... A TWELETEiwF-NIGBT ENTERT/ AiNMENT. THE NEWCASTLE DEAF AM) DUM~B INSTITUTION. On Monday evening, a very novel and interesting per.- formance was given by some of the children of the New- 1 castle Deaf and Dumnb Institution to their companions and a select comopany of their friends, inl the large school room} of the building, which was cleverly converted for the coca- - sian into a theatre by ...

... NEWCASTLE SCBOOL OF ART. LThe annual meeting and distribution of prizes in connection with the Newcastle School of Art, took place on Friday nlight in the theatre of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Westgats Road.. The Mayor (Mr Gibson) was unable to be present owing to the illness of -Mrs Mayoress, and in his absence Mr Henry Watson presided. The report read by Mr Way was most satis- ...

... . INOW FIRST PUBLISHED] B .3-li'S E DISCOURSPE. By MARY CECIL HAY, Author of 'Old Mliddleton's Mloney, Nora's Love Test, For Her Dear hlake, &c. Tuesday, Aiiguist 9th, '81.-I wrote those few words, about meeting Denis at Westercombe, on our arrival yester- day, butino more. lought to have added that Mary's solicitor, Mr France, met us, had already himself seen the Home .aecre .ary, and ...

... EMON A KNOCK. BY Tioos FLRLOUG. . _|g, , I ;-Br A d r _ = ?? Oh ! maiden more than fair, Whose ringlets rich and rare, Are o'er thy white shoulders flowing Whose eye of winning hue, Large, languishin-, and blue, With love's own wild light is glowing How happy should I be. If blest my virl with thee- Blt fairest, thou art too cruel I'll range the nations o'er, I'll wander evermore, Or win thee, ...

... ad AVA gittratuve. Mr Richard 'Welford, of Newcastle, has been busy for c some time ',Sast collecting materials for a new history of . Newcastle and Gateshead. Messrs,, Crosby Lockwood and Co. will publish, it is hoped, 'in the autumn afi extensive work on British mining by Mir Robert Hunt, the well-known Keeper of Mining TAecords. A new work by Mr Leo H. Grindon, author of Lanca- shire ...

... Am 3AaRTS BETISRD. j I - . . - -. ?? By WILIAM ANDREWS. P.H.tS., Author of Historic RomIance; ?? in the Olden Time, s The Book of Oddities, s Gleanings of Lancashire lore, &e. No. VL-CCURsING oY BELL; BOOS, AND CANDLE, The Cardinal rose with a dignified look Be called for his candle, his bell, and his book I In holy anger, and pious grief Be solemnly cursed that rascally thief, He ...

... INOW FIRST IUBLISHL'D. i-L E DISCOURSE. By X ha bCOIL HAY, Author of ?? Middietons Money , Noras Love Test, For Her Dear Sake c. PARXB VI. Wednesday, August 3rd, WNI, her thre.,e drys I have not written ja %-y a . I have been, like dir tq teuthe-s and unsettled; but I feat it vwoe altalease I have been suspicious and uncosMfortildse, even in spite of trying to imitate Denis, MaIry has avoided ...

... ?STABLIS?ED liii, I FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 18S3. THE POLIT'ICAL BIRMINGHAM The people of Birmingham have had a wveek's holiday. Twenty-five years ago, Mr John Bright wvas elected one of their Parliamentary representa- tives, and notwithstanding repeated opposition, he has contrived to retain his seat during the whole of that time. This has been in the course of the week a matter of congratulation on ...

... Lc Feller says that charming fancy woollens are em': the most fashionable walking dresses; large fowers are. appearing; fine lines with saw-like edges, en * I, di colours on light grounds, large checks of two or mo-e s:,- of the same colour, crossed by fine groups of linesic trasting colours, are the styles adopted by the I--tif turs-rcs, The narrow stripes are generally of brig: ?? on checks ...

... Trtvado *rm gav go-ks. :A or DOrGLAS JEREOLD. Before I conclude or forget, let me tell you a few stories of Douglas Jerrold that I have heard, and which are well worth preservation, Frank Stone, a very nice fellow, is very disputatious, it seems; so Jerrold has dabbed him The Differential Calculus. Is not that good? One night at a supper party, a gentleman came in, fresh from the opera, and ...

... D-) NOT FORGET. ,; rot forret thW time ne spent together i! ji . ?? un,!y hune bins t ii-4 Ii hobt-, thi-. triet old-fashioned garden, is ari-d beds and flowers. o t c tht t zi, e )ol, shiaded parlour, ti, hI- prirn!y set; 'ibe itto'- rt Ottilt% t-im. ?? with muslin curtains AIA? ?? lt ' iniflet te. p ro- cr-et thb branch which swung before it of the ?? vim tree tall .-N tie w!titt? sch ncal. ...

... Auto with ?kouotrrpo. -0. I By PHTLLIS BROWNE, Author of A Year's Cookery (Cassell), and The Girl's Own Cookery Beok (Religious Tract Society). Fruit is coming in rapidly now. Itis really a pleasure to go masketing, and to see the piles of delicious strawberries and rherries spread out invitingly in the shop windows, and temptingeven the most parsimonious of housekeepers to buy 'end eat ...