... WIREX HAM HORTICULTURAL SHOW. ?? exhibitirn of flowers, vegetables, dc., held +wla in connect;on with the wrexham Floral, Hortioul- r tural, and Indastrial Society, took place yesterday, the exhibits being displayed in a series of tents. c communicating with each other, in a field off :,,n Grosvenor-rou,. The weather was fine, and, 3 the exhibition being looked upion as one rim of the most ...

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... ALEXANDRA THEATRE. In the felicitous speech in which he recently took farewell of us, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes spoke of London as the throbbing heart of Eng- land, and of Liverpool as her warm band, Mr. Augustin Daly's company of comedians, who are of the country whose literature the Autocrat adorns, had, in the heartiness of their reception at the AlexandraTheatre lastevening, a ...

... ETHIdS AND THE DRtAMA Professor Blackie has repeatedly defied the conventions, and in no respect has he done so more conspicuously than in respect of the drama. Again and again he has championed a play in language of no measured eulogy, and nearly always at the cost of the pulpit and its sermons. It would be ungracious to say that this ardour has been at any time prompted by a desire for the ...

... LIVERPOOL IINTERNITLONAL EXHIBITION. No fewer than 35,f69 persons passed troughb gateways oE the Liverpool Isternational Ehibi tion on Satutday, the number of admions for the week being 147,651, and for the period from txae inauguration of the undertaking on the 11th May last, ,960,954. one or two heavy showers of rain fell in the afternoon and evening. but throughout the greater part of the ...

... I THE MANCHESTER AUTUM EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. T-day the private view of the fourth Autnt Exhibition, held at the Royal Inati- tation, under the auspieas of the Mancheter Corporation. It comprises 1096 pietures, drawmig and a few examples of sculpture, -which ave been judiciously arranged under the dirction ofMr. Phil Morre, ARA% Last year the chief feature at Manehester was the exibition of ...

... HEE MACHESTER & LIVPOOL AGRICULTURAL SHOW. FIRST7flAY'S PRWCEEDINGS AT ?? CHESTER. Yesterday, so far as the general public were concerned, was the openingdawy of the annualshow- of the Royal Manchester Liverpool, and North Lancashire Agricultural dociety at Chester. The ground chosen for this year's show, as already stated in these columns, Is the lfar-famed Roodees the site of the Chester ...

... THE MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL I AGRICULTURAL SHOW. -S-ECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The weatber yesterday was a marked improve. ment upon that of Wednesday. The sun shone brightly during the greater part of the day, and a refreshing breeze made the atmosphere agreeable alike to the strong and the enfeebled. The attend- ance numbered about 10,000 people, £540 being taken at the gates, This compares ...

... NUSICAL XOTES. The rospects of the LIverpool Philbarpmon Socisseason of 18B6-7, the. more- inportait features of which were set forth here lest vree, is now in the hands of the public. It is on the1 whole a satisfactory scheme, the more ?? as it indicates a Adeparture from the tery ctn- servative policy which 'the s6ciety has hitherto been cohteit to f6lo17. There' need' A little ?? 'as-to the ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMnTS. COURT 'TEATRE, It is a wil-euablished axiom that no actor gifted with an ordinary degree of intelligenc can utterly fail in n impersonation of Hamet pro- videdtbe has experience of }hi art and a reasonable power of apping the minor devices of expostion which he han acquired. To say that this absoe lutely presents the case of Mr. Wilson Barrett in connection with this ...

... I ,LIlTfERARY NOTICES., l ester's Venture. By the author of The Ateier du L's, tc. New edition. liondohz: Loangmans, Grien, an'd Go. r We noticed-i sone detail the former edition of this really powerful story, aid- have on 2'no1w Lt to repdat our warmn ?? is hvey- is way `ortthy'of -tlhe author of rttdlli&- Mori', es tOn the .Edge of the Storm, &ida'-Iit'the .y Giddn Time;i U and those ...

... THE AUTUMN EXHIBITION. Saturday was the occasion of the private view of the annual Autumn Exhibition of pictures at the Walker Art Gallery, which will be available to the public at large to-day. This year the complimentary invitations issued were much restricted In number, consequently the attendance was not so numerous as on previous occasions, with the result that those who were fortunate ...