... K II? CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS.--The feature at the sixteenth concert was a very striking performance of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony; the opening piece being a dry Introduction and Fugue, from one of the orchestral Suites of Lachner-why brought forward at all it is difficult to guess. The Te Deum, No. i, composed by Handel for the Duke of Chandos (that in B flat), supplied with ...

... /we ?? MR. CRAVEN'S little dramas are ordinarily distinguished by a pretty idea neatly worked out, by a skilful combination of humour and pathos, and by some power of developing character from within. His latest production, lrought out at the house which, under Mr. Burnand's management, has taken the name of the DuKE's Theatre, is, we believe, a first essay in historical drama. Possibly, the ...

... BY FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF AUNT MARGARET'S TROUBLE, A CHARMING FELLOW, ETC. CHAPTER I. IR RUPERT LOWRY was dead. When the news of his death became known to them his neigh- bours said to each other, So old Sir Rupert 's gone at last ! And the tone in which the words were said implied that the death was not a matter for regret. The deceased man had been very aged-over eighty ...

... ROYAL AGRITCULTURAL SHOW AT ASTON. Saturday was tho first of the shilling days, and, as was anticipated, there vas an. immense attendance of visitors, who for the most part belonged to the working classes. The weather wvas again. beautifully fine, and everything wits in favour of one of the largest returns on the popular dlay wldich the society has ever experienced. From an early hour in the ...

... BIRMING-HAMNT SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. I 1 ant A. Wv. rTUNT'wmm171Y. IAmongst thle many pictures which aire now gathered toaetivnr in the roomsq of the Sfociety of Artists there are two which challenge the attention of nil visitors. They aire the work of Mr. Alfred limint, and represent at part of the town of Whithv and its harbour. The subject of the onle picture is that part of the harbour ...

... Offenhach's Behe Ifoldide, the finit arnd greatest of his sliccesses in his own particular line of opfr (otuvj wits producedl hers last night, in presence ot ojie of the largest rnd ?? demionstrative, audiences which have fallen to the lot of dMr. Soitli's comiipany. Adl it is therirc~t lioipoilr no it is ?? itiert exacting (if (fildlbaichl'3 works:, dltmllldin, o 'p lt i lo ie idiot ...

... MASONIC BAJLIN HULL., One of the most important and. agreeable rgunwns which it is the lot of Hull people annually to enjoy is the ball given in aid of the Masonic and local charities, under the auspices of the Humber Lodge, No. 57. Each succeeding Worshipful Master seems to be animated with a determinastion, if possible, 'to surpass the efforts of those who, have gone before; and, brilliant ...

... BIIDLINGTON AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 1. _ I The Bridlington Agricultural Society held their forty-first annual exhibition on Wednesday, in a field belonging to Mr. Medforth, at the south-west end of the old town. The weather was very unfavourable during the early part of the day, a drizzling rain falling at intervals, and the attendance of visitors was small until afternoon. Towards noon there was a ...

... co ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Id Last evening, the celebrated Irish drama The fo Shanghraun, by D. Boucicault, which created quite a sensation in London, was produced at the m' Amphitheatre. This was not the first time the ns drama had been played in Liverpool, and conse. sic quently its chief features were well known to .hose who attend our local theatres, and were more Tu than ordinarily ...

... IVALE OF CONWAY AGIUCUL- TURAL SHOW. The sixth annual show of the Vale of Couway Agricultural Society took place at Llanrwst yester- day. Throughout the district the show has always been associated with wet weather, and yesterday fully supported the tradition, heavy showers falling at frequent intervals. Despite ufasyourable wea- ther, the show ground attracted a large concourse of visitors, ...

... PRINCE OF WALES THE.ATRE. The grand revival at the Alexandra Theatre furnished a subject for burlesque at the little house last evening, when Win. Brough's cleverly ,written burlesque was produced under the amended title of 'The Winter's Tale, or the Royal Milk- maid. Having resolved to run the absurdity at the asvre time as the original Shakespearian play, the management set about ...

... PUBELIC AM-GS-NTS. W)YAL AFiLEX??DRA THEEITrR. A season of Italian opera, exnding to^ niaa aightS, undae the alilliul gen'eralship of M5r. ?? e- son, was ceomenced :ast evening, at th3 }:lEval LAlexandraTheatre. and althongh II Trvatre' presented zoth'ig wvaich was very new, consider- able intereat attached to the performance, ie con- s.equence of the re-appeurance of Uap-d'e Titihns, after ...