursuing the bubble reputation in every town of the United Kingdom, to say ?? of the Metropolis. Notwithstaanding all thid, we are now offciall- informed that the only original and veritable' Christy's ...

... THE QUEEN'S VTSIT TO COUun.-Previoua to leaving the Roisenal, Queen Victonik desired tbe fol- lowing letter of thanks to be addressed to the nnuni- cipality of that town :- The Queenhas been both touched and rejoied to see hovu the inhabitants of the town of Cohr*ig have associated themselves with her endeavour to honour the memory of her nover-to- be-forgotten consort. The recent proof of ...

... CLERICAL CHARITY. We all remember what cry was raised when Mr. stone proposed to make charitable endowments liable to income-tax, how it was called robbing the poor, and what piteous tales were told of the hardships which would follow if the State appropriated any of these sacred funds. A sencs of reports the Charity Inspectors, which has just been published at the in-tance of the Chancellor ...