... 5! ji Yesterav e he Spring Show, hold tnder the arswpices of tb . RoyalDublin Society commenced at RallP1rid& Ze. The - occasion.is lokced t forwrard U1 r feelixgs of vary keen anticipation. 5 ad for a '79. riery of reasons. In tire firstplc Intelsplace- Ii though it, is not the most important considera- ttioe-fash ion has decreed that the show should -be one of the events of the season, and ...

... R ?? :- - 7 I Tae sheep deg UIs whih will take place ai the la Show at IDasbridgeea tWedesdayunext, thesec6zd day of the show, ?? eite unusual intere3t, especlilly-as they are a complete novelty in Ireland. Owing to the 'energetic action of some members of the committee a' large Dum'ber of entries havo ben rsecured, chiefly from Waleo[ * where probably -the best trainedc dogs inr the world are ...

... | AFASHION AND r.VARIES. The Earl of Rauftrrley arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. t Colonel the H on 1 Digby arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. The Hon Richard Stopford arrived at Kingstown yesterday from Englaxnd. IVen the. Archdeacon of Kildare arrived at Kingstown yesterday from Ergland. E A Maude, Scots Greys, arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. The ...

... I FASiION AND VARtZ!. i I . .- . _ VICE REGAL COURT; Eis Ecellency the Lord lUitenane, attended by Vr Jobn Mulball, Private Secretary, arrived at the Castle. yesterday evening from Lindon. Their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Mar' chionese of Loudondertsy entertamed the following at dinner, last evening at the Castle-The Duchess of MsrIborough and L'dy Sarah Ch~uchill, Mlarchioness ...

... BILLINAFLOE GREAT OUTOBER FAIR. I Ballinasloe, Wednesday. The sheep fair was continued -this morning on Sbe fair green. The ?? cd animals offered for p# to-day was smaller tan last year, but the quaiity was all that could be desired, and the prices fully realised those obtained en yesterday. There was great ded fr ewes, the supply of which was rather limited in consequence of recent fairs he'd ...

... . _. AN IRISH HISTORICAL ROMA.NCE. I ETENE. Being a truthful history of the great: and final settletneut of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell, and certain other notevorthy events, from thelBe- cords-of Ethne OConnor and of Roger Standfast, ca tam isn the Army of the Commons of England. Edited by Mrs E ME Field. London: Wells, Gardner, Larton, and Co. S ---lNot on since . Mr. Gladstone, in writing 'o ...

... B:v1s Ii THE PARK. 4 I -- -- ---4 ~ -Ie a-reviein bonour of the Queele °5 d ,3Y wheld in the Fr Acres; Pbn- There was a Irrge attendance The is ,,.ret ?? 29 field officera~ 101 os°p P ed officers, and 3,310 rank and file. ra ppeace theme was good, but Te ed to be- a vety large number of boys its rank, and boys, toe, of nt large groth. i ders and the Coldstream Guards bfhar the best show ...

... FASHION AND VABRITIES. | _ ~ ~ ~ ?? I D Hamilton has W4t Stephe'n's-green for a fortnibght. .Miss 'White hals retugned to 52 Henry- street from London. The Earl of Shannon arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. Major and Mrs G L Bennett arrived at Kingstown yesterday from England. C-aptain W R 31M'Kay arrived at Kingstown yesterday from England. General and Irs Cosby have left Kings- ...

... BALLINASLOE GREAT 1 OCTOBER- FAIR. I Baflinasice, Thursday, Thet horse fair was continued this morning, but; liI tbe pick of the fair were bought tip yesterday. :The attendance ?? large, and a good trade was doae in horses intended for agricultural pur- poies. On to-day buyers from the North and other distaut places comnplain they could not get the class of ranimals they require, and some had ...

... YZLASIO AIYD }VIL~IKS. The Duke of Abercorn arrived Kingts- to yaiterdly ?? England. Lordi-Greville ?? at Kingitown ye& terday from England. Rogn C Vivian anived at Xingstown yes- terday from EDglanda Sir George Moyers has left Kingstown for England.- . His Hoitor- Judg O'COo=or Morris has left ingitow for England. L Leahy, NP. has Ilti Kingstown f£o England., j U-Swift 3lacNeill, 31 F, has ...

... FPASEION7 AYND VARIET7.2. ,t Lord Lurzani nnived at Kingstown yester- 1 terday from England. . - d E Dwye:r Gray. M P. and Mrs- Gray ar- rived at Singstown yesterd:ay 'rom England. Pierce Mahony, MP,; arrived at Kingstown yesterday from England. s Viscount Stopford has left Kingstown for . England. I | a Ladv HMacnarara has left Kingstoarn for v Eugland, a Mr Broning, C B, has left Singstown S ...

... I .,-ISH . ar ART SOCIETY. To-day the exhiition of pictures by members !of the Irish Fine Art Society wii be openedtej the public at S5 Xoleaworth.-treet in many re- i i spects the collecticr is very much more interest- ing than any of its predecessors. There is a most agreeable absence of any absolutely bad pictures, and though the sabjects are a_ a rule; simple and conventiavnai, there arc ...