... UNITED BANFFSHIRE AGRICUL- TUNAL SOCrETY. ivoal S~hSIMER SHOW. C fr Yesterda9 helll sunsm ershowof stock, poultryj, dalry produce, and implements, in oonnection with this- I ok, flb ' g agruicnhurnl soriety, was held in tbe Cousll'Ti i eI;Park, within the policies of Duff House, Banff, under I ethe orhtosb favourable circumstancea as regards weather.I dthe 1?r more than a fortnight the weather ...

... ' WVe hava been favoured with a copy of the follow- ing ng lines sent homeby an Elgin younginarln, a corporal it the ,25th Munted Infantrv, who was one of tbe garrison in Pretoria during the recent Transvaal War. He tool- part in four sorties a,,ainst the Boers, in il e of which the PBritih were buocessful except the last, wven they were, driv- n bhck by overpowerilag .nu.bers. For one hundred ...

... Tbh- opening Of this exhibition, whichr was .annotenced I ---to rrdre place at no-on ycalerday, has had to be poet. erul ponlerl till to-day, at larde number of the exhibits not flr avIn lg nrrivod in time to adrmit of their being placed. taut, il Thle formal inauguration, however, waesproceeded with, he Pro- the Lard Provort delivering a brief speech. to a larg'e ritrator- attendance of ...

... . A rigi the altI2 .poli J J. & Jd. C.OLMAN, abi bet THE LARGCILT kMtUSTARD l!4ANT-FACTUREWS IJ 1Y THE WORLD. up( ha) tSK FOR 'A~~~~~~~~~c 02JMAN'S Uj1JST- iD. M °OLMAX'S M USTARD. . - at C b~~~~~~~~~~a, COLMA'AN'S M1jUSTARD. 1'net M^Itlt ThltW8i Heva41. tio WI sp pr, - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cei O CKLi.'S A4T I Br LonUs PILTL. la] tol ns4, th !tit EIGHTY YEARS. !o 1.8 NEWY Or (ND STREEST, ...

... TII GLASGOW kFAT T USTUTE. mIED ?? Be arlyle confessesbear truly we are identified is -itht our ?? notwithstanding the t With, ur ?? ad. an extraneOuS influence of Acts of Pal oth~er imuncises to prditi. And if art meant anhing a; ali to the grim philosopher, it meant ce some reziectl of the experiences of our lives 0 more or leas earnest in ex'pressiom That one r -_ _ wha one -nows best is ...

... ROYALTY THEATRa .~~m .,i a an Last nirht the Royalty was again crowded in every part. r iving was announced, to appear in Hamlet for the first time during the present visit, and students of Shakespeare were early in nwciting at the doors of the theatre. It is necessary thas to anticipate the general rush if one wishes to get into the Royalty on any terms this week. Mr Irving is greatly ...

... THE SMOKE PREVENTION EXfI~Blc1j. I 7A-N LONDON-. I The Smoke Prevention Exhibition at South Kensington has iedovc a distlnct success. The winter ?? comupul ?? attention 01 Londoners to the evil of smoke pollutiou, and the price of coal in the metropolis has a very salutary effect I tlxe Yi&ol sertring a faur hearing tor any. iuenvtio. 1hich promises an economy of fuel. it it cannot be aaid ...

... : YMr actaggart bas been spdnding his summer months by his favourite shores. his water- colour -work has never been fieer. Broader, mellower, and more cunningly devised to hide method, and the technical strokes which give vulgar merit to less artistie work, TMr Mlactag- 'gart's ?? are steeped in the essence i of water-colour art. A sketbhy view of Camp- beltow nfrom the roadside across the ...

... ORCHEDSTPL COICER pROttAi5RE. Overtare to BErm's ausd (OP. U. *.8 Coecerto for Fianmoarte and estmira, 'o 1 inG Minor top. ?? Sc*¢ia, Ocen.r Thee Mighiy Monater '&&ioi;;'s Sy h oy. ?? ?? Io. S ia D minor (Op. it7). Posihumas loth fabgo in F sh ajorue ?? ?? ?ooe~ue.5-rmpitoizitii leIA e ~epse Pifoirtes ios--i--SJ* i'w ?{ove1]ettern laX.nS fbJ ?? -- - song, Sing. Sweet lir .lcidental Xu[* ...

... 0 The Edinburgle Review, in an article on the I recently published Reminiscences of Thou. Carlyle, says :_ Some fifty years ago TMr Carlyle addressed to i a young mau of letters then entering upon life a brief letter, couched in the ffollowing words-we'] have them now in writing before us ?? Remember now aid always that life is no idle dream, but a solemn reality, based upon eternityand ...

... LITBRATUME. (1) Uqgiiie's Irprial Dictionary. A new edition of the late Dr Ogilvie's elabo- rate and well-known Imperial Dictionary fairlv raises once more tbe ?? ?? are the primary duties of a lexicographer? Compilers of diction- aries, and especially BEglish dictionaries, .work under responsibilittes so varied and' exan:ting that many labourers in that corneri of the dterary vineyard have ...

... LIftRI ,TR. . ! t(1) Thel Voyage of CAe Vega. _ So far as authentic record goes the Vega is the only ship that has ever circumnavigated a bf Continent; for the voyage round Africa, said to D have been made by Piunnic ians at the instiga- be tiou of Pharaoh Neeho, is mere than half'rmythi- eal, and Australia is ?? a bi island, and its | circumnavigation is attend-ed with no more - difficulty ...