... LANARK UP1R WARD AGRICULTURAL ISH;OW. The annual ahow of the UIpper Ward Agri- t c oltf Sciety -was held yesterday. The turn- r out of anirals? allike in regard to numbers and quality, was quite superior to anything yet seon in the shows of thin sooiety of the cow kind. The one and the three-year-old queys were speciallF marked as extra fine, A one-year-old bull, shown by Mr Logan, Eastshields ...

... I L ITEAZ !TUIW, 80ILENCG: , & ART ITEMLS. i __ (Frosn the Athes'uze)l The pleasant story called LaLdy - D3anL I Junotio;, which appeared a month or two back 1 in Blaczwwood's alugnaie, is from the pen of iers Oliphant. We recommend this note to the attention of i the Editor of the Day of Restx- The Day of'' Rest for December 0 opens with a poem by Dora i Grenwell, entitled 'A Story of ...

... f.I PiNMC OF WALES THEATRE * . . lE~roGLOSH OPERA Perhaps, at the termimntion of Mlr Ii0ea en gagement, the public may have learr.t tbil I .&ries of Engblih operatic ?? h.s been giveu in Glasgo0W which, for goner excel. lence and completeness, has never betere bcer approached. To be sure, the knowledge any eonro .tuoo late for Mr Rosa's immediate hteres babtit in to be~hoped that the yresent ...

... (If Lcospa~n'5 eis't-oofts of Sciecre.c We ?? this volume as being the corn- a to the excellent hand-book of Quantita- 0,e Ma~s lately published by Prof. Thorpe; 5vtbO0th the number of works on elementary . ht-tvch yearly make their appearance yhewl: set it is not a difficult task to select Ia a real scientific value, and to ,iewl .1 irET orpo sboots certainly belong. : ui t u. i.,tolry to ...

... ?? AMOWLTUeAL SOCJE2 S Mg' 'le gthertheb ho was ga t sncciserem_& b 0-mattle, ic., I 3jwrswe ?? MurlloUx. Ie, itlJ eet 3A iWPe. L 'YotorM,. jeop . Jobd eriaoo , l atb s two land,- Irverkfpl nod ande fordW l Greenock - . ?? b. ?? ak e .~t~tbi 4drouU; and ar, . eP. The rire rietied) Awarded as foUowc:- [$-w ile A~rL--Co In uiw.fou ?? and '30mardi-sk I Aitera Wion FWreiuSle, =ca'24d, Meg Bold, ...

... : d ,e LITZfRATUBE, SCIENCE, & Ads ITEMS. .I id From the Athensnmum to M. Gounod has, it is said, received a eemmis- sion to write a work for the Grand -Opera in re Pads. Ih Mr Mapleson proposes to commence the season le of er Majesty's Opera at Drury Lane Theatre .0 earlier than usual-probably the 17th of March. - Signor-Verdi has completed his Requiem n to the memory of Manzoni, and the ...

... 'ROYAL SAlEDOnA., HOT , UTUX1 I .,Ii -- ?? Us L ?? Ty. I,.- I AYIJvSfl L. ,, ,; 2.. W t biQ9, t , se n under WtJd is ?? he'ty .tqokylacd i amryti i !ye 1 aboutrastinanspieiwe sosW ! oNWl'4' e For E getting. fower ?? froi';te 4pfos v prenrhooses,.gnsty ind*?anaihea~v shiowps- pfre t vaii~g. ?? '4ibe'r n ing'ieei'theiPn& Notarwltae,,f 1Sion 'Sl of Itoware~or the tableatettet il ?? p4,9 this . ...

... - GGACA2J1Lo9HOW. The alfity-sixiianea show I 'n conncion with the Pllgarr parmeri Club oo ptceyeete&., tsiol!blw 01 u's ucton in1, a I M0t004 l a A~il igo a. In't.l mornng he lou~ ~qolN troiteioiug but as5 lbe forenoon ?? eaelofaitlsdbeswearset tunaely ths wa no re~hed lo-_gwards the afternoCIR we rofL. n the exgelitlon of 'thejugeenafwgnte en .peialy the show was oc ob nid ihrrrneto the ...

... CHRISTMAS SHOW& WEST LOTHIAN AG! IOULt J, ASyoTAT1j The Ohrsltmaso show of ?? Abnocintlon was held at Linlithgow yested, anmlt I.Thev,4 fwall not Of the Mont falitnrable nature, vice ae ?? durbing the day, and rendering any len Of OnU te show yrd very uncomfortable.R, a tcl ;a. itself, the turn-out of cattle wee about the, namth the number forwad yetrdybo e re irc ptio n. of th e Ox sh ow n ...

... LZTBArA UBB' (1) Wh,7 is Wimne The recent disetussiolns on sherry and its bormble adulterations have induced Mr Den, tbe .l 2h n introducer of the Greek Math, elknw wies, to write a little pamphlet on the subject. fle sbows how pure wine may have a certain deleitrious acid ingredienit-acetic acid or ordie ary virgar; wihile its second acid irgredient, rtaniC. Is uirseparable from pure wine, is ...

... .LXMh AGRWIbU IO 810W - AT.N.WJAT-NEW I The annual shov was held on FrIday, under ta ourable anspices a regerde weat~her,: ands tho .attendauee waa ecom- Aldorable. Is cosearlso;'with Last year the entrie, were towee, but the galt &of everything exhibited wag snerior.t Of Gallewa tle 3 t the drst p e for ?? be - talk b , ,lDd BltGararogo, 11a1. 10 Kola&. yn! eoow Mrs Wilge.n Troqubn/waos iraK ...

... THE GLASGOW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW, n. The annual show of horse, cattle, and imple- id ments, under the auspices of the Glasgow Agri-l a- cultural Society, which opens ?? (Wednes' ?? day) in the spacious grounds at Burnbank Ir Road, promises to be quite as successful as those rs which have preceded it. Yesterday all the ,preparations for the reception of the stock were completed, and in ...