... FiOWWR SHOWS. I fl~UTHE RGLES. The annual exhibition, and comipetition undter a - the auspices of the Ilutherglen Horticulltural and Apiarian lbociety was held in the Town Hall yes- te-rday. Thbe cla'sses were divided into three.de- apartruents, and occupied respectively the three 5 largest balls xvithin ties luildlings. Tbe large haill was, Wstaged with hothouse plants, cut flower;, &C. - 's ...

... NEW 'MUSIC. (Hln enry Kleint London.) I t eta, a Legend, by / arli Zoeller, o with viio s d'amour ?? and effective music, which only requires passable words to mlake it acceptable to a baritone. At present it is accompanied by both French and English verses, and of the two sets the English seems the more imbecile. Farewell, until we meet again,' song, in D, by Carti Zoeller, with viole ...

... TEL WOLNEARAMPTON- FESTIVAL. - (FROM OUn OWe? SPECIAL CoREsrosnss.r.) lWolverhampton, Friday Night. The 'Wolverhampton Festival ended to-night 4rith Mr Corder's new cantata ' The Bridal of Triermnain, which is in many respects the most important and interesting of the novelties pro- . duced down to date at this year's festivals. C Of -the morning concert little more thanr bare P mention will ...

... PLO-WEBR SHWS. PAISLEY. The' annual natuin show ancd eihibitlonrof- flowera, fruits, andl vegetables, under the auspices' jof the Paislev Horticnltural Society, was opened !8yesterday in the George A. Clark Town Rflal, Paisley, The exhibition will also remain open. Ito-day. This show is generally regarded aa one of the finest horticultural displays in the West of; IScotland. In great measure ...

... DyWN. A. CLOUamto Author of Oriental Wit and Humnour, to. Ile' (eq Bearded likes va rd --Ais TotLit,~ ft. Among the harmless foibles of adolescence a~u which contribute to the quiet amusement of aw1 folks of mature years is the eager desire of sso youths to have their smooth faces adorned with I that noble distinction of manh ood-a beard,.h reo And ,on wondler. For, should a clever lad, ...

... B3UFFALQO !ILlS' SHOW. says :-Buffalo Bitia- -,Eid is- ja iniipiy ~i ,eetion of rothet ijrwi,,se~ jiwtcccas~ijlic life of sit wtnviw,if New Yard, wi'o alt i~tseliran IHere are tour hunotledL Pe-1e- I 2disa..l cowboYs, Injiati fightler;, ?-exie rl, and icdti-rs. frontier I people-all. cluing ,trecisety novia te 0'avid there. They occuloy five acre' of grosu;d, scpzzraued(1 inrlo centre by a ...

... THE UNTEPRNATIONAL EXHIBITION. VALUs.TION OF THE zaILDIaGS, At the EdinburghI Valuation Appeal Court, held in the Council Ch~amubers yesterday, a couple of appeals were made against tho ossessor's valuation iio the builddings of the InternationAl Exhibition in the 'Vest Meadows, which was set down at £Z17,797. Tile appellants wvere the Executive of the Exhibition and the Corporation. Mr A. J. ...

... PLO WEIR SHIIUS. I ?? aueitla ejjieibitio p of the Uaihl There wras a very largo diselay solritbhts^lsll -i£ backward season, the enorie uainmbhrneg 1s6e-u nc; cles 264 as coespared wita last year. In p-oiut of quality also t:1 onaihitiss seas bi gly creditable seed Sati actiry. lbe p.,. plauts made a menifthena; appearsee- is zlb, issio:s s son heatho belna patticili h)ne. In this ...

... CATTLE SflOWS. ArGYLLSHI3V? 1' The second annual show is5 the above .socie'o'ww held no 'V oesd.q in a field in the Ucinity of Tarhert, The weather was floe and bright: a cold eat wind, however, prevailed all 'Isv, which did not add to tha appearance of the stock shown. I The entries were uncoorons, and the q-talityoftl;c stock on the ground was very enosrior, eo? in the clavecs for Highland ...

... lT.Tl' A-UDL'. (1 j ILartsi}a't! tOU Tile editor ot tile [10U7iit-tt' Zf'.c aie hrit upon .a iappyv t~ it CC iii (,itsilig syitposia on tihe t.ar-tr rt'cets ,i the Cihlitaiut faith. By their ,neans art booii, t togethte, and presented in sne viev:, Oi:itl.OI (1 thle utmost diversity which are stfatterd over thc vast field ot theoni wotctI Iitei'atet, an I hich evoul-l otherwise, ln ail ...

... TEE TrEATES. THE ROYALTY- THE MIKADO. I There was a crowded house at the Royalty last night to welcome the return of The ?? o. Of all the productions that owe their existence to the joint labour4 of AIr Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan the latest is perhaps fthe most whimsical, if it is not the best as a book, or the most brilliant as regards the music. In London it has had an most ...

... LXTCI-R.ATVBE-. 41) Ex-Frovose Brcsr's ZIt of -. zigy. Ve. L U.b 'reud of his native town, learneu in its' I ancient story, familiar in rnodern tir. with o aolst events which ?? uD itm ala- and a n citizen beside3 who has sustained will siooor O in his dav the dignity ol chief magisti-! a, Mr Browm of Underwood Park has jnsc co :pleted what is likely to be the tmos t important ;terary b ...