... MR. GLADSTONE ONC COTTA.GE G.AIDEN['G. I The unnioal show of the favwarden Amateur Horti- cultural Society was held yesterday, at Hiauwarden, and tho prizes were distributed in tho evening by 3UIY. Glad- etorle. Mire 'f-,lit Rloni. IT. F. Cladetesre, in responding to the vote of thanks to ;\lrs. ladstoeno for presentilng the pllires, said fliherl is not a better nor a more wholesome arnd ...

... AN EXTPM)I'DINARY STORY. I in April, 1 8(38, there apptwere' the folloawisn' in the i 1r,' Uosn j~l~ ?? i ?? 111l:il, ?? tll 'Pistol Act'ilrii it Tpyilm: A Lady Shot y lici he on'l 1T a.I :(il ;isrlay g .orilisg hvit, ?? 1i;i/:li)(il I il' o re.- iel ::t lo:;ley 11 1, tylillis, wioS killed IW the Jis- chargo :f ai roevoler pliistoul, vv11l her 1 :-Iin li; ?I :os. ! yl'reall, 1loll heimll c ...

... THlE aAiT~ flOSA OPERA COMPANY. Ji;AMPA.. ?? opera, m ranther 013cm in Etsglsrt sinscithe 'sle seeort of Mc. carRosa, lias llow fairly itds]sued har footing it) Biliigihan1 as a regiular anid welcome iocui-anuill visitor, antl the ' Inertia month of i-lay, like Rory O'lMro, would not lie itself at all for the lovers of the lyric dratma without a series of tbose dtliglitfull ...

... FLOWE1R SHO\W AT THE BOTANICAL GAIRDEWS, The annual flower show at the Botanical Gardens, Edgbastoi, wars oiiselld yesterdaly. Ia nearly every rospes t the shoow surpaslses that of last year. The exhibits ass mush more numerrous, ant most of the classes include plhnts and flowers of the highest order of mue-it. The stove and greenhousie pnlants, ferns, &o., themnscves occupy a largo iu:u-qnce, ...

... TRE CA NADIAN INTERNATIONAL F.XHIBBITION. The Toronto Globe of December 9 sas :-The meeting at the Itossin House on Tuesday night is the best evidence that the idea of holding an International Exhibition here at as early a date as possible has thoroughlly commended itself to the business community of- the city, as it undoubtedly will soon do to the province at large. It is gratifying to notice ...

... The second showv for the season took place yesterday, bt isroveiloshat fxliuulea call a blank draw, owing to the thunder storo alid heavy rains, whiliI continued more or less (though rather inore than less,) all the afternoon and evenitgl A goad Mary folks were inside the exlsibition miarquee when thle storm cominmenced, and there they had to renlil till it ?? over. As tlae ligihtning ?? ...

... 'Xittrature Df t4t Wlfuat?. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE has lately contained some of the most spirited, and, so far as we can judge, reliable sketches of the Indian war. This superiority is not only due to the celebrity of the magazine, bitt arises from the fact thati a considerable number of the civil and military offices are filled by Scotchmnen, all of whoul are more or less qualified to record ...

... THlE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. MANUFACTURES OErWOLVE RHAMPTON AND TEE I)ISTRICT. No. 1. A recent pamnihhid asks and professes to answer the question, What is good iron, and how is it to be got ? 'Tlhe writer contends that from the very first the progress of the iron manufacture has shown itself only in the incicased facility and diminished cost of production-not in improved quality. The hot ...

... Ono of the boldest and most arduous undertakings in which a modern Admirable Crichton can engage, and by no means the best remunerated in these days of esmpe- tition, is a monologue entertainment, in which by the varied aid of dress and languages, song and dance, paint and powder, vivacity, versstility, and ventriloquism, a bingle individual contrives to produce upon tbe spectator an illusory ...

... VALE OF EVESUAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The 22nd annual exhibition of stock, corn, roots, and istplootents, for prizes offered under the auspices of the Vale of Evesham Agricultural Society, took place yester- day, in ain orchard near the Northwick Arms. It would be difficult to hiing together in the show yard of a local society a flner collection of agricultural produce than was contained ...

... PUBLIC -AMUSEMzNTBk MONI4MY AVENbMG0bORT Our Musical Mondays ?? nuuk>et, and the conoert of Monday next Wil be the la4t but a e of the pre.1?estvai series., To genuineo sle.m 1 l o ther a lON ,w1 rnot be a ver' sever6 one-more opesiy With our irennial deluge of sweet isoX3 , close woapeot-.for these entertalunmen have long e ese Ident bed' with the Intets of snusis , and ?? at thq present ...

... ARCHBISHOP VVATE;LEY_ 'lAddressing A talented professor one day, he said, quite abraptly, 'Ar. ?? you are one if the first nen of the ?? Really, your Grace,' replied the flattered professor, bowing lolly, you are too kind, too complimentary. YoU ovec. estimate the value of my services and of my little pub. licatione, which owe their chief merit to the liberal use that I make of your Grace's ...