... SUTMMER FLOWVER SHOW. The local horticultural seoiety having been taken tfor the nonce under the all-absorbing patronage of the Exhibition Executive, a summer show of tflowers, osc., was opened yesterday uinder some- e what novel conditions within the gates of the I greater show at lelvirgrove. Thanks to thei3 more powerful auspices a sum of not less than £500 ; is being distributed in ...

... A GERMA?N VIP, W OF THE UX HIBITIO:N. In a long and eulogistic article on the Glasgow |OV 11terVlnational ExhibitisJO tbe C1ograe Ga-efe to Iof ?? that - '1 asgow p:eseuts to th publean to Ei:xribition of colcnlinroinl, inldustrial, scientific, f a: sand artistic objects surpassed oesly by the great i31t LoleL Exhlibition in 1562, Glasgow does not wb poesezis tlie picturesque charmis which ...

... The attendance at the Exhibition yesterday j reached a total of 2G,73S, being Considerably undler the number anticiipsted by many who had ventured to forecast the record of the turn- i t stlles. Certainiy the well-filled appearance of ; ce. courts and grounds in the morning might.! s b nve jus iried one in predicting a bigger gate, 1' andl, mnoreover, the weather thronghout the day t was ...

... I w' (t0Mnox out owir cor.trsPoNBENT.) London, Sanday Night Mr Irving's season closed at the Lyceum last I i evenisg, when Miss Ellen Terrytook her benefit. The programme, however, was, not changed, and the only outward sign of the bonefit ow was the enthusiasm with which Miss Terry was. ,CL greeted and the fact that after each act cf C The Amber Heart the popular actress was sfrequently ...

... NOVELS AND STOPIES. G-lenairlie; or, The Last of the Grieines. tb Bv Robhaa F. Hardie. (Oliphant, Anderson, & 14 Fesrrer.j-~isS Hardy's brightly-writtena and sk'iifuily-con cived story is row included in the ok popular two shilling army. Those who fear t that the rich, pithy Doric is in danger of dying is cut may hod cvmfort ii the fact that Gle ra airize's popularity is due to the ...

... 1qLASGOW JNTERNTATIOAL EXHIBITION. - . The attendance at thze Exhibition yesterday J allowed-an increase of neariy 2000 as compared bi with the corresponding day of last week. In the early part of the day the weather as un. ho. favourable, rain falling in smart showers, but tolvards afternoon the sun made its appearance, G and the rest of the ttay, altho lgh unseasonably T cold, allowed ...

... A G9 RIC UL2 UTBRL. FAIRS AND STOCK SATr.-. ANN AN--At the auction sales yetertlay there ras r air :r: of -toeh aod god erade for beer and '.rittos. b6t: e - .f ?? d cl ualtty fair to se:l. Quototi ons-a st cos, £1r4 Is: fat heifero, S12 ?? to £14 I.s 6d: fat i i 14 Ss to £17 2c 60: homne-bred stirks £3 103 to i ih dtirc:s, 3 Is to r5 2c; Irish cattle 2 yrars old t to. cab.17s lunen 1, t o K ...

... GLASGOW' INTERNATEIONAL EXHIBITION. ^ The Entertainments Committee of thb Ezeon. tilre of the Exhibition are making arrangements for providing additional attractions for the Fair week, which began nominally yesterday, though the public works will not be closed until Thurs. iay. Besides the band of the Royal Marines, Vhose engagement does not conclude until saturday, and the Exhibition Band, ...

... FAIRS AND STOC.K SALES. ATII~tFLI)Y-Atthis mnart yea;tetralli there sins a.1 full Tl Ar EJy-t Bi ' ai-usce of denl'rs and ?? js ucvttle sre in good . d,,nutd. usad realised Price- Ins advance of recent sales. The Bil tldy ?? ?? shot aru tho demand brisk. A clear- awesaq ettecteui. Miah cows, .128 19s to £15 is, 6d :farrow c-us, £5ICO t lo- its Calves. 19s to EL Iso Od : ewe ?? Li t d o 1It_ ?? ...

... LITERATUIE. ' (1) 'lAe Ness Anglish Dicetioseezy. ii The two new divisions of this truly national b work- completes the first volume, extending c from A to the end of B, covering 1240 large 4to o pages, and commences the second voleme from b the beginning of C to Cass, in which our old i friend the Caseowary naturally demands notice. The first volume, closing with page 1240, shows ti that A ...

... !by j It is gratiying to be able to record that the 'ave ?? holiday;, which practically begin to-day, R' R find the great mass of the working population thr v in better heart and in a much more favourable fro0 position financially to enter on the varied the aenjoyments provided for them during their brief period of relaxation than they have been at the bhei corresponding season for a number of ...

... -N::W AI U.sl1y. f J. CcREw EyC& SOa, LONDO. Three part ?? by Allan Macbett5 viz., c' Little Birds that Sit and Sing,' wordz by Thomas Heywood, and I Under the Lin. dens and Over the Hills, words by Francis I Bennoch.-These are all most tastefully written I in simple pastoral style, with variety enough ta I sustain the interes., but uot enouchi to mar the unaffected gaiety of the ...