' FRANCIS'S METROPOLITAN NEWS, AN ILLUMINATED ADVERTISER AND ILLUSTRATED FAMILY NEWSPAPER. [SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1859. '_`'_` ,

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quilt. Os Wednesday, the 2nd proximo, her Majesty ana his Royal Highness the Prince Consort will leave Windsor Castle and proceed to Buckingham Palace. On Thursday following, the Queen will open the Houses of Parliament in person. On Friday, the 4th, her Majesty and Prince Consor

SYDE.NHAM. OPEN DAILY,-, WET OR DRY A WINTER GARDEN WITH ' k PERENNIAL SUMMER AND TROPICAL VEGETATION. THE

This long-talked of event was celebrated on Tuesday last, not only in the metropolis, but throughout the civilized world, with an eclat which will leave its imprint on the minds of thousands of human beings to whom the name and genius of Scotland's "ploughman poet" have become a

The anniversary of the 100th birthday of Robert Burns was celebrated at Cheltenham (where the two sons of the bard reside), on Tuesday last, by a public dinner, got up by a committee of Scotch gentlemen resident in the town, and which took place at the Queen's Hotel. Sir Alexand

Davy lamp is continued from the level of the wick upwards, obscuring the light, commences here some three inches higher. The draught or circulation is maintained by the external air passing through the body of the oil-can by means of four large tubes around the wick, communicati

r . MADAME TUSSAUIPS EXHIBITION k. AT THE BAZAAR, BAKER STREET. • NEW ADDITIONS. • The Count de Montalembert, from a photograph by Maule Polyhank, the King and Queen of Greece, the King Vand Queen of Hanover, the kings ofEngland, from Richard 4 . 14, to Queen Victoria. Admittance

goes on its destination, and soon transfers our opinionists to the locality of their daily duties. " How could they expect otherwise ?" observes an intelligent-looking mechanic, standing amongst a miscellaneous crowd, before the portals of the Polytechnic Institution in Regentst

Cases, Gilt Toilet Stands, Fancy Perfumery, Boxes, Scc., for Presents. RIMMEL, PERFUMER, os, - STRAND. AND CRYSTAL PALACE. . _