... MRNIRN-L71 AND MISS ELLEN TERRLY. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice Lims often been played here before, but never ire s perfect arid artistic a Istyle as last ni~ght, when ...

... AIR. LUNN'S PUPIL CONCERT. AnI audience, 'fit though. few, pss.enislslc oi et Friday erelting, in the Town Hall, to li-sten to tile performnancesi of thle pupils of iMr. Charles Lurinl, Thle programm ...

... If the question of the revival of protection under some disguiso as reciprocity, retaliation, fair trade, what not ? is not soon brought to the front it 'vill not bo for the ...

... SUTTON FOAL SEOW. The annual foal show at Sutton took place on Wed. nesday, in the cricket ground, and so far as the exhibi. bition itself is concerned it was of the usual meritorious character. The society has generally been very fortu. nate- with regard to the weather, but on this occasion rain fell heavily during the afternoon, and the elements being very unsettled in the early part of the ...

... * LINCOLN SEPTEMBER RAM FAIR. This annual fair was held at Lincoln recently. About the average number of rams was shown, and there was a fair attendance of buyers, but the scarcity of money caused trade to be dull and many of the animals remained unsold at the elose. Messrs Law and Son sold a number of superior shearlings from the flock of Mr H. Dadding, of Riby, late of Panton. The following ...

... WIT AND HUMOU. 'How came you to fail in your exanjiistion9' ted ,s tutor of one of his pupils. I thoughtI crammed you thoroughly.' 'Well, you see,' replie' the tudent, 'the fact was, you eramned me so tight I couldn't get it out.' A celebrated lawyer once said that the three most troublesouie clients he ever had, were a young lady who wanted to be married, a married woman who wanted a divorce, ...

... GAINSBOROUGHE: POULTRY AND RABBIT ,SHOW.- On Tuesday 'the ifourth' annnul exhibition 'of the Gailsborough Rabbit, Bantami, and Fox Tkrrier Society was opened in the Temperances Hall, Gainaborough. There vas a large number of entries, and in some of the, classes, the competition was very keen. This was particularly the case in the poultry glasses. Pigeons were a fine lot, and. many winners at ...

... EIERIONETHSHIRE AGRICIJL- TURAL SHOW. ?? I be The fourteenth annual show of the Merioneth-. Is arshire Agricultural Society, which was held at Bain XV 'I eterd-y in point of entries and the quality of ...

... I ?- ( K DR. CIIARLES MACKAY'S Luck, and What Came of It-a Tale of Our Times (3 vols.: WV. If. Allen and Co.), is a thoroughly clever, amusing novel. It makes no attempt to go below the surface of ...

... MESSRS. STANLEY LUCAS, WEBER, AND Co.-A triad of songs, music by C. A. Ranken, are of more than average merit, it is evident that this composer has a speciality for ballad writing. Long Ago, words ...

... ?? ?? ?? m ?? I ..:p i :: ?? EVERY ONE pretty well 1n1OWS what to expect frm Mlr. Freeman; and most of us have already read,' in tile S'aturda&y Reeviewu Or else- where, some of the papers which mnake ...

... 0- MESSRS. FORSYTH BROTHERS. -- The budget from hence contains twenty-five pianoforte compositions of no ordinary merit. A very pleasant and useful present for a lifanist of cultivated taste is Fifte ...