... LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND ART I SC CRAPS. Mr. J. R.. Planch6, late Rouge (rotc, has beers appointed Somerset Herald. Among the latest musical arrivals of the season is Herr Wilhelmj, a violinist. The Times states that it new and excellent Juli. late evas executed the other day in St. Patu1's Cath.. dral, the composition of Mr. Goss. We understand that another Operetta di canr),- entitled ...

... [Froee it Pellet,] We are happy to announce a deeided reactionary move- nment towards simplicity of attire. There can be no ques- tion that luxury in dress has of late been indulged in to an alarming excess. It is, therefore, gratifying to observe that the leaders of fashion now chow a decided inclination to allow the judiciously elegant to replace the merely ex- pensive, We nolonger see ...

... An industrial exhibition is to be held at Jubbulpore, in India, in January next. A brother of Mdme. IListori is announced to possess no small lyric and dramatic faculty. The Orcliesf2 rt says that Abbe Liszt has returned to Rome, and is busy with an oratorio to be called The Christ. A preparation of paraffin, devoid of smell or taste, has been made, which, it is said, will preserve meat for ...

... SHREWSBURY SROW, )fnunmber of the members of No. 7 Company nlet yesterdays s at Boulnbrook, to shoot for their challenge vase. Corporal ?? won(second tince), with a score of 44. Lance- :e Corporal Jenks, 40; Corporal Ba.llingham 36; Lallce- Corporal fareen, 32, The wenther was very uilfavour | ?? orzr ores Co7resr)ondenz l I Although no poet, waiting for the train at Shrewotier, and hanging on ...

... COVENTY SHOW FAIR, THlE LADY GODIvA PROCESSIONI. It hals hor(n well 9,l tilat ithistol'ry rpots itself. There OrO ew wo mie ii I caa 011 0i- observoid-and. we sup- poll that in these ?? days there so 'fewri anyei Vwlo have 'lot done botllval' algree that, efr tj Observl.ktioll i5 ConernIEd, thii is at dictum whichl cannot ho glilisid '11000srio 11 'It aill Ece1,tical on thle point loolhe ...

... LIT ERA T U RE. GEORGE ELMOT'S NEW NOVEL.* Whatever fate the future may reserve for the novels of he nineteenth century, two of their characteristics are so distinctly marked that our modern fiction will long be read. It has been reserved for our own century, and, in fact, for 'the last thirty years, to produce two nearly new classes of fictitious prose. The laurels of George Eliot were won on ...

... THE OVETRYGODVA HOW - T14E COVENTRY GODIVA SHOW. THE TOWN oF n PEEPING TOM. Tyo-day, with civic romp and pageantry, Coventry is celebrating the anniversary of its freedom from the grim esr's tax, and honouring, after its own strange fashion, the memory of Godiva's mission, by which she built her- self an everlasting name. Whether the character of the paeant is such as the chaste lady ...

... I FETE TO THE TENANTRY. A second entertainment, comprising the 'enantry of Mr. 0. F. Muntz, with the principal agriculturists and trades. men of the neighbourhood, took place at Usubeislado, on Friday last. The head table was filled with visitors and relatives of 'Ar. Muntz, including P. W. Martin, Esq., M.P., the Rev. A. and Mrs. Hunter, the Rev. C. EOs- kyno, Dr. Fayrer, Mr. A. Munnz, Mr. ...

... THiE PARIS EXHIBITION. As wo anticipated, dilliculties have arisen with reference to tho space to be allotted to English contributors to the Paris Etxlhibition. The extent of space applied for frolt this country was ;l00,000 foot; but the French authorities have declined to allot more than 70,000 feet. Under theso circumlstances the English Comm-issionors have no choice but to cut down tho ...

... The Session's nights were waning fast, As slowly through the Commons passed A bill, whose puspoce, plan, and price, 'Were summed up in the proud device- Honest Reform Its sponsor watched with anxious brow, Of party strife the ebb and'flow; Then rose to speak, and like a knell On selfish pride the watchword fell- Honest Reform I Of worling men lie urged the cause, Their worta-good seuse ...

... The prize list for the forthcoming show differs inert few particulars from last year's. The most striking alter. ation is in the nurserymen's class (A), and consists in the reduction of No, 1, ninety-six varieties, single trusses, is seventy-two varieties, a decided change for the better, an one which will be certain to produce an improvement ih the quality of the stands shown in competition ...

... Great-progress is being made in this undertaking, which includes not only industrial productions, but works of art and scientific appliances of all kinds. The idea of the exhibition originated in the humble project of the Geological Society, two years ago, when the Earl of Dudley allowed a number of paintings, by the old masters, to be exhibited to the admiring gaze, not only of the masses who ...