... LITERNTURE, a: LIFE OF LEO xIr, from an Alntbeutnc Mercaoirfrlw nished by his order, written with the encouragereret approbation, and blessing of his Holiresas tie po By Bernald O'Reilly, D D, L D (Laval). Loemjr. Sarmpson Low, .'darston, Searle, alnd ltRivelotonetcet. 1SS7 . This full and interesting Life of the So. vereign Pontiff who now so wisely and So aru cessfully guides tse destinies ...

... THE ITALIAN OPERA COI- PAiNY IN DUTBLIN. ien ly INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL it MAPLESON. Ih No taller, gayer, or more military-looking Ve man stepped from the deck of the incoming mail boat at Kingstown yesterday morning than Colonel J. H. Maplesdn, the veteran .impressario of the opera troupe that this f evening commences a two weeks' engage- ment at the Gaiety Theatre. The Colonel crossed over ...

... I . FASRNION AND YFARAlIR& I Dr Quinlann has returned to his residence, d 29 Lower Fitzwilliom street, from the Continent. The Duchess of St Albans and suite have 8 left Kingstown for England. u: The Duchess of Leinster and suite have w left Kingstown for England. Il The Hon anld Rev the Dean of Hereford has left Kingstown for Bngland. S The Hon Mrs Keith Falconer has left Kingstown for ...

... jASE ON 2AD VARIETTES. I Ms. Allan and Lady Katherine Drummond have left Kingetown for England. Lady Power has left Kingstown tor Eng- land.: L Lady Goring has left Kingstown for En,- land. Major Cosby has left Kingstown for Eng- land. Hon H Boscawen has left Kingstowti for England. . e Colonel ani Miss Thynne have left Rings- tewn for England. Captain D'Aeth, 21st Fusilier3, has left ...

... 24ASHIOY AND VARIETIES. NV Collis, 5th Lauicers, arrived at Kings- town yesterday frene England. F Atkinson, 5th Lancers, arrived at Kin.gs- town yesterday from Enlineau. Staff Commander Coghian, R N, las left Kingstown for Englanr:d. Lieut Movsey, 1 S, and Mrs Moysey have left Kingstown for England. C E Wogan-Browne, 3rd Royal Irish Regiment, has left Kingstown for England. H G Dawson, P A, ...

... THE APOLOGY OF PLATO. By St George Rockl, deuci lA. Oxford; The Clarendon Press, O This is an admirable editiol of Plato's defence the c of the character and life of his master and teacher, vice whom the fickle Athenians condemned to drink struu the fatal hemlock. It is uniform with the same for t choe editor's edition of the Meno, and- having re- hae gard to thle rigorous care with which ...

... | | Mr. Mapleson's Opera Company will open their engagement on Monday at the Gaiety, Carmen being announced for the initial performance. The caste of Bizet's very popular opera is an ex- ceedingly interesting one. Madame Minnie Hauk's appearance in her great part of the glusy maiden will be looked to with a great deal of pleasure, as her rendering of the title role has won for her -a ...

... ajASHION AND VA ISTi. | Lady Stephen, Lady Edward Clinton, Lady F Clinton Hope. and Lord E Pelbam Clinton have left Kingstown for Ergland. Lady C Bellingham has left Kingstown for England. Lord and Ladv Arthur Butler have leftl Kingatown for England. Lady Verner has left Kingstown for Eng- land. Lieutenant Verner arrived at Kingatown yesterday from England. Sir Compton Dornville, Lady ...

... fFROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) b ,Ballinasloe, Tuesday Evening. 5 The great sheep fair commenced this morning ) in the race-park, Garbally demesne. The hill tdevoted to the Roscommon side was not half as Iwell filled as laut year, and there was a marked rdiminution in the numbers where the Galway flocks congregate. Tilat the fair would not be as 3 large as last year was evident from the first, the ...

... THF lj SEO U M- This edifice, :which forms the southern see- | PI tion of the buildings to be erected adjacent to the Rjoyal Dublin Society House, is exter- . nally all but .complete. Its. appearance re- fleots great credit. upon te architects, Messrs T N Deane and -Sons, who supplied the' de- At I signs, and-m already vastly ornamental to Count . Kildare-street. The eye, of. the approachingi! ...

... ?AS.HION AND YARIETIES. , O . ?? The Hon Frances Monck has left Kings- rt town for England. Colonel and Mrs Nicolls have left Kinlgs- ri town for England. a b Captain and Mrs Riall have Ieft Xtngstown ti for England. c Major James Martin has left Kingstown o for England. tl AU. and Hon Mrs O'Farrell arrived at r* Kingstown yesterday from England. Hon Mrs Bond arrived at Kingstown yes- d terday ...

... ?HI AND VARIETIES. is lf Ti- MaclDermot, Q C, has. returned to 10 ig Fitzawilliamn place. ir Lord Castletown has left Kingstown for y England. Sir Hammond and Lady Tautze has left ?? for England. te E Dwyer Gray, M P, and, Mrs Gray have to left Kingatown for England. le Capt Baring has left Kingetown for Eng- Id land. a Capt and. Mrs. W Rushbrooke have left en Kingstown for England ,s) Capb ...