... picture has been so carefully studied in its conception and so accu- rately finished in all its details, that it seems to speak eloquently, even to the most illiterate, who come to pay their devotions. The drawing is bold and spirited, each figure de- ...

... much power and considerable taste. M~r. and Mrsx Powell sustained prominent characters in the production. and we need not speak of the treatrent the parts receivedl at their bands. M~rs. Powell wfas all that the author in- tended the beroine to be, while ...

... assembled last evening in the Gaiety to hear Lurline, and at the outset it may be said that the performance, generally speak. ing, was one of the most satisfactory yet given by I Mr. Carl Rosa's company. Indeed when one con- siders how well this company ...

... for absent from the list, and there is scarcely a sphere of music that is not adequatelyropresented. To mention them is to speak their worth. Miss Craig, Mfrs. Scott. Fennell, Mr. Richard Smith, Mr. Grattant Kelly and Mr. M'Guckin himself are the vocal ...

... Music formed. A professional staff has been appointed, antd the new academy is now in connection with the parent society so to speak, in full working order. Its meor- bers will supply the choruses for the performance of the Mesta and the *'Stabat Mater ...

... resistance of both occasions being an original comic pantomime, The Vampire, which was supported, or, per- haps, more properly speaking, supplemented by a couple of extremely lively comppsitioas in the departments of farce and opera bouffe. The Danciag Barber ...

... Grafton-street; M'Gee, Nassau-street. The fact that this neat little treatise on horti- culture has reached its third edition speaks more eloquently for its worth than anything we could say in praise of it. It would be the most erroneous notion in the world ...

... brought together a large and fashionable audience. Of Mrs. Mfackey's brilliant execution on the piano it is unnecessrytfo speak, but we were ntaware till yesterday that she posi1 sesded as a harpist powers of a high order. The sudience, which was most ...

... TRE FiEEHA. 73 Bride-street, Sept. 24. DEAR SiB-Genuine kindheartedness deserves s colic reco-nition, even in this world. Speaking Cat bic clergyman now in Dublin collecting . anris for the completion of a new church in Gal- Pa.. on the state of the west ...

... transactions considerably-at least so I was informed, and the figures realised for cattle were much diminished, comparatively speaking. Buyers were in atten- dance from the several surrounding towns, and pur- chased extensively of store stock, and every class ...

... it unquestionably has its faults -it is just such a work as improves mightily on acquaintance. Piccolino has been, Bo to speak, -very lucky so far as Dublin is concerned. When first produced here it was interpreted in such a way as that any merit it ...

... (same year) a grant of £100,000 to Gtattan was proposed in the House of Commons, but his friends (for of course he could not speak on the subjecthimself) refused for him any larger grant than £50,000. Government wanted to retain him, and offered him a ...