... LISBURN HYACINTH AND SPRING I FLOWVER SOCIETY'S SHOW. [FP.031 OUR REPORTX&2 LisBauaN, WEDNS-SDAY. SomE short time ago it was felt by a number of re- sidents in the neighbourhool of Lisburn that an exhibition of ?? flowers, held in the earlier patt of the year, wo-ould not only receive the suppn t. p.tvot.ace, ant eneot.rage.nent of the p ?? gene. r.Al, but that :t would tend to increase their ...

... With the opening of the ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, which took place on Tuesday evening, the London season has fairly commenced. Dramatic entertainments, have been but slightly varied during the week. DRuRY-LANE was opened on Wednesday night for Mr Guiver's complimentary benefit, when The School for Scandal was represented with a strong cast. Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It have been ...

... ?? FE'IBALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL. Le Fli'et- says -The fashions of this seasns will be much adlinired by all whose artistic taste and ?? appre- eiation of the qualities constituting real leigance render their Mninion of value. There is no longer any ?? tion oi etyle or cut adopted hbyeitherthegrandesmodistes or their cusatomers; etrilkiug colours rnjuxtaposjtion, and carlc~atures df shape and ...

... POUSHKIN'S DRAMA TIC SKETCHES. LYvRic poets would be scarcely human if, instead of confining themselves - to the exercise of their own special faculty, they did not from time to time write plays. Accordingly Byron in England, Alfred de Musset in Fiance, and Poushkin in Russia, all published dramas of which the fate, as. connected with the stage, was different in each country. Our managers ...

... DERBYSHIER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. .k THE STALLION SHOW. ot The third annual show of stallion cart-borses (open to al da -d England) took place on Friday lset, upon the enclosed Re ground adjoining the Cattle-market Hlotel. The eariyrpart P. t of the day was exceptionally fine, and a large number of W he gentlemen, farmers, and other persona Interested in breeding f oh borses availed themselves ...

... no_ FRENCH PLAYERS. M. LESUEUR. M. Lesneur's career is a striking illustration of the fact that an actor cannot serve Art and Mammon. Endowed with singular gifts for the fine rendering of certain comic characters, M. Lesueur was induced to leave these to batten onfleries. That the extravagant combinations of wit and spectacle in which he took part were much improved by his presence is as ...

... LEEDS COLUMBARIAN qOoETY , !I A -- 9- -I-- -1 ~ ~ ~ ~ iiO A very fine show of pigeons was opened in the Corn Exchange, Leeds. and ?? bc ~ day. Tbe promnoters ares the Leeds Coloclharciaji whose qbject in to encour age the breedino ~ pigeons, and especially of the Itorbti valuable classes. 'The soaciety has so existence, but whena we ?? tha t i Lieut.-Col. Child; the vice-presiccesitB . ' ...

... ALEXANDRA THEATRE. On Monday night Mr. F. Wilkinson. the courteous treasurer and manager of the Alemandra, Tneatre, took his besefit, ahen ho warn favoured with a large atterdance, the pit and dress cirole being so crowded that many persons were unable to sit. The entertainment commenced with tile per- formance of an adaptation of Sorihe's vaudeville L'Ambassadenr,` entitled 'Too Clever. It ...

... IART SALES.-DAVID COX AND MULLER. I Thes Tiies says *-TFle modern pictures and water-colour drawings belonging to the collection. of Mr. Albert Levy formed thle important sale at Messrs. Christio, Manson, and Woodls' roomiis, on Friday nid Saturday last, The exhielitioe of these pictures oIL the three dlays preceding thie sale hanl attracted groat nminbeos of porsons, and the Warmest interest ...

... I The SiddonianDramnatic a]nd OrigoinallBurlesque Company is a long and somewhat ambitious title, calculated to fill the visitor with pleasing anticipations. But, like many other matters, the charm vanishes when we come nearer. 'Twas distance lent enchantment to the view, for in reality the Siddonian company has few members who in any degree fulfil the splendid promise of the title. The ...

... MR. J. A. CAVE'S TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT A morning performance was given on Monday at the Globe Theatre for the benefit of Mr J. A. Cave. The house was crammed in every part, and a lengthened and attractive programme was presented to the large audience. The first itenm was the popular farce Who Speaks First2 in which Bliss Angelina Claude played with her accustomed vivacity, and Mliss F. Hughes ...

... A really splendid audience filled Old Drury on the even- ing of Wednesday last, attracted by the magnificent cast announced for Sheridan's School for Scandal, which was per- formed for the benefit of Mr James Guiver, for whom no little sympathy has been created by the unfortunate result-through no fault of his own-of his recent managerial campaign at the Princess's Theatre. Mr Phelps was ...