... LE FOrLEr says, the unseasonable oharaoter of the weather has almost entirely prevented the adoption of those light and elegant toilettes prepared in anticipation of warmn days and sunny skies. Hence the fashion (which we hoped was but for a day) of large silk paletots, or burnous with a sleeves, is still almost universally followed, and we can scarcely wonder, under the circumstances, that ...

... I PROVINOiAL THEA rRIGALB (3Fia att oul WS coulEtEBlOSD~ffT.) BRIG~HTON. TERAT~Ra ROYin.-fMeaaee, Mr Hl. Nye Chart.)-The Dow company, having Piayed togetber now for a fortnight, are getting into good warking order, and are on the whole equal to last year's corps. Mr Nye Chart ap- peare to have been partleelarly fortunate in his selection of ladies, and etthongh we mniso Mr W. Cooper, the ...

... ?? - THB ILLUSTRATED HORSE-DDOTORi2 Mr. Edward Mayhew has lo0g enjoyed a b;gh re. ,utation as a veterinary surgeon. As the editor of Blair's Veterinary Art, and as the author of The Horse's Mouth, and Dogs: their Management, hi name has long been pleasantly familiar to all who interest themselves in dogs and horses. A close and shrewd observer, a methodical compiler of the results of ...

... _tickUl front 4' l uncb, DARING FEATS OF EORBANSrHP. -The honourable member for Stroud has acquired considerable celebrity by putting his spoke in the wheel of the government. GivE IT 'EM.-Punch reads paragraphs stating that the savage Druses claim affinity with the Scetch. This is all bosh. But he is decidedly of opinion that the sooner the Druses are scotoh'd the better. A FAIR ATTEMPT. ...

... I The annual exhibition of this society was held on Tuesday, at Hexham.. The ahow was held in a field near the town belonging to Miss Chariton, of the Grey Bull Ini. It was considered the best ehow of stock | vhioh has yet been held under the auspices of this ficur- ishing seciety. The prize ball was greatly admired. It is the same animal which gained the head prize at the show/ of the ?? ...

... F A I RS. BALLYBOT FAIR.-The usual monthly fair at Billy- bot was held on Monday. There was a good show of cattle, whichi sold at rather higher rates than those of last month-first-class nailch cows selling at from £9 to £10; springers were in good demand, and young heifers realised prices at fieon £6 to £7. Sheep sold slowly; quotations changeable. In the horse fair there was littl: business ...

... We read in the Bfirminthum Post :-A practicaV, joke, of a character quite amusing, and somewhatex. cusable, has just bsen perpetrated at the expense of a, local paper. During the assizes at Warwick last.: week, the representative of the paper in question, as it is his habit so to do, annoyed the other reporters considerably by the way in which he was perpetually poking his head oiver their ...

... ?? ?? , zsu at - WEST HALLAM FLORAL AND HORTICUL- TURAL SHOW. This annual shlow took place last Wednesday in the Rec. tory Grounds, and was attended by a goodly gathering from this and the neighbouring villages. The judges were Mr. Taylor, gardener to A. Al. Mundy, Esq., Shipley, and Air. o L. Small, of likeston, and their decisions gave great satisfdc. tion, although in some instances great ...

... I PAMPHLETS ON BELlGIOUS QUESTIONS, L Occasional Refections on Men and Things. By a COUNTRY CLERGYMAN (Thickbroom and Staple- P ton). There is a great deal in a names and we muss contesi tmat tie title or ; 1'Csnal iTelec- c tions is not an attractive one. As a general rule, i people are content with their own reflections. But, X in the present instance, the name is the only fault we have to ...

... c I.-I - ., ' , Tits QUAtTEEtLY REVIEW. No, 1215. London: Murray. TJp is a very sup rior number of the Quam T L.v. It does t ot contain so many artictes as I it9 cotemporary the EBDINltUrGH, bat most of them have more skill and power, as well as cret r futloest. Two sra devoted to social s Sujee. TVi firiSt, which it will sirprise some p pc p e. anmost as much as gratify others, to find r' in ...

... Bunting in the Himalaya. With Notices of Customs and Countries from the Elepjhant Haunts of the Dehra Doon, to the Bunchowr Tracks in Eternal Snow. By R. H. W. Dunlop, C.B., ?? F.R.G.S. Illni Irated by J. Wolf. Bentley. A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas, with Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere. Edited by Mountaineer. Hurst and Blackett. Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer ...

... FAIRS FOR NiEXT WEEK. ANTtet.-Dervock, Giant's Catic wav, Meonda; Cusliendall, Tuesday; Dinloy, Wedinesdny; Aramov, Thursday; Buclikn , Saturday. ARMAGiL -Ballsinill, Balriaglrra, Mi\oli it eurris, Mlonday; Charleniont, Thliusday; Markethill, Fdidaly Portadown, Saturday. CAVANT. -Ballynaciuran, Mu if, Butlerslwidge, Mon- day; Cavan, Tuesday; Ballyjainensdliif, Wediesiiv; Ba!llynacarlrtige ...