... LOWER WARD OF RENFREWSRIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. Yesterday the annual exhibition of horses, poultry, and dairy produce of the Lower Ward of -R enfrew. shiz Agricultural Society was held in the Academy Park, Greenock. The weather was favourable, but the turn out of spectators was not so large as on previcus cecesions, which circumstance may be partly accounted for by reason of the ...

... the (From Le Follet.) fraul We fire happy to announce a decided reactionary move- 28th ment towards simplicity of attire. Therecan be no qUeStiOn each that luxury in dress has of late been indulged in to an thet alarming excess. It is, therefore, grat~ifying to observe that Pens the leaders of fashion now show a decided inclination to al- itm low the judiciously elegant to replace the merely ...

... POETi6Y. BE KIND TO AULD GRANNIE. Be kind to auld grannie, for noo she is frail As a time shatter'd tree bending low in the gale; When ye Wore bairnes, tgtt, totting about, She watched ye when in, and she watched ye when out; And aye when ye chanced, in your daffin' and fun To dunt your heads on the cauld staney grnU', She lifted ye up, and she kissed fu' fain, Till a' your bit cares were ...

... - ?? i. REPORT OF THE THEATRICAL LICENSES COMMITTED. 1. Thl f-v-r-nm ni-n- -fn n ?? . The Government committee upon theatrical licenses and regulations finished their laboure, di d- Thursday by agreeing to a report which ought tot Y please all but the most devoted protectionists. oe After hearing avast amount of evidenoe, whicis Ig wae meant to prove that any attempt to weaken M the ...

... THE DIFFERENCE OF A LErTBR. Oh ! 'What has become of the little Dankellin, And where can the heir of Clauricarde be! Gone to the lobby where Cave men arc spelliUJ The little word rating with a double 't ! SITUATIONS WAsNTD.-Wanted, by gentlemea 10l connected with the publia service, situations of priyat secretaries. The advertisers would be of incalculable service to any middle-aged Tory or ...

... bliss Marie Wilton and her ?? from the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, have quite taken our playgoers by storm. Even the insufferably hot weather has proved no obstacle either to the crowding of the house, or the unintermitted enthusiasm of the audience. The two pieces which have been played nightly during the week are both by Mr. H. J. Byron. The first, entitled £IO0,OO is a three-act ...

... ;IFASHIONS !OR Juo ?? v' , I (FROM LE'POL>iT.) We are lappy.to announce' a decidd' reactionary movemept towards similifity'of attire.' There'can' be Mo question that luzuiyJin. dress lhs of 3ateibeen in- dulged in to an alarming excess. It'isq ttherefi'e, gratifying to observe that the leaders of fashion now show a decided inclination, to allow the judiciously elegant to reilace the merely; ...

... WEST SUSSEX AND RAST IHANTS WOOL FAIR. I ?? ?? This annual filir took, place at the Dolphin Hotel, wh'lic Chichester, on Wednesday afternmon last. When estab- Mr. lislied tile fair was of a vel'y difilereiit character to that of (App! the present day. Sonme tenl or twelvo veal's ago the M~r attendance of farmers and buyers wlas Very hlmte4d, mld amnoli but little business was transacted b ut ...

... ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH HOW I TO BEHAVE TO WORTMY CITIZENS. Dunedin ! thou canst boast of towers gay, Memorials to the great who've passed away Kings have their statues in thy spacious streets, And Statesman's foruis the stranger's vision meets. The busts of poets who have gained renown Are scattered up and down thy beauteous town; And martyrs who have graced the Book of Fame, And ...

... The Scandinavian Industrial Exhibition was opened on the 15th inst., at noon, in the presence a of an enormous congregation of people, who not t only filled the spacious interior of the building, but also crowded the whole of the exterior neigh-B bourhood to a considerable distance, The cloudless sky and summer air had drawn out a large propor- [ tion of the inhabitants of Stockholm, in ...

... i ( Fr-om LeP014tA) We are bappy to announce a decided reactionary movement towards simplicity.of attire. There can be no question that luxury in drews has of late been indulged in to an alarming excess it is, there. fore, gratifying to observe that the leaders1 of fashion now show a decided inclination to allow t the judiciously elegant to replace the merely ii expensive. We no longer see ...

... ITiterphly. &~U-BeIP; with IfiscfsvcafiOsoqof' Ci7usa11teies' Condctd and Per. scu severanee. ily Samuel Smiles. A now editton. - John Lai Murr ay, Aibemarle-street, London. woe WE 110tir,'d Mr. Smiles' admirable work on its first appearance em( some time ago, and its standard merit-illustrating by a rich apt fund of example the tuulh of the old proverb that1 Heaven wit, helps those that ...