... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... { 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 ...

... r Dresses are inoresipile and eleaant, colours aro rieher, tho brocades are a conibination of the Iudiau nd Persian ilstyles there aro no strona contrasts, all is in hannony aud of tho quiotest taste. Yho brocades are seblomi used o except for trimuning, but for the carriage weo have seen S sOIIIO very clegant paletots nmade of it; sono dinner dresses s have also beeu madle of this material, ...

... zarnnv~~'In-StwtT 1 1.: ?? _1 ?? .I _ 1_ _ a__- BAISTON-ON-llEuxs:n.-This arnual show took place in Ithe Sheep lurliet I'addock yesterday. There Was II tolerably large outry of cattle, sheep, aud pigs. Thie day ?? fine and the attendance lar-g, including Sir Johnt D. Astlcy, Bart., ?? w1ho WUas a lmost successful exhibitor, ?? filst l1oioulru With his magnificent wvhite stel, brea by -Mr. ...

... [FROM OURt SFECIAL REroBTMit dard LONDON, -Monday evening, inrd 'rii eighty-second annual show of stock and imple. ( l eiit n conflection with the Smithfield Club opened litt, this morning in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and muc ,VUI continute open till Friday. The weather, which Clasn for the past few days had been extremely cold, wa t this morning fresh, bright, and clear, and it was ...

... 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 ...

... t in Afternoon teas are just now all the rage, more igry especially in the country and at the seaside. These 8 of gatherings are sometimes of a friendly, at others of a Iof ceremonial character ; for the former the ordin,.rv i ever walking dress only is needful, whilst the latter give's ath. ample scope for display of the most dainty toilettes. -Iby At a fashionable wntering-place, last week, ...

... Windsor Castle, December 8. The Queen drove out this morning. The Duke and Connaught walked and skated. The Queen held private iuveatiture the Order the Bath. Com iswry -General Strickland, Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Browne, llajer- Geueral liiddulph, Sir H. V. Wolff, and Hear- Admiral Sullivan were knighted and invented with the second class. Colonel Borne received the Order the Star India ...

... THEATRE ROYAL-MR. OSMOND TARL1' 3| HAMLET. . . , g , LAST evening, Mr. Oamoud Tearle, who my,be Sqi oonnldored the foremost favourite in tragedy in Be] Belfast, commenced a fortnight's engagemennt at tloe the theatre by appearing as H mlvt. We bhve Ail had go many previous opportunities of becoming ?? acquainted with Mr. Tearle's idea of the Dane It low now unpepgcssay tp, pertionliese It ...

... AFTER many negotiations between the Royal Academy of Music and the, National Training School for Music, the principle of amalgamation which has been for some time under consideration has been assented to by both: these institutions-in the one case, as it appears, by a large majority, ir the other unanimously. The scheme for a new Conservatoire for Music,. based upon the results of the old ...