... { F4!.BJONTAO D VARIETIE.S. I ?? THE COURT, Windsor Castle, Monday. Her Royal Highness Princese Christian of Schiesavig. Holstein visited the Queen yesterday afternoon, and did so several times last week. Her Majesty drove out this morning, attended by Lady Abercromby and the Hon Horatia Stopford. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Beatrice walked and skated, attended by the Hon ...

... FAJb-'JO- -ID VARIETB& . I THE COURT. Win'I;sor Castle, Wednesday. ,. Queen armd Princess BEatrice drove out yesterday and her Majesty walked out this morning ?? tdd by the Dowa~ger MIarchionoss of Ely. p riess Beatric5 v laled and skated, attended by n- Br. ~ily Cathrartt Its bru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ tede b d Doanger M1arCliofeOs ?2 Ely has suceceded Lady AbetCrnbY as Lady-in'Wa~iting. TUiE VICEREGAL ...

... I E.ASUiOV AND VARIETIE.S. I THE COURT. t Windsor Castle, Friday. The Queeui'drove oat yesterday, attended by the c Dowager 3Marchioness of Ely and the Hon Horalia t Stopford. Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold went to Bagshot attended by Miss Bauer. Her Majesty, with Princess Beatrice, walked out this t morninz, attended by the Hon Horatia Stopford. t The Duke aud Duchess of Edinburgh ...

... I I FT _t:- f l - , . . . The third concert of this society's fourth eeason took place last evening in the large concert hall of the Exhibition Palace. It was undoubtedly a suc- cess in every respect. Ai! parts of the room were crowded. The chorus of ladies and gentlemen who mustered under the guidance of the accom. plished nd esteemed conductor of the society, Mr. Joseph Robinson, exhibited ...

... I i * Praser's Mayainte for December contains a couple I of interesting papers. One of the most interesting is one by George Howell on Strikes: their cost and results, in which this much-discussed ques- tion is treated in an impartial and eminently lucid way. The Duke of Argyll, in another, gives his First Impressions of the New World. They are fresh and forcible, and display all his ...

... I MIAD)AMIE CASTELLI'i CONCERT. l I,. . aDM T. ?? ralmse Caste'lli's concert on Saturday night, at Is Eshibition Pa-lace, was a decided success, both ?? the performance and the attendauce. - .reat hit ot the evening and the piece de re- .arce of the programme was Siznor Caracciolo's ?? ental trio. This beau:iful composition v.. never before performed in public, and it was a given iinder the ...

... I ---TaE THRATRE ROYA b evening a new piece, entitled Valjean' WM ba produced et the Royal. The drama is an tion of Les Miserables, the most power- t3 the fullest of human interest of all the ?? nuvela of Victor Hugo. There is no Ftbt that in the striking situations and the c di3 ogue of the novel there are g elements of a splendid play, and there can ' tie doubt that the adantation hs ...

... 1-CWRITMAS BDoox$ Tb. present season has been unusually prolific in presentation publications, and we have before ip now a collection of unsurpassed variety, great elegance in typography, and of artistic beauty iz illustration and binding. The art of printing, as 'developed in the volumes which we have received, seems to have attained a finish and a completeness not to be excelled. Routledge ...

... FASHJON AND VARIETIBS. e I THE COURT. Windsor Castle, Sunday. Tie Queen rand the Duchess of Consaught drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Lecpaid attended Divine service this morning in thre private chapel. The Rev James Fleumig, B D, itesidertiary Canon of York, Vicar of St Michael', Chlester-square, and Hono- rary ...

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... TE E T-iOn - A O I /THfE INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. I I ?? _ ~ _I _ I The strongest proof how esgerly Irish dairy- farmers of the more progressive sort are taking to heart the lessons to be had from a comparison of i the Continental butter-making systems with their e [own is the fact that the Dairy Show in Kildar-e. n street was largely visited upon a day like yeeter- e day. Few would certainly ...

... ! - - }fASiNAO-I ae ARrEXPIM I THE COURT. Windsor Castle, Tuesay. General Sir Chrtles Ellice, K C B, Adjutant-Ggseral; Ileutenant-GeneIral Lord Cbelmsford, G CB, and Lady Chelmsford, Colonel Sir Eaelyn Wood, K C B, V C, and the Hon Lady Wood; Lieutennnt.Oeneral Sir Samuel Browne, KB C K E C S 1, V C; Rear Admiral Sir Francis Sullivan, K C B; Major-General Newdigatso C B, and Col R'T Gvln, C B, ...