... |BRETTOINT WEST FLORAL, f IORTIOULTrRr I AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. trite an The annual show; of this society Was hed o day Thursday Last. The attendance w,,as very numerous, and it liwas estimnated that fromt 10,(00: to 12j,000 persons, wers ,eaV' nresent. The scente pr-ceto wa Of a mlost gay anid cems iuiinalted Character. As a show of cut flowers, this ecliibitlona ?? regardetd as- onat of ...

... YTSBITIWNY OF LLHE 'RKS Or' I ?? INDUSTR Y OF IALJL Nll,=TIONS,'18611 Lraoi I' 9DITr R! C-WO beliove that n srraagent en ista ta no U mnnade to corn)y irma ?? I various obliga tiont, -mbieh Nvill bed~ fi d ?? ?? Commitai Of thin dl-tltrtot focal Itrn Si blnvi henar apponirtod (or abrenst a Yolry deparmntilt of raw rmate'innta, CH produce, 01micai .'rrrg'ftih fne aismimal hionoon, maci~nery a. ...

... ne __ _ _ a Ois Trursdav, the third R ?? show of the Hlrdderufield h i ortlicultural aoli Floral Society, was hld insiteccrtisei-rouod lit Ifalifdisxroad. The nuoruing optned threatosingly, and coltinued Ile to ustil atout one oclok, when the stll broke out, and dissipated I d( ?? fears of those who ttad beeo expec tng a wet afternoon. The t he exhibtibiss took plce in Ibe large nmarqtl.6 of ...

... Po7 y.1ORS ANT) NX11W IT-ITrxT/AX-IC jgw BOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. SYDNEY SMI1T (i). githogh the bright story told by Lady Holland of the sreer of her gifted father has been supplemented by gmbarlee s afuesior to 'the witty Canon i u the pages of contemporary memoir writers, there was still room for a biography of Sydney Smith, in which a Complete survey ,it the man's character and work should ...

... LITERATVRE. -0- kit NEW BOOKS AN~D NEW EDITIONS. ve, gol A EWLY DISICOVERED EMPIRE. em igoethan seventy years ago Burckbardt discovered in big the corner of a house at Hamah a stone covered with H figures and signs, which he declared to be hieroglyphics, eta 'out different from those ef Egypt. So little attention, NC however, was given to the discovery, even by professional flee explorers, ...

... AGROULTURAlk RE~V~iOF' THB wimm Great shows for rainhave been delayusi top theiM& of writing throughout the prinal portions of thbg i- growing districts, in mrany of ?? there hea not been more moisture than a good dwwould deposit. Scaroely anywhere has therebeen a tenth part of the rain required for every crop with the doubtfuiexception of wheat. It is seldom thatwe fall to get ?? large ...

... N F'W ZeLA'6~AZ Im, d Tbera ia much 12 ;in ns, n nm whejh ?? imagaznL. 0ecia'ugood tloton c ?? the wond'esl that, it has not linked itself with liriodica1' literatura efore'now. Tbe.magLaziO that berlt ,for theaI firat:tinieii'not, lioweMer, a mere oftierthoughtZ 'It was I suggedtedflong-ago, whia the fieldj wse perfeotly open, 1 and wheriit wroldrhave been'easy, for it to Winavour everywhere ...

... ?? BRAT --b I T u RE. DOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. or DORE (1) has found an appreciative bio. heI the oultqet contempliting a simple %I ~ir sl) fnds jatil so abundant that hier labours asI ~ shi5~hor dolin a thick volnume. REe is placed fe ~re h ~ssti bythese contributions of his friends. ~hhtha fal sare of vanity which the aimiable d ~? 551eee~ h ousld hardly, if alive, accept s Ir~i,,ying tis ...

... It T T B 3 A T t B Betio sjr 1jOO A.ND NEW EDITIONS,. n nghearn haa done a more immediately prue- a lrit in the cud, also a greater, service by the n I1 if DO.h iB vcn to his oss5&Y On Po , as aiW .yre bl) ?? it he had devoted himself, with all h rlsgcs $ dligence ho has here put forth, to the ,P smey ne manual of Political HElconmy. o 1 ;lu¢rla boas to spply the test of what he conceives b ...

... THE COLONIES AND INDIA AND THE. - EXHIBITION. LB Numerous telegrams have been received from India 1' and the colonies by the Prince, of Wales, acknowledging -ethe recit of copies of His Royal Highness's address ai~d Iefaesty'si reply at the, opening of theo Colonaad 9 Indianxiition. The Vioeroy of India telegraphed- Y 1Most grateful for your Royal EHighness's telegrams. d Before replying I ...

... :COLISETJE BATURDAY CONOBETe Mr. G. W. Lane, the director of these concerts ha alreadysaccadedinarousing onbebalfof biepresentenst, prisethe ?? tainmrrants he gave last wsinter. Itwas the fourth of the current series which WaM giver oan Saturday evening, asd, excepting a few front sesta in the area of the hall, vrh,' were only partly filled, there was a crowded houe. His generous and judicious ...

... A STORY OF GOID IN WALES. Mfr. Wilbraham Taylor, of IHadley Hurst, in a letter to the Tinws, relates the following experience :-About the year 1860 a bustling little Welshman entered my room in London, and, after making sure we were alone, undid a heavy parcel tied up in a coloured bandana, displaying a lump of rock, and, almost bursting with conscious import- ance, said, There, you see ...