... MR. BOMB, THE SPIRIT A R. ,O AIT STOIRY .I : ?? For some time past Mlr. D. D. Homie;, the .oele. brated Spiritualist, has been staying atMilvern, under the oare o, Dr. Gully. 4 One day laste r Mr. -Home suddenly disappeared from the neigh. r, bourhood, and the next we hear of the gentle- man whose faoe had 'bacomei 'te ?? at hfalvern and wi e nnwUVWor'eat'er, Lis of -his being Aprisoner. A ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. &o% I Royal Alexandra Theatre.- Our Domestics, William RU with a Vengeance, and Trying it On. Royal Amplithoatre.- The Corsican Brothers, and - Time and Tide: a Tale of the Thames. Prince of Walea Theatre.- Our Amorloau Cousin, and My ?? Wife. Royal Colosseum Theatre.-Viotorlinc. The Dream of the Revellers, and other EntortaluuIenfte. t JTames's Hall - ...

... POEMS Of ?? I IRENHEAD I ?? WORI. 1 nG ?? - . .p our'a icne~ieor Hajipy Reint~s~ceasec,;^ By 0 JhneD~akayPeaocek. M~anchester:3. =. EIey- wood. London: Simpkin and Marshall. This is ' new I'nd enlarged edition of in poeom nad songs of a working man who reside atB-irken- head, but'who Is-' evidently of Scpttih, birth 'or descent. Left an orphan at an early age, and a'ving been obliged to work ...

... A PARIH OLERK' LAMBfIT. i ;iOdiflrsio'etook ?? t 'eiat ews, . And he'sa4 ?? aged 4oi b'at $o his ehoesw. , fllspatl s o lpug,isnd hlalks IsG yeBl, ?? And ho calls his good ?? pastral sitvo * -A~hleplce has got hollo*; and sad-like and mild, ,And he'd'tSblnI he wsylelding to' slp lt he'emlled:: Theyx may sqy what they please, bli. whhibver they DayKI :I don't likethe looks of thee ?? ways ,- ...

... I The ships which constituted the fleet 4o bef .re'viewed were moored in two-lines, e'0-,eudlna 68 nearly east aud west from within a 531.ot distauce oi of the Spit buoy to a, little bsy'.ad Ryae pir. PC The port, or left hauddivislor, lo~klng eoasward, of consisted entirely of woode- a vessels, while the star-F board line was ?? etirely of ironclado. 'The la whole fleet was up ,e the comand ...

... ly WFe are told of Aberdeen being behind other places in M st what is called the Free Libraries movement, Aberdeen rd ri. r, was before most places in- it. When Mlr Ewart's Li- di braries Act first passed, a good many years ago, Pro- m vost Webster took up the matter, if we recollect aright; e jbut it was found that, through some mistake, the t at Act was not practically applicable to Scotland ...

... THE EXHlBlTfON OF IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES AN THE ROYAL NORTfHE, N SOCIETY'S S H 0 W. . THUER can be no doubt but that the exhibition of Imple- Iments and Machines, accompanied by the awarding of prizes for the same, at the meetings of our leading agricultural societies, has been of essential service alike to the imple- 1 ment maker and to the farmer; and it is a matter of regret rthat this ...

... SELECTIONS FROM THE PERIODICALS, OLD srPERSTITlONS IN MODERN TIMES, Durlng tho Wars of the Hoses royal and noble personazes Were wicked enough to make waxen images of thooewhom tiey determined to make pino to death, and prastice devilish tricks On them, such as sticking bodkins In them and consuming them rvadually before the fire. The wilthes of Augustus's timewerecouversant Wilththe process, ...

... Aittr-aturt. yT} 3lajnavit1cs. By the Author of John Hali- fax, (ientlenanli &c. Two vols. London: Hurst and Blackett. A Larae prolportion of current fiction is written 1w wvomllen1, and it may perhaps be added that it i chiefly written for women. Hence a certain saliiless in the general features, and in the style of the ordinary circulating library novel. Women feel very acutely and see ...

... :t, f ; ? I THE ROYAL ACADEMY There is no picture in the Exhibitiodnwhich im- proves more upon acquaintance than Mr. 1' rith'a lK ing Charles the Secord's last Sunday. At first sight it might be estimated too lightly as one of the painter's largest and most ambitious costume pictures, but it is really a work of importance, both historically and as a' chief picture of the English school, of ...

... I , I The eighth raidd final concert of the fifty-fifth season tok place 14b; ight, with the following pro-, g 6 0 3 0 Pis I. ex S*mphony Ina C minotn r,0°j Ho. 5 . Ilt~e~ag eethovers. va Milie. Chfstine Ndilhson . ?? . o. to Condsrtol1or Pinoforte, No. 4j Op. 70, piVCo-, forte, Herr RubiDstein ?? ?? Rubinsteln. ht ; dec. Aria , sunse 'alfin 'Deh i sc non tarelar (Le Nozze d iipgro), Mdlle. ...

... Itterzature. l Louhl Crrib its Shor~es and slahnds, with NlotC6S WI of Coug Vash By Sir WILLIA -%ValDE . LoD. ViePresidenlt of the Royal Irish inc Academy, &ec. Illustrated with inumerouls wood ta engravingls. Dtiblin :MeGlashanl and Gill. rit Lodn Longmans land Co. bei Few portions of the BritishIse ar corntes atic beautiful or interesting than the westerncute r of Ireland. The beauty is ...