... The show°o? > freJh C whe?t scanty, but sales could oiS. Ess , ex his moraiD nominal prices of last Monday Uan t he remaining on hand. American tna '- dI s samples cheaper, and the fuUjr l »' r V samples. Though Norfolks and other ',' a! 1 ' I were not offered at less money the business S ?- f 0 ' sacks were only in retail reoue\Ti~? wai diluted, ewier. Town prices were niich^ed*'ii arr#, re ...

... L BRJAMA. - P Esm'- I-LNCH PLAYs The public have had, during the present weeb an opportunity of comparing the originsl Rm71'sulri with the Ituglish version at the St. James's Theatre whi&h Vice-Chanacellor James baa decls~ed to be too liketh French play to ho a fair imitation, and the Olympic adaptation, which moa~t not be confounded with the regis- tered version, which the saehigh authority ...

... It 1 FABWEO~tAND 4A~1~I3 :- - F.I: -. , d, the Dosger h.beeion sa-of 8disburytL jb-lw Ji so1~mnise in the course of a few weeks. at se The Lord. Mayor . has' left to for aome o- days, and has ?? Manning, JP., nb id, The Earl of Wicklow left town yesterday fo 1-Londor;. y Lord Castletown :and site left ingstown ct yesterday for England. Iady de Vesci and suite left igt a yesterday for London. ...

... I - DOMES'TIC ART DECORkTIONT I There are at present on viewv at the establish- ment of Messrs. Hodges and Son's house, furnish- ing ironmoongers. 16 Veestmoreland-street, a mag- nitieceot c-pl~ay of U 'mney-pieces in various Lkinds of -marble, and funi-sned with grates of antique and moc enr design. There was a time, and t.ait within a period of sixty years, when some of Vie most eminent ...

... LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND APT WE t-ke the fo'llowing from the Athexazrn.- Mrs. George Macdona!d is prepariig fcr pub-lica. ?? a number of plays fC- young people, several of r1 th h3av been duly ?? by actual performance T)e tnisteps of the Britirh Museulm have par. Ichaased from the executors of the late Mr. Tculnin Smita the best part of his large coilection of fossils, including the unique ...

... SACRED MUSIC AT THE ROMAN EXHI- (From a Correspondent.) In a visit whikh I made to the great Carthlusian Cloister of S. Maria Degli Angcli, ?? art is now so richly- displayed, I ha& an opportu- nity of noticing the prominent position accorded to sacred music. It would be a tedious task to eut:r into every particular, and therefore will content my- self with a short notice of the salient points ...

... Tottru. I DON'T YOU REMEMBER ? Ob! these are the words that eternally unter The spell that is seldom cst o'er us in vain; W ith the wing~s and the wand of a flairy they flatter, And drnw a ehntrmofl circle about us again. W~e return to the spot vvore our Infancyevanbolled- W~e linger once rmore in the haunts of our Youth; Weo re-tread where young Pas~ion first stealthily ramtbled, Anld ...

... ' TIJE MAN OF QUAL1I'. A, the Gaiety Theatre has been presented, under the title of The Man of Quality, a selection of the scenes in 'anbrugh's comedy of The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger, relating more especially to the adventures of Lord Foppington, Tom Fashion, and Miss Hoyden. The Relapse was first produced at D)rury Lane Theatre in i697, having been hurriedly written, in less ...

... PHILHAXONIC SOCIETY-St. 3ames's Hall. The fourth concert of the PhilharlnOnic Society, given on O on day, was the most important of the series, an the fourth and remaining concerts are always the mos ti the season. Monday's programewaco osdfwrk gvnb snee! desire,'' the concer being hhnoured b y the re oth Peinthe first paid to' the Pbilharmonlic during t~he present season. Te programme ...

... TBSATPRE ROYAIL M~r. Uranby-, the popular an~d veteran stage manager, teook his benetit on Saturday evening beforelone cithemost crowded audiences of the seasou, The ball opened with Sheridan's great comedy of ile Rivals, compressed into three acts. hhis compressionthoughit tendency vas by no means in favom' of giving those present a jlust notion of the excellence of one of the most perfect ...

... THE LAST B.'&NQUET -I DUSLUCE CASTLE, OUNTY AN Til.LM. 1640. I [aP.ITTS 'FOR Tna BELFAST uaWS-LUTRTL.] A stM112 was gathering on the deep, Bt they heeded it not in the Castle Hrall What reeked they of the Wild waves' cweep? Genii it mar the bar. qu. or r' ?? ? I the tempest vi'd th( Duchess feared, The voice of her lord her sairt cheered; For used fromi childhood ?? he been JTo the winds and ' ...

... LTAERARY XSCELLAN. T'i PLAN4.-In Venus-that bright oib which lovers and poete have so oftesn apostrophised-the exist- ence of an atmosphere is as. palpable to sight as our own. It often appears so loaded with clouds as to render its reel surface invisible. Mercury often exhibite the same pesuliatrity; Mars, though with an atinospheto of~ less density, is observed to~ diin the luatre of stars ...