... Vlre fourth annual show of the Leeds Horticul- l iural Society, owhich took placo yesterday iu the Cardigan Fields, was a success of the most brilliant and unmixed character. It was a success which had the merit of being well deserved, and it was one of which the public of Leads will be as nroud as the officials of the society. thens-l selves. The bistory of the society, as is well known, has ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH. THE TRIUMtH OF THE SPHYNX. Drag him into his place, with sound of brass Blent with reluctant captives' groans and howls, Where birds, beasts, creeping things for God-heads pass- Apes, crocodiles, cats. monkeya, hawks, and owls. Dreg him. ye victims of Caucasian craft, Prze of the brain that is his bow and spear: Proud, in his honour, to be beasts of draught, Obey the ...

... LEEDS. The weather on Whit-Monday-the dayr devoted in Leeds, as elsowhere, to those Interesting Sunday sobool gatherings which enlist on their behalf the hearts alike of young and old-is becoming as proverbial for its fine cha- racter as the Royal weather that almost invariably attends any out-door demonstration in which Her Majesty t takes part, and we are happy to state that yesterday was ...

... 3IRMINGA1W.OS.E .Ann HOUND SHOW. j The Birstningham Horse arid' Hound Show was opened at nine o'clock yesterday. morning-l fortnight after its competitor at Islington. It is amusing. to watoh the neck-ana-neck race between the Metropolisof England and that of the Midland counties in the matter of exhibi- tions of animals, The rivalry is keen but friendlyi a all who have been present at both ...

... LITTFE-RATl URBO -4- - i - - - A WIRD'S.EYE VIEW. Qoth the boy- I'll climb that tree, And bring dlown a neat I know. QOth th girl-I will not see Little birds defrauded so; Cowardly their nests to take, .nd their little hearts to break, And their little eggs to steal;- Leave them happY for my sake, Surely little burds can feel ! QUoth the boy- My senses whirl; Until now I never heard Of ...

... PAens, Wednesday, June 5. I dare say you wil not object to a digression. Permit mein this letter to put aside the subject of pic- tures in order to make some notes on one or two other matters that seem to require more immediate attention. And, first of all, let mo speak of the International Society for the Succour of the Wounded in Battle. Little is known of it in England, and its exhibition ...