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CRYSTAL PAL.% CE.-GREAT JUVENILE ENTER-
TAINmENT.—The lovers of innocent out-door amusement
will have a rare opportunity of enjoyment at the Crystal
Palace on Friday next It is announced that the boys of
the Duke of York's School, and the Royal Caledonian
Asylum, will exhibit in the new gymnasium at the Palace
a variety of juvenile sports and pastimes, including "the
flying course," pole elimbing, foot racing, hurdle racing,
sack racing, leaping, jingling match, &c.
The bands of
both the schools will enliven the day's proceedings by.play-
ing some of their choicest music, and to add to the .pictur-
esque character of the entertainment, the children will wear
their characteristic costumes. The Early Closing Associa •
tion, on whose behalf the fete is given, solicit the friends
of the society to use their exertions to secure a good attend-
ance. A second fete will take place on the following day
in aid of the same society, when,
among other special at-
tractions, there will be a grand concert. Tho objects aimed
at by the society are so excellent that it is to be hoped these
fetes will be abundantly successful,

The Three Palaces, and other Poems. By James
Orton, author of " The Enthusiast," &c. Bos-
worth and Harrison.
The chief object with the majority of the young
poets of the present day is to astonish, to amaze,
and to mystify, or, if such be not their avowed
object, it is certainly the effect produced on the
mind of many a bewildered reader. Suffering from
many a painful expqience of this kind, it is to us
peculiarly refreshing to meet with any aspirant to
the bay-wreath who will condescend to be natural,
whose homely muse breathing the language of
true emotion, now thrilling with tenderness, now
melting with pathos, can arouse the sympathy of
the heart and captivate the imagination of the
reader. Such praise, in no measured degree, may
be awarded to Mr. Orton. His poems are ieal—
his feelings are earnest. He does not pause to
select the most appropriate epithet, the most choice
expression, but "out of the fulness of the heart"
his verses are poured forth. Immeasurably the best
stanzas in this volume, those filled with the most
poetic spirit, and clothed in the most harmonious
language have been written under the influence of
a heavy bereavement. So true is it, as Shelley
sings of poets—
" They learn in suffering what they teach in song."
Those " chords which vibrate sweetest pleasure"
on the enraptured ear of the listener, too often
" thrill with deepest notes of woe" from the an-
guished heart that gives them utterance. The
poems to which we allude in this instance are dedi-
cated to the memory of Mr. Orton's young wife,
snatched from him in the early days of their union.
One entitled " Julia," commences—
Oh ! once my soul was filled with light,
And once my heart was filled with flowers ;
The light hath fled—the flowers are dead,
And she is in the angel-bowers.
Another, " To Johnny," will find a responsive echo
in many a sympathetic heart. It has that " touch
of nature which makes the whole world kin."
TO JOHNNY.
Come hither, darling boy !
Come hither in thy joy,
For the flood of tears is sweeping athwart thy father's soul ;
For this great and solemn sadness
Bath blotted out all gladness,
And I hear throughout Life's cavern the blackened waters
roll.

Come hither in thy joy,
In thy bliss without alloy,
And murmur that sweet name which hath loft my lips for
ever. _ _ .

In my soul alone it dwelleth,
Where the spring of tears upwelleth,
But 'twere sweet to hear that sainted name on guileless
lips for ever.

Go—leave me in thy joy,
With thy loved and broken toy,
Why let thee dream of woe which belongeth to another ?
Too soon that joy will fail,
Too soon thou'lt hear that tale,
How the ancient sleep of humankind came down upon thy
mother.

Among the miscellaneous poems, one full of music
and melody, entitled " Old England's Sabbath-
Bells," begins—

OLD ENGLAND'S SABBATH-BELLS.
Oh I again I hear the ringing,
Hear the grand and joyous swinging,
The loud clear silver ringing of Old England's Sabbath-
bells ;
Now loud—now faintly chiming,
Like the sweet, sad antique rhyming
Which through the ancient poet-realms so sadly, sweetly
swells.
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Another most effective little poem, " The Doctor's
Watch," will be read with a mournful interest and
appreciation by all who have watched by the bed-
side of some suffering friend :

I hate the sound of the Doctor's watch
As it ticks so solemn and slow ;
In every beat ye hear the feet
Of the hopes that come and go.
" The Three Palaces," which gives its name to the
volume, is an exquisitely beautiful allegory—
verifted, as this volume itself would indicate, in
the author's life. The first Palace is "Mind-built,"
and produces only those barren and hollow plea-
sures which result in vanity and vexation of
spirit. The second is " Heart-built," and for
awhile fills its possessor with love and peace :

The seasons came and went,
And sweet babes nestled on that saintly breast;
My wine of life ran red,
And ruby-tinged lay all the land of peace and rest.
God spake—(the deed was done) :
" Not thus—not thus—the race ordained is run ;"
He took my earthly sun,
And night came down when day had scarce begun.
Once more another Palace is erected, and this time
a " temple not made with hands"—" Faith-built,"
in which the saddened " heart" and wearied "mind"
find at length true happiness and repose. One of
the latest poems in the collection, " Sunset to Sun-
rise," would induce us to believe that the grief
which has overshadowed the heart of the writer is
yielding to now influences of hope, and an earnest
ambition to perform worthily his part in the battle
of life. Heartily do we wish him God-speed.
Recognising the beauties scattered over these pages ;
observing, moreover, the tender 'susceptibility of
heart, the dauntless energy of purpose, and, above
all, the profound religious sentiments which charac-
terise the author, we are fain to regard " The Three
Palaces" only as the harbinger of some more ambi-
tious effort, and some yet greater achievement from
the hand of Mr. Orton.

MEETING OF THE .ROYAL AGRICUL

TURAL SOCIETY.

WARWICK, TUESDAY EVENING.
The show commenced to-day ; that is, the imple-
ment-yard was open to the public at 10 o'clock.
Such a show of implements has never before been
witnessed. At Chester last year it was grand, but
the midland counties is always par excellence in that
line, and certainly the display here fully maintains
its prestige in that particular. There is a great dis-
play of steam-engines, all applicable to agricultural
uses. Clayton and Shuttleworth, of London, exhibit
some fourteen engines, portable and fixed. Taxford
of Boston, Harrowby of Grantham, Ransoms of
Ipswich, and others, shine pre-eminent in this walk.
In field implements there are a host of exhibitors.
Messrs. Samuelson, of Banbury, have a great dis-
play. Messrs. J. and F. Howard, of Bedford, ex-
hibit every variety of those ploughs, harrows, and
other implements of that class, for which they have
so long been celebrated. Messrs. Ransome of Ips-
wich, Barrett of Exhall, and Crosskill of Beverley,
all displayed great excellence in this department.
There is a very novel and very clever invention,
exhibited by Mr. Smith, of Peasenhall, Suffolk,
which may turn out of immense usefulness to the
agriculturist ; this is an implement having in view
the subjugation of the turnip fly. It is a drill, by
means of which the turnip plant is wetted, water
being sprouted on the plant whilst the fly is located;
this is followed by an immediate deposit of slaked
lime or other dry dust, which kills the fly in a very
short space. This implement was one of the great
attractions to the agriculturists present to-day.
Amongst the novelties in steam engines is one by
Messrs. Smith and Ashby, of Stamford ; it is
adapted for use chiefly in countries where coal is
less plentiful than it is in England. It was the
boiler flue and tubular combined, and carries its
own water cistern, in which the pump is fixed.
The trials were interesting; almost everybody
standing by had a favourite implement. Bushy,
Howard, Hornsby,
Hemmans, were all marked fa-
vourites, and upon the whole the ploughing was
splendidly done. The trials with the steam ploughs
take place to-morrow.
There were trials with scarifying implements,
with the steam draining machine, and other imple-
ments, all going on at the same time ; but the
most interesting of all were the trials with the
mowing machines. Messrs. Burgess and Key,
of Newgate-street, London ; Messrs. Harwood, of
Suffolk ; and Wood's reaper and mower competed.
If we mistake not the first is an American inven-
tion ; the work was well done by each, but the im-
plement exhibited by Messrs. Burgess was the
greatest favourite.
The prize list will be issued early in the morn-
ing for the implements and for the cattle as usual
in the afternoon. The following are all the prizes
awarded up to this evening.

CIIEESE.
Judges—J. Daniels and James Watson.
Champion prize of £3O for the best four cheeses,
not less thon 341bs. weight each, entered in any of
the classes—To No. 6, John M. Baker, of Dordon
Hall, Atherstone, Warwick.
Class 1. Coloured cheeses made in 1858—For
the four best coloured cheeses, not less than 351bs.
weight each—First prize, £2O, to No. 9, John A.
Beale, of Brockhurst, Lutterworth.
Class 2. Uncoloured cheeses made in 1858—For
the four best uncoloured cheeses, not less than
351bs. weight each—First prize, £2O, to No. 17,
Thomas Haddon, of Hampton Lucy, Warwick.
Second prize, £l5 (withheld for want of sufficient
merit).
Class 3. Coloured cheeses made in 18587—For the
four best coloured cheeses, not less than 251bs. and
under 351bs each : Fire prize, £l5, to No. 28, G.
Thos. Spokes, of Little Lawford, Rugby, Warwick.
Second prize, £lO, to No. 27, Thomas Satchwell,
Herrfield House, near Brimingham.
Class 4. Uncoloured cheeses, not less than 251bs.
and under 351bs each. First prize, £l5, and second
prize, £lO, were withheld for wadt of sufficient
merit.

WOOL.
Judge—H. B. Hughes.
Class 1. For the best six fleeces of Leicester
Wool—The prize, £lO, to No. 8, George Reading, of
Priors Hardwick, Stockton, near Rugby, Warwick.
Class 2. For the six best fleeces of South Down

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Wool—The prize £lO, to No. 9. the Duke of Rich-
mond, Goodwood, Chichester.
Class 3. For the six best fleeces of Gloucester
Wool—The prize, £lO, to No. 15, Samuel Pratt, of
Bubbenhall, near Kenilworth, Warwick.
Class 4. The six best fleeces of Shropshire or
mixed Wool—The prize, £lO, to No. 32, Thomas
Horton, of Harnage Grange, Shrewsbury, Salop.
With reference to wools, it may be noticed that
in class 3 there was only one exhibitor, but the
quality was extremely good. The exhibition of
specimens of wool promises to be one of the most
interesting features in the future exhibitions of
the society. The show of cheese was moderately
good
The cattle exhibition will be first-rate. In the
foremost rank of excellence will be that fine breed
of horses for agricultural purposes for which this
part of the country has long been so famous.
There are many samples of agricultural manures
exhibited. Messrs. Proctor and Ryland, of Bristol
and Birmingham, and Chester, and Warwick, and
other places, occupy their usual post of eminence in
that department of agrcultural science.
The show ground was filled to-day with the
curious in agricultural pursuits, and in every respect
this exhibition of the Royal Society can scarcely
fail to be a success. Warwick and Leamington
are full : the streets and towers of Warwick, so
full of historic associations, are gaily decorated; and
the Royal Society has never been better " housed."

FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.

The onward march of events maintains its pace

Since Napoleon's arrival in Italy scarce a day- has
passed without some startling fact. We have de-
scribed three great battles, and we have announced
a truce, and we had hardly time to calculate the
probabilities that out of this truce a Peace would
come, when hot upon the intelligence that an ar-
mistice was concluded come tidings of the sequel

we had predicted. Yesterday after-noon the news
reached London that the preliminaries were already
signed, and the Ministers in both Houses of Par-
liament were able to communicate the basis of the
peace. The whole seems to have been arranged
between the two Emperors at the interview that
took place at Villafranca on Monday morning.
Louis Napoleon is true to the precedents of the
founder of his house. As Napoleon the Great
granted an armistice to the Emperor Alexander
after the great battle of Friedland, and three days
afterwards settled the outlines of a treaty upon
" the raft of Tilsit," so Napoleon, the Nephew, has
given to his victory at Solferino the historical
sequences of an armistice, an interview, and a pre-
liminary treaty. What happened on the raft at
Tilsit is all now history ; what happened in that
room at Villafranca we cannot yet know, but we
may hope with confidence that the conversation be-
tween the Imperial negotiators of 1859 did not com-
mence in the same words which opened the Confer-
ence of 1807. Alexander's first expression to Napo-
leon was " I hate the English as much as you do, and
am ready to second you in all your enterprises
against them." Fran cis Joseph did not, we imagine,
thus commence ; nor did our good ally and fast
friend answer, as his uncle answered—" In that
case everything will be easily arranged, and peace
is already made." Happily, England has for once
nothing to do with this arrangement ; and, when
Austria and France make up their disputes, the
secret articles that may be agreed upon cannot with
any reason bear reference to jealousies or hatred of
this Empire.
The two Emperors met at Villafranca alone.
Doubtless there was at Villafranca, as at Tilsit, the
splendid staff, comprising Marshals of Loth Empires.
But there does not appear to have been any inter-
vention of professional diplomatists. Face to face
and mind to mind Napoleon 111. and Francis Joseph
discussed the present and determined the future.
Such is, as we know, the French Emperor's habit
in things of far less importance than the re-settle-
ment of Europe and the creation of two new king.
doms. Francis Joseph was fain to follow where
the more powerful mind led, and we may fairly
speculate that if it be French policy that peace with
Austria shall be lasting there is little left for any
European Conference to carp or cavil over.
But the Emperors seem to have been alone, not
only in the sense of having no Ministers clog their
counsels, but also in the still more important sense
that they had no allies to start difficulties or to inter-
pose pretensions. We hear no mention of Sardinia.
One of the principal topics dolt on in the manifesto
that pretended to justify this war was that Austria
insisted, contrary to natural justice, on excluding
Sardinia from the Congress which was to bind her
to peace and order. Sardinia had been the cause,
or at least the excuse, for this harvest of glory
which is now being garnered. She has seen her
country wasted, her finances ruined, and her army
cut up. She has fought with a bravery which gives
the friends of Italy fresh hope of an Italian nation.
On the day of the great battle she encountered with
credit double her own number of Austrians. It was
her cause that was risked upon the fortune of war,
it was her country that was devastated, it was to
her banner that all Italy was called upon to rally ;
yet we do not hear that the King of Sardinia, who
had been so conspicuous at Solferino, played as
large a part at Villafranca. This is rather a potent
symptom, and it already begins to look as if our
predictions of the rather tame part he would have
to play everywhere, except in the fighting, would
be fulfilled. Not that we ever anticipated that the
French Emperor would be ungenerous to his ally.
Napoleon is too grand seigneur for that. We felt
that he would be, and we now admit that he is,
even lavish of his spoil ; but Sardinia must be con-
tent to take it from the great man, and upon the
great man's conditions. Lombardy is ceded to the
Emperor, and the Emperor tranfers it to the
King of Sardinia. We shall hear no more of
uniting all Italy in one powerful kingdom under
Victor Emmanuel. If we would pursue the his•
tory of the Sardinian nation, it must be to
watch the fortunes of her constitutional institu-
tions, or to canvass the question whether the
result of the war has been to annex Lombardy to
Piedmont, or to annex Piedmont to Lombardy.
We may have also to mark whether the Lombards
are settling down contentedly under the Sardinian
rule, and whether Milan is satisfied to call Turin
her Metropolis. For the present, however, Louis
Napoleon monopolises the glory and the power.
He is evidently determined that the world shall
make no mistake as to who is the liberator of Italy.
It is he, Napoleon 111., who is imposing his will
upon the beaten Francis Joseph, and when it is
done the King of Sardinia will, of course, be per-
mitted to sign the conditions he has extorted. But
let Sardinia be grateful and Venice be thankful ; let
Tuscany wait for orders, and let the Romans refrain
from cheering General Goyon too boisterously.
The two eagles are in the air, circling in friendly
flight. Let every meaner thing cower on the earth
and beware the swoop.
Will Italy be content with this freedom from the
Alps to the Adriatic ? Is the Pope so popular in his
sovereign capacity that all Italy will congratulate
themselves upon being brought under his "hono-
rary" Presidency? Does Sardinia feel no suspicion
that there was some wisdom in the advice so often
tendered her, to labour out by peaceful means and
by the progress of industry and intelligence the
gradual emancipation of the Italian race ? We speak
not of Victor Emmanuel. He will receive a great
accession of territory; he will have bartered a dream
for a moderate reality, and according to the ordinary
notion of ordinary kings he comes out a gainer. It is
true that he shines palely in the glare of his benefac-
tor's glory ; and for his dignity's sake he is a little
too much under the hand of his gigantic friend.
He has come to be thought for, and acted for, and
treated for ; but he has grown into a larger Power
under the patronage of his Imperial relative. It is
of the people of Sardinia that we would inquire
whether they are still so sanguine of the good ef-
fects of this French alliance as thay were four
months ago ? Hare they no nervousness about
those constitutional institutions which they gave
up so loyally to the keeping of their King, to be
restored when the moment of peril should have
passed away.. And Kossuth—whose hand is ar-
rested when in the act of firing the train which was
to wrap Hungary in smoke and ruin—what thinks
he at this moment of the Emperor whom he eulo-
logised in all our manufacturing towns ? Matters
are not looking so well as they might look for these
apostles of confusion and enemies of peaceful ad-
vancement; but they have nothing left to do but
to make the best of it. The Sardinians must hope
that the Emperor of the French will take care that
their former free Government is re-established in
Piedmont. The Lombards must hope that Consti-
tutional Government will be extended to Lom-
bardy, and upon a cheaper scale than it was
worked in Sardinia. Venice must hope that
her independence will iot be a mere name,
and that the influence of France and Aus-
tria united will not be more unbearable than
the rule of Austria singly. The Romans must
hope that the " Italian Confederacy , under the
honorary presidency of the Pope' will be
nothing like any government they have hitherto
known under these todinfallible auspices. Kossuth
also must hope that the restoration of the kingdom
of Hungary is, although at present unreported, in-
cluded in the programme of the new treaty. All
this maybe in the minds of the two Emperors, and
may be intended by the scanty'
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the couditions of their alliance
Villa-
franca will in all ages yet to come take precedence
of Tilsit. The absence of Sardinia from the con-
ference will then be explained upon the supposition
that the two Imperial friends met alone in order
thatmight prepare this most agreeable sur-
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