... ATEMETIOS AND CYCLING AT THE IIXEEITIOf. Though the attendance round the enclosure and on the cicada on Saturday waa not so large as on the previous week, there could not be fewer than from ten to twelve thousand spectators present. The sports are said to be the last of the series to be held in the Exibition grounds, and judging from the meagre list of cntrants for some of the events, the ...

... GLASGOW INT NATIONAL, EXHIBITON.' 0 I __ _. ?? I . . I e THE LIGHTING, OF THEB: BUILDING g e AND GROUN'DS. 55 e c t The whole of the arc anps420 in number- e to be need inthie lightieg of the interior of fthe B *.Erhibitiozi -have now beea placed mi positiod. The engines and dyamos for geating the , electricity harde still to be fitted up. In the m sneanine, however, a temporary egine and one ...

... ' (floU orv on COoRwaP05DESl'T London, Saunay -Nig:. The much talked of drama PTh!e 1osa a dour, by MIessrs Grundy and Wil's was nrl,- duced lat nigh t at the Hayizrlrket, and' i proved to be another version (with new tini varied incidents mad siteaticas) ot the &.ernfl.. drama from which Toen Tavior borrowed thle play Narisse , f-or Mr Bandnrsin abocu twenty years ago. The plot now1 - u ...

... I Tf f U E S-f ;..T I THEnITERNATIONAL - tBX HIBITION, .- fac I' The attendance at the International Exhibi. a- ttion on Saithrday was the highest on record. jU A Not only does it overtop all previous records at' cat cur own Exhibition, but it exceeds the highest day at the Colonial Exhibition by close upon two thousand. On Saturday the total number who passed 'the turnstiles was 83,242, ...

... EDINBURGH CHRYSANTHEUM SHOW. I ?? ag - be The annual show of the Chrysanthemurm Society i9was opered yesterday in the Music flail, Edin- be burgh, by Mr Colston. The exhibition is an ut exceedingly interesting one, and there are some in really magnificent specimens of the favesurite e flarer on view. Mr J. IV. M achsttie, gardener to vC the Marquis of Lothian, carried off the honours of e8 the ...

... . FAIRS AND STOCK SALES. COATBRIDGM-A. thp wperly sale on Tuesday the uom- bers forward were 93 cattle. 114 sheep, 17 fat, atd 2S young pgS, There was the usual excellent attendance of buyers erom Al parts. The cattle n-ore an ercteotsbyw. including Monae lots of fine bullocks of preme quality, rar, iul from £2D2 to £24. The sheer, iucluded enmo em tra loets o blackfaced icethers and ensuee ...

... ?? 9\- IFMT!NATI'ONAL i g:2*ss ,-1x3 SON --plu1' GALLI Y.-No. I. ?? a; the collections p' 2 suite of fine-art ?? .s a a part of our ' ?? L;.ni Is the collection of ' eer3 el transnmission beiug - ?? ; we can speak safely *. I ?? - at be brou-ght to. - ?? i ioh it lins been the s to obtain a set of ,*i. .; y be a review, to a fi' ' but should King- ,o- >'tc as it ex sts til o heivim snirit ?? ...

... J1USIC AND THE DRAMA, (FROs OUR ows C9RRESPONDRNT.) London, Sunday Night. ,z'The Haymarket Theatre last night re-opened for the seasonwith Mr Haddon Chambers's play, I Captain Swift. The piece, it will be recol- r lected, was originally produced at a matinee, r anid it has since been revised, though not per- I Laps with such thoroughness as could be wished. t Mr Beerbohni-Tree again plays ...

... NOTES ON NE W WOOKf& i An important contribution to Scottish history . is published this -week by Miessrs William Black- wood & Sons. It is Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century, froen the MS. of Mr Ramsay of Oclhtertyre, edited by Mr Alexander Aliardyce, author of Life of Admiral Lord Keith, we, The work is in two large octavo ?? Alexander Gardner has publisled The Four ...

... a ?? of. J-Xii1i3111v I, JL L i INTETvNAIO -U F'l(ldl ?? -IrA, 2v , Exiil~ilM US 1A- D)u-AL~- An irlternations5i iibtor11c1 ' i r the aujs~icest of the D-iLeno a J e I'latgrapiiic Assoc;du, is ?? Albert listiluLe, Dutide, to. d se c i number of pictures anil pj . ' - 'Z have CoiC corivard frotu ?? ri ll' a Scotlaud and .lLnglsnd, lint a te I ai qurlity of tileexhaeits as a 0 s1 i u advasce ...

... 'i SAGOW INTERNTATIONAL EXHIBITN10N. Althrough the ;weather yesterday was every- *hi that could be desired the attendance was | ,ot what mi:ht have been looked for. The c 1ninber of season ticket-bolders Dasaing through the turnstiles as compared wvith the previous week showed a dlecrease, aoil the number of t cirect payments Was also reduced. The influx I t of country people helped the ...

... . The number of visitors to the Exhibition yes- terday was _5,856, or about 1000 under the lowest attendance previously recorded. Various circumstaaces combined to produce this result. yesterday wvas the removing term, and many persons, both in the town sad country, were thus necessarily pre-engaged. Then the weather was cold and ungenial all daiy, notwithstanding the brilliant sunshine; while ...