... 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., ...

... ITUSII LACE EXHIBITION. OPENING BY TIIE DUhE oF CONNAUGHT 5 51rio orJI: SPEiClIAL CotI'pXIOXNEiiT. 1 ti [I:Y OUI: PI'iCIAL WIRrE. LNOS, MIONDitAY NIGTr.-Tt is not often that tle West Eid of London comes down to visit the East, and when Pxoyaltv is expected tho ?? a is utade the very most of. The visitors assembled Ii in the ?? Hall early, nud thoughl we have a just passed the longest, day of ...

... Misq Ada Cavendi'h has tkeln the Novelty Theatre tor a term, and proposes to opeu with The New ilMagdalcn,' in whlich, of course, sbh will resumeo her powerful imporbonatiof of Mercy Merrick. ri'. Edwin VTilliers hls pnrehasetd the provincial right for three years of tihe Haymaurket play Fedornt for his (iaughter, Mi-s Laura Viliiers. MXr. IFrederic Clay still lies in a prostrate coneI. tion, ...

... NORMlEIRN FIRMIS AT THE CORE EXTTIBITION. Itq addition to the exhibitors from the North, as publisbed in our issue Of yesterday, who were suel cessful in obtaiuing awards were the following:- J. N. flichardson, Sons, & Owden, Belfast, medal for best collection of linen goods: John Conlau & Sons, 7, Alfred Street, Belfast, honourable man- tiou for handkerchiefs and other linen goods; Brennan & ...

... ClIOfAL ASSOCTATION POPULAR CONCERT. WTrEIoIr finding it necessary to travel for vocal support beyond the limits of its membership, the Clhoral Association contrived last evening, in the Ulster Hall, to give n, popular concert ofa very enjoyable and fairly successful character. True, the baud of the Inuiskillings was a host in itself, anl its presenoe on tbe orchestra, enabled Mr. Nemptou to ...

... RI E V I E IV. ILLTiI;s 1r-o-iB OF BIOLIE PROPUECj AND HISTOIRY :1O101 PEl.SONAiL TiiAViErs IN PALASTTINE. BY J. Leslie Porter, D.D. LL.D., J.Lit., President of Queen's College, Belfast. Dublin: HIodges Figgis & Co., Grafton Street. Moser of our readers have within a very short period perused in those columns its a lecture the :ubject-matter so ably discussed in the pages of this small work. ...

... ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS- PROMENADE CONCEfLT. ALTHrUoH the concert last evening wvas not much ce favonred by the weather, yet the attendance pa was up to a good average. The Exhibition Hall ali lookcd remarkably well, and as it was beautifully ha carpeted had an appearance of comfort that witas c all the more appreciated owing to the severity of dii the evening. A fine collection of greenhouse on ...

... LITERARY NOTES, THAT ouriously successful book Vice Vecant does B not seem to have yet exhausted its popularity, for r notwithstanding the numerous additions which r had already been published, a cheap edition of t 20,000 cop)ies which appeared lately was almost c immediately exhausted. j Mr. Augustus flare's autumn journey takes him I this year through Russia, and it is to be presumed I ...

... I'vel IRISH l LACE E \HIBITION loYJ)N, Tiirrssrv-.-The Pall Nall Ga..rtte r,. ferrtug to the exhibititon of Irish ]:tce a; the Yr'aniion hlouso, sav s that this exhibiiio'o is of -oJ augury for the Irish lace trads. It Is no0W tor the tirst time systemlatically tatkia' in land by 'ei leadingu Eanlish lace dealera. Spasmodic * lorts of private enterprise aud benevolence have from time to time ...

... ITALIAN OPERA AT THI' T'IEATiRE.- ,11, TROVA'i.:OUE.' No series of Italian opera, oan be considered coin- lil plete that does not include Verdi's - 1I1 TroaLe aoe' so that, liovwver anxious ainatelur, unight be to hear somithing fresher than thin d une splccilnl or sa the lyric illelo-draena, th:e managerment cannot be ?? ior briugiig it forward for one night out th of die ?? Whic-h comprise ...