... Barry Sullivan has never drawn larger houses in Belfast than during last week. The public never seemed so anxious to see the great tragedian. Long before the doors open each night large expectant crowds may be seen bent upon witnessing his unrivalled impersonations. We are sure this pleasant state of things will con1- tinue for the nest twelve nights, for Berry Sullivan was never in better ...

... AN ENBitlRTAINMENT' IN THE TlOMB2S. MeeST peoplo are awanre, says fho ThvI~ning Fftendard, that one of the largest American prisons its called The0 Tombs, but they are not awabre what a sinunlarly benevolent governor plresides over this penitentiary. P'risoners naturally get a. little dunll at times, esp ecially if they are undelr sentence of death; and the glood governor of Thle Tombs ...

... NORTHE-AST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIA. T [ON 0? IRELAND-ANN AL SHOW. Tue list of prizes offered for competition at the annual show of the North-East Agricultural As- sociation of Ireland, whioh will be held in Belfast next month, is before us. As regards our agricul- tural friends in Ulster, or, indeed, in any part of Ireland, it is not necessary to allude to the con- tents of that publication; but, ...

... ViLNITEl ?? YALTiLE COLONnL. Tuiii 1(lo. ?? e:ilili ?? ommc I iit4 evO-l. Iitn4 witn at perfirictiac-2 ~it -Mr. 1-. G. 13urn'rala - tItlc' piLce- isi foundpedl ni-on zit comedry bv Mr. To:Lt TayIrir, witich inl its turn Nitas ?? ?? II. 1ri-tiic 1,1 -y -Iat ~citd frol. a 1-rer el wivel, st if Toi.. Colont el c'I ?? I er'i'iisedalol th slr lli- ofi eit~i ii:;titt the ?? nC tli-3 phulist ...

... A PUNCH DANCE IN MUSTARD STREET. Tienc are many institutions in the country- ancient and modern-of which the ordinary human being knows very little. Whether the one described as a Punch Danes, that being the name given to it by the principal character in its celebration, as brought out in the Summons Court yesterday morning, before Thomas MIClellaud, Esq., J.P., and Thomas Hamiltou, Esq., ...

... THE announcement that Mr. Cohen's orchestrfl concert will take place next Friday evening in the Ulster Hall will be received with pleasure by all lovers of music in Belfast. That a high-class programme will be carried out on the occasion goes without saying, but we doubt if any previous concert under the conductorship of Mr. Cohen possessed so ?? attractive features as that which will be held ...

... LlTEORAIRY NOTES. j 00 Tzi~a-Dexy.--1VeryOlWe will 1) 3 tue. rested lo hear a few facts, which we are aboe to give, concerning the forthcorninsg publication oi th^ correspondmnce of the Princess Mlica with the Queen, Iu spite of her recent troubles, thle Quaca has taken the most lively iut-rest in the propara. tiou of the vollnmo, Iraving revised the last sheets during her jomrney to Darwstadt ...

... LONDON TJ[EATR[iC.ALS. '1p1l p ublic of 13elfast, wi th wixoni l5,1iss ?? ?? ha:sS 5W alaS 1)0011 a siieeixtl fix voorli Le, wilil weVO are sure, join Us iill congratulatitig this clever ?? elltCI1ipriin4 yoifi a11,,1rtiste a~t ha1ving4 1itiLitiiid th chgnjlity) ofthiew tuanapeinentof ?? ~othealtre, andl illwib Wihilie reI icry success inl her ardiiuous o maer L a, dig, ; ?? I a c~er hlas fot ...

... I LITER&TURE, SoCECM, AND ART. [raOMi TilE ATHIZENUil-l Professor R. K. Douglai, of the British Yu- scun, is a candidate for the, vacant post of head THE librarian of the Bodleian. Anrwsfor I During the year which expired onl St. Anrwsdegr( Day the Royal Society lost twen ty-turee Fellowsriu and one foreign member by death. nn With Siemens's machines and Swan's ?? eyes the meeting-room of the ...

... THIEATRICAL GOSSIP. Ir is confidently asserted that Sarah Bernhardt ; is desirous of returning to the Comidie FrannCiisn, and that Al. Sarrcey has been making attempts to bring the matter about by negotiations with M. c Perrin and the committee. Sbould she do so, it can only be as pensionwcire -that is to say, she wil1 receive a fixed salary of 18,000 francs, but will not have any right to a ...

... Tippoo SULTAUN: A TALR OF THlE MvSourH WAR, Bv the late Colonel Mendows Taylor. Second d edition. London: a. KeoEau, Paul, & Co. r Those who have learned to appreciate nt their a true value the novels of the ]ato Colonel Meadown bt Taylor will be certtln to feel grateful to Menerm, Y Kegan, Paul, & Co, for the prerient cheep edition of ono of the mont popular workn relating to our Em. pire in ...

... TUE RECENT ROYAL AMRICULTUPAL SHOW IN NEWRY', ON Saturday last a meeting of the ?? of tbs committee of the Rynl Agricultural Show, lea Iltly held In Ncwry, took plaeo at No, 5, Trevor iidl- the ofioes of Messrs. Henry Thomnon & CO, Thrre ?? lreieno-Merorg, Jemes F. Ertkiuee J P (In the cheir); Henry Thnnm-oo, J P ; Joba Qn;Dn Henry, J P;, Thomas l)'Arcy, Ht: J P.; Mark Seton Synnot, D, L , J P ...