... - I . ?? (FROr OUR NEPOltflL) - -M- foate, Friday Night. As I anticipated yesterday the. gloomiest prog- i.nostications as to the probable fall in the prices of stock have been fulfilled. The extent of the fall in prices has been variously estimated by both buyers and sellers at between £1 !Os and £2 be- low last year's figures for similar stock 'Nor was | this the worst part of the matter. ...

... THE DBy SHOW. maere wa a much better attendance at the I pa.ry Show yesterday, but it was still far from rhat it ought to have been. The show is really a I ihly interesting one to the general public, as well t a to dairy farmners and agriculturists generally. 'faat the object for which the dairy shows were instituted is in course of accomplishment is ?? by the very considerable improvement n ...

... I FA SfIVOS-AD VABIETIES. - - Il THE COURT. -lalmoral, WNednesday. The Qiueen went out yesterday morning, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Connaeght and Princess Beatrice. In the afternoon her faiesty drove, attended by the Hon Harriet Phipps and the Ron Maud O'Keover. COLONEL KING-HARMAY, M.P. Colonel King-Harmain, HI P. has passed a good night, sant the improvement noted ...

... THEf SCIENCE AND ARTS MUSEUM. ?? I ?? At Mr. Prendergast, Arbitrator to the Board of Works, sat yesterday in the Nisi Prius Court to hear objections to his draft award in reference to the compensation given for certain premises in Kildare-street, taken for the purpose of allowing for the erection of the Science sad Art, Museum. Mr. Carton, T C, instructed by Mr. Thomas F O'Connell, appeared ...

... (FROM OUR REPORTER.) Bahinasloe, Wednesday. To-day's transactions have been conducted under brighter auspices, so far as the weather3 is concerned at all events. There has, however. been no improvement in prices. Sheep were sold i at very much the same prices as yesterday, buyers showing no disposition to advance, 2d sellers being obviously of opinion that at alE events they ought not to ...

... THE AWARDS AT THE ARTISANS' I EXHIBITION. PROTESTS BY WORINGMEN. Last night a meeting of a number of the exhi- bitors at the Irish Artisans' Exhibition was sum- moned, for the purpose of considering the awards given by the committee in the several depart- ments. The meeting was convened to meet in tie Arts Gallery of the Exhibition, but the autho- rities at the last moment declined to permit ...

... THf AcOR coN l I -. VNTI ON.. SELECTION OF SEVEN CANDIDATES. SPEIC3HES OF M:R. PARNELL, M.P.; MR. JOHN DILLOXN, AND MR. ,O'BRIEIN, lP. DELIBERATIVE AND UNAN- MOUS PROCEEDINGS. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM FROM OUR RPORTR)I Cork, Monday Niglht.. To-day the great Cork 'Convention, so ruch looked forwatd to, and with reference to whigh so many and such diverse antielpatios were enter- tained, took place, ...

... FASHION AND VARIETIES THE COURT. The Queen went ?? ~ Bailnoral, 'atesday. The Qieen went out yeabefday morning, acconpanued by their `RoyaI lighnesses Prince and Princess Henry of Battenburg- In the afternoointhe '4ueen drove to th Cool6nei's Bed, Green Eye, accompanied lby their Royal High- nesses the Duchess of Connaught and Prince and Princess genry of Battenberg. PRESENTATION TO MADAME ...

... 'THE LITERATURE OF 181S.' _ _ I- I i LECTURE BY MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHY, M.P. J~~~ & (FROM OUR CORRESPONDBNT.k Longford, Monday. This evening, at 8 o'clock Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M P. delivered a brilliant lecture in the National Schoolrooms, on The Literature of 1848.| Amongst these -present were- Meders Thbmas Quinn, London: Peter Flood, C T 0; Rev J Atkinson, Rev J Casserly, Rev P Meeian, Adm; ...

... J. L. TOOLE AT THE GAIETY I .THEATRE. On Tuesday evening Mr J L Toole appeared as Paul Pry and the Great Taykin. The former is a piece that has become almost inseparably asso- ciated with his name, and certainly there are few people who for some years past have tak-en any interest in theatricals who can hear of Paul Pry without recalling the face and figure of J L Toole as he presents ...

... FASHIONAND VARIETIES. THE COURT. Balmoral, Thursday. The Queen drove out yesterday morning, ttended by Lady Ely, and went out later accompanied by their Royal Highresses Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Connaught. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out, accomparnied by Princess Beatrice. VICEREGAL. COURT. Their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Carnarvon gave a dinner ...

... J. L. TOOLE AT THE GAIETY I THEATRE. Tieare few actors whose names are better town in Dublin than J L Tooke, and it maY Per- laps be with equal justice added that there is not ns who is more popular. The fact that the first iring hand-the first useful recognition of hisa pmars-was extended to him in Dublin at a tee when a word of honest genuine encourage- ht, to one so young, 2eant more than ? ...