... There Is a feminine waywardness and perversity about Festivals which will often sot at defiance the most carefal calculations and the most seemingly perfect arrangements, Here we are within a few days of the great triennial event, for which we have been more or less actively preparing since the Festival of 1864 faded from view, and though we have bad the lemsons of a century's experience to ...

... WeTEWICESBURY REGATT AND FL ,WR E iTBVVKESB ~s a 0 \V. ADFOLI In tho somewhat exotensivo Ijet of papular li - gatherings in the midlnrd counties, the regatta a. * her, *i cultural exhibition which is held at Towkesblay tak high, If not the highest, rank; and that thil is, s - to be wondered at, when it is considered that the ar,,t ments which the committee labour indefatigably to lrvcvi for ...

... AIfresco eavos.dropping under the winrlows of a eonnert room on a cold rainy evening like that of Monday last-- even when combined with the advantages of free loaommo tion, occasional umbrellas, and nothing to pay, wili not appesl to the majority of our readers to be a particularly inviting occupation; nevertheless, this very slender enter- tainment sufficed on Monday to attract an audienc! ...

... l--. I ? - I -1 ? ?? ?? ?? 1111-1-1 :0 1.1 ?? ? ? ? .1 'XI IBIMO'N. ? 1. - ?? I-, I LFJum our c!m 'Corr-esponldent. I I PARIs, Monday. Tu'ie hanquct wsl-ih it was proposed to give to the Ermp?eror, as a testimony of the gratitude of the French and foriein exhibitors for the Impoeial favours lavished on them, has ?? a stumbling- block to miany. Those of the French exhibitorsu Echo are a ...

... THIE, -IFTENTI-I EXHIBIrION. ironh our ole Go(}csposdenL] PARIs, WNed1esdaY- iTit; ,e, tihe wvhole ite, and nothing lit the flte renE l ?? our attention at the present titme, bat amidst the rijdoiings of to-morrow there will be one personage Ms ho Adi).l climn the sympathy of all your readers-tn C it, tt oislriug of mod-ern aupoerivilistitionf the long-sn lklrinf, anti ntueh- utited animal, ...

... IBIRMINGHAM BOTANICA.L AND HORTI. I CULTURAL SOOIETY. I Tho seeond exhibition of thL isssociation, which occupies the placo var excellenor1 as Ote horticultural soielty of the district, bringing together by far tho most varied snd tho ehoicest oxhibi 3 tion of flowoesand fruits that perhaps may be seon in the Midland Counties, was held yesterday, in that inimitable ehow-ground, the Botanlcal ...

... The last flower show of the season InI connection With the Wolverhanipton Horticultural Society was held on Tuesday afternoon, in the grounds of Mr. G. L. Underhiil, at 1Newbridgo. It comprised a large collection of all the stove and greenhouse plants usually shown at this seasson, excepting only ferns, which were in smaller supply than ueual, owing to certain of the gentlemen who usually send ...

... B IM I GAIM MUSiCAL FESTIVAL, j l' i 9' ' D A Y. H gTORNINlG PERFORMANCE. The character, object, and prospoots of the twenty- ninth Trieoflia1 Festlval, which opened yestorday under th nes oncouraging auspices, has been so fully and Racertlv canvassed by autiolpatlon in these columns, ihat further introduction on the present occasion !ould be siurply superfluous. Everyone by this time fisn r ...

... BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL, THE BAND REHEARSALS IN LONDON. [Fs'm our Cori l Reportcr.] Musical Birmingham was, yeaterday, absorbed in the delightful rares of her Festival toilet-rehearsilng some of her instrumental flounces and furbelows, and trying on her vocal bijoutcric with all the coquettish grace and more than the earnestuess of Gcunod'u Marguerite. A conclave of her friends, consisting ...

... TIHE FRENCH EXHIBITION [pFprm outr otwn Coreqpon&ntJ] PARIS, Wednesday. The progress of the Spanish insurrection in the pre' 'ailing topic of conversation here just now; and as far as I am able to gather, the general impresslon-ii that matters are very serious indeed. The Spanish news- papers and Government officials, of course, affect to think very lightly of the xnatter. Not more than a ...

... XI'l-;AP'Y, fCIENTIFIC, AND ART S C R AP S. Mr. V ernon IRigby, the tenor, is about to return to E ngland. It;ldlle, Patti is recruiting herself in the Bernese Oberland. From Brussels is reported the death of an esteemed musician, Al. Charles Singelle. The boilers at South Kensington are to be removed forthwith, and the facade of the new exhibition ex- posed to view. A French journal denies ...

... 'TIE FRENCH EXHIBITION. [Fromt our oton Con'espoxdeat.] PARNs, August G. We have only had one King to see us all this week. On Saturday last, at six o'clock in the evening, his Majesty of Sweden arrived at the Lyons Railway Station from Vichy. The Emperor, in private dress, went down to meet himo-for his Majesty's visit was strictly incognito-and conducted him to the Palace of the Elysee, ...