... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND OPERA HorsE.z.-Managing-Director, Mr Fred W. Warden; Secretary, Mr A. A. Macaulay; Aoting-Manager. Mr W. J. Andrews.-The Belle of Neto York, presented here by Messrs Williamson and Musgrove's company on Monday, achieved an enormous and gratifying success. In the title-r6le Miss Ethel Newman furnished adelightful impersonation, enhanced by her pretty stage ...

... O1vertnre-- Flying Datchbnan * W wane. Trd niii ere l(for stonnes) ?? ?? - - ?? ?? Sh aa Concerto for pianoforte and orchr.-a. No.5 inU E tat Symphony in .A majowr- Italian ?? etdel ...

... d - 4-u - - h i t s . The new Holloway Empire Theatre of Varieties, erected within a stone's throw I of the Nag's Head, will be opened to the public on Monday evening. It is to be run on the principle of two houees a-night, but ali the same is most gorge- ously appointed. The comfort of t0s audience has been a special study, and a perfect view of the stage may be had from all psints. One ...

... DOG SHOW AT ATB.M cLOCAkL AWARDS. The forty-firit annual111 ?? of sporting and other dog was opelned at Curzon llUll, Birmingham, on Monday . The entrica num ber 1,622, and on eeonday htois ee most of the well-knpown abreeder inthe countr. ?? principal classes are bloodhounds, of which tbere are. t2 entri e ro 51; sniooth fo', terriers,j t1: wire-haired tox terrier5, 73; pointers, i- ...

... ?? , TtNSSYAAL WAR STORIS. TAL1ES FROM T1HE FRONT. j3Y ERNEST GLANVILLE, A Fair Colonist The Golden Rocks 'loof Yarns, etc. Author Of he F. Bs m er .. 1iT glT' LADYSMiTPH VI.-TgEci F ?? 1.3cr f orses into Maritz- 8 I took &5 1)u f at forty pounds each to the d burg and sold th'ul than sqareore ure, losS I hd 5ff the esh o hre ture of my d Irnperi'a Light f~ila e' lr, tile cap teo 6 ffeF ...

... ? ? ; ? I - I . . I I It-7777= I - . I - ' i .'ILEWV 'OF' CV ,.C , XR-ENT ?, LTT BRAT 4.? I ?, WHAT 'WAV- HEt iSHIP'S N -7 At : Tlfe~ri 'ari a humber bfi good 'egalstories ini Sir o ';Ed~lwsrd Russell's book ' bf - relleotione, 'Thist` :srnilds 'Me ' Oiidif' tat'best relates to Mr Juw- tike Creswell's court. It a if we jiker sot, .beern told before, but will probably be new to many ?? ...

... THE CRITICISM OF A DISCIPLE.* THERE is a certain deference due to one's immediate mas ters in any art, and to most writers of the generation later than his own Steven- son is an acknowledged master. Beyond all question he is so to Mr. Cope Cornford, who writes well, but in a manner not yet his own. We must all borrow, but in the end we contrive to assimilate our borrowings ; Mr. Cornford's ...

... | THE WVINTER SHOW I | THE JUDGES. To-morrow the Winter Show of the Royal Dublin Soc:e y of Cattle. Sheep, and Pigs Nv-1; be opened at Ballsbridge. The airangenieut- zqz>raaia all ccniplerd. anti thn'; even- fg b e hheiMI. will be in their phices, rd_;ihe I 'i6o04of ?? stailed. un NStur-ay a:tine I rmplemsen ts and large appliances had been jlac ?? workmen were emproyed giving the rnish- jng ...

... THW WINTEk SHOW | WHEAT GROWN FROM MUMMY I SEED. ' NOXiOUS FARM 1TNSECTS r ~EXHIBITION. THE AWARDS COMPLETi2D. Yesterday the Winter Show of cattle, slc? n i pigs, poultry, and fa-rm and dairy produce waS continued at the Royal Dublin SGciety's pre- mi-ses, Bal's Bridge. The wveather was very fine. - The attendance was nmuch larger then jot the preceding day. There were special! excursiona from ...

... | I ?? -ann Snw B. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) hr A CCRING TON. WI Y PRINCE:'S THEIATRE.-Proprietor. Mr J. B. Ormerod, 0: on Acting-Manager, Mr J. E. Barnes.-Mr Horace Bairo's r.pnoieburlesque company is here this week with g he obineon Crusoe. Miss Mabel Victoria in the titlewrfle ai os wellv Mbiss Ethel Gilchrist is seen toadvantage B, easPlyHopkins; Billy Taylor has an amusinree-t ...

... Smithfield Club Show opened yc-terdaY a! t11 Agricultural hall, Islington. In tlhe Devorn, llerd ford, and shorthorn classes the deu isios giv0lt S the Birmingham Show have been well Mirai~l~ie! The Queen has been awarded thle Sreed 0Cup in tht first named class, and her Majety'i 13irmiel35 champion Hereford steer has also secured the Br201 Cup in its own class, The new departure made tbi year ...

... = - - - ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF RAT A I CENTUliY. T)lT-iiF y T.NE ?? ATr1F fl0Yhr, Mf5r611',r I-ri-| *i A WI . 1ilL C0 (7T.1->7. Toi-Nmoll ;- 7 30. 11 EAuT3 AWE thE PS. Mim VioKTiA V\nnrisrAn, Vine I-'narr--r'r,,n, 1I'ar'.s F,-rrar. [A~ra Iarton 17. Dmri'nmartol. tL Si-c-dtir; IiI-4r.. ?? 1lG-Iruel ioper Ctfife, WV. Dever-Li E.t iJainl, J1. J 'resaLr. W. MAorrai tlTI >IAJX-r'V-n lTIt'ATIZF. ) ...