... T-E lOYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. T- R t THE PRINCE OF WALES. 'PlNG BY 'Ia 0pR IiNOTRS FOR M SCIANS.V qee 'cwhicrii is 5ituated close to the Rocal Albert 'c its. ?? ride, Was ojecesed on Moniday at flsll 1 belee ?? ce of NN ales (thle President), who was Pincess Of WI~aCS and Princes George ' v- tor ev Cisc Duke aind Duchesso dnugs 0~ lbert 5105 Clertiani. Although the ceremony WasI 0clrite i es ?? ...

... Few of those who observe carefully tho action of the nianagers of our agriculturil shows will say that they sin osl thi sido of imuposing uudue re-trictions. Their prize- lists and forms of entry are loose to a degreo; aud tho exhilcitors aro allowed to deal, with tho couditions pro- scribed, very much as they happen to choose. If an exhibitor be naturally careful aud precise, he gives infor- ...

... I LLITERARY & OTHER NOTiCES. Among the contributions to the .Nineteenthi 01etury for December which will be read with intereet we notice a, pgapr on 11Rceso, by Sir James Paget. Man alone refreeheshimseelf by changing his method of activity-men alone has habitual active recreations. A chief part of nearly every recreation (says Sir James Beget) is in the issue of some chance, the settlement of ...

... THE FOX TERRIER CLUB SHOW. The seventh exhibition of smooth and wire-haired terriers in connection with this Club took place on Wed- uesday and Thursday last in the Corn Exchange. The attendance on the first day was not numerous, but it iU. cluded many of the most prominent persons interested in the fox terrier breed, and they were amply rewarded for their journey, from all parts of the ...

... I (From The Times Militapy CL'oesponidcnt.J ALDERSHOT, JULY 9. The morning was a little overcast when I looked out of my tent Eat 5.30, and I was half afraid that there would be rain. The camps were in full life, fires sending up little blue curling clouds to the sky, some men chopping wood, others fetching water, and others washing themselves or clearing the lines or their accoutrements, ...

... a The dramatic and musical season is setting in with Y, severity. Not but that music and the drama are, like the H. poor, always with us. but during the summer they apt to 1II, languish, in London at least. rho theatrical managers in Of the Metropolis, many of them, take advantage of the ag excuse afforded by the vacation to suspend the run of the of phenomenally successful piece which is ...

... LITERARY & OTIHIER NOTICES. MAGAZINES POR DMARCH. B/akLaads dinurg il g.~ie.(37, Pateriloster-row.) B.NE I-Lord Larnington, better knlown as Mr. Baillia-Cochritue, wvas eng-aged just before his death on a seri.s of inter~estitng PEAS, un~ poiia zdsca eiicne.Thelastof these papers IXDIANqC( apears in the present number. Of tlse Young England Ro Party we are told- Mr Disraeli bad nothing, to do ...

... THE FLOWER SHOW IN NEW COLLEGE GARDENS. ?? PALMS AND ?? IN T13B ON ?? MB~INS TENT I In brilliant weatlher the Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society completed its 70th season on Thursday last, having been established as far back as 1830, when there was probably no other society of its kind in the county. It is not given many societies to have so long and prosperous 3 a career, and the ...

... I_ LITERARY 4OTICES. l Th~raCon eqcst,'illzestratedby the Bayes=aeTpetry: By EUEL'Burtonb (Edbiiirgh Pubishlin Companty) ~:-This is a, descriptive account of 6l~'liei ei enshrined at Baycux, whichsoo ?? tellsthe story of the Norman Conquest. The origin', domjparhtive antiquity, and histori- Cal bn'ur ndins -of the wonifl - boil r se ort n amples.n and picture-roilae setforh i aplesan'am ...

... nwi-,, flnW If PERIDtOICAS O THE IMONTH,: the Art Journal has, ase usual, some excellent illustra- tioriis, foremost among them being an admirable steel. engraving of r. A. Storey'epioture, {'Musiohathoharms, end another of 3. L. Hamon's Aurora, .which is very raceful. :The copy of the picture, ThePrine of Spain's Visit to Catalina 1i not, however, quite up to the mark. Mr. Pritchett's ...

... SHORTITC ULT URE. (FROMt BETL'S WSEEKLY MIS5ENOER.) The bitter north-east winds which set in on Saturday the 22nd brought us a second winter, and ?? sad havoc with the various spring flowers which were well in bloom. We fear also that the crop of apricots in the earliest districts being forward in bloom have, where unprotected, suffered seveiely froam the cutting wind and frost. In the nean ...

... I IITETPAUPY NO'ITICES., PERIODICALS OP THE MIONTH. The Cao'b l Magaz¢~ine this mouth has an article of special interest to members of the University, entitled 'Oxford Monours.'' It is a list, briefly descriptive in charactor, of the many eninent men who have either taken classes or prizes at O.-ford. anti it is interesting to recall what prizes in after life fell to the share of these ...