... The annual exhibition of the Barnard Castle Horticultural Society was held yesterday. Never has it been attended with such succoss, di or held under more favourable auspices. The F1, Society is a very old one; but it is only within P. the past few years that it has attained its pre- Fle sent large dimensions. The primary object of o2 I the Society is to encourage cottage gardening, and the ...

... DARLINGTON HORTPICULTUIRMi SHOW -. i nils- n - -s l -loam 4-1, -btd- -f+{M - ll~l This annual show took plkae yesteiay, under. much more favourable atispices tbw coul have been anticipated from tlieA cold,,&iny, dul weather which had prexiled f&&evetal days prc . viously. The early morning w'as fine, and the promise afforded of fine and brilliant weather was happily not belied as the day ...

... THIE SONG OF THE GAB. lv,N ?? feei: eirivps weary and wern, C AitIh *pos beavy as lead, N A h l~nto,. as he event to town, Jl .orsIef paper read. ?? I L tti hi thlirougli in the cab, P AId than, in a voicr that seemed to beseech. C us III, he 'song of the Gab. C 'T dk.-tatlk..tahli I .It, thieir cliuinq are crowing aloof C w t!le ot trs ?? olt tila roof. to 11bv a rule 1 Iite 'b oi the ba ...

... Next year the Christiane Obsercer will appear as an evangelical quarterly review. A neew translatieu of Camoens' 1Lusiad has just been completed by Mr J. J. Anberton. Baron Tauchnitz, the Leipzig publisher, has been nominated to a life peerage in the Upper House of the Saxon Parliament. ' The third' and concluding volume of Professor Stubbs ' ConsLitutiolLal Ilstory will be published by ...

... SOUTE STOCKTON DOG SHOW, Alti~gb itlemore than two months have rA plapsed since the South Stocliton Dog~ Show Cas Society %ras forme~d, its first eyhibition, held in se tile ?? Manicet of that ?? i*t was oni tnquelifled sucecess. In)doeyd, experts Los( qunalifiedt to j ldge- 11ronoun1ce it tile best all. van! round dog show h leld in the district for a long Avoi period, tile averneg entries ...

... 2?W .. . , .Growth of ?? 'from the 1t rli.. tib . T imfth .Trafal, byliiltoin ,Williaan,: lIA, Lnon M4itemilnlin & ?? IF y da yperipiso torincei, B' GOr,' Duke, of 'Yori. is the- first ilsikedf thp e' f~ BritaniriaX series, aad titaipreecae etatex that te : pobhca~tisn- iB tO supplyD2 a want.~reeogrnised andi b aditted by nll branches.ef Her Mjesty's,.ry, QI and also by those fwho ish their ...

... IMEDICAL, SCIE.NTIFIC, & MUSICAL J CONVERSA ZIONE. A grand conversazione was held on Tuesday evening at the Medical Battoery Comzpany s Institute, 52, Oxford-street, London, a large and distingbished company of ladies and gentlemen being present. The entertainment was excep- tionally interesting and instructive, the main object being to acquaint the leading members of the medical faculty and ...

... LOCAL AMTJ?EMT?NTS. flarrn,,'nn.r 'Pcr.'rnw Rnr&r. ?Tn'.t DARrLn~GTON Ttar~rrner Ror.evr,,-Laet nsiht, Mr \V. A. Bocektone's company openerd a six- n-lights' eugagtement At the Darlingto~nt TbeatrQ S n Rosyal in the newv drarma, Victory. Lilce e numerone othesr dramas oF recent vears. pnrt of itho aotiori of ?? Victory' takes plaoce in E3gy~pt, n 3 where the hero of thia piece is in ...

... QuaRtw ELTZABErTy, by Edwaird Spencer Beesly A(lfcinillan andl Col.. is the latest volume of the series of Twelve English Stateamen, edited by Jnhn Morley. Professor Beesly has had a diffl- cult task to crowd the most brilliant period of English history within the limits of a small can- veas, and he has admirably succeeded, the volime fully maintaining the higth reputation of the earlier ...

... TIA.rrnr 'I l n - - r ?? , ?? -s r A : I DARLINGTOv THrATnE Row-r.. - Lost in London is the bill of fare provided at this popular place of entertainment this week. The action of the piece takes place in Lancashire and London, and a prominent feature of the first act is an exact realisation in scene 4 of the interior of a a coalmine. As played by Messrs IMtouillot &e Cancellor's Company, the ...

... I BARNARD CASTLE AGRICUL- ITURAL SHOW. rb. 14 Th's society held its ninety-fourth annual show he on Friday on the old site, and in brilliant weather very acceptably tempered by a breeze. on The promoters admit that tsle Wolsinlgham and )r. Wear Valley Society can boast a more ancient in foundation, but it is said the Wolsiugham Show ory was suspended for some years, and thus the Ids ...

... l\ TtsheZtird annual show in conneetion. wti the Marton Horticultural and Industrial Society was id held on Wednesdayi The weather was beatuti- fully fine, being a great insprovement on lat year, and consequently the Ittendanee was largedy L increased, There was a capital show of produce, and the entries in the various classes were larger e than on previous years, The joint secreoAries, v ...