... , PUBI-J AIUSEMEN - I f A d 7 ?? - i ?? ?? 7' E-ATe o'C0NOIWTS. ?? j %Wiiedneidayevenilng,' at Exetr hal4 Me, Barnby'a oholr~gave, ainexcelleat perforim6e of Rl.jcik.: This 'oratorib is'more 'ratinto in' -chadacter than an o if theother works of a similar' description given by Englhib choral s6oceties, and therefore present5specll at'tractilms, appt fhiom being Mendelasohn's most mas- terly ...

... :d.uCUTs T Bof rE COMIaC SOURsAM, .':O60P SEriPT:--Jean rm atrald, *de~ a' l'va ?? ~ ielady, Itlln requre to-leae Iyou-.ady: Why -eames: W{,ell, me lady, I caNDt , 'O wth meter's enokasms ?? poordpealeanted lr'.erger. : - m ilt e M aioM roat Donlsygoo tor.IDioe.- What ls theadifforenc, 'between. ^ eosd. and. tit falr. occc pantbt., boot: tho dlff ecebe~ween ?? Pmd ff uOt.o'-OWI voe 1 *4 LODD ...

... i6 I . ?? , , . I ?? ?? , AS~not inirleaque, enftited The Z aetof 46as krone nnd foubded ,iLoxd Lytto.' novel of that name, wvas 4'per'frtedforithefirsttimeat this theatae on 'Thursday evning, The auttor is Mr. L H. P. Du' Terroa u .genltemaun whlo, tbong; 'knownates a'gracefal song *rltex aid aeontt'ributor-to thsemenagarines, has not, we believe, hitherto eappeaed before the publio as a ...

... : u I s liX, IN : . SO. e lM , ;lIt. 1The Sixteenth seamon of SaturdayAf ternoon Conf- :2 carte 'terminated l1st week with the ?? per- ~ formance -of 'the series;- aud will be supplemented as I -usual by an extra ooncert, for the benefit of Mr. Marnne, I the cpndpctcs,. ' Asy 'tbe tiW tebelii onverirto op ib isatuiywek ,d,. ?? ouiewerfsia dfi B41a, b~irmoletea teiituela 'e~to~ The vopalistd ...

... --FI E se7 T$ ; F u n e I I'I. d, 1~ THGE 'G tiTIT 6OLIibTI6*1 ?? The second db99s ?? 'tiday 'at, Mosafs., Christie and Maneon's vw a, if'possibic, ns scene of greeter interest and exeltement'aseong6t the picture buyers ,than that of the preceding-dasy,, and the prices of the pictures1 ranged quite a high in soeie, nutxcioted 1Watauoq,eNk,,; , cially in that0of Webitor's ?? ) pietule cals ...

... A MASONIC FESTIVAL I~~ Brother John Neat Pocock, the worahipfia master, and the members of the Roysl Gloucesw Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Southamp. ton, had great honour conferred upon them yesterm day. The Most Worshipful the Grand Master ag England, the Marquis of Ai~pon, accompanied by a goodly nunber of past and present grand officers, left London by special train in th. morning, ...

... LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AN D AaRT. [rROr T'lE steERS A LIFTp of the lats PXrofessor Faraday, ,by Dr. J. H. Gladstone, wvill shortly be rnbhlf ed. The Banging Committe for te Ilyavl a Aademv ExhiLition will consist of Slc~rs. Anstril Friuh Frost, Redgrave, anrd Wleckc*s. The death is ainncnnced of tlar ?? Sa wis naturalist, hi. PickLet dC la Ilive. Iie has 1, Lt is col ecoens to his oativo4 towu, ...

... A very respectable audience filled the, King's-cross Theatre on Monday evening to witness a dramatic performance given by the members of the above Club. It is so much the fashion for amateurs to plead charitv as an excuse for their temerity that we were not a little astonished to find that on this occasion the Alexandrians challenged support upon their merits, and asked fees, ranging from half ...

... I FASHION AND IT I THE QUEEN AT EADEN-BADEN. A telegram from Baden-B~det, dated Sunday. says - Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Royal cbldren daly make excursions to the vaious objects of interest in the neighbourhood. On Good Friday tha Queen went to Bssdadt, the Grand Duke having placed his horses and attendants at the diposal of her Majesty. The Queen baa received no visitors at her villa ...

... POETRY- ON 'A CASTLE IN RUINS. (Translatedfrom the Italian.) Whose was this stately edifice that lies In heaps, o'erthrown by thee ? Oh Time, declare. Time stays not to reply, but quickly flies, Spreading his rapid pinions to the air. Speak, Fame, for thou giv'st lustre and renown To kings most rare, exalting each by turns.1 In trouble and confusion Fame looks down, And, like one sorrowful, ...

... D-R II TIES D RAM A IN PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY NIGHT.-The GYmSASE THEATRE-the home of modern French comedy-has added another to its long list of successes by the production of a new four-act piece, by the well- known playwright I'heodore Barrihre, entitled Lua Comtesse de Someoerive. The collaborateuarof theaccomplished author on this occasion is his future mother ...

... THy LONDON TREATREB. Scarcely auy change has taken place in the perform- cs of the London Theatres during the past week, sadlg those who maintain that no news,, is ' good news may be, perhaps, induced to regard the present ,.3Jest of the dramatic world as pleasantly corroborative i the old adage. 'The explanation of the prosperity of tie wcest-end dramatic establishments is, of course, ...