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BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND DOG SHOW

... lBMINGHAM C.ATTLE AND DOG SHOW. I The weather was unfortunately rainy yesterday morn- iog, and therefore interfered, no doubt, to some extent, .wVith the atcendance at the private view at Bingley Hall. The vieitors were, however, numerous, andincluded the following :-The Earl and Countess of Bralford, with Viscount Newport, Lady Bridgemaan, the Hon. L. Bridge- mnan, and the Heon. and Rev. ...

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE

... PrJINCE OF WALES THEATRE. DIDLLE. DEATI1ICE AS MARIE ANTOINETTE. Ancting aflltle'' sailstories of the death of kings,hbusy Some herve been deposed, Some Slain in war, no more tragic and toiuching histioty has ever occurred than in the fate of the liatndsoir'e and unhappy Mlario Antoinette, the Quecn ot Louiii thieSixteenlthof Francee. Her praise wassoundced in onie oftehemiost eloquent ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... T-HE TRE ROYAL. MR. TOOLE IN I ID AL{ER TITAN LIF I. Ileth for Its own sake and that of its principal exponent--for its merits of constreetioit sad elharaeter-paintiflg a1s wait as its uses forbisitrionie developmeont-t0m neW dosnaetie dramnalofINM. Byron, in which Mir. Tooke appeared here last night, is entitled to seome- tising more than passing mention. In1 plot and incident, Dearer than ...

HANDEL MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... HANDEL MUSICAL FESTIVA.L. FIRST DAY Verom our e1vs lReporter] Flee HIllijalus w ith which the crystal d o, ne at S yden- ham resounded yesterday, on the occasion of the formal opening of the third Triennial Handel Festival, whatever their effect upon the general public, will ienquestionably have awakened a heartfelt echo in the breast of every person interested in the commercial issue of the ...

FASHIONS FOR JULY

... [Prone,) Lrc i'ellcl,3 Thle extreme heat ami( beauty ol tbis stulolm- VeaCthUe reider the deniand for ligh t amid thin miaterides very great, and never has thier been a gTeater variety (of celgant rlatze-like drLsses. Whito is extremely fashionable, whether in mnuslin. alpaca, foulard, or sultan, ; white muslinl over a coloured silk petticoat being especially ill favour, often made with a ...

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT LEEDS

... OPENINO OF THE NATIONAL FINE ART EXIII- BITION. Yesterday, the chief town of the Wcst Riding of Yorkshire Wvas altogether en ficr, because of a visit of his Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales, who had boen deputed by the Queen to open the National leinc Art Exhibition, for which a new General Infirmary--built from tihe designs of Mr. (. G. Scott, R.A., at a cost of 100,000-afforlds every ...

METROPOLITAN HORSE SHOW

... iJPENING DAY. Ont Saturday, the fifth asunuld horse seow was opieied at the Agricultural Hall, MAisd by fal exceeded even the most sanguine expectations. Thnee binidred and seventy-two entries figuired in the catalogue, but these bore no comparison to thle actual number of applicatiolis for stall accommodation. The Agricultural Hill was never previously graced ly so crowded and aristocratic a ...

THE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... [Fronm our Corre'posndcnt.] The Festi'.al of the Three Choirs, held alternately at Worcester, Gloucester, and Hereford, virtually commenced at Gloucester yesterday, when, shortly beforc noon, the bend, principals, and chorus engaged for the wook's work assembled in the Cathedral for their grand reheardaL The actual Festival opens to-day (Tuesday), as already an- nounced in the Post, anrd ...

THE REV. C. H. CRAUFURD ON HIS DEFENCE

... THE REV. 0. H. CRAUFURD ON HIS DE F'NC'1, The lcev. C. '. traufurd, rector of Old Swvinforsi, has published, in the form of a pamphlet, A Few Words to his Parishioners, and particularly to the Members of his Congregation, relating to his Sermon en his M arriage. Thlis extraordlinary sermon, as our ractders will recollect, was preached on the 2'Jtlh of M11arclh, and had reference to the rev, ...

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE

... For the special beboof of oar Cattle Show visitors, whose opportunities of musical enjoyment are presumnal)ly Ices abundant than those of town residents, the popalar and competent little operatic company of Messrs. Loveday and Snunmmers, with Macdame Haigh-Dyer as the chief artistic attraction, returned to this house fora 3short supplementary snasen lest night. Owing, probably, to the ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... MR, SOTHERN A.S A HERO OF ROMANCE. Always to rise fromn table with an appetite was a car- dinal maxins of what we may term the good old Aherue- thian school of philosophy, and though such Spartan doctrines are not likely to find much favour with a luxurious age like the present, there can be no doubt as to the 'general soundness of the recipe, and its value in promoting health and longevity. ...

THE FASHIONABLE WOMAN

... The S'aturdayt; JRertico recurs to a favourite theme. The girl of the period, the matron of the period, and the spoilt woolnn of the period having been pictured, we have now a. portraitiure of the fashionable wonan of the period. wito is describerl as the oddpst of the many odd prodticts of a nmatue civilisation, the saddest and strongest thing undel heaven, First of all, we have a picture ...