... :4EWBU'RN-. The annual show of the Mi~nor of Newburn Floral and Cottage Garden01 Society was held Oen Saturday in tihe society's uoarqclse, which wits erected inl a field to the west of the village of Nowburn. There waso anl unusually fine display of flowers, fruits, and v'~ge- tables, Aniioigst cut flowoers the dahlias stood 1icI st, the two stands of line each being all remnarkably' ?? feet ...

... f|BeIs'svea. (London: Warwick House, Pa- f eternoster Row3.-The March number of this' Tpdpnlar~sontihy conbains,; in addition to.furr mther insbtalmenets of tho i!nterestiisg' serial tales, To the Bitter End and 6Three to One,-a , t : variety of* other contributions, incluaing .'My Gkatdfather's Ghost 8tory, an artioleo entot'led -Enthusiasm versus Impedimen' asid an able paper on ...

... COURT A~ND FASiift A Cabinet Council was held ca d tlay in Ing Street, n.--dtrni) The Imperial Prince of Germay has arried Bomne inepogitio. a a ri, The Spe trsays, it appears to be unde5o that LdMaoWill be crested a peeressinf Iright, the late Viceroy not having a aeat in therot of Lords.b Unerllo The Premier and Mrs Gladstone entetdanel United States Mintister and Nfiss Sch~enck the i ionnes ...

... COURT A-ND PAS'HION . . . ?? Lady Charles Ker is steadily improving, The Earl of Caryefort is lying at Rome in a most critical condition. I .~ . I..;1 I The health of the Emperor William is far from Im- preving. ,- . It is understood that Earl Dufferin will leave Ire- land for Canada on June lath:,' . The Prince and Princeis Christian arrived ?? on Monday from-tbe continent. MARBLAQE OF' MTSS ...

... I 'f'STIC AND LlTERARY. ,Inr:ma!k k.y at, oig troupe of comedians is assen late editor of Londot. Scias :iiv. f.,i .NA ?? Yrk lon the Jtil hist. O iC ?? t1i late Dir ?? Miontgoimeory', !tsC~d a n ollt II:IS realised 77. s ng hi *':iididlte for literarylonours isaboul ibuii il frst nlvel, having the siege of London i f . ?? )o en of action. !, ra:, I :rs I ialy writtul by Prince Gcorge of a , ...

... Little Folks. (London C G'assell, Petter and Galpin.) -What. with curious stories, perplexing puzzles, useful information and charming pic- tures, Little Folks is by a long way the best thing of the kind published ; and certainly de- serves to be in every home where there are little folks. /lackwvood's Edsinburgh Alagaginc. (Edin- burgh : Wim. Blackwoocl and 6lons, 45, George St.)-The ...

... The Queen ard suite left Windsor on Tuesday mornipg for Osborne, where they arrived in the after- noon. John BuUl announces that a marriage is arranged between Mr Charles Tyrrell Cavendish, second son of the Hon. Richard Cavendish, Thornton Hall, Bucks. and Miss Dickinson. eldest daughter of Mr Robert Dickinson. hhotley House, county of Durham. MARRIAGE IN HTGU LiFz.-On Wednesday morn- ing, ...

... I A School Histnrv of England. (London: Loegmans. Green, Reader & Dyer.)-This is an abridgement, executed by the author himself, from Gleig's Family History of England. It contains a copious chronology, tables, contempo- rary sovereigns, questions for examination, and is brought down to 1871. Written in a vigorous, pleasing style, admirably arranged, high-toned and reliable, we know of no ...

... LITERARY - E LITERARY NTOTICES. ?? Benry and Hiss Friends. (Londan: Frederick Warne and Co.)--This is a very in- teresting and amusing little book by Mrs A. M. Diaz, author of The William EHenry Letters noticed some time ago in the Conrant. Chater's Diary and Local leinembrancerfoe- 1872. (Newn.aetle-upon-Tyne: J. ?? Chater, 89., Ciayton Street.)-This as really a most ex- cellent local ...

... LITERARY NOTICES lleigravti. (London: Ward, Lock, and ! Tyler.)-'. Belgravia this month contains the I usual instalment of Miss Braddon, the edirress j story, ' To the Bitter End. Considering how ihew years have elapsed since Miss Braddon published her first novel, she is certainly to be congratulated on the number which now bear her name. If she is unable to give qeality, she I has at leas' ...

... Die Gentleman's Mafgazine. (London: W.. H. Allen & Co., 13, Waterloo Plaee.)-Tlse car- rent number ot this substantiai monthly cannot fail to impart both instruction and delight to thereader. A nesti nterestingpaper is one, from which we give the following short extract, en- titled. THE LIGHTNING liEFOtiE DEATeH. It is not our purpose here to eater upon so wide a topic as a study of death, but ...

... It is reported that the Prince of lv.tles will visit Dublin its August next. The Prince lo.yal ut Holland is now idclared to be out of dang1er. It is runioured at Oxford lint the Prince of WMles will honoir thle tj ointumirations vi :h hkis Inessee.c -. I The Prijicess Al icr if ?? co ?? eI on rII slri y of a d:augilttr, solld is nlow doilg favullrabvl. I i's tii her Royal ligliglless's sixth ...