... TIIE LONDON MUSIC HALLS. THE BEDFORD. G, H. BogLENO'S BnFEFaT.-With justice 'ir H. G. MIe i call his benefit, which took place at the Bedford ;hiensEdaY evening, a monster entertainment. There was a elk Tb udience, cramming every portion of the Hall; a r05ter agrammne, including most of the popular artistes of the number of nearly one hundred; and Mr thejeljhimelf E in addition met with what ...

... IUTERATURE. APRIL MAGAZINES.li Becton's Yetang Enqlisehwomana (Lonldon: Ward, Looke, and Tyler) lose somo very useful papors on a variety Of subjects for young housekeepera tand also furnisbes all the information aecesmary to enable thorn to keep pace with the i fashions of the day. The Coloured plate shows three g1ood praotical costumes~ for out-door. wear, end there Is a largo go supeental ...

... BIRMINGHAM ROYAL SOCIETY OF- I ?? SPRING EXHIBITION.-THE PRIWATE VIEW. Constancy is a ?? which wo never appreciato somuch els in times of trial or depression, and it is one for which the lirminglhesn public, therefore, ought to be very grate- fill, in theso days of comumercial decline and moteorological penance, to the local Society of Artists. Other notes andi amenities of the vernal ?? ...

... Under the sole direction of Mrs W. H. Liston this pleasant little Theatre reopened last Saturday, with every promise of a successful season. The chief feature in the programme was a new comic opera entitled Pont, the music and also the libretto being from the pen of the well-knowr composer Signor Buca- lossi, whose Italian comic operas many English amateurs are already ?? with. The story of ...

... littratur.c. Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, Titles of Courtesy, and the Knightage, 1876. London: DEAN and SON, 160A, Fleet-street. a Debrett is well-known. Those whose business requires frequent reference to a work of this class know that De- brett's Peerage ia unrivalled for accuracy and conciseness, whilst, at the same time, no information of real value is omitted. The editor ...

... A literary and dramatic At Home of the Urban Club was field on the 24th uit., at St. John's Gate, when Mr Hlex'Woa'ri DixoN, ?? F.R.G.Sa, was installed as the President, in the room of Mr it. G. Haliburton, M.A., who is about to return to Canada. A very large company of distinguished members of the fraternity of art, science, and letters assembled, aud among tbose present were Mr R. G. ...

... 1 ?? ?? ?? - ?? M ii 06?j THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE TERAI MEASURING THE TIGER This is a sketch during the first days' shooting in Nepaul. The Prince of Wales has just shot a tiger, and several of the suite, including Mr. Bartlett, the taxidermist, with the Prince, have got down from their elephants to measure the animal. The party, writes Mr. H.Johnson,ourspecialartist, formned ...

... N~ ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--There is not much to say about Mr. Gye's opening night. The opera selected was Rossini's Cuillanme Tell, the characters in which were sustained, with no exception of any moment, by the same artists to whom they were assigned on a similar occasion last season. M. Maurel, as the Sowiss patriot, exhibited marked improvement. His hand- some person and dignified bearing fit ...

... THE OERA LINDA BOOK * Is it more difficult to believe, asks Mr. Sandbach with some triumph;. that a clever woman became a lawgiver at Athens than that a goddess. sprang, full grown and armed, from the head of Jupiter? One is a little astounded by such a question as this. It would seem: to imply that Mr. Sandbach has been in the habit of meeting. people who believe in Jupiter, and who ...

... MfR. RYDER and MISS HEATECOTE IN LEICESTER AND HANLEY. The experienced and accomplished tragedian Mr J. Ryder anti Miss Heathcote, a young lady of promise, are this week fulfillirsg a six sights engagement at our Theatre. On Monday evening they appeared in Maacbefh, Mr Ryder taking the title-character and Miss Heatlhcote that of Lady Macbeth. Ir iyder gave an intelligent and well-studied ...

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... LIT ERARY AND ART GOSSIP. Messrs. Hurst and Blaekett will shortly publish a novel, Ia entitled Linked Lives, from the pen of Lady Gertrude an Douglas. 1P The National Exhibition announced to be held this year a at Naples is postponed, and will not take place until May t' let, 1877. i it The annual dinner, in aid of the Artists' General Beore- a volent Institution, will take place on ...