... BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW, DENTITION OF PIGS, The following statement, In reference to the recent diaqualificatione of pige, has been forwarded to us:- PEN 205, CLASs 41,-Threo Fat Pigs, of one litter, not exceeding ten months old, having been disqualified -by Profeesor Gamgee, with the remark, Disqualified-the state of dentiteon indicating that the animate are of dif- ferent ages, I think it ...

... THE CATTLE, POULTRY, AND DOG SaOWS. We have been furnished with the following list of noble' men and others present at Blagley Hall yesterday :-is Worship the Mayor of Birmingham (Mr. Thomas Avery) his Grace the Dfke of Sutherland, his Grace the Duke of Athole, her Grace the Duchess of Mfarl- borough, the Mlarquis of Bristol, the Marquis of Dow shire, the Right Hon. the Earl and the Countess ...

... ICATTLE, POULTRY, AND DOG SHOWS, STATISTICS OF TIlt S13Owi It would appear frow the rotuins 80'rnished to -as by Mr. Shaokel that the enormous number of .145,000 parsons hay0 visited the Cattle Show, at ?? Hali' this year, Thu following atre tile figures 1884. 105 18. 18. Ssubscribesa' tickets ,,49,248 5,980 4,087 0,080 Fiee shillings eatch ?? 3,601 1,810 1,004 875 On ?? each,,., - - - 600 5, ...

... The nlreenoth annual, show in BBngley 11til opens iat's morning, under ?? which contrast very favoar. ably with those of either of the past two 3ReoOuR. In 1SG5 the show was hold at a time whon rindorpost uvas raging a the veryheilhtot itsfury, Althooglsoo regssiatlonsthenpre- vented the transmissieot or exhibition of cattle, proprietour, sentry of thi ii, objeccl cds enud valuable cattle into ...

... THE BURNING 01O HER MAJESTY'S THE&TRE. On Frilday night, one of the handsomeat, certainly, if rot the finest, theatre in London went the way of all theatres, end was burnt to the ground In lOeS than two hours. The fire, while It ragod, was one of the fiercest ever known in London, and though thn main building, the beautiful theatre, quickly burnt itself out, and crumbled away in a towering ...

... I Mr. Harry Bckltett, having completed his fourth year In Birmingham, and having obtained an engagement at the Prince of' Wales Theatre, Liverpool, took his farewell benefit at the Theatre Royal, last night, He hae boon a favourite during the whole of his stay in thie town, and co is recognised both by the profession and the public as one of thb beot low comedlans in the provinces. He hae ...

... LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND, ART I SCR A PS. Madamc Eistori has gone to Havana, The Italian Minister of Public Instruction has pre- sented a valuable collection of 4,000 volamea to the municipal library of Turin. At the Italiens, at Paris, last week, Patti made her debi as Evira in Ernani2' Nothing could oxceed the enthusiasm of the audience. The idea of erecting a statue to Voltaire, started by ...

... EXHIIITION OF CANARIES. The annual exhibition of Belgian and other varieties of carazies-one of the satellites of the great show at Bingloy Hall-took place on Monday, at the Odd Follows' Hall, Temple Street, The exhibition, though of a modest uin pretenduig character, relying for its attraotions almost entirely upon one species of the ornithologiooI race, is one from which not only the fanoler ...

... 33INGLEY HALTI -Show of Sheep, Pige, Poultry, &G., Monday, Tuesday, Wednosday, and Thursday, Auc- tion of Poultry this day (Monday), at eleven. CUTBZON EXmIBITION HALL.-Dog Show, same days. Admission, 9 a.m. till Sm0 p.m. - ET, JABIES'S HALL, 105, ?? Street,-Exhibition of Rabbits and Canaries, same days, SOC(rTY OF ARTISTS' Ex 111s11TION, New Street,-Daily, from 10 till ii, and 7 till 10. ODD ...

... THlE BIRMINGIIAM CATTLE AND POULTRY EXHIBITION. rouJLTRY. As the poultry onta'iea have now reached the exoosaive 'number of 2 670, the tsak of compression becomes one o -the moat difiieult parts of the duty to be performed by -ansyone who baa to give a suceinct descriptibon. of them. There is only one consolation for the writer thus embar' roased, He may reasonably calculate on the tide ...

... BlRMUiG HAM CATTLE SHOW, ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SIUBSCRIBERS, Thieninocleenth nnnual general meeting of the subscribers to the Birmtingohai Cattle Show took pl~ice yeasterday, at the ?? and Chickens Hotel. Tho Earl of Powls, the president of the years occupied the chair, and there were present The Mayor of Bir- inngharm (MrI T, Avery), Mesare. a. K. Caldacott, S1. Luckeock J. Isathaows, J. ...

... Frome Le Follet There have been many modilfiatione Ia the style of the ahort costume during the Ist few weeks: and, as so very much of its gracefulness depends on the arrangoment of the two skirs, we wil] endeavour to give our readers an Idea of the most usual and truly Parisian make. The under-skirt, though short, Is not very short; generally either red, violet, or blank * and is plaited ...