... E. DONAJowSIxI.-To judge from his work, D. R. Munro must have enjoyed a pleasant holiday in Scotland. The B~oniie Woods o' Craigielee, a plaintive Scotch air, has been prettily transcribed for the pianoforte by him. Ile has also composed 'Dance of the Pirates and March of the Forest Elves two good after-dinner pieces of medium difficulty, and Among the Heather, four easy little pieces ...

... 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 ...

... CRICKHOWELL A GRICULTCRAL SHOW. I, I Hi II for This second annuai ogriciiltutailsho- was held in in fields near tile iOwYf, kindly lent fot thle ocicati-nn Cby Mo. Thomas WX at keys, Of 2'ynysi-113Farm, Crick- howell. Thle entries Nvere considerably in, excelss ve- of laot, year. ,,Ite ?? was golly decorated to rvithl dope, and thle splindid band of tite 1lo nid Bireccnnliire Volunteer ...

... TROUT FISHING IN NOR WA Y. A NOVEL EXPERIENCE. NORWAY is the Elysium of the rambling angler, and the subject of his pleasantest day dreams when far away from its wild and rugged scenes. _ _ _ _ _ I TROUT FISHING IN A CATARACT. And indeed, with its unnumbered rivers and fjords, its broad lakes and tumblingburns,allabound- ing in game fish of a score of different kinds, it offers attractions to ...

... IEXT±AUT6 FROM TIlS WEEW'S PUNCE.| AT THE INTEIMNATIONAL SCULLING.MATCI- i (Dirge by a Despondent Blitoi.) P Sic ftransil gyorio ! Once our B3ritish sculls Licked all men iU the iists of our great iathcrs; Now our old laurels in the OCuadian cIles, it Our ancieut honours thre Australiaa gattiLrs. I Till somo great Com ing Mau our credit savris, t Till ,his great lick the road to victory teach, ...

... GLOUCESTER MUSIOAL FS]TIVAL. (Fuox OcUR CGoSPONDEiNT.) GLoruo sTm, Thursiday. Unfortunately, the weather is militating against the success of the Gloucester Meeting-a good deal of rain fell last evening and this morning. Notwithstanding ts h drawback, however, the attendance at the cathedral a to-day materially exceeded that of yesterday, the attrac- tion being the new oratorio of Gonnod, ...

... 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 ...

... THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (AUGUS rUS HARRIS, Lessee and Manager.) TO.NIGHT, at 7 45, A RUN OF LUCK. HENRY PETTITT and AUGUSTUS HARRIS. MIesdames Alma Murray, Compton, M. A. Victor, Edith Bruce, M. Daltra, L. Rachel, and Sophie Eyre. Messrs. ;. G. Grahame, W. Rignold, Harry Nicholls, E. W. Gardiner, John Beauchamp, Arthue Yates, Victor Stevens, Basil West, and Charles Cartwright. The new Drama ...

... I WOLVEYRIHAMPTON MUSICAL YESTIVAL. DR. HEAP'S NEW CANTATA, THE MAID 0F ASTOLAT. In noticing the new work by Dr. Swinnerton Heap, it is quite needless here in Birmingham to offer any prefa- tory remarks by way of introducing the composer. Living and labouring in our midst, ho has long occupied a fore- most place in the first rank of our losal musicians as pro- fessor, performer, and ...

... N-4 TE GIol0CESrER TRIENNIAL FE STIrVAL (fi-om our Special C ?r ede). GIotccster has changed for the better since the ilectors of the Three Choirs Festival hlid in that ancient city were m tic i %% ith three oratorio performances in the Cathedral, a secular clet, a ball, and a race ifl~etiltg. Nowadays Gloucester pays regard to Church music, permits an o chestra to take part in at Iart one ...

... CAPE COLOY AT THE EXHIBITION (VAPE -4-- Irs thQ prefae to the excellent work on fth History, Productions, and Resources of the Cape of Good Hope, edited by Mr. John Noble, author of South Africa, Post and Present '9 (the handbook being the first that was presented to the Prince of Wales on his preliminary visit), it is remarked of Cae Colony, that though interruptions to progress may Occur ...

... ,II BY A LADY CONTRIBUTOB1 Fashions in hair are more variable and extravagant, e: if possible, than fashions in olothing. It is humiliating I to think how ?? of the modes previling at differenb tl periods have been designed with a view to beauty, or y .at any rate with any jnst ideas of beauty. A glance b through n series of historical pictures soon brings this A fuothome tan obsserver; indeed ...