... FASHIONS FOB DECEMBER. ?? toilettes attract much attention tlis month, and special regard has been slowi to this. matter. in' our `illuhstrations, also, a vsriety of costumkens suitable for fancy &di66s bhlls, foj which each year there is a greater demand. Among the G very pretty1 materials Forgirls! ?? is i nothing so' micb ndmirbd-aa thie 'corah, pongee, or China silks, in all the new art ...

... lie to ILIST OF AWVADDS. ass? is]; ?? annual Cbristmas Fat Stock Snow was held ed ait Colrebridge on Tuesdav. The exhibition, which iM was unuder thre auspices of the Cowebridge Farmers' c'S Club, was held in a field at the back of the Bear ie. Hotel, acd the stock shown was of a high-r~se chaactr. hestewards were --Mr. Henty Thomas, St, Hilary; Mr. David Spencer, Fleiadsg. be stone: and Mr. W ...

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... _ THE SNOW-DROP. Pretty snow-C.rop, sweetest flower, Once again we see thie here. Thou art welcome, in my bouer Stay and live, the eye to cheer Other flowers,,rich in colotir,. Fanmnd by sumrmer's gentle br ze, Grace our lawns, their fragrant odour Soon attracts the busy bees. But thy tiny snow-white mantle, Drooping o'er the Garth so cold, Peeps among as, blooms around us la the snow, thy ...

... REVI EWS. W e iftvo. reerived the following for the month (i I Dct be r bilrreview:_ Iica L Ob STAitDABD PItfLtCAI'iOSS. C C'ASSLL ?? (o. Ludofltte-hill, Lundon, ?? o I :i tent:h hil n)rV ?? . , , ,, , , 7d. ti[ Out Karilt aita li ts a>tl.,, ?? 7i. ?? ?? z ~.,pHi ?? i.tN. I ii 1' Strip ?? ?? ax . Y atint rlar I t lu,,;z ?? l 'Ih Il ll:,i Iil> r.est, P1 jt ?? .l.. ?? Uile it i s r n . part. ?? ...

... l ?? THEATRE :ROYAL. The Still Alarm, by Joseph Arthur, pro. duced olrigiriallv at the Fourteenth-street Theatre, mew York, ?? years ago, and transferred later on to the Princess's, London, is undoubtedly I. a step removed from the ordinary run i of melodrama. True. Oei first act opens Di 11 somewhat conventionally, but after that the con- St ? entionitiy ceases, and thine interest deep-us. ...

... ITHE PRONMOTION OF WELSH I IND USTRIES. r PROPOSED EXHIBITIOIN N LONDON. w - - ?? r lPROJECTED PROUR.AMME. or a _ - We are to have a Welsh exhibition in London sfo the prolodion of Velish indusaies At nny cl: rate, from a number of cbiculars ad a preliminary hr Sketoll of tle ?? 11iet have been sentto nc ubs, it seemns that thu promnoters intand to malae a bold bid foc success. We have already ...

... , - SUNDAY--OPEIG-, Q - -MUSEUMS It eI is a, aD to lra kii ul as td Id ;ts to ir. ad at ey er er Ir. be t . ut 're is. ble he a, at Lin as to le LS .It or at LIVELY DISCUSSION AT LIVERPOOL ART CONGRESS. [PAPER BY MR. J. PYKE THO3PSON. The moat important discuion on Wednesda t the session of the National Associatin fec the Advancement of Art, held at LiverpAOl, was that relating to the Sunday ...

... d - ls Te arnnual concerts of the Orchestral Union c 'and Were held at the Tomperice-hail, iPem- I5 n broke Dock, oil Tlursdav and lmjidast a evenings. This orchestral band has now? rt attained to considerable enminence. Tha orehes- c tra at tihe concerts numrilared 40 peroriners, , augmented by, eine, m1embers of 1ie 0 t tinod of the Worcester Regiment, in garrison. e 'Ihe building was ...

... A BARON UN TROUBLE AT N EWNHAM. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. 3 Silt LE0NARD PARTHUEST IN CUS'TJODY. At Newnham Police-station (before Mr. E. ?? a young geutleman, dressed as a petty offier, and Withl an sir of superiority about lion, wi a c brought up charged wvith cthtainteg the isum of £25 from Carles Suborn, farmer,of Awre, near Bisikeney, and a simzilrar sumn fromn ArthLur . Ebbore, ...