... 1t'EARH'T AlND O. I-, BY A LADYONTRIUToR, The Colonial visitors had as -greeable a. time in, I Manohester as the weather wtold llow. Acloser and& more stifling day than Tuesday could hardly have, been found. At the hour when the visitors were introduced to High 'Change>> everygaslight inthoe building was burning, and the atmosphere was, horrible. What must they have thought who came from ...

... The annual show meeting in connection with the Lytbam, Kirkiham, and Blackpool Agricultural Seciery w~as held yesterday, inaaikes Hall Park ,Gardens. The day was beautifully fine, and there wvas a larger number of visitors thn usual. The en~tries in all the clebsses nmubered 735, of wrhich 339 were horses, 139 cattle, sheep, and pigs, 219 poultry, and38 cheese and butter, as compared with a ...

... I FLOUWER SHOW AT HOUTON. The fourth annual exhibition in connection with iS the Childer Thornton. Sutton, Hooton, Eastbam and Willasron Horticultural Society was held on To Saturday in Hooton Park. which had been kindly 3 p laced at the dioossl of the committee by Major 4 , ousley, on behalf of Mr. It 0. Naylor, the I proprietor. Although only four years in existence, V the society has ...

... I GOSSIPWITH THECHIEN. BY UNCLE OLDVAN. h The captain of the ship from which the linudba tied,p as I told yon last Saturday, had a tale to tell relating to the loss of a pet of a very different kind. This is I3 something like his story. I mind on one time when 1 y I wag mate our captain had a little black bear from the North-West provinces given him in Calcutta lust before we started for ...

... . The fine weather which we are now ?? attracted about 20,000 persons to the Exhibition yesterday, and at night, the grounds, lighted by innumerable fairy lamps, presented an animated appearance. Should the agreeable weather con- tinue, the number of visitors will rapidly increase, as many trips from distant places have been in- terfered with by the rain. A distinguished visirer yesterday was ...

... I NEW STAt. MUSIC HALL. Many of the patrons of this popular place of amusement will be gratified to learn that, after a somewhat serious illness, Mr. Fieeberg, one of the proprietors, is once more able to be in tie old place in front of the house, superintending with courtesy and success the important arrangements in this partioular department. On Monday evening, several novelties of a highly ...

... 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- ...

... LIYERPOOL AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. r T0 TEE ?? OF THE LVZBPOoL 20Ony. Gentlemen,-Will you allow me, through the t medium of your paper,'to ask the committee of the a above exhibition whether we local artists are going to be allowed a chance for exhibiting this year, or kwhether we are once more to give place to our s more favoured neighbours, the lucky Londoners, and are to be turned, ...

... , T The unsettled state of the weather yesterday had the effect of somewhat thinning the attend- ance at the Liverpool International Exhibition; but even under these circumstances the executive council have reason to be satisfied with the splendid patronage which the Shipperies has received this week at the hands of the residents In Liverpool as well as visitors from other towns. The ...

... IVIERPOOL INTERNATIONAL I EXHIBITION. IThe attendance at the Liverpool International Exhibition yesterday was again of a most satisfac- tory nature, and, notwithstanding the unsethied state of the weather in the evening, the Ship. peries and the grounds were well filled with visitors. A number of people from several towns in Lancashire arrived early in the day, and arrangements are also ...

... A characteristic incident of Paris life is reported by a correspondent. A young woman named Marie Arnoult lived under the protection of a sporting jonrnalist on the fifth floor in the Rue Cambon, On Wednesday night, the journalist, who is a married man about 50 years of age, returned home to his house in the Rue Montenotte Ternes in an almost disabled condi- tion and covered with blood. He was ...

... ART AT'TlHE IVERPOOL I INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. .. ?? Although no portion ofthe Exhibition building has been specially-set-apart for the display of works-of art, yet art-is by no means absent, but is to be seen in many forms. Notwithstanding the great beauty of the models of the various* ships that cross the ocean or ply on lake or river, they can scarcely be- considered as works of art, but ...