... THE 8M[THFIELD OLUB QATTLE SHOW. The fat cattle exhibition of ths, Smithfield Club Th opened yesterday afternoon in weather which wfas trn really a Sine foretasie of Chiristmias. The snow which Br fell in many parts of the Continent in the later days of Hi last vveekr, and of whichl we had a rathar plentiful fall of in Iplwich on Friday night, did not reach London. ?? little below Stratford, ...

... THE SAMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW, I The grand fat stock show in the Agricultural Hall, which attracted the agricultural public from all quarters of the kingdom, opened on Monday morning, and the judges 4 entered on their duties at nine o'clock. The entries for cattle were beyond the usual number, being about 260 head, 50 more than last year. They were comprised in 32 classes; the sheep occupied 31 ...

... P0OULTAUIT1311 o0 Auriiona.-The French historian Mezerai, wrote only by Candle light, even in the day tim~e andintlzthe middle of Stmmer. He never failed toocondutio his visitors to the door with a candle in his hand; and whenever he wrote, a bolttle of wineo was placed on the table. Varillas, contemporary of Mezerai, wrote only by daylight. The French advocate, Cujar, always wrote and studied ...

... MEY'S FASHIONS. Tir sombre seasons Iwe have of tlte been poseehg throngh hive had a psaisfncorf chastenirg ffcot h ouan n's aittire. ' A few years ago, when nanywereg' making money and all were spending It, A florld ap.: parelwas thought becoming to all men; thoee were do days of great glory and self satisflstion to the ml generous. undergraduate and eportieg subaltern, us who could lot their ...

... a ArrmnRfoo tel (says the Graphic) are just now, to all the rage, more especially in the co'untry and at the seaside, Theme gatherings are sometnles of a friendly, at others of a ceremonlal character; for the former the ordinary walking dress only to need. in ful, whiler the latter gives ample scope for display of the most dainty. toliettes, At a falahlonable waterlng place last week, there ...

... .L P i ..v lT ri KBW BOOXS AND NEW EDITION.' &)R. DUFIF, MISSIONARY AND FRIEND OF LNDIA. The secondvolumoof Tam Ln'nor ftL~ xyLpD oraD', tl (1), by Dr. George Smith, opens with the year 1843-the t( year of the Disruption which issued in thle formation of si, the Free Church of Scotland. Daring the controversy d. which preceded thatremnarkableevent, Dr. Duffmsnsintained ti an unsbroken silence. ...

... 1 FIRST VIUIUH —Tumdat, December 2. ] R-N. —uw earl add others «, ur i I AMD OTBtB. Th* and r*olaua*n D action are Jameaßari Douglas, nwchaat, Brougbty Ferry, ethara, aa ente-naptial oootract I *f marriage *ot*r*d iato between Mr Douglas aad hia late wif«, Wilheimina Kay, daughter the lata J. Z. Kay, formerly an iroufounuer in In th* y*ar Douglas married Miss'Ksy, who wa* then minor. A ...

... * FiFTY-Two years ago the writer of this diary accompanied her husband, who was then Viscount Belgrave, on a tour in Sweden, Norway, and Russia; and the narrative of that journey is now given to the public. The Diary, we are told, consists of extracts from a journal kept at the time, and the letters accompanying it were addressed to friends at home. I have thought it better, says the ...

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... I THE i S.)ITHFIELT) CLUB CATTLE SHOW. With the atuiosphere as clear as one can expect I it to be in London at this time of the year, and with every indication of a thaw, those whnom busi- n!css or inclination toook to the Agricultural wall vesterday irorxibg arrived there in better spirits 1 than they woull have done twenty-four or forty- J eight hours previously; and there is every reason to ...

... Clut iiEN T LITPERATURE. Ti,, stor ofm IIL; JamWi ies, '12011 alead r in ltorzw ?? a ii S ,ieaidyii te- ?? in sar, r var1ious'hi otlchi Pati ld o t hisv loi-tim. auI is t Act l lhdi' ?? iii to Go it to.~etheri i ?? Ic~ ct-t;, aiid ft oto ro; n n'eb 0 i -t ed uii d ?? iV s the i: o Sai'-'.'u, troit Lis r ~ ?? Ci', ice ?? '.11 iiooi), letl' S hut hin~ NY0*'1HUano Wils to be teared -j. IAliatin ...

... -CUJRRENT LITERATURE. Ur3 P~retc'y has alreadv establishled 'nerself oo f t~ro iatinilcy wvith the lerge rcading '8lc ?? ooks;iit t n0.t or triivcC. il' 'r ne ?? wit! thereforn ?? wiv at ?? irto in~lucr~.us c rcies. weaie.e even if it e Id. be deeiaieu t-o wrant somlething of the 1.irentlOOJ;S srejrit irnd diivcrs lied iuterest of the t~eoit9ssnnnvypiotntes oi lif and scenery in I e g!d ...