... L J :'Ili It TURE. -- ?? (i) N'ie's Life an.d Lall(r's tn LEastern Africa, ts The Rov. Charles vew has for the last eleven st years been a faithful and hsard-workng nmis- . dionary on the Blast Coast of Africa, in the f .saeighbourhood of Zanzibar, His name %as first brought into notice in the exciteient ir raised over our unfortunately mismanaged P Livingstone relief expedition, which lie ...

... C1RJATMNAS CATTLED SRO WS. This v IITw was told 7etittrd&ay at the well fitted- vt% Aucteo' ItingofiMessrs Laurie &syrvfngt~or. U1nn10former occasieon HA of the kind was there ever half tire fatnrest shiown, and tire a~ttendesco may well besaid to ave be~n docide that of any ?? show. It Wau calculated that fss Y 1500 persons visited the Ring. In oehbto nt pes W there ever been such a lerge ...

... I T . .S I : I :1D , . i ; v K . i 'U I B L , S H W , , I : _. .: y) :: . _ .: _. . : IL__ __ THIs show commenced in the Agricultural Hall, Islington,. on Moudarl, and, besides being more extensive' than thatf Of' 1872, is'by'no means inferior toit in respect of the quality' of the different sections. The-prize list'eonmenced' with the Dev.bn steers not exceeding two years and six months old, ...

... CRiNS'TMAS CA TTLVL' SUI0 W9. ind( T ..ROYAIIBAZAAR. Sal AS T'l;t Anesmal libow 61 fat etackr at thlj Avietion Ala i2. coil. duocted by Memrs Crtighton At fterries. soas beld yceaordY,. Th andi w-a' tbc beet that I, e-er been held ii ?? --at. TLe rri - ,dreu r ?? ctn-20OpP. W,.rrdilo, D.uofrn. and ~~lllarntMln.jler, Criehiton lnemtltution; for ?? ty, N-Afat, `:itl Won, Driofjec, ana william ...

... X iN. TrHEATr'E FOR G 1 .AS-tW, A ulcaia eetilig Of the JUotice of. Ilkinic byor CW.~ we icdyesterduy, to ?? o aualoberti byaw ol Mr ?? CoIbe AdJamse'n anid Mr toerte ofw theln rence, Ada~rL5Qn, joint teonalits and lessees i f te thei C. Victoria Hail, situlated fin JAmi~es~J onslin n ii Sharp's Ljane, blain Strect, A.11LceTtlAfr:lcueassi for t e~pcrfou-ciine of stage! plays ill tha hell, ...

... PO ETRY. E MI L Y. I do not say thou art divine But that such beauties in thea shine As shame all' ther earthly grace Sweet fiower of love and loveliness I' know the pencil oft hath given Forms'which seem'd-less of earth than heaven; I know the sculptor's hand hath wrought Shapes fair beyond our higbest thought; But these all lack a somethiing we, Delightful maiden, find in thee. 0, gazing on ...

... CHRllISY TA CA T7'LB SIDO [VS. HASTIINOS & KAY-ti CJRiMII'MAS sii'dw or FAT 13TOCIC. The first ?? Shoe oif tat stock illidte, the au-IrslA~S OfI Alevers fiut irigt is Kay.,atsatsiei Ayr. way held within the Cattle Market, ye-eterrtay. &ae woe in alt respects ttrst- clmass In catlte, the Ayrahlre, cowis ansi qvteys were very supterior, tfro Ayrshire bulls were above an avereage. atidl thle ...

... CHRISTMAS CLA Y'TLESIIO fVS. ST 30S`WELL'S. Messrs John Swan & Son yesterday imid their O third Christmas show of fat cattle, rtheep, Calves, pigs, &c,, in connection with the Southern Central Auction Market, when £120 was given in prizes, I The show was the largest and finest the firm ever held ; and for show and sale together 220 cattle, and about 2000 sheep were booked. A number of the ...

... ORSiVIJOLOGWCA L SII11 W&. ORSiVIJOLOGWCA L .SII 11%3. v G~lElElJOOI, r The fourth annual show and competition of this (I society took place In the Greenock Fine Art T Gallery. The exhibition was recognised as beings one of the most successful that has taken pgace i) J the district, the number of entries being about 300. cc A large number of parties interested visited the ball during the day; ...

... I . _ .~~~~~~~~~~~ MnR FsROUDE'S English in Ireland, vol. IT., which was ex- pected in November, cannot appear till May. ad Messrs Macmillan will publish soon Sir Samuel Baker's 1 re account of his travels, in two large volumes. IM. Guizot is in excellent health, and will shortly publish es another book. , Mr Tennyson's books have been transferred to Messrs H. S. King & Co. The proposal for ...

... T DR. GUTHIRIE'S MEMOIR. I ti Aiefobiograffleyiof 2homa3 Guth,'rie, D.D., and M1emoir, hy e; his Sons, Rev. DAVID K. GUTRIEac and CHARLES J. 0t GUTHIRIE,Mi. A. In two volumies. i London: W. Isbister & Co. T [SECOND NOTICE.] a THx memnoir of Dr Gnthrie by his sons, altisough, of course, A far less absorin thans the autobiography we reviewed last 1' week, is nevertheless executed with modesty, ...

... LITERATUR; 8CID$CE',& ART ITEMS. I . _ _ , ?? . , . * '.Wrom tboet enieum.) * Mr Henry Sedgwick, of TrinityCollege, Cam- bridge, ieeaged uon a wofl'.to bJe.called; The lathd of Ethiev, f ?? ' Dr Beke .has 'started on hisee, dition 'to Mount Sinai. He 'hopes' his expe ition ;nay receive nxportaut assistance from the Viceroy of Egy~t. , e are requested to 'stte that the commission given by the ...