... FOA1 ENTS, ao., THIS DAY. Tho.tre.-TO ?? Widow, the ' Stolen! £20 Roward. Ionna Diana, r Spanish BalUlt, and alro. -_ F raud and its Victims, or erpool. ami The Artfal Dodger. ?? as I Tell You,rnl Ihe ;eftrt. -The Bergtr's Petitlon,- rs )aughter, or Life in Liverpool.' Circus. - Equeatrian and other ,.fuerie.-Exhibition of the Picture r~ime3.treet. - The celebrated and iif Cl Otfa ...

... A strange story is told in connection with the a report ofthe murder at sea on board of the barque r Pontiac, of Liverpool, by Jean Moyatos, a Greek t: sailor, now in custody in Edinburgh. We do not e know whether the particulars we are about to ,} relate have come out in the investigation, but un-t doubtedly they have a strong bearing on the case, ti and make it probable that but for the ...

... ATMUSWIENTS FOR THE so I iRlieEOk' WALES Tji1I TnF -- p that ?? t h ?? T h~elnle~~ the forms ai very elclivenjin, Sec -ron o Pi )o~ entertainment furnieh~ keit-h f ieI~0 'jh lesque will be relen'teid thr'-ol-11011 ~?a lied playedfor the ls ie na~~dy~ Dred. Putne-v, cn elw, yailhlI' 1to former Mr. FeLi ,.Ardt, - the alia to susetainiyv umer T/sak/ne Sine'..ana i h con Tjill bat, a coxan. - ...

... | A LAY OF THE WATEOO OF 184. BY WILAM IRVfnqF The Bun shone bright o'er Altear plains: Earl Sefton came that day To hail his brethren of the leash, With all their proud array. Bight well the noble earl did rein His gallant four-in-hand While the welkin rang With plaudits To the lord of all the land. There stood the laird of Thorlieshope (Prince of all coursers he), With Innocence and Omwraby ...

... BASTE,; HOLTDAY AMUSEUENTS, If dates have any claim to be considered the Pillars of Eisbtory, anniversary feasts may fairly be regarded as its monuments. While the former in their salutary stubborn. ness against the false teaching of the most planslfe theories and traditions not unfrequently surpass even those two messy pillaw 'Which Miltou'a Sampson bowed with horrible convulsion to and ...

... TnIl. spring show of draught stallions, polled and short- D horned bulls, poultry, seeds, and roots, of the above Society was held in the Market Stance, King Street, on Friday. D Taken altogether, the show was quite equal to any of the Society's spring shows, and superior to many of them. The H horses were a particular good show-numerous, and, with- out exception, of a superior kind. The ...

... a S ------------ O. - ~S ,jruc-rsal of thre Scottish 11feteorological Society. New Series. cIr No, I. fWilliam Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and Lon- wl don. January, 1584. tion THE circulation of the Quarterly Reports of the Proceed. ge ings of the Scottish Meteorological Society has hitherto bee gres confined chiefly to its Membere and Observers. At all events, that we some time ago requested ...

... MlsIO. ,KONPAY POPULAR CONCERIT& The concert of last night was a selection from the works of varous composers. The programme wasa follows: ' ' PAT 1. . Obtet, for faor violins, two violas, and two ViQ. loncellos ?? Mendelssohn. Song, Ah I why do we love i (Doun Quixote), Madame Loemmens-Sherringtoa .. . Macfarren. Song (La Medeobk maigri I)i), Mr. Sautley . Gounod. Sonata, inEflat,Op. 81, ...

... I The past week hag exhibited the usual dulness in the Dramatic World which precedes a holiday period, and as few Managers care to avail themselves of the privileges now accorded them of keeping open their establishments for the five nights in Passion Week, several of the London Theatres will be closed from Saturday (this day). till Easter Monday. The point, it will be remembered, was never ...

... As is always the case with regard to the concerts of this excellent Society, the second one of the seasou (the sixth) attracted, on lest Wednesday evening, a very numerous and evidently discrimiuating audience to St. James's Hall. As usual, too, the programme was not overburdened with the names either of composers or executants, end, in homely words, there was just enough music for one night. ...

... Er. G. V. Brooke at Dublin. Jr~eU S a'RtOYAL THsEA ?? JfFreeman'as JournaZ S tyS - The ?? of hlr G V. Brooke at this Theatre is fast drawving to a close, ,d thbee who would wteh to ste n great actor on the stage should avail t, selvee ot the opportunity whiih now offers, and which may not again TOO in Dublin for years. In the higher walke or dramatic art there muat at necesarily very few ...

... I .f rm _ . -. - I The. Queen and the Princess of Wales have boen pleesd to grant their oepeolal patronage to i baiiLar, Ito be hbld in Juuenext, In aid of the 6uilding fond of the Pemai1 Sehool of Art. The infant son of the Prince and Prinaesis of Walet IS progreahlgiun a mont eatiofactory way, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prriceal of Waloee and household are likely to remove from ...