... 7. Not a few of the inhabitants of Birmingham chose I'to spend their holiday away from the city. In addi- tion to the large number of those who take advan- ¼ tage of the Christmas holidays to visit their friends, - many were tempted by the excursions organised by the railway companies to try what distant places c ! could afford in the way of holiday entertainment, I ?? ?? leaving the ...

... PRDRCE OF WALES THEATRE. I, _ _ k For her bdnefit lest; night, Mrs. Bernard Beere appearedI ~jlast night Is Fedora, -in Mr. Mlerivale's version of the r-famous PlaT, of Victorian Sardon, and mob with an ~fenthusiasti6c reception from a crowded house. of the ?? itself ae have spokeih on more than one occasion, fiand noalyi ?? Sarah Bernibardt'e '~assumpto ofthe part df the vindictive heroine ;- ...

... DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT THE IIMASON COLLEGE. :- On Friday night an interesting dramatic performance was given at the Mason College by the students of the iustitu- 0 tion, before a large and influential audience, The estab-t lishlment of a Dramatic Section of the Union of the college students has been most favourably received, and, judging t from the initial performance on Friday, the section t ...

... ' SHORTHORN SHOW AND SALE AT I- * BINGLEY HALL. The eighteenth annual oxlsibstion andl sale of ?? shortherns, in connection with the Birminghami Agricul- tural Exhibition Society, was comineneedyesterdsly atjiing- lay Hall. Taken as9 at whle~ th(e chow is fully up to the average, the number of entries being 631, Only voelvo less than last year, whetn the total was the highest eor esxpeti- ...

... THE SPEEDWETJL BICYCLE SHOW. EXTRAORDINARY TRICO RIDING. The Speedwell Show of bicycles, tricycles, &c,, at Bingley Hall, is now got into thorough order, and the appearance of the hall is exceedingly attractive, especially to those interested in the latest developments of cycling The event of the (lay was the debit in -Pirniinbani of Messrs. N. E. Kaufman and lerant a1eAnuey, the American ...

... . Many Menhln and dinner parties are given every year in the month of FebrUary; andl the latter, not being so large and ,geremenious as those at Christmas aild New Year, are called very often dinners en fnmifll, as they combine ouiet enjoyment with ease and simplicity. Special toilettes (says the SYeason) used to be made up, for these and grander occasions, of rich heavy brocado - like stuffs ...

... GLEANI1. , - INGS. . -. . .. .. ~. At Ndpiti GdunddI is to direct the production of his opera ''Pdlytdotbt' ut tialian at the San UdriloTheratre. AIr William O'Brien has withdrawn the actioniinsti- tilted by him against tie Dlublin Dafly Expjress forallegeq libel.. Lobengrin is in preparatiots at the Eden Theatre ill Paris, for production in Apri, under the direction of hi. Lamnourou x. DrW ...

... Out rics.- i-§ totRi' QAINED fROM JHE PEAD. Ties bone of fellowship that linked ts together was not one of affection; our tastes were too dissimilar, and our sympathies too widely sundered, for any emotion of that natunre to join us. The feeling that united us was more a thing of intellect than of sentiment; perhaps its chief strength lay in the fact that we never wearied eacb other, for ...

... Bevond the fact that he is labouring in the cause of civilisation somewhere in the Soudan, very little is known in this country of Emin Bey. Yet he is a truly remarkable Iran. It is now eight years since General Gordon appointed him Governor- Genera] of the Egvptian Equatorial Provinces, a district so large that Great Britain would lie in a corner of it. Emin Bey, who isan Austrian doctor, ...

... I THE NEW FORWARD LIBERAL CLUB, ADDRESS BY ALDERMAN KENRICit. I Inthe presence of a crowded and enthusiastic assembly c of Liberals, last night, Alderman Kenrick, M.P., opened . the premises of the Newv Forward Liberal Club. The 5ld club bearing that name was dissolved in September last owing to financial difficulties. At the final meeting Mr. John A1lday, oe4 behalf of the guarantors, ...

... -ll ~ NEW BOOKS, -- LETTEnS 'AND RECOLcouEg OS Os JuLTUS AND l'LtseY MOna. 13y IDE. 0. M: SIMreON. [London: Lgegan Paul, Trench, and Co.] Four years ago; at the ago of ninety, t1e brilliant and Vivacious Madame Meh01I sank to sleep. She lhad been for many years a gencrcl favourite in tl afiristoeratic and, in- tollectial circles of Paris alnd of London ; though to the general public she was ...

... Sir Thcodore Martin, ?? last night presided at a concert, given in ?? Hall, Llangollen, in aid of the publie library. Addressing a large anid fashionable gathering, he said that when last year about this time he stood there to advocate the establishment of a public library for Llangollen, sanguine as he was he could not have anticipated that their efforts would te so successful as they had ...