... . EHIOR A-YD VDRUITIES. I . I -1 _ I VIMERRGAL.COURT. 7ir Esceulies sthe Lord Lieaawt aad the ouo t ?? Aberdeen, with their Children. =ad wmpmie4 by Sir Mkthe7 sead Ldy. Eidley a.-d attended b; lieuteliaie Colonel A. E Turmer(Private Secrdery)sad Ciptaizis Noa Latbto and 39o Tnjmas Mshub.s (AMsde^Ynp in Watftg), went 4 Ginne'vt'r Circo o@ Saadyaftrnooi ,Their Exselenits 4w Lftrj Lieutaensa: ad ...

... (;ilAL SOGIEkY .S CONCERT. 'l'n ecii1 con0ert of thud season in connection not %will t~ia' iourievlli-i4 Sociit'y was gienlstavn Bi ngin st. Aude's schlooiq, Dullyneeih TeeI0 i~ii'lreatteudanci, and the varied and tbe ;,toirt;iji~ prcgrarnflme which was provided WasMD ~oie tlicon1ji very successfully to the entire satis- MUu I c;io'i of the, nuniero'15 auditorv. Tbe ctincert cool' 4p eevl ...

... A ?? coucert was given yesterday evoiiine ]in Hillnman School,'under the conductor- sh;ipofIr, J. PatLerson. Thespaciousbuildingwwas crowded with an appreciative audience. Rev. Dr. Hatnna presided. The choir opeiied the pro- grairime with the part song, The )Vatchword (Ptusutil, aud the style in which it and tbe other part Bongs were rendered showed thbt the mernbers possessed much inuiiicul ...

... Is Rwly. A ACADEl OF RUS1C : D~a~Xp OE PRIZ;S, Yesterday at the Royal University Buildings hy) ler Excellency the Countess of Aberdeen distri- butedthe pries to thetpapils who have been successfui &t the recent examinas,. The large tay Cncert Room of the old Exhibition was filled 8 with fashionable and attentive audience, to BS. whom the musical performnce of the punils seemed to afiord ...

... FASHIoN AND VARIETIES. VICEREGAL COFRT. I er Excellency the Coantess of Aberdeen, atcomo parnied by Lady Inchiquin and Lady Hayter, and 1 attended by M-r3 n D'Crarel-RosW, A D C, went out ftyrizig at 3 i5 ?? afternoon. g Teir Exfellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the ft Ctontess of Aberdeen, acconpauied by Lady -i nchiquin| ; and Lady Hayter,.and attended by the Aide-de-Gomp- r in-Waiting, ...

... ? MAGAMM -FOB'XAXM : 4.? I' ?? - . . - I ~heoru~ij p~w Wtm abaWe~ dozen; m Ud: tm to vpi te time.: We otiein anlbspbm to-dele by. Co~nfi Sohm, It P,. Ro ..l ?? 33wwu: Thei re.u ?? : nA t:eb Friends, by' L e Artisan,' is mee; able and apepriite, VA is an mS a, the Scot;ch i thms *hoethe in thetaghe, entitled t Army and the Dmeey, is er uggea. isti j.4~ F'or-tbe ligter partiwon t thi e. ...

... THE BEST HUNDRED I IRISH BOOKS. I _ * i -- WE give the premier place to-day in the ai contributions to the discussion on the Best I Irish Boolks to the interesting letter of Miss a Charlotte G. O'Brien, the first Irish lady l who has addressed us on the subject. The other letters-those of -Frank R. H. Hill, late Editor of the Daily News; Lord Justice n Barry, Rev Dr. Greene, of helfast, and a ...

... FASHION AND YABTIES. I I VICEREGAL COURT. Their Excellencies the Lord I~eutenaat =4 the Coun- I tess of Aberdeen, attended by Captain Hort C Lambtoj |and Lieut Hon Thos Ashburnham (Aides de-Camp-in, iWaiting), were present at the opening of tli new wving i of the Church of Ireland Training College, Hildare-place, I yesterday afternoon. Captain Joy has left Kingetown for Eng- land. Captaiu ...

... THIE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOUIETY'S I SHOW. AiniAaG, TuEs8AY.-The adjourned meeting of the promoters of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in this city this summer was held in the Tontine here at three o'clock to-day. M.Ir. B.G. M-Crunm, J.P., High Sheriff, presided. There were present-Messrs. Henry Thomson, JP., Newry; and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Rutledge, as a deputation from the society; ...

... i I ITERAT1IRE. I I - : :. _ __ ?? __ ___a m _ __ ?? __ FLORA,-THE RNo8S- MATY1&. lb: two volUwe. London: Burns and Oak6% 1&86. hib iS a very interestinig esto ry, connected with j a place and at period Qaboucding with fascination foral~Catholie'readets. lbtrea~ts of the arly dais of the ?? existencej when so rach was done and suffered for the name and the faith of Christ, and when the blood ...

... QnrATO!1Q 'IR THRLM, ItL1 I ~ tBt~R' TiTs oratorio, by ,r CharLes Villiers S£nfordi 6- -his twenity-secod pudtished work-will be e periored to-nightfor the first time in Dublin, n tie composer's native city, at the concert of tihe ic Dublin:: Musical' Society, to tak;e place in the G Grand Hall ol the University Buildings, Earlsfort, terrace, under the direction of Mr. JosepthRobmi- d sox The ...

... ITHE, bR-AOPRI TE THREE HOLYI THE ORA CHILDREN. I-I. .T E I '.The performance bv the Dublin Musical So- ciety of. this oratorio, composed by Dr Charles t Villiers Stanford for the Birminghaai Festival of t 1885, tookplace last evening in the large hall of the Tiniversity Building, Earlsfort terrace. The c all was .crowded in every part, and his Excelleney t the Lord Lieutenant and the ...