... rFROM Monday's Presentment.J In the Ringleader, from Smyrna—Tuckett and Rake, 210 tons valonia. Order, tons emery stone. In the Maria, from Demerara and Barbadoes— From Dcmerara: •T. Daniel and Sons, 220 Ms sugar. From liar does ;T. Daniel ' and Sons, 261 hds trcs sugar, bgs sugar. In the Newton, from Damietta— J. and T. Robinson, 12,000 cwt cotton seed. In the Louisa, from Darien—Order, pes ...

... I The above ancient fair was held on Monday. Thesupply of stock was rather in excess of last M~ay fair. The attendance of purchasers, particn- lary Meathgranlers, was numerous, and a large amount of business, more particulary in store cattle, was transacted during the day. We have net much to say of beef from the scarcity of that commnodity. All the prime and good second-class beeves were ...

... ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLE- E THE T. P. COOKE ANNIVNERAFLY. The Sixth Annual Banquet, given under the Vill of the late T. P. Cooke to the aged inmates of the Royal Dramatic College, at May- bury., took place, on Monday. last, under the presidency of Mr.. BENJA1155 WasIhiT, the Master. Saturday, the 23d Ap rl, was the day appointed, that day being the anniversary of the birthday of Shakespeare and of ...

... Iowa t- IL: tr- - 1 The following is the programme arranged by thle Co1r- Mitteo for the opening ceremony to ?? (Thurs- dae Q building will be opened to the public at twelve o'clock, when the Mayor and Corporation of Dorby; the High Sheriff; the Magistrates and Members of Parliament Ri for the cotunty and borough; tbe Mayors of adjacent towns; A the clergy of the town and neighbourhood, and ...

... MUSiC THE preliminaries of the operatic season are now over, and business has commenced in earnest. With what would be the flowers of May, were May genial enough to allow flowers, come the stars of the lyric stage, and on Saturday Madame Patti, on Monday Madame Lucca and Mdlle. Nilsson, reported themselves to an admiring public. Madame Patti appeared at Covent Garden in the opera most often ...

... The welcome downpour which commenced about midnight, and continues even while I write reduced the fair which came .off in our city on Wed- nesday to~one-hali its~sual~ise. IGrazsiersand stock- jobbers, who seemed disinclined to invest at our late fairs, were, . on accouut of the anticipated growth of grass, amongst the. busiest in the section allotted to store cattle. There was a goodly nam- ...

... *- -FASBHON AND VAIIIS. X i ?? . D~~ . . I .Lord George Paget aved in town yester- day from England ' ' .. The Bight Hon. George Hancock arrived :an terms yesterday fronmi~olyhead ' : The ~on. MrS Talbot and suite arrived ina town yesterday from Holyhead. Sir John and Lady Dillon fave arrived at4 the Shelbourne Hotel. Percy and Lady L LaTouche have arrived Shelboumne Hotel. The Hon. Mm. Percy ...

... | Niss NEILSON as Julia, in The Hunchback, THE GAIETY THEATRE.-Julia, in The Hunchback, affords no common test of an actress's powers. It is not only that it runs through a whole gamut of conflicting emotions, but that it abounds in long speeches, requiring not only uncommon elocutionary skill to deliver them with effect, but unusual intelligence to speakthem with point, and tous to con- ...

... MIitifxlioira arrangements, ira which these delightful Gardens abound, th p mlst recreation of visitors, are now more fully matured than WI tr, we lhst noticed them. Few Theatres ever have produced so splen- dit a 1:0llet, wilh such a tasteful and elegant mise en scene, or better dlrilecll thian we have here in, the Theatre Royal; Giselle, indeed, If we 'AY Puge triom the way it has nightly ...

... iT is reported that M4. Borelly, of Marseilles, has Idiscovered a new planet. The iirst four series or sales for the San Donato collection produced tho enormous sum of £lS3,ut I Mr. Boucicault is said to be engaged in the corn- prsition of a new Irish drama founded on historical incidents. The Indian Government has succeeded in the in. troduction ?? the Punjab of the young plants of th i ...

... Mr. Godwin Fowles gave a second grand evening d concert at the Portland Hall, Southses, on Tuesday e evening, when, we are glad to say, he was much more n liberally patronised than upon the last occasion. The artistes, with the exception of Miss Alice Fairman (con- .c tralto), were the same as appeared at the concert given by h Mr. Fowles a few weeks back, and included the celebrated soprano, ...

... nvxuws oF 2oMsI LoTSAm By B. DISRAEL.L Longma#-It is now more thau twenty years ago sinee Mr. Dis- iaeli published his last novel, Tancred, and the world had begun to believe that he had entirely abandoned the literary for the political arena. The publication of cLothair has naturally created Intense interest, and it is but fair to remark that, however sanguine may have been the ...