... SOnRrTa OF IRELAIND fORTICTTUfRAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. Taxz first exhibition this year of plants, flowers. and fruits, in connection -nith this society, wi take ?? to morrow in the Pavilionat the Royal Botanic Gardens. We have frequently taken occasion to notice the admirable snitability of these Gardens for holding flower-shows and public sports, and in doing so we have not neglected to revert to ...

... T HE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. [FROMx OUR uSP1CAL REPORTER.] DuBLIN, SATURDAY. Arci person visiting the Exhibition building would see that a great deal has yet to be done to comn- plete the arrangements for the opening ceremonial onl the 6th of June. The central hall, at d other portions of the glass building, are being greatly beautified, and nothing will be left undone which money can supply or ...

... cdkItRI:T JPH0TO~RAPf8. [(FRaM TrEE SArttAt RLYJXISWI Tar Arr t ?? manifestatiod took plate, of dirfet in Aineries but the Yankee seer 6e- perience.S the utisue _Otphet1j fate, aul the dis- eovery had to be made orer AgdI iy ?? sceptical OIimes. It Is only fair to Mr. Samuel 6ThVj4 thet he should tell his Own stery. He bad accorf- pauied hii wife with conjugal solicltude to aphoto- graphic ...

... FASEIO1T. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince end Princess of Wales are expected to retur from their Con- tinental tour by the first week in June. E[His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge en. tertained a distinguiahed party at dinner on Friday, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly. Prince Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck and children arrived at Kensington Palace, on Sa- turday afternoon, ...

... .? ASB B I O N O , Fp03 MA Y . Ion. L.. .OLLT 1 ' THz toilettes of the season become more elegant and Sn Stricter accordance with the canons of good tse eivery day. We no longer see colours and materfl5 only suitable for Winter, worn by any one with the least pretensions to l'art de la toilette and though, of course, one is every now and then Shocked by some incongruity, it is never adopted by ...

... LITERARY NOTICES, TRtz Acts or TEDS APOSTLES. Being Part II. of the New Testament, &c. By Philip Dixon Hardy, M*RJ.A.,anthorof The Scriptures Ans,- lysed,' The PRhilosophy of Ch~ristiani}ty, XThe Mercy Seat, &oc. [London: S. W. Partridge & Co. Eidinburgh: Tract and [Book Society of Scotland.] v a previous publication of a similar character to ie present the Gospel according to St. ...

... A LONDON CAT SOW THE Third National Cat Show at the Crystal Palace has brought together 221 cats of all coun- tries, colours, sorts, sizes, sexes, and ages. They are shown in nearly the same number of neat cages arranged back to back in a double line inthe centre of the North nave of the Palace, and set upon a stage of convenient height made seemly with red baize. EEach cage is furnished ...

... THE ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUN:D. AT the twenty-seventh anniversary festival of this association, on Saturday, Mr. Buckstone, replying to the toast of the evening- Prosperity to the Royal General Theatrical Fund -which was pro- posed in graceful terms by the Chairman, H.IR.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, made the following cha- racteristic ?? hoped he might not be thought egotistical if, by the ...

... ENGLISE OPERA AT THE THEATRE. Toe-,inur we are to be favoared with the first of a series of performances of English Opera at the Theatre. Of the company engaged, the Pwse Herse Opera Company, the Sauder&nzd Times of May I S thus speaks in noticing some of their performances: -The lovers of correctly-rendered high-class nmusic and the admirers of good acting must have been alike equally -well ...

... FASI[OF. Tofz StItrEss OF GER.ASY. The Empress of Germany arrived on Tuesday at Brussels. lferl Majesty dined with the Queen of the Belgians at the Chateau of Lacken. In the evening she took tea with the Count of Flanders, and left in the course of the night for Gelrmany, The King and Queen of Saxony will celebrate their Golden Wedding this year, according to the German custom, their ...

... SPIrnTuALimss ANssvw D BY SConncz. By. Eduel.a W Cox, D.L., F.R.G.S. [London:: 'Longman & Co.]-This is a new and an enlarged edition of Mr. Sergeant Qox's formerpublication on Psychism, or Psychic Force. The scientific theory of psychic force he states to bethis :- There is a force pro- I ceeding from, or directly associated with, the 4 human organisation, which, in certain persons and ...

... Lssr evening, the experiment of a Summer season at the Theatre Royal received a fair trial, and the result must be exceedingly satisfactory to the, manager. The Theatre, the interior of which has recently undergone a process of re-decoration co the most thoroughly artistic and effective character, was well fiited, and the audience seemed highly delighted Swith the excellent entertsinment pro- ...