... 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 ...

... LIT ERA TU RE. Is are 113THEZ-BiBrE DOCTRINE OF MAN. The Seventh the: Seirines of the Cunningham Lectures. By be .t in Johh Laidlaw, M.A., Minister of Free Westu of the Church, Aberdeen. Edinburgh T. & T. tha~ onOf Clark, 38 George Street. 1879. 1doe 41Al To have received the appointment as seventh ma, rus in them Cunningham lecturer is no small honour, consider- Cl1Ii ing that former ...

... t X~al. TM.EATPkES_ AN interesting little play, brought out at the FOLLY Theatre on Saturday afternoon last with the title of After Long Years, is an adaptation from the French by Mr. Sydney Grundy, whose obliga- tions-are stated, as all such obligations ought to be, in-the play-bill. The original, we believe, is a vaudeville of Scribe, entitled Le ZNfauvais Stjet. Like most of Scribe's ...

... 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 ...

... W1simINSTES SCHOOL xw Triuv or OLD.-The rough. nesses of Westminster life have been Considerably smoothed of late years. The dormitory in old times was like nothing known to mortal schoolboys exept Long Chamber at Eton. It was all one long open room, where the whole forty boys slept in public-the juniors in not much greater comfort then the casuals in a modern Union. The windows were ...

... 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 THE SMITllFIELD CLUB FAT CATTLE I ~ SHOW. I Depressed agriculture has in no way interfrred with the success of tile fat stock show at the Agricultural Hall. The Smithfield Club has always given precedence in its catalogue to the Devon breed, paxi the classes were well filled by fair representatives of this fine breed of animals, Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales were exhibitore, ...

... HER MAJESTY'S TILEATRE.-The brief super-supplementary season comes to an end to-night, a week earlier than was generally anticipated, the opera selected being Oberon, for the benefit of Madame Pappenbeim. Last night it was to be Lohengrin, for the - benefit of Miss Minnie Hank; and on Thursdayifigwon, for the benefit of Madame Marie Roze. There were two operas on Weduesday-Loahengrin ...

... ?? i ?? ) :. ;; w ?? Lovar~s of Mortimer Collins's writings (and they are many) will have a rare treat in the two volumes of Pen Sketches by a Vanished Hand (Bentley and Sons), lovingly edited by Prof. Tom Taylor and Mrs. Mortimet Collins. The subjects range from Darwin to Aristophanes, and from Mrs. Harris to the Roman girl of the period, the young lady to whom Martial played Satue ...

... | ?? most unfavourtable atmospheric conditions, in the worst weather, indeed, which playgoers have trudged out into for many a year, Miss Genevieve Ward on Monday re-appeared on the stage of her former triumphs at the Theatre Royal. Since Miss Ward was last in Manchester she has made a long visit to the United States, opened the Lyceum for a short season, and won a brilliant success with ...

... THE MENAI SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND LITER&TURE. k On Thursday evening the winter session of tbis a excellent society was opened with a lecture at the I Pearhyn Hall by Professor Itudler on Prehistoric a Times in WVales. The chair was taken by Captain l Verney and there was a fair attendance. Amongst t those present were: The Hon. Mismes Pennant, Penrhyra Castle ; Colonel the Hon. W. E. ...

... THE LITERARY EXAMINER, MATTHEW ARNOLD, M.A., ?? LL.D. LIFE. D ORN December 24, i822, at Laleharn, near -B Staines. Educated at Winchester, Rugby, and Balliol College, Oxford. i840. Scholar of Balliol. 1843. Newdigate Prize. 1844. Graduated in Honours. 2845. Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 1847. Private Secretary to Lord Lansdowne. 1851. Lay Inspector of Schools under Committee of Council on ...