... , AYflSHIRE AGRICULTURAl ] ASSOCIATION. of ANYUAL SHOW AT AYR. 1 S.he Second day of the Ayrshire Agricnlturnl we ..aseaciation'e show at Ayr yesterday was faveoared sa with exoeflent weather. In this respect it was in wb ima6rked contrast to the previous day. There was Tb consequently a very large attendance of the public. wI 'This, however, was no doubt. mainly due to the no- excellesto of ...

... IAYNIPSHEIRE AGBICULTURAL i ASSOCIATION. 'jA'NNUAL SHOW AT AYR. Lbs fhannual show under theauspices .1the Ayr-i s~hire Agricultural Assolciation was opened gester- IdIday at Ayr. This is one of the longest established )k open exhibitions inl the WVest of Scotland, and it has always occupied a leading Slc tlandg Itmpis Itititans of the kind truhu ctad ti somewhat wider in its scope than most ...

... ?? INTEMNATIONAL , ; Co'!.vIi t 0 A PAINTING BY THE EMPRESS OF GE1:R IAN Y. jet3 Provost fir James King has received ID e wiig lettcr from Sir R. H. Coilins, the Controller of the Household oft o ft.in3e i-ache3s oxf Albany C z rrewsott. FlIher, April 2, IS8S. vd ir i ri'L r Tt-ihe Emnprers oE ; s ?? the DIlcles-s of AIb;;ey :- - , itex bicition at Glasgow a ;,Af;r'a - ?? l-ife irrui, ...

... 1j GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL I BEXHIBITION. THE PROGRAMME FOR THE, OPENING. of The Lord Provost, Sir James Kiiug and Dr . -W Mjarwick, the tSown-clerk, are to-day in London 31 making the final arrangements for the visit of b the Prince and Princess of WVales on the occasion! G of the opening of the Exhibition. A proposal, 53 we believe, has been made that in addition to their principal engagement ...

... IygE pf!ESS DXY AT TI!E AsX S _.5 0'%M r.^ ^ e ve^;- leati'' te opefling oE the 1tairibi tonl, anC in order that sonce ' e it g ?? flrce might be conveyed _I - at iemcs oral albroad, the Excuative l, re b Mi s ,oing giveen uo on oct thle press. In the tS . ; L y I t..' ti-at l:.ilie Sh-earer : s : pociaiiy 'ith tile .. ..r:s to this end, and we ?? c-nt of tue fact that ?? l ;..S arise O ia ...

... (FROM OURow 07S CORRSPONDENT.) London, Sunday Night. That unfortunate piece, T'he Wife'sSecret, was last night succeeded at the St James's l Theatre by Mr Pinoro's adaptation, entitled The Ironnaster, of George Ohnet's Maitre de Forges. This gloomy and sombre P13Y hardly improves on acquaintac ce. Neither the cirararter of the woman who, after having been jilted, marries a good man ...

... ; -MUSIC AND THE D1RAMA. !YUICA-- ~ , I (Fpton oV2 OWN COrREOSDUNT. t London, Sunday Night. The reappearance of Mr Irving and his com-a pany in Faust at the Lyceum last evening kr excited all the hearty enthusiasm, if necessarily none of the curiosity, of a, first night. The theatre was crowded to its last seat, and the m audience followed every point of the now el familiar plav with the ...

... NOTES OI? ?? i-vs E One of the most inutresting week is a volumc of ' Menlo! .!s or Ion Keith-aalconi-r, M.A., late Lor'.4,, Professor of Arabic in thle La bridge.' It is by the Ps v. R-.5c BD., and is nubl sihed by Mles~rs De:L- Bee 5t Co., Canbrid .e-ceisrs Arnder1' Sons, Dumfries, and 2Mdesrs Jona II ?? Co., Edioburab anld Glasgow, iuve The Historical Fam.iiei o I)ir . the Xerder WXar. ...

... thie Harper's is, as usual, first in the field, and con- and hd atains a plcasing variety of matter. A pap6r the descriptive of a winter in Algiers, written and ing, illustrated by Mr F. A. Bridgman, has the place ?imlg of honour, and is remarkably interesting. To lain many readers an article by C. Coquelin about up acting and authors will bave Euperior attrac- I of to n I Itiomi ard the ...

... (1) The Long Whitfe Mfountaiie h In the heart of Manchuria rise the rageged and r needle-like peaks of the Long or Old White h !Mountain, I the mother of great rivers, the scene of the miraculous birth of the progenitor I of the Manchu dynasty. For many centuries it a has enjoyeda strange mysterious fame. Whether s it should be called Long or Old - the e same word signifying both local and ...

... SE r rsSSI.' PETROLEUM - XIP Iriot. (noi 0ti ?? COflZSPOKDENTl) April 2, lSSS. t bes'arp oil at a hal-penny a gallon- tat Las bee prevailing the last few ?? g to anothcr glut-indicates that tch '.oiexport i. hxg no material effect ance of Icerosinle at B tku. At the .. en: fl the reservoirs at Baku are t'I ith ol, in anticipation of the tse na2vi, ation on the Volga, and for ra eoown th:c ...

... ¢ GLASGOW INTERNOW so EXHIBITIoN O I . oodei* with 0- es of ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEE p ye-rs VISIT.1 on a f Tle arrangements for the Poyalvis -: card- '5 t ltyd;gow in connection with the oupea, r i ef of Glasgow International Exhibitiorn te3 t for received the sanction of the Price 2 t and Their Royal Higblnesses, who will r ¾ sfat' Central Station ten minutes e,;ore i eeri- o'clock, will be ...