... SCOTCH EXHII1TORS AND PRIZiUTAICERS , AT THE N&TIONAL DOG SHOW, BIRMINGHAM. n !.ijminglhtnu, Sunday Night. a , A largo number of Scutch ?? aie aneonget the 'JO0 aniniald now oU View at Bingley flail, and several rrizes bave been taken by the d ownere. ?? Jaines Addie, Kirkwood House, Old j oi Monkland, Coatbridge, tales second and third prizes for deerhoutid d igs Charlie aud Amra`n a e ...

... SO1R'E8S, CONcRJR'ThS, LNCTUJAES, tc. IVCei E ?? * t ?? s.-A socl cldieti,,g of tlhe n ihere of' I I .tho vangelical Union S.bbath-School 'teachers' 'fAssocls~onk was held-in the Cihoral Hall, West I le NiSL Street, last night. b~ John WilsoI of Alder- ' the' wood * 'ad the chair, and there were also . IpOt. present the Rev. 'Dr Morison, the Rev. Messrs R. vere Craig, Anderson, Adam'' and ...

... THEAT RE-ROYAL. MR B.ARY SULLIVAIC Mr Baiy Sullivan,. the tragedian, commenced on Monday night a fortnights engagement at the Theatre-Royal, oith the tragedy of Richard the Third. The audience was not onily numerous,. bat in an appreciative mood, under the stimulus of which the performance went beautifully, and was, to our mind, a very conspicuous success. We have on former oc- oasions had ...

... THEE CHALDENN STORY OF TuHt . . .DELUG At' the lecture givenhy. Mr' Smith, Sir -fenry Rtawlinson, wbhopreaided, and who io hiniaelf coD- sidered the highest authority og nll that relates to Assyriani antiquities, made'sonie quggeotioni as to the probable age of the newly-discovered leg.-nd of the Deluge. JIG oxpllaied tbat,.tbough the tablets fourndin the ruind of Nineveh dated o ly from. the ...

... {r4J.,i lid I AAX . m14'.4 iacl . ;. .!,r;sIt Ap i A Itrweekly SC i . sfjions newlspaper.,'~' The, first bepekfla l , NX I ?? is.animounced as the opening.i [ie rnght of the wvint6 r 'Reeol Of thil Italia, i a - of' Company. ?? . . ' ~ .. .4Ytt~ii~ii, fr the cot'rectness. bfwhioh we c ecaxiflot. vouchi, is. curront ~hat, Mr Gladatol~e, is 'V 4e' about 'to hdnour literature .by confe'rring 'a ...

... UTErAATURA. LOvF Is ENotUOR; or, The Freeing of ? ra- snond: A Morality. By William or is. London: Ellis & White. 1873. . , TuE volume before us is thoroughly ciaeteristib- of the author. The form into which it is thrown -that of the old and now obsolete Morality, for ,itis rather-the-yet-older Mystery: which finds, rellectloii7 ?? Lb Aii'd~f ?? Play- iflustiates the. mediievnli.m .mor e or ...

... , ?? - :;,P , ? ?? ? -, .L, - 1. . k, #: H^-- ; l; : * iS * ?? QU;;s~im! ~yAiiguiatus.,J~ e5~hO? of Swatic: ia Xoz`e. c. m C ~ strab~~ & Co., oiiJ Ludgate ll1l4 .tl 5.D o,;ed° reaI'Y C ~harmin~g bodk, simply AndI ° ig r.~tdenggr the everts of a Simple and oi pij Anld it would have been still more t irloiOS0 ilou'd not been quite so big. But it ithan that; for it so happens that this ri tar ...

... NOETRHEtN codtifs F.AT SHOw' CLUB; - [r The fifth -annual exhibition In connection with s this ehow was held yesterday in e large shed be- g longing to the Highland Railway, and which was profusely decorated'- for the: occasion 'with ever- r. greens, &c. The weather was favourable through- n out, and the exhibition, whether in regard to o quantity or quality, was the best hold since the Gf ...

... THEATRE.ROYAL.-_ HAMLET.V 'ti ' piay produced last nigh t was Ham-I let Mr Sullivan naturally' assuming, th{ character of the perfectly saxsne, but dreaming, poetic Prince.. 'Hamet 1hasi always: been a ifritful theme to the speculatie. spirit, and hardly two cities have been able to agree as to what 1ShakespeaTO meant in ?? him.. Actors, like critics, have~also -differed as to the manner ...

... MR SANTLEY'S OONiERT. MAI SANTTM'sobucertofTuesday evening proved I one of the most brilliant suceesses of this- busy I muleial season. His numerous GIasgow admirers I gave him an enthusiastio reception, which must have satisfied him, if indeed any such assuratnce werenecessary,that he has been wellremei~bered. during his too protracted absence. Mr Santley was in splendid voice, and the ...

... r saw a blown rose and a rosebud cling -A To one lone bush on a November day. re The heavy air upheld no hov'ring wing, w And yellow leaves upon the wet earth lay; dI heard no birds among the branches sing if Nor saw I any clouds to break the grey.. Can love live here, while other things growgrey? Can youth's bloom-blush untocorrulption cling? b Uan winter press the bed where summer lay, And ...

... SOIRSE&S, ONCARTS, LECTURES,-lc - - . ing led BARBERS OF GLASGOw.-The third annual soiree BI, and concert of the barbers of Glasgow was held in v813the AssemblyRooms, Bath Street, last night. Mr 'ho P. Rossini presided, and tthere were on the platform J the Rev. J. Fullar Mur J. Arn-strong, W. the Albin, T. Albin, J 'hDiannmid, J. Milne, J. !ml Baxter, H. M'Mahon, J. Allison, J. Gimble, &c. ...