... F&SHION AND VARIE'MIS. TrHO CHIE1r ?? LODGE. Their Excellenctes tire Loid Lieutenant ard Coxxstass 0iseircer honoured the Right Ron. Chicbester Fortanaue and Frances, Countess Waldegrsave with their comnpsmy last eveningat the Chief Secretary's Lodge for aprlvaetetheatrioal Poiformance. The ?? Bak-er wasapohen by Me Wardri~rharn. TheProgranmes ad pleresaelected were.- Betsy Baker.r o-. ?? ?? ...

... I tts Weib known old charter fair, which was hetd on .Threday, presented a considerable amount of stock in the various departments; but for the most part the black cattle on offer were of a mediocre descriptIon. There wra ver- fairmuster of dealers, including viccla'iers, stall feodere, and exporters, and ?? heavy purchases were made of cxttle in preeisinelg conditions; but the fair, taken as ...

... TEE SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT THE CROYDON THEATRE. The late hour, about a quarter to eleven o'clock, at which The acoident to MdUe d'Arnauld, the co. lumbine at the New Croydon theatre happened on Wednesday night, and the panic which ensued, ren. dered it impossible almost at the time to ascertain the precise particulax,. The establishment, situated In Crown-hill, Croydon, is now under the manage ...

... - - = -- - ! - , _, as o v- :- , j'he 'Qeeaen' Few Yer's gifts tot the poor of t!indxer were disisibuted .6 nine o'clck on Sarday omigitnacordnewitl the anneail cutm Ai Slpp~ly of boef Wa Aidisbuted atth Town Hl, id tbe preence of the VY r at Witdsor and cher gatierom. Gthlof coals wore sent -o~i~n~houeea of annwnber of poor peao i.a Hia RD~ ?? Count de Pari antd ansih Jtorrhelm ha~esrrivol at ...

... FASHION ANDVABTIw. THE CHIR 5XREETARW~S LOOSF. Thue Right Honsurable Chlcheator Fortwsose end Prances Coun1tess Waldegrave received at dinner yesterday evening Lord and Lady Nonreys, Lady Evelyn Bertis, Lady Itellew, Mr and Lady, Gwendoltan O'Shea, the Honourable W Car- elisio, the Hoa16tralsle Lefeester end hire Cuazon Smyth, Major thke Honeurahle B and Nos Boyle, - Sir William ad Miss Hoot, ...

... EXHITIO!. PALACE COMPANY. A ?? Of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday. afteinooun in a sall room of the Antlent Concert Buidings, Thera were about forty persons present- r. Thomas Brunker (who was voed to the chair) -aid he would object to preside at anymeatiag which had for its purport the denunciation of any- body or the annoyance of any company. That, as he understood, it ...

... FASHION ADARETIE. TE1 VICEREGAL COUBT. Their Hcellenolas will bold a levee at the astleg on Tuesday, the 1t Peb., at one o'clook, and a drawlegroom the following evening, at mine o'clock. Hil Rxcellency the Lord LIeutenant, attended by Coloal Poztbr, Maater of the Eom., went out hunting wih the Ward Union hounds on MondaF. in the evendig his broel- lency, attended by Mr osex, ?? and Mr. ...

... FASH1IO AND VARIETIES. VIOBREGAL COURT GENTLEMaNt'S USnEIfS OFFICaE Dublin Castle, 4th January, 1870. His EBienenry the Lord Lieutenant will hold 'a Levee st Dublin Castle on TUESDAY, tbe let February, 1870, at One o'Clock. It is requested that each Gentleman attending the Levee will bring Two Cards, with his Name and Plce of ?? beth in Toerec eant Countfr, legiblty ?? tiresrn,; one to be ...

... 1 VICEREGAL LODGE. Their Ercellences the Lord Lieutenant and the Couteu Spencer gave a diener party last night, to wich he following bad the htonrof being ?? LadSpencer. La Sarb spencer, Ear and Counter of Hwth, Si Robert at Lady larret Blosse, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Ckij Justce and Mrs Whiterid, Hon Q Broderick. Hzr BrZowi De Bal hiP, and Mrs Ball, the Attorney General and Mrs ...

... I -. FASHION AND VARIETES- - Wis Grace the, Primate, Mms. Bareiforl and auite are sojoornlng at the Billon Hotel. The Marcitioness of, Sligo .and suite havai left the Hilton Hotel, The Earl of CArrlek and ati~te are iojonring. The Earl of Clountel and, suite arrive Il yes- terday froms England. *The Countess of Ecnniskillen -and suite have left the Bilton Hotel. . .1Lord and Lsdy Clermozlt and ...

... if - AdT PURLCAION I The Postion ?? by the Att .oumnd Is.s wel noi n and oassured that it seems almost sup ernous to notce it. la, no one pbllbloaon that we are acquaintd wi are the great improvements ecenly mde In a sad iustaion vA le, so aked, az o stiking as they' are in the Art o iL. Thugh a periodhelIled- m=otly the Journak is always new-fa appmrawe a kind of specimen book wheire ...

... ROYAL D1BTI SOCIETY-SCHOOL OF B O ART. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by the Countess Spencer and suite, on Saturday last paid a lengthened visit to the exhibition of students' works, now open in the Royal Dablin Society's School of Art. His Excellency arrived at three o'elock, and was received by the following gentlemen, members and officials of the society :-General HIal, Wm ...