... The sixth annual Rose Show was opened yeostorday morning, in thr Tow. fall. That it is a good show wilL be at once accepted au a fact, when we mention a few of the famous growers who compete in the several olasses. The names of such men as Cran. ston, Paul aod .uen, Keynes, Cant, Perry, and we may add, as a local amateur who has not hitherto boon widoly known, bat who has earned laurels this ...

... 'BIt3ING AM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. T II I r i D D A Y. TIE DJORNING PERFORMANCE. If the Birminghiaml Musical Festival, as our oriticoal v.seor arlo good enough to assure us, is the greatest of vuriseai musio meeting, it is not easy to find terms ia whioh to qualify the Ilessiah morning, which i3 avowedly Ito crowning glory-a pre-eminenco duo not less a the artietic excellence and pecuniary ...

... CI)t ptab Ton11; of ~t. 'Olaii~t tlet Wall AN ANIWIINT ANO) FUL, CutRiOuS LEG(mND, DOE INTO A JINGLE OIF RLfYmus-wiiiI EVZRY APOLOGY TO TILE DIANsES OF TIlE LATn TuOMAS INGOLD.SBY, ES(QUIRE, OF TAPIPINGTGIN-VLERARD, IN TILE COUNTY OF KENT. I, ABnOT Eadulph Elts throned In his Judgment Chair, In thegreat groined Rali of St. Blaizes the Bare; With his mitre and crook, And bis bell and his book, ...

... TITE BIRMIINGAM CATTLE AND POULTRY EXHIBITION. PIGEONS. The show of pigeons thin year is on so large a seam1 as to constitute no trilting exhibition in itself. Tho number ot the pens have grown, by steady dogrees, froml108 fi 1860 to 5o5. which sro now on view. Thle inorease during thb period of seven years has, therefore, beon threefold, If matters are to go on in this way, there must be ...

... THE FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS, [Oitl OU1' Corarpeondent.] lHimineonr, Friday, Lat nighit was the last secular Concert of the Festival, An announcoment-a repetition of that of the previousaevening- again appeared on tio walla of the room, to the effect that Mr. Bine Reeves was enable to sing, and this was confirmod by one of the stewards, who came forward, In the absence of Lord Bateman, the ...

... WARYWICKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL . SOCIErY'S DIEErING. The meeting of the Warwickshire Agricultural Soclety for 1867, at Sutton Coldfield, was yesterday brought to a close. We stated In our notice of the show on Tuesday, the first day, that the exhibition was likely to be a poor affair, and we are sorry to say now that the sequel of the second day has completely confirmed that opinion. The meeting ...

... '3I MUSICAL FESTIVAL. MEETING OI' THE GENERAL CODMIITTEE, The General Committee of the Birmingham Musical Feetivl mct yesterday nmorning, in the secretary's office, at the Midland Institute, to receivo tho reports of the Sab. committ viespecting the ar-ranugments for thb Feotival. The Eight rIon. Barl Boauchanmp presidod, and among the ?? present ware i etuers. T. Avery (Mayor), George Dixon, ...

... YIEE FRENCH EXHIBITrON, AND THE I T1EATMENT OF ENGLISHMEN. [tross the DBitilder. s The great ceremonial in honour of successful exhibitors j has taken place in 1aris, end has been recorded in one of those remaryable descriptive articles that have made the Timis, asod its special correspondents, famous in that direction. Weo have no dispotition to go into any par. ticulars rat the prizes Just ...

... The annual show of the Harborne Gooseberry Growsrr' Society was held on Monday, at the Green Blan Inn. Ttb exhibition was remarkably succeasful, and the large number of extra prizes presented by gentlemen brought out a display of an unusual quantity of choice and tempting fruit. BIr. Noah Smallwood carried off the highest prize with a beautiful specimen of Dan's Mistake, weighing 29G dwt, 5 ...

... IIANDSWORTH FLOWER SHOW. The Cottagers Floral and Horticultural Society of ! Handrawerth hold its annual exhibition yesterday, in the neat little school room adjoining St, Mary's (old church,) Trusting entirely to the pleasure afforded by the display of the fruits and flowers of their carefully tended gardens, the members of the Society dispensed with music, or any other adventitious ...

... COVEN TRY E?UIIBITLON. ME MTAL WOREA U O.TIlJUBD. our f6 o deviouls path, We tinndaamongoothe of metal of A Ugeftil, b I) pjtrtakinig of an ;rs i rracuta l cbrae ter, a 8cleetton of otlrtro-plated rsby Mr. brcuiluhs, of the Etna Etor Bir. h These, as we have already said, unite us i nrn d consist Of tenservices, toast-racks, ,t t ctrl %rlith ?? little bits of orna- co ma dced whtich acid ...

... hE DOG SHOIW. Thimber of vistors to the Caurzon Exhibitlon U3l11' wley ra very considerable, and having re&ard to the 0' ' e,r~ of rbit tsl; of iatelligently exnruiniug tho ?? ?? * exhiittld, it isno subject for rogrot that nste-rd of htfig colleoted to the number of 1,000, aiowo to about 700 this year. Of course Jo e 00n1 v ta~ too tip a day, as the judges do, to bt, bat how v crsory may be ...