... MB. SIMMONB'S ANNUAL CONOCRT, Last night, Mr. Augustus Simmons, organist of St. Mary's, on the Quay ?? gave his grand annual concert, at Colston-hall, nud the patronage accorded was even more liberal than on previous occasions, the floor and galleries of the large hall being tolerably well filled. In the anticipated presence of the Right Worshipfal the Mayor, Mr. Joseph Dodge Weston-who was ...

... ?? ?? , , I I -. ;, . -. 'TI PAKTo One of beat, It not the beat, of the nisay 610e1eaa pantomlmes that -Messrs. Chute have produced WRS hO pronounced verdict by the large and enthusialeitdle nd who witnessed on Saturday night the -firs representation of the pantomime of Dick Whittington and his Oat,' at the Now Theatre Royal, Park-tow. The story Is well told, the piece is capitally mounted, ...

... SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVIOES AT St. MARV 'S.ON TEE-QUAY. Th.of -ne 1-z ewt 4 sopA - n ?? .. The special services with which the congregation at cl St. MarWS Roman Catholic Chapel on the Qcay celebrate li the eve of the new year-were heldyesterdasy, and were th accompanied by the most elaborate ritual of the Roman 13 Catholic Church. There was a crowded congregation in II the morming, when Haydne' ...

... The annual exhibition in connexion with this flourish ing horticultural society was held yesterday at the Berbert Gardens, Clevedon; and, the day ?? delight. fully fine, a large inmbor of residents, as well as many visitors from a distance, attended. The entries were in excess of those of previous years, and the excellence of the exhibits, together with the many beeutiful specimens Eent in not ...

... ART, SCIENCE, A-SD LlTlih'P2. _ 7 _ - - _ _ _ - _ - - Lady Anna Mlnit, who-' rlclild Bed(ulisof the E'uphrates V .ll.-y 'i s7 ' in the prels an arctrint, in two vcinmes., (,r Ai: . ago of Nejd, which still be illuitr.stei I :. -: tile author. MIr. Murray will be thu .bll The Earl of Doffotri is going to p Il iiL; and asidreoses delivered in Canada, dr;;rilb l.-: the olhiNLO of Governor ...

... TEE ?? BOMANCS. Another charge of obtairing goods by false pretence was brought on Tuesday in the Southei l Police.courtf, Dublin against Mrs. Florence de Molcyne, of Kin-, town. 2lhe prosecutor wias Mr RaMukin, jeweller, of NmaEau.street, who Eold her a pearl ring for twelve guineas on the 28tb of August, which she pawned shortly afterwards. Before the case was gone into Mr. Keogh, her ...

... T EXTRSopDjlRY, TALE OP THE BEA.' ; Sw - . . . I - A xl A ' Now Orleam's paperf-th ?? Pidayune-of April d I publishes a sessational narrative fa nished to its t ./'reportsi by Captain ilobson, of 'thb'Brltish' eteam't C ?? r ! Jesmaond, which arrived at New Orleansr from Meessna f On the previous day. The captain said that when abont E 1 200 nitea to the westward of Madeira his attention wag' ...

... DRESS AND FASHION :I PARIS. Bonnets are frequently bordered with a narrow row of flowers and ornamented with an Alsatian bow of lace, IBrussels, Flanders, or Alenvon point fastened in place with pearl-headed pin; and boaring a bouquet of floworo or small plume of feathers at the side. Small flowers, such as Parma violets, rose-buds, periwinkles, tiny car. nations, heliotrope, or forget-me-not, ...

... #I XORMOUT11 -FARMERS' CLUB - AGRICULTURAL SHOW, *The above A1guat-event took place in the Oattle DMarket, yeaterday, wh, the weather was beautifally fije. The show was a sicass. Au aritocratic company wilited the show during the day, The following acted as ?? DIghton, Newland, and Mr. Fredblck Haey, 'Chuecban, Gloudeater. Cattle, sheep, and pigs-Messrs. Thos. D nekblam, M.P., and R. Stiatton, ...

... Sit4raturt, Philcsophical Classic$ fo1 Engpish .Raerls'. Pcet. By Robert Adameon, M.A.;-Profegsor of Logic in Owons College. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Soms. Although the intrinsic merits of Ur. Adam on's work ray be freely acknowledged, many readers will probably be of opinion that the subject of it is not entitled to the precedence which has beeu allowed him by the editor of this ...

... itgraturq, Dl Obsol,-atio n ?? Affairs. By the Marquis o *d Bath. London: Macmillanc and CO. C The Marquis of Bath recently took a method of making i bimself acquainted with the Eastern Question which t might be copied with advantage by a good many arm. f chair politicians in the upper ranks of society. Being I ?? to arrive ati, definite opinion on some of the im- I portaint problems yet ...

... S.- . V, ottrp. I CIRCUMSTANOE. By W. L, COUITEY., In vain thou strivest, thou coust not be froe, Poor captive, whom the dreary bonds of Fate, Closing in narrower fold a, incarcerate WVithin the prison-houss of Destioy:- :Fate of thy parents' blood, too strong for thee, Fate of thine acts, repented of too late, Fate born of joy and grief, and love and hate, Doomed long ago to this catastrophe. ...