... BIRMING(HA CATTLE AND DOG SHOWS. LOCAL AWARDS. The 46th annual show of cattle, gheep,poultry, and agricultural produce at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, was opened on Saturday, and though the total number of entries, 3,961, is slightly, below some previous shown, the falling off doe3 not affect the main classes, and is chiefly acconnted for by the entire absence of pigs, owing to the prevalance of ...

... SECOND EDITION OF- Bo-PEEP. On Monday a second edition of the Theatre Roval pantomime was produced in the presence of a large audience, many of whom were probably attracted again to the house by curiosity to see what could be changed by wvay of improvement in an entertainment so uniforrmly goodfromthe first. The term secondedition isrightlv applied to the performance which began a ...

... Mr. David Sames and his company did their best st the Prince's Theatre on Monday to com psn8te by capitt acting for the defcots of a singularly unsatisfact, play but, except in two scenes alone they rentrncit us of good men struggling with adversity. purtch,- which was produced at the Vaedeville Theatre 1 Alay, and did ncot prove a London succe looked for with some interest in local ' circles. ...

... ,;t Y LAW!E& -' ACHED BY A BARRISTER ATtAW ?? ANNUITIES, ,Au ?? itY bens to ran from the death of a testator, the first payment is therefore due at the end f of a year, unless the annuity is directed to be paid weekly, monthly, or quarterly, in which case instal- ments are payable at the end of the first week, month, r or quarter. And if the first payment of an annuity I payable quarterly is ...

... THEATRE ROYAL Mr. i. D. Harkins has been induced to change his mind. Instead of carrying out his intention of leaving for America, whioh was announced when he gave his farewell performances in Manchester a short time ago, he has returned to Manchester, and has appeared in a round of characters at the Theatre Royal this week. Hamlet has every claim to precedence, and Mr. Harkins was well ...

... I GOSSIP WITHl THE CH[LDRE.N | BY UNCLE OLDMAN. Rumblegrumble has found a new cause for com- plaint. You know already that the great smoky old giant is quite clever in discovering reasons for dis- content. This is because he gives his mind to it. Anyone who wants to find fault can do it, and at length become highly accomplished in the art of making himself and everybody else miserable. ...

... Active preparations are being made at Manley Hail, under the energetic management of Sir Edward Lee, for the opening of the fine buildings and the beautiful grounds iln which it is situated as a place of recreative resort. The summer season will open to-day, when the class of sight seers to whom the new company appeals for support are invited to inspect a collection ot pictures, armoar, and ...

... i THE 'pVros T A.TRE. .Mhr. 3eterson, to the joy of every admirer of daished acting, is back in Mean cheater once more in the eha- racter he haa made so famous-that reprobate Rip .&n Winkle. Thosame ?? acting, which soems to involve no effort, and to bo the simplest thing in the ?? it be of all thigs the most difficalt to acquire by those in whom V.,ie genius is not inborn- ei racterises the ...

... A TIIEATRE BURNED DOWN AT BOLTON. Varly on Sunday morning, the Temple Opera House, Dawves-stroet, Bolton, was totally destroyed by fire. 'rho building, which was 45ft. long by 35ft. wide, and in some ulaces S9ft. high, was capable of accommodating some 2,000 people. It was originally built as a mill blnt the floors being taken out, it wats fitted up in superb style. During the last week MIr. ...

... ?? I The annual show of the Worslev and District |a Agricultural Society was held on Saturday in s Worsley Park. It is one of the smallest of the v Lancashire shows, but it is one of the pleasantest to t attend. The woodland beauties of the Earl of d Ellesmere's estate extend all around, and were very I grateful to the eyes of the hundreds of visitors who I went for an outing solely. From the ...

... I ~~~TRE STOR~Y OF LAD YRN' -L, . I ~LIFE. - . . In the Septembher rnuibnthof Macurillani' Magazine, fi Mrs. Bjecher Stowe relates wh~t purports to be the true 0 story f LadyByrons life. The article, which is too long ir ftory qot atio ere, issmarised in Monday's Time' in a b for quotation here, is outam~ ~ ~ ?? review which we sub join : Though 45 years have worn out the spell which once be ...

... IOPENING OF THE INTERj-q,0, IEXHIBITIONQ~ The International Exhibition of 1871 r, Monday in state, by the Prince of Wales r, of Flanders, who took the place of the Prij, tQ C who w aB unable to attend through t ie0 p t Queen, some few months ago, hold out a 24tpt, might be able to perform the ceremony in p owing to the results of the fatigue attet l marriage of her daughter, and suhe~oqeqaues4 ...