... I. I T E R A T U It E. A Ifamoooo'bs to (ho Boarod of T'radoe ldoaosiootiont of Akaso-to v and XMotms BY J. R0. JOmES, F.10,A.S., Head-Mooster, Board of 'Irado Xavigationi School, Aberdeen, and Agent p1 ait Aberdeeni for thre Meteorological Ohflice. Second edi- a tion. Aberdeen John Adams, 1870. Tttt is a 05seCond edition of ani excellent Handbooki, which c has Obtained very considerable ...

... LITERIATJRB, SCSl'ZfGEAVD.4Br ITEMS. (Wrom the 4ftAclem,1 A. STATUE of Sir James Outram i- t, be 1eIcj on the Thames Embankment, north. A Museum of Art and Science is Lia of erection at Barnard Castle, Darham, tt at of Mr and Mrs Bowes. r; ?? RAMON VILANOVA, a woll knovsD ?? n- of sacred music in Spaien, has just lied. at par- . 8: lona, in his seventieth year. are. e- Tas Rev. George ...

... POET h Y. LUX IN TENEBRItS LUtCtT. Lay ye dowl, outworn ald lVeary, DoneI youlr life Nvork, sore orld dreiry, feil nlld sin no more nay fcr ye Ol tlh s side toe ,Iave. Folded lie the orllis thrit ever, With at resoiluto Cradoavorun, Or. sill's I)cstilorLial river Str ng'lel with tire saves. Temiplied ry the powers iiifeorral Strong tI seill thy uloorn eternal, II rd iot the rueat owevor ...

... BIGaGAR CArTLE SHOW. - I. ?? IA-- - LLI' 0- - ?? ;r The fifty-first annual Show of the BiggarFarmers' y Cunb was held yesterday in theanuctionmart, adjoin- m, lg the village. For several reasons the show has it not been quite so successful as on previous 3- occasions. The early harvest necessarily con- Af fining tbose who take a large interest in such B- exhibitions, to their respective farms, ...

... IN ARILAN. Once sagain among the Al.ther, Ind tllreen friends toglther, In tillt goldien Arlturnz weatiher, ii r tile ancient hillr %round us, int Ih s breezes blotirg freel Fieecr clouds are seiliil: ?? uss. Happy days Ftret. h crit Icer r'4 And Ive raise a ringing ?? s- The hefthex-1)Ci.5, tbe ?? hmile, Tire babbin1g rtr.salne ifr rue I Here, a prealils repitce .ltexllilg, Inour lonely ...

... LOCKERBIE LAMB FAIUt-AUGU3T 16. The first for the season of the markets at Lockor- bie for the disposal of lambs and sheop took platee ar to-day, on1 the usual stance on the Quhytevrwolen a Hill, near Lockerbie. The attendance of the rsral ra population was not so large as we h;ave seen, owing n probably to the commencenient of harvest opera- a tions; nor were there so many pleasure seekers ...

... LITBRAT2'U1E, SCIEBNC, AND ART ITBIUS. (From the AthItonuei) Jouri LYTrON'i- is enoaod oai a newV novel. Mi. 0. tLAS'txzY, a writer of sonie distinction, has (lied at Athens. According to his Mwill, his fortune will at his wife's death go to the Univer- sity of Athens. --I, experimerits hate reeontly beicn made to aerertikin the pnloer of electricity in aushig tie .1 lurid expulsion from ...

... UPPER WARD OF LANARWSHIRE HOMLICOULTURAL SHOW. This prosperous society had its annuail show of floral mid other Iodo p Jeuctions yesterday. It was indeed highl grtfigt rsn onote the marked impoeetbthi uniy and quality of the spcmn xiie ic utyear. Under the juiiu aaeetof th rsn committee, hg hopes are euterand tht tis will yet come to toteprincipal exhibition in this part of the country. Mr ...

... P O E T It Y. THE BROOM ON THE CARDEN MOOR. Oh ! the broom on the Carden Moor, AurL its feathery bllioen trce, With the wv ters of Ur iC sparkling pure As the morning clew, give 1inc ! There of bliss you may have your fill, Among sconery swvect and wild, Wheie. uiature dc iglhts to expend her skill. In bedeekilig her favolrlto child. For the wreath onl he,,r sun-kisoed brow Is of scarlet, ...

... THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICALY FESTIVAI . - -- - I . - Auousr 30 AND 31, lND SETEM3BE I AND 2. In.regard to muaioal art, the inflhence of the' Birmingham Festivals has not been lees narked-than t~e important services theybhave rendered t lthrd' cause of charity. During the period of upwards of a ?? over which the FestivalAh~ave' nwvF:'ex, teded, they have given t6 the phbqc the choice masterpieces of ...

... THEA'rl'E ROYAL. THE UAYIARKTM COMNPANY, las At the close of the first week of the Haynatrket ho Company's engage3rrellt we are enabled to Usti- illato ill sonle neeanre the amlount of pleaiero ?? hlst this fal been affordeui theatre-gousrs. Tho reviewv is satinfactory in it doulble seuse, fosr 1 not only ?? 1ubises beee entelrt ?? with the ice Classic cilmedijes of Shakespeare anrd Shieridn ...

... L IT E RA T U RE1. T7 Ljiyin q 'c.A IQtt to t le Righb ifvecend the * cshcp of Aberdeen and Orkney. Aberdeen A. Brown * C'o., 1870, hlow b'st to obtain thle hearty Co-operation of tlhe laity, is ,a 1uestion. Which ait present is being seriously discussed in thle Cluiircb of England. That Chu rcb can not now conceal from herself the facet that, in times like these, thle diay of hier ceasing to ...