... WISHRW SOCIETY'r Holv. T'he annta) ccmpetitic .t tie 3rlsS cit Cal; usuetbanthi, Ciarb;uke. I) I ' a' I:. 'bat, inns Setd in 3 lide in the t rr; hL 'tc, i *i \V 'slsr, ret a; ut for the use of the ic:y iy ?Mr lscnc, wl'Otii., prret rvt of the aeszziciitl' u: The rm-ccl of farmers and others ir:tarsteri ir, a-r,ltzrai purcuils was large; hot tine nul'i'r oi -rit' in the ?? classes was ealt.^ ...

... lmuSIC IN LONDON. (AROMd OUR owfq tV o CO~tBEOD> T.) i0s R.Y~l Italian Opera, Covenit Gardeii, I -under the management of Mr Gye, and Her Wajesty's Opera in Drury Lane, under that of ?? Mapleonn, are now in full swing. Mr Gye a t first to open his doors this seasonoul O hwave reeie suc anre-~iatcrcitfn far, he has been exceedingly unfortunate ine gard to the members of his compatY, a number t ...

... GLASGOW CHORAL UNION- I( CATHEDRAL CONCERT. I' hi hi he ed he a tex eI w. as La ici his tic he ?? is is L's N I a a a a I On Saturday afternoon, our leading Choral Society gave one of their enjoyable concerts in the nave of the Cathedral. The audience, though numerous, was less so than on many previous occasions; the merits of the perform- ance certainly deserved a larger attendance. The ...

... TRANSLATIONS .ROM BERANG E, I TEA^NSLAtTIO.X3 FRO.11 BEANGER. I a. ?? S ' I' l1UM BlEIANGEi, i No.XXIV. -* THE PZFCSAO. A Minister, should I agree, Will sake toe rich, yet leave me free, And (juioe a secret keep mny peLsica,u, I for msyself want no great deal, Yet, thinking on the poor, I feel Trhoe oer inerits some attention, Your raJ;, or fame, or worldly pride With a poor friend vou can't ...

... LITERA TRE. WAR F vii RliNE FRONTIER, RUvSO Tr~nslated by Lieut. Needham. S fs;o Tr0B Ir and 111. _ ves. wplackwiood & Sons. 1872. r he frt volume of Rtistow'S great Drf ° full thatvwe need hardly do more 5 tu the5t~ ofl comnpletO n acT ts~an thespeal ?? n 'jt.r evfo rho Franco-German war. I a, ~qe~l~of vieW, Cot. EtistoW'S hook is ~ rand he readr follows his story of W skirmishes,. and ...

... The annual -shonv of cows, bulls, horses, and sheep, nndr the auepkes of the SanqnharFearmera' Society, tuck place at $anqdr~ yetterday. TnThe show of Ayrrhire cows was, as usual, splendid-the prize animsalsJ beoth in mnilk antd in* calf, being in excellenit cozedit~ioni nth show Of .bulis-surpassed I that os,f ormer years, 6epeciallyin the two-year-old a class, in which a large nutnberof ...

... Dfn2iv5. This grand annual exhibition of horses, cattle. swine, poultry, &c., nwas held on Tuesday in the Show Ground, High Street, Rothesay. There was a large attendance of spectators. The exhibition of stock was particularly fine, and the display of butter and oatcakes, in a tent on the field, wsah very much admired. A new ieature this year a tals a hurdle race, which was hifthly appreciated ...

... OW. The Cumnock Farmers' Society's annual show of farm stock was held yesterday in the usual field adjacent to the Dumafries Arms Hotel; The weather being remarkably favourabli there was a large num- her of farmers not only from the inmediate neigh- bourhood, but also from the adjacent parishes. The entries for the various classes of stock were fully equal to those of last year, and the stoek ...

... TEE ROYAL ACADEMY:BANQUET. . L;LD r us L~nJ.DL ,V- C qi The usual banquet which precedes the opening of ei ,11 the Royal Academy's Exhibition was given in St Burlington House, London,. on Saturday evening, er to a numersus and distinguiahed company. Sir - Francis Grant, the president of. the Academy, oc- i lfa copied the chair, and amongst the guests *ere-the w er Duke of Edinburghb the Duke ...

... en hA>>' c' siuC1lTTJE -0-IlT I -- en he Of stock, rat sstee soa ad ioapleuoent S n anid dairy ~o~e it..a ral socity md t5+~~ltfl . GhsO ngrtc-.-I k Fril hi] 5flhi~ov 'It j the Burnbto hemot re ll d M dwe Inm Road. The5 weashram othir erkiled Ye N~sler ble en roathe were its Ciead thostm e woh 1tee tefir tve ewrethswr Dog It then th ~~cs ite I the umbr o ?? 5 AO] on uncmfotable oe si h it 0tb ...

... PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE- $I KEN ILWORTH. Most people, we presume, have heard of the Irishman who loved quince in apple pudding 8so much that he asked for pudding that was all I quince. In the same way there are, doubtless, t not a few who like spectacle so ?? that they t prefer drama that is all spectacle. People of this 'way of thinking should see Kenilworth as produced at the Prince of ...

... | RO}4so STORY FROM ARBROATHE r The Ansssdes Advertiser narrates the following The DundeAbroth as een Z :urious story: .. - Within the last few days ArbrOath has been the scene of proceedings with which this part of Scotland is fortunately not faMiliar. An Ar. broeth gentleman, at present living in Canada, !r married in Dundee a Roman satholin lady. It They have been married for about twenty ...