... a- ietiro. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Life is half spent before we know what it is. He that would enjoy the fruit must gather the flower. WNe profit more by the faults than by the successes of other, Time is a travelliag thief, ever stealing, yet no man can catch it. Discreet wives have sometimes neither eyes nor ears. Be good-natured, if you can, for there is no attraction so great, no charm so ...

... - ?? I ?? I i I I K bo *WWEtiTRIFLE,:. ?? eoolt*~41e top of Mont Blanc. Wost against a farmer's graint 1His mowing, An tiec'ay ncewrote over his door, ~All kbinds'of dyings~itufs sold h'enre. A man has amplied. for a divorce in Chiicago, on the giound that be was niarried only in fon.'' A sulhoilbov's aspiration-' u, how I wish I were at foun- fain, fi)r then I coulil always be playing! ...

... TOodni. - = = - - - -- - , - , SOME CALL THE WORLD A DitEARY PLACE. Sonie call the world a dreary plae, And tell long tales of sin and woe As it there were no blessed trace Of sunshine to be found below. They point, when autumn winds are sighing, To -alling leaves and withered flowers; But shall we only mourn them dying, And never note their brilliant hours? They mark the rainbow's fading ...

... a THE ALHAMBRA. The programme at this popular establishment has undergone a thorough revision ; and its novel and striking features are of a character so well devised to take a firm bold on public approbation, that any further change need not be anticipated for a long time to come. Few of our readers require to be told that the Alhambra is now the chief home of the ballet in London. Indeed, ...

... ?? THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THlE RongL GENERAL THEATRICAL YUND. (Mls-OtRTIeD ERX'IXL'5SlY FOil TuE ERA.) Under circunistances giving every reason for the warnnjest congratulatiun the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Icotival of this admirable Institution was celebrated on )lonl'y at thle St. James's Hall, Regent-street. 'On jcceding occasions we have had the pleasure of behold- il the Cairmlan a ...

... GABDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT Institution. 'fhe Twrenty-seventh Anniversary Festival of this Institutions was held onl Wednesday evening at the London Tavern, the Right lion. thle E~e o' Di-nny, K.G., is the chair. The Festival was well attended, aiid attracted a far Iarger number of visitors than has bees thle case in former years. I he flowers, terns, and fruit with which the room was; ...

... Mr. Sweasey's Benefit at the Royal Music HEal. The fourth anniversary of the commencement ofMr. J. S. Sweasey's proprietorship of this Hall was celebrated here on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance, the place being filled, although the prices of admission were high. From ten o'clock until the close of the entertainment the chair was occupied by Mr W. Holland, of the Canterbury Hall ...

... An unrehearsed scene of a most unpleasant character was enacted at St. George's Hall, on Saturday evening, at the usual entertainment. A gentleman named Albert Jones, whose advent was heralded with glowing announcements as the greatest mimic and ventriloquist of the age, was to give an entertainment entitled A Night in Loadon, in which, with the help of full-length costumes, by Samuel May, ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDEEN. M'rFARLAND'S MUSIC HALL.-Miss Adele Leicester is the star, and gives great satisfaction as a seriocomic. 'the acrobatic contortions, in which Mons. Chanlan is the performer, are really wonderful. Mr Harry Twist gains applause for his comic songs, while his Cure Upside Down is both novel and clever. dr and Mrs Cruickhank are the Niggers. The lady has a ...

... AMERICAN THEATRICALS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESFONDENT) NEW YORK, OCTOBER 17.-Mr.,James Albery's comedy of The Two Rosies was performed for the first time in this country, at WALLAC N's THEATRE, oH Monday, the 10th inst., and was rapturously received by a large audience. It wan excellently cast as ?? Grant, Mr Charles Fisher; Our air. Jenkins, Mr. J. Ii. See dtart; Mr. Fornival, Mro s. Lanagan; ...

... - The beautiful grounds adjoining Milford House, the scat w in of the RIon. Arthur Strlitt, WerD oni Saturday set apart for b led the ninth annual exhibition of vegetables, fruits, plants, and si ,he flowers in connection with the Milford Cottage Garden mo Society, The show was in all respects equal to any pre- mr ]ld vious exhibition at Milford, and two large tente were taken 21 by up by the ...

... ily , i I C,All it-CrIltUrt. MAGAZINES FORl AUGUST. I THIRD NOTICE.] The Cornliill Xagazine. No. CXXYIIL, Auguist. London: SMITH, ELDER, aidU CO., 15, Waterloo-platce. Gernhill contains one of those beautifully finished little Gc Stories for which it is so famous, worth a host of the usual noaigazino tales, entitled Out of thorForest. It is ?? At garlan. peasant's love story, and will ...