The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-02 00:00:00

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Of llaturilay eventing last Mr. Edmund Tates
bawd the wasps may at hie literarylbrethiss, sat
speared Were the weals M the Iteysweter Athessm•
milli a amesitytire leerwee, sr "artseteisieg mike," as it
wis filishaNy calla. as a " Mailers Solisty." Mr. Iralse's
firmary repstetiss es a jesnaliet mid —i.e writer sr
oared Ma • warm reespiien erweept as adieu set wi-
sing with • Mow selsirlths la Illeseless seal wet ; hut had
Ole set has. the ewe, the war Ye been wield Jim
seessed lie • reopeettal Mrs* es alma way sehjest. It
beet may yews loss his nethow--31re. Yetes—wes ewe
el the moil isesitrie ad berallkost sepriseatatlves of high
dmistle ease; eill a few pees erase, his lather, Mr.
/ea/WA YMe we the meet peratre wad weiselle ester
of lir lima Ite both his poste IMO ea wish desired
gni eisyseleg is private lihr es they wore wheel le pith.
1/4 111 s. alment Uwe mute him his audireer with the
bag el Isitseirestissy remi airy espesbAires tubed by the
bored the balky West were more than satiellid by the
Wow el the sessieg.

M. Yates swidemily Wks to fill • place left yeast by
Ms to. Mr. Abe* liebit, with Yoe difersees, that he
alb Is se aid hem easseey muds. We Wien is •
liestaellreeMeee .estriplise et mils= essisty belt
skim WI wag, Mal witliamjesdNrampural seeks apse
*mg astial at every pub*
*lb lam allisisissillaminmessersPall&. liataithai to it.
pa Neies if mare we uses reran Jskn peempos hew
• teMenitesi sepia% entbedyisfy Medesertie pert**
MMs web*. le a way at ease ben Um bet,
Mesary at Yee seiNesty "outertaimset" end the *Gal
wifflorily de the *dam Mr. Yates Meese are sivaelase
=mid Issermss. be home whet be * bib* abeeb
Ms laya se slain to be forenisiis* sad yd ie Is pee-
ibis test be washes his aubsees mere I. ariastualiews
*es time pretentious " *gads ekatrisit retameen
*be ate testy • enesuiddiend Gitseetirris I foe'
Ms Profile. Mr. Yates is an sidairalite story teller, sod
Mow ao palate is as smudge% sad )61 is serer allowe his
swiftce to feel that they ere Mod betealue to a pselsoas.
Me st epee puts himself ue terms of well•hred sift with his
lifteriss, free from starers end vulgar fuerdharity.
The but.,, a divklel tete evening party sad dinner mo-
dally, rewind society, erefeemeeel and •fthiegrieing so-
amity. sad low society. Hume of the sketches wester three
heed are more dietsect thee ethers, but all of there are
eeillseily drawn from hfe, and are sot the fancy *tricot..
which weary ton oftew asked to look upon it such lectures.
There r.. ebevore of the forty or fifty wigs. sod the an-
gles. dipping below lite table after apoplectic old men is
epertaeles, who acne up from that ealikely quarter with
eery red faces, sod voices like the watch-dog's hottest hark.
Then is so iliseppeontere of the leftover behold red screens,
daring which the who. platform beeves sal trembles is
eartimeelur-lookleg labour to give birth to • truditiowal
ersentrysion in • draft wig, err se stage lriehimin with an
emertain brogue. Mr. Yates. with every temptatioe to
kidulg. a the. %rifts. springing from the dramutic attire
of his 'object. gives his " only with weU-
studiel hang. of voice sad foe, sod leaves his audienceto
imagine the stage furniture of the picture.
The whole estertainmeut was received with marked ep•
royal throughout, sad at its cleft Mr. Yates asmouseed
that he bail just given it for the first time, sod that, if
weeseriful. ...del to repeat it at litany tows and
eseatry literary toftitutiorn during the whiter. There oars
le se question about its 1,1C0•111., and we may therefore cam-
eider Ur Yates enrolled stovers& the hterfty descriptive
lecturer..

EIRMIN4IIAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES
CATTLE, POLLTIY, AND 00(1 SINK

B 1 RM ING HA M, SCNJAT.
To-morrow is the " private view" at this now
esiebrated show, at which dogs are for the second year iu•
eluded—the letter being promoted by a different society.
lla emery rimed this year's ezhibitios ia rcpurte..l a groat
mess. ; there are 1.617 pens of poultry and .517 loom birds
era Inn shows last year. Tim somber of du,. entered
lide yew b 536 airtinst 770 in 1860. Every breed of them
animals enumerated in the prise list will be reprirented ;
sad the extra daises in the two invitees will contain some
dap sot often emu iu this country. The choice for pointers
sad lettere will no doubt imitate luau, ',amide' and ve-
inal* aaimals of the.. tweeds ; the class for pointer dugs of
a large tweed sating the Int place sa regards Numbers, there
brag wit fewer than mesas, competitors, so that the task
girths budge will be by en means as may one. Eighty.two
setters are entered—lT retrievers, 18 chamber spaniels, and
=ether mails used le field sporta. The clime for doss rot
woad m frld spurts is elan emendly well filled, and ape-
dog some regards mastiffs, Neerfonodlands, sod torsion.
The awards of prises foe cattle sad sheep were wade at e
I►le law ball alibi