... * CAPTAIN BAYLEY'S iHEaR: A tale of the goldfields of California, by G1. A. Henty, with twelVedfill. page illustrations by H. M1. Paret. Lcndon: Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dnbliu. Mnsans. BLAcrnE & SON have for several years past occupied a position unapproachable by any other house as publishers of books for young people. Indeed, it is not too much to say that to the intelligent ...

... pA4SfIONAND VAE ITBTIES. Ladr Edmnund Talbot arrived at Kings'0;, yesterdaiy from England. Captain Siaclhe arrived at Kingstow-n t-- terday from Engiand. Mr. and Hon Mrs Farrell arrived at R 1ingatown nyestcrday from England. Sir ?? Maxw-ell arrived at KR . lstaw1 yesterday from Englandl. Surgeon W Gwen, Bengal 3 S, arr~ve.: King-town ?? irontl EIglanl. L f ord and Lady George Hamilton have ...

... j I ?? I - i is 1 . R Fir. Michael Gums and = gr.Augustus Harris had put forward no other claim to gratitude for irvivig Italian operas in -Dublin, the production of Aida last night at: the Gait7 would have been sufficient to. make one feel indebted beyond meaaure to their enterprie. -No one who hoard the work can help wondering how- it has come I about that-so little has been known Said, or ...

... -i E - IOV MSAND YVABIBTIES. I. , . .: I X - . I Dr Mj 3 Malxe, Mrs Malone and Miss HKavanagh, arrivesat 1}ingStown yesterday from Eng.- laud.. captain Serimgeour has arrived at Kings- town £rom England. Captain and Mrs Ecdes and suite hava ar- rivedat Hingstowa from England. D Dr Mapather has arrived at 6 Mlerrion square from S2 Cavendishbsquare, London. Colonel Henderson has left ,Kingstown ...

... ?? FQR NYEM-BER.1 ?? yi-adeert Ceatuary is full of interesting matter, oieti with a somewhat sensational con- tribution. The Sacrifice of Educatior to Ero araiuatim ' is a Protest aneinat the mischief to which the system of competitive examinations is ?? in England and is numerously signed by all sorts and conditions of men in politico, science, ,,a letters. T'he Protest is followed by ...

... .FbSHION- AN-D vaRIRTjES. The Hon John Plunkett, it PJ. Tas Ieft Kingstown for England. J J Clancy, M P, has left Kingestown fbrk England. J R Cosx M! P, has 1CIfb Kingstown for' England. Colonel X`Causland has left Kingstown for, England. Captain and Mrs Hughles Tt lave Ieft Ringstown. for England. Major and Mrs E F Qivers have left Kings- town for England. The HonJudge Richards has left ...

... -B- RG UBO A, BLUDE RING BLUE BOOK. I The official reportof thelandevilieinquest, which ., i.ssred as a Blue Book last week, is a-tissue of ?? and impudent falsifications. 'e have aipped into its pages, and. can state that there is Ecarrely a singie important question and answer fr-on beginniug to end, the report of which does nut bear Marks either of utter incompetency or oficialtipuiation. ...

... F ASHIN AND VABENTIBS *- -- o . I Sir James Ramsden arrived at Kingstewn' yesterday from England. ' r. and Lady Constance Combe arrived at ?? yesterday from Rtgland. The Duke of Abercorn arrived at Kings- 'town yesterday fron England. - Captain Winton Seton has left Ringstown: for England. Sir W Gordon Cumming has left Kingstewn for England. - The Hon Mrs Dunlop and Miss Dunlop have left ...

... r LITIERATUI-E. f I i THE HOLY SEE AND THE NVANDERING OF THE NATIONS. From St Le' 1. to S. Gregory 1. I By T W Allies, K C S G. London: Burns and Oates, D No name stands higher on the roll of contem- peorary literature than that of the singularly 0gifted writer whose name is attached to the I 6 1 volume we have mentioned above. Mr. Allies has I 6 devoted years of laborious, patient, and ...

... P A I R S. XElflCerB~IN.-The quarterly fair of thi§ town Was held yesttrday. Buyers *ete nuIyeroiis, and there was a pretty good demand, pfides ehming a, slight advance upou late fairs. Three-year-old heifers and bullocks in good condition ranged from £13 to £1 1 Os; tivo-ycar-old, £10 to £12 * year- lings, £7to £9; beef, 45s to BOB pos awt.; fltichcrs, £1i to £15; dry cows and strlppers, £?7 ...

... LITERATURE . I THE GREAT HOME RULE CASE,4 The first thing nwhiclh caills fr notice in this ! publicatiun is its appearance. It takes the novel and striking form ofa lawyer'sbriefi duly fastened 'with a piece of red tape. The letterpress is a dis- cussion of the Irish qaes ion, after tire manner of a trial at iki ef prjurs, and the idea is cleverly and in parts humorously carried out. We have- ...

... LITE RATURE. THROJUGH SAMARIA TO GA LI EPE AND THE JORDAN. | By J. L. Porter, D.D.- LL.D., President of Queen's Collogre, Belfast. ThomasNelson & :a Sons, London, Edinburgh, and Now York. ry THEr Rev. Dr. Porter's latest volume of travel in Palestine is a worthy companion to its forerunners in In every respect this fine work will bear corm-t parison with those sumptuous volumes through the u ...