... FESTIVAL OF THE TIEME CHOIRS. [F- LFrom out- Correspmndeat.1 WoRoaes, Thursda. Last night's concert at the College Hail wan triiumph. The hall wax filled nearly to the door, and the allery, which on Tuesday had notl 50 ocupant, overfioweld. The sipecil uttraction was the selection from gandel's serenats formed on Milton's L Allegro and II Penseroso. The rest of the sohemo war made up of ...

... ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW OF THE FER.MANAGH PAR'KINGC SOCIETY. y[FROcI OUtR cORitESrONDENT.] rn ENXISXILLZx, FRIDAY EVENiNG. ed President-Viscount Crichton, M!. Vice-Preji- th ?? Most Hon. the Marqulis of Aly, the Ed. Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, Sir Victor ye, A. Brooke, Bart. ; Captain Mervyn Archdall, a- M.P.; Lientonant-Colonel John G. Irvine, J.P., D.L.; J. G. ?? Porter, Esq.; and John ...

... THE NATIONAL EXHIBI IION. | . | - ?? THE LONDESBOROUGH COLLECTION. The whole public have long before noW ex- pressed themselves regarding the National Exhi- bition, after the unequivocal fashion of see ng it as much as they could, and prais ng it all they were able. Taking into account the bitter and continued ioclemency of the slummer, whioh could not but have seriously Impeded the visits of ...

... MlTERArIURE. SEPTEMBEB1 NMAGAZINES. [I IlliU) xwiou.C] St. James's l, iX a (LmioLnd : Sairipson Low and Co., Crowen-buil>g, 1 ;, IFlkvt-ctreAt). ' The Cravens of Cravenoerolt,` Rie Fiatal Inheiitnace, aud Miss Dorothy's (ctern,` ein ntine intereotelog. As also does the narritivi' oI iti 'eil-tiit' C'Xphl0tiO il io 6outh Africa. which i9 well aid prciii-i , h'ust . ' Thu Potheen ?? gifes ...

... The annual exhibition connected with this society was held in a field, just outside the limits of the Town on Wednesday. The day was very dull and showery, and the field was a complete puddle. Mauny persons were pre. vented from attending in consequence of the 'unfavourable state of the elements,.and this must have proved a serious loss to the Soeciety. The number of entries exceeded those ...

... STREET NUSIC. To judge by the numbes of street musicians in London one would fancy that the very walls had ears to listen and encourage them. There is scarcely a street corner where some Orpheus of the pavement does net pufltbang, tinkle, squeak, rattle, thrum, or tootle his particular instrument, And the solo perform- ances are gentleness and peace compared with the bands, German and others ...

... THE LONDON THEATR.ES. With this week the COURT, the ROYALTY, and SAD- LER'S WELLS THEATRES are added to the places of dramatic amusement now open, and the Theatrical world is visibly reawaking from its autumnal inactivity. The novelties of the week are duly recognised in a separate place, and the Theatres with unchanged pro- gramnmes may be conveniently referred to in a brief summary. COVENT ...

... (From Le Follet). The great mistake made by many ladies is spending a large sum of money on one or two very handsome toilets, intended for dressy occasions, and by this means not only rendering these dresses so expensive that they are rarely worn, and then in fear and trembling, becoming old- fashioned before half worn out; but at the same time so curtailing the sum set aside for toilet ...

... (FROM OUR OW!N COmRESPONDENT) NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 9.-The principal feature of the past week was the reopening of the FiETH-AVENuic THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. Daly, last Tuesday, when an original comedyin five acts, of local and contemporaneous interest, written by Mr. Bronso Howard, entitled Diamonds, was produced. The plot, which is very slight, is as follows:-A young couple, ...

... A change of entertninments at this popular establishment on Thursday evening attracted a larger number of visitors than usual. Air. William Stokes opened the programme with a lecture on inemory, the remarkable illustrations given by his youthful pupils ihelaggroatly applauded. Then followed Mr. J. L. King with a most intureoting lecture on Jerusaleml As It Was and Is, giving full ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MELBOURNE, JuLY 17-We are now Theatre mad. Gigantic efforts are being made for the completill of the Theatre Royal and Prince of Wales as soon as possible, and even the representatives of' Government have been appealed to to grant a site whereon to erect a0 Opera House, or rather, as they (the petitioners) express it, an Academy of Music. '[he application has met ...

... LIT ERAT U R B. NEW 1'0EMI 13Y jw II'rrTIFlR. The N- Y r>.lk Tri/li.. 0ays the gem of tho A!iai.l' ijtei.,i 1for heptenbcr will ho a poem by Whittier. It refers to the well-known rescuo of aix American veesel, sin king in mnd.ocean, by ?? hip Three BDlel, of Cilasgow, and is as ol!ows:- Benceath the 1ow-hungf night-cloud 'ilant zale-d her splintering nWaEt, The good ,hip seitl'd slowly, The ...