As waste paper baskets very well know, Birmingham has lack of those gifted beings in whose bosoms burn unquenchable tires of poesy ; beings who, owing to their lack of means or to the envy stolidity of editors, seem destined to remain inglorious, if not mute, until such times as

WILL BK VIEW AT THEIR EST. FOE A FEW DAYS. A GREAT TREAT FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. M 193 Lydia Howard AT THK TOWN HALL, BIBMINGHAM, I’OamVKLT FOR POUR DAYS ONLY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY, SATURDAY. MONDAY. DeeM&ber 30. Deoembei 31 January I. Jan nary 3. MORNING PERFORMANCES 3 and EACH KVKN

ONLY be comulted 3B« annon Street, House of Attendaaoa from UU S. Paturdar. 10 UU p.m. Patent Artificial Tkktn. Mr. EDWIN A. ROBBERDd. BaPgoon Dentists ARTIFICIAL TEETH that are eem oty and adipted meant of \ j which atuolulaly moat perfect fit and comfort are obi th !r e‘a«Uclt»

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SOCIKTY OF K STR I N G _ XHIBITION WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS IS NOW OPEN. TUK E HA LL, ]SI eIdLE ALLEY! EASTER WEDNESDAY. AND SEE THE ENTRY POKE MR. DONALD KEITH. Oo mo Dleken*’* Breach of Tr.aJßenltll r. Tickwick " Ruriaeut Bu/iut. J. V. BONKL Min will nine ** Kathleen Mevmimeen.'

Messrs. Eskell. and (Juittey BUKGKON DENTISTS, 39, DENNETT’S KIEL, BIRMINGHAM (Next door Harrison s Warehouse), ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS AT THE ADDRESS. ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE.' Terms moderate. CONSTANT DAI ATTENDANCE. FROM TILL 7 Note.—Only Lomlou Add/uss. 8, Grosr nor StrceC r\ENT

ELEGANT INSTRUSIRNTS, Ono, Two, or Three Years' System, securing parties a pood sound Inf mineut, for the Pianos much offered Tlmusands haring been sold In BIRMINGHAM and the , Districts during the last THIRTY years. Is the bert proof of their excellence. Parties wishing to puro

Last night, Mr. George Kolton, farmer, in Westmeath, whilst driving away some cattle which v/erc t res pasting on his field, was shot concealed behind hedge. Luckily the bullet missed him, but received several wounds in the face from the uncxploded grains of powder. The police h

Mr. F. Bayley, Judge at the Westminster County Court, and jury, had before them yesterday •.•veral cases founded on a question of copyright. In Pointer r. Hcngler, the plaintiff, the owner of the performing right in the opera MariUtna, sought recover a penalty of £2. for the unl