... F AIRS. COnoSGAs APRIL FAIR.-At this fair, held on Wednesday, there was a large show of cattle in all departments. With the exception of milch cattle, for which there was an active demand, business was dull, but prices remained firm. First quality beef sold at from 75s to 80s; second do. drew from 60s to 70s; and third rate quality changed hands at from S0s to S0s per cwt. Springers sold at ...

... LITERARY lNOTICES. liE F'CCLi.sK.ivICAL HISTORY (I fXEILAND. It IVi T IF' A i.'i l'I i1'11i0 Tr roI T i-t:. TiMqs. B WV. 1). K LL..eN, DD).,l'rmi, ut ti A ke:nbv's I a' go, 13' ic.SL, ane f'riss r '0 rce : ci.l 1is;-Y ` v-3a. Yailrs. L.i~tu:tson, LAast~ o j \WV have not been able hitherto. from various causes, to call public attention to tfis great work in the manner it deserves; and even now ...

... THM NORTH OFP IELAND INTERNATIONAL -O -830 OC1;Y . - , Gun readers wilee by -W, advertisetnent in ourA ! 'riaegwil Ie di th fiest I wl} columns that, order to secure one of as finest places for the ezhibitior i town, the committee have wisely arranged to change the date of holding I this year' show froM the 82nd ad 23rd JUe, a previously .annotoead in oar olonlsto -the 2ard, . 24th and 26th ...

... -MUSICAL PEP FORMCES ON SA Ay A 1 Q u it -. T Y. ON Saturday afternoon, a pianoforte recital was given in the Imeter Minor Hall by Herr Heinrich Leipold, of Munich, a late pupil of Dr. Hans Von Billow. We are happy to say that the recital was very well attended, for we have seldom, if ever, been present at a performance evincing such talent adivas displaye d by Herr Leipold. Like his great ...

... Itl Lord Weymouth arrived in Dublin on Sunday a from England. - Lord Oralinore arrived in Dublin on Sunday from g London. Mr. Herbert, M.P., has arrived in Dublin from e London. Ion T. Hamilton, REq., M.P., arrived in Dublin on Suday from London. Maurice Brooks, Esq., MP., arrived in Dublin on Sunday froni England. ?? Sherlock, LP., has arived in Dublin from England. Very Rev. Dean Macdonnell ...

... TuE success of the monthly fairs commenced in Lisburn some time ago has continued to increase from the first day of their opening. A vast extent of cattle-producing country centres in that town, and for years past the utmost attention has been paid to the principle of improved breeds, and this alike by landlords and tenants. The result has been that at present there may be seen at the monthly ...

... Tim LArw AND PRACICE O TBE COURT OF BAYS. RuntCY I IRELAND. Second edition. By W. H. Kisbey, Esa., M.A., T.C.D. Dublin: E. Ponsonby, 116, Grafton Street. 500 pages. IT is but three years since the Bankruptcy (Ire- land) Act, 1872, came into operation, and, having regard to that fact, it would probably be sufficient to say in praise of this work that it hs already reached a second edition. But ...