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... LI'EEDS MUSICAL FESTIVAL. -SEC:ONTD D3A4Y. HYEMN O0' PRAISE'- ISRAEE IN t j EGYPT. a The attendance yesterda~y morning wvas quite as -Large, if ciot larger, than on the opening day of the Ei etival, and the scen~e in the interior of the Town- f, Tf~Lfl was againw of the m~oat brilliant. description. In *^ addiltion to the distinguished visitdrs nameed yesttor- 1lSdoy, th~e Countess o~f ...

... TIL LEEDS MUSl..XErT1VAL. . (Frees use Ti'eSnw.J Thle Festival came to an end,,on Saterdlay with sudi is performanice of thle MAessiah, as might hiave been oX- Tpected from th e Y orkshire choris tee~s, to Wheil. V and el's oratloite in general, end his1 Mesoiah ien nctiiatFre hoostehtold Idace rrone beg11innin to enti-frow The. Glryo toLadt ivie isy,ev from - 'K hli th ?? Lord to ...

... LIT ERA.L RY A\D APRT GO 'SII3. A statue to G-izet is to be brectod at Nimes, in tic ,igsrdlen of the New Mustuil. . liss eithfull is prepanrrg a useful slhiling handbook oi Womensl Work and W' ages. 3 Mr. Calderon. R.A., tian left .Londoni for the5 sothtt of IF tncec, w1here, it is anno1unced, he curposes spending the v, VI IIte-' The stitue ia ashr iite mnl'b'e of iMirabeanl, by Ic. FraniIS ...

... L1tT.43 SRA1rYE0 qMEW3OOKS AND NE-W EDITIONS. WMr. Henry Sarmpso's Hissacay QY(, ASVEr~urrOM (1) is clot only an acnnsiug but a deeply interesting and SugF- rative work. The author seecili to hvas dealt -awitfh his pubject as thoroughly as he possibly could have done in tio cops-fa igev lue; and altbxos'gh readers I ~ay nlow and then meet -irish patssages which could with A4 ~dvantage have ...

... LEEDS MUSICAKL FESTIVAL. At noble comrmencement was yesterday mtade withje he Musical Festival wvhich has long been look;ed for- I d rurd to with no ordinary degree of interest man ieasure. Such occasions are so rare armerg us thatr he prosent series Of performnances on a grand scale for haritable objects may to many possess all the oharm ! f novelty. inX one respect, howvever, Leads may claim ...

... TLI? j?I)3 ?USIOAL FE?TIV.&L. ?? the Tiasissj *? ? win- were present Oanbftve ferf?tten the Leede FmtiVSl ?f lSa?, when Sir Stern a e en Mr.) 5oaidnctOr, and the occasion was rendered il's first production of the .AIcg Queen, One socesorabiC t?ha?in ? ? spontaiieoue workC that ever 3i Still ?1O5t of our ited Baa lish musician. Her ?.rne trom the pen morc?erpr?si?ndat the opening of yj0jestyth ...

... L'}EEDS..MiSIGAL :FESTIlVAL. FO*IXRTH DAY.-m THE ESSIAH. 1The end crowns the work, and assuredly our l;estival uld not have closed more v orthily than it did on Saturday 'with the eublime strains of Handel's farailiar yet ever-weclcome masterpiece. Ow~ing, panrtly perhaps? to an unpleasant change in the wreatheor, the attendan ce w as scarcely so crow ded as might have been expected; but ...