... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS I ALEIANDRA THATRF A melodrama entitled 'The Secrets of the Poliee, the author of which is Mr. Mark Nalfard, was seen in Lverpooi for the firt thee au Mondy night at the Alexandra Theate The play belongs to a ?? of the &maof *hich The Crimes of Par- h1 hitto era been the moa teal ezauiS; but in the painful vezitement of its realism this prodaction recedes dtogether behind ...

... I LIVERPOOLJUBILEE. EXHIBITIOLN* zr Every effort is now being made by the Council, dthe committees, and the otitials conested with un the Liverpoul Royal Jubilee Exhibition to cons. an plete the work before the day fixed for Opening U mriveS. Last year, anfortunately, the Canadilan Government ware tnnable to make a dixplay at the e Liverpool Exhibition from the fact that the it Colonial ...

... I LITERARY NOTICES. I Hasf s . 8s ;? R ay. By Henry x:MC5 hg, B.A. LonldoL 2, Catl-treet, dedicated t o tde Rev. Jaunes Bewail HaEe. Is publihbod by the W ?? Union, and W s hi placed by ?? at the commeneemt the book, would form& suitable i o t ill our young I The asip of Chdsd* (3 EaSI, Berx4gn &c,, is both acoumte d hN while ample justioo is done to the= such districts w that of Hrdaager the ...

... it At the Walker Art Gallery, the following I' ,_ pictures, lent and received from the permanent it collection at Manchester, have been arranged el in the Rosetta Gallery: - The Good a Samaritan, an heroic upright group by G. .s P. Watts, B.A., painted, according to the a catalogue of works, by this artist in 1850; 1 The Idea of March, by E. J. Poynter, RA., apurchased from the Academy in ...

... At a meeing held by e Liver I Soity of ?? Sethg Cib under the presidency of *r. J. C. Halfpey, the folowing yembers were ?? skcN. J. ang E Cregeen. The impnpta skethin eveing have proved sO stuccessful that ano~ther wifbe held on Saturday, the 16th instant, oa which date the Liver have also appointed the private view of their'exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. The prize distribution of ...

... A NEW ENGL1SH OPERA. Nothing ought to be more welcome to English ears than English music, to English appreciation than a cleverly-told English story, or more pleasant to E~nglish eyes than the scenezry of our owrn dear England. And as in Mr. Cellier's newest opera every one of these qualities is exhibited in lavish quantity, it goes without saying that , Dorothy must be a pronounced buccess. ...

... I The Liverpool Philharmonic Choral Society gave undoubted evidence of its existence on Monday last, when Smart's Bride of Dnn- T kerron and a selection from Handel's AcisX and Galatea were performed at the association hall, Mount-pleasant. TLe chorus numbered Ad about 150 voices, and As sapporte& by piano. I forte accompanimenta, very well played by Mr. Lee. The results were nor. ...

... I I The annual concert and entertainment given by the pilot belonging to this oiLy, the proceeds of which are for the beneat of the Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution and Pilots' Benevolent Society, is a gathering which is now looked forward to with a great amount of interest. The objects of this concert are of so deserving a nature that tho moters, ratber than finding e difficulty in £1 g ...

... That admirable combination, the 6Casteo Company in now located at the Alexandra Theatre, and it will be heard with regret that this is the final visit to Liverpool of an organieation which, under Mr. T. w, Eobertson's direction, has done so much to maintain the legitimate purpose of the stage. Ours was played on Monday evenig in the presence of a large audience, and the familiar comedy, ...

... Among the four hundred exhibits at the Art Workers' Guild Exhibitiou, at the Liverpool Art Club, are four frames of illtuninations from old manuscripts, brilliantly tinted and richly illuminated by hand (No. 60). One represents the conversion of St. Paul, another a female martyr with her arms tied above her head, while two executioners are amputating her breasts. A third rpresents a goat being ...

... LITERARY NOTE itissignifieant of the tedecy of ihe times that the WWmainitr Revie has ut altered its size, price, and period of pbiction, o longer a six-uhifllg quartely, it, is now a half- crown monthly, and, ceasing to compete with the EdiulnmgA and tlu Q.'*rsy, it. enters the lits with the Nmft& Centvhin and the ! Cotemporay, The W&%iseter was not among the first of its class. The ...

... E m. XBymm OF THI ROYAL ?? ACADEMY. I EI IIR OFTE~Ai The 1ifth b2nilhion. of the Royal Aidey eofj Arts will bo opened to vie Publi cm Monday f and by a happy inoiadan d -& ianold ?? no pert In it-tbe year of the Queen's Jubilee wil be reacemberrd ehakig produoed one of tboe bed Purlington House Artistic hhowe on riandL Amongst the art aits who vited the Exoibi. tiou on the press-vie- day theme ...