... HUBTOROUS. llirtN it becomes known that a man has two facne2, his Physiognomy isn't as good for crelit as the ialln's that only has one. T1imc individual who called tight boots comfort- able defended his positiosi by sayicg that they itande a snan forgot his other troubles. AT the ?? an old fisherman, whose wife was buried the other day, says: Alas I ,hill never be ablo to live witisout lier ...

... PUBLIC ANUSEMENTS. PRINCE'S THEATRE. The admirers of Mr. Dion Boncicault-andLn thou name is legion-cannot dlo that gentleman a kinder turn thati to present bim, iii view of his further writ. lug what lie is pleased to call real comedy,'' a copy of Huff'1s Guids.'' in order that such Sporing inci- dents as lie introduces may be at little moe like the real thing than we are introduced to in ...

... AREH1UCAN LIUMOUR. Wira hear of a womati who applied for a tn tiort as a cuar-driver. Iloing asked jf she couldII~ tliles sire scornfully replied; 1Of course I can,. midl two Itituliards. lrs At; A ustin roan, who has just got out a bool~ .of poems, met G ilbooly, and thre following proceediit,, were hid: Did you read my newr book? V O, uI r it. 1 flow did you like it?' 111 V li alaure ...

... A FALLENI IDOL. By the author of Vice frn Versa. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15, Pc Waterloo-place. 1&8ii. VI A FALLEN ItioL is yet another of Mr F.- G Anstey's grotesque but inimitable flights of fri fancy: Although he has never qaite equalled Al Vice Versa for pure fin, he has given as us one or two genuinely amusing books, nud A la Fallon Idol in its quaint mixture of the sub- Cl ...

... KILDALE FOAL SH)OW. - . . . A - . . ( - ?? Yesterday, the fifth annual show of this society havI was held on tbe chtirmingly-situated ground exat , adjoining Kildale Hall, and the fixture being a werO E popular onP., and the weather fiue, large num- 40' 406l t bers of visitors were attracted during the after- failt noon. The entries in all numbered 167, being 1S8:, fifteen more than in 1884, ...

... LS. (FRiOi OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDARE, & WALES. 2 TE1KERCA nCrS HALL. - MuIhollande excellent company. specially formed for the representation ol The Uitknsuw-, occupied the boards on Thursday, lriday, rand Saturday la t week. ABERDEEN. HIER MAJESTY'S Tuc~nRe.T-Lessee, Mr AV. AFarland; General Manager, lr Reginald Hare.-After three went.' recess Mr M'Farland reopened Her Majesty's ...

... ?? hems Miss IKate Phillips opened the Strand Theatre last q t. evening for six nights only. A~n original comedy, in. t three acts and a prologue, written by Messrs Bagot, t and entitled The Rubber of Life, was produced. I Bachelors, adapted by Messrs R. Buchanan and Herman Vezin from the German, is to take the place 0 of The Fool's Revenge at the Opera Comique next C Saturday. ...

... PASHION AND YrAPIETIEs. I THE COURT. Osborne, Monday. the Queen drove out. yesterday afternoon acconmpa- nied by H REH Princess Beatrice. Their Rural High- nesses the Prince and Princess of W\ales, and the Princesses Louise, Victboria, and Maude of Wales visited the Queen. Co'nntess Hurngevitz had the honour of being pre- sented to -her Majesty by the Dowager flucheis of Box- 'Ii, Queen went ...

... On Saturday Messrs. Christie commenced the sale of the second portion of thbe Duke of Marlborough's pictures and porcelain at their rooms. There was a geod attendance. The following were the principal prices obtained :-A Feast and Mterrymnking in the Open iUr, by Pater, lags. (AgnewY.) ThomasWnatworth, Earl of Strafford, and Sir Philip Mainwaring, his Siecretary, on canvas (5Iin, 1y 57im.) Dr. ...

... At the private view of the RX-al Cwmbrian Academy exhibition of pictures at Conway. ou Saturday, the attendance was good. There were about 400 visitors at the gallery during the day, and the following pictures were sold: -No. 76, Old Roman Road to Festiniv- - Early Morning, £60, by Charles Pot'ver: ?? No. 40, By the Sea, Anglesea, by J. H. Cole. -Miss Margaret E. Jones, a student of ;h- ...

... A general meeting of the renters or debenture holders in this theatre was held on Thursday, under the pre- sidency of Major Sharpe, in the saloon. According to the report of the committee of general assembly, read by the secretary, Mr CG. Robins, it appeared that the gross receipts for the year ending June 30th last, including a balance of 2,123 brought forward from the previous year, amounted ...

... THE OXFORD UNION CARNATION AND PICOTFE SHOW.l This Society, established two years since, held its annual exhibition in the garden of Mr. E. S. Dodwell, Stanley- road, Oxford, on Tuesday last, and fine weather favouring the occasion, the display was largely attended by growers and subscribers. Independent of the competitive display, Mr. Dodwell had some 1400 plants blooming in pots, many ...