... BIRMINGIIHAI CATTLE AND POULTRY SnoW. The Cattle and Poultry ShIow at flinglay Hail closed last evening, the returns showing that the exhibition has been the most successful since 1878 Tile attendance yes- terday was 15,508, being anl increase of 1,351 upon the same day last year, T'e number of persons admitted at (one shillisg was 5,610, I)roducing £280. 10.s, aeil the number at eixseace 8 ...

... MEMOIR OF CARDINAL NEWMAN.-* Tire life of Cardinal Newman-tihe full story of the theological controversies which have shaken the English Chuirch, and which have led to the secession of so many eminent men among the clergy-cannot yet he told, as it involves the careful consideration of so many subtle causes, so many strange influences, eo. many minute dis- cussions, so many personal elements, ...

... THE PANTOMIME AT THE THEATRE .. ROYAL. . II I It is not only unfair, but it iE absurd, to attempt the criticism of a pantomime on first production. From manager down to call-boy, everybody ia thoroughly worn out with incessant rehearsal, and the demands of nature need attention. It is only whe, a pantomime has been played btfore the public for sevetal nights that it can* be said to be ...

... . CONTENTMENT. What is this life What is it after all? A daily strife In which we rise or fall. Like ocean's tide Our fortunes ebb and flow; We make a Etride Ahead, then backward go. Thus ups and downs, From life's mern till the eve,, We meet; and frowns Sore oft than smiles receive. What is the ain, Of all our daily strife? To make a name That perishes with life? Or is our toil, From youth ...

... DRESSADPSIQ The contrat betwe 7. eve'?i g to~1ette ha a ' C U Tbs contros O eveiin tole 'oy ottwdeen .aori;5 tnanae hasi ,becac., s i jthain salt peset - n v ?? ?? b,, ?? ?? ea.. ft l Arfl-oi . , O t . dr*es Of ingrace audt d -i t - noaic or3 Strs, CO- 'rc e- ?? bowelogr, ?? two ,e,- , wilch 6itnt MY: an t' ! v;is asire oi .utirt ; Lne:; t.' ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Mr. Edward Terry received a most enthusiastic twelcome on his return to the Gaiety Theatre on e Saturday last. The audience was the largest that ever assembled in that theatre, and the friendliest l wishes were expressed without restraint when M Mr. Terry came on the stage. The theatres offer to those who come to London e a great dramatic and comic bill of fare. Little s Bo-Peep, at Covent ...

... ii ItA TiE I C A 1 ( It 0 R 1 I P. ?? viiil THiORNL, if.10 tiC narY eleven yearsi' asa`8- eis55~ i th ,oiigei(~lieil, t o (e Vfaudeville TIheactre, have at length resolved on1 a ?? of parti'ersisip. ?? will, wie Understanid, retain possession of the house, and, with 'iePresent attractive peogmnuene, imay, we think, rely spsn .0eed support for some tims to come. W~itb the intentions o M~r ...

... DRESS AND FAtIaION. . . T -.1 _ - ?? ma -_ Sly, a:_ .1 4 -IS I (Paris Letter in Cassell's Ihri/niy M4agazine.) The cloaks or niantles are as long as the dresses, and voluminous, something between adolman and apaletot; - tany have a sort of Cape, like a.n old-fashioned caged -scarf, with a skirt beneath; others have full sleeves cut in one with the mantle, which is closely gathered sand plaited ...