... - ?? HANDEL'S HERCULES. in i The directors of these concerts deserve great Th praise for their spirited enterprise in being the om first to revive one of Handel's great works, It Th . is .amost incredible that ltho sacred drama or an( oratorio H ercules (the composer himself gave cat it both names), which contains innumerable tor beauties; should have remained a sealed book in bei .Great ...

... TEE Eglp; 1107JNt OF SCIENCIFVIC j. zTIUMLINTS. LUNLO';DON CORaEnONDNT.) if 1 3ico of all the e:forts of the commnittee, re ritsflt.U1i ci s vicnidc instruments and ea was cot opened on 6aturday, .A irilly :;zsnounccd. The delay in of the ab ects promised by foreign ul . the dinicalties in arranging the gal- ot ioroapr d splay of the interest of ---ens promised, have been far t thlan, was ...

... ?? ORRATOOs ThOM ANTIPHON s;oy To IS&US, . odens Of time have determined that fTh, sel 5 5 ?? Greek oraory must always m us dy if Athenian oratory atory. t e le ...

... 0 REMEMBER MEli Translated from ALFRED DE MUSrET'S Raffelle-toe. 1. Remember me, when opas the tlmid dawn Her glorious palace to the golden sun: Remember me, when pensive night has drawn Her silver veil of dreamy beauty on. At pleaeare's call whon palpitates thy breast, At ight, when shadewov woo thee with their rest, List I how the silent glades This murmuring phrese pervades- Remember ...

... - THE THEA TIRES. THE ROYAL-~AFTER D K. one r- Mr Boucicault is seen 7)at his beti irms dina like 1The Shaughraurn. He. is ounch 'less disq in happy in pieces like Aftet Dark; a Tale of& le 5f London Life,1 which was produced on nwia Dr Monday, rind Was repeated last night with a fair amount of success. The mathrial of the tr g, work is' 'common, and for the rniost part commion- 'deal ar ...

... FACULTY OF ARTS-1875-76. TnE prizes in th~e Faculty of Arts, for the session just ended, were distributed at noon on Friday, in the Uni- versity Buildings, Old Aberdeen. The ceremony of cap- ping th grauats tok plac inthe Cha2pel At two o'cock inthepreenc ofa lrgeassmblge, chiefly coom. pose ofladis. ittig rom culdnotbe obtaincd for the reaer orton f te sudetsandthey were obliged to sandin ...

... THE PROPOSED IRISH NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND AWLT. A communication h.s been received in Dublin is h0 D the Government on the subject of the pro. S posed establishment of a National Museum of V &CIence and Art for Ireland. It contains a aug. Restiou that the Royal Agricultural Society of tl 4oelaud should amalgatmae with the agricultural d department of the Dublin Society. In that event fc ...

... LITERAT URE. Life of George Wishaset, the Martyr: With his Translation of the Helvetian Confession, and a Genealogical History of the Family of Wishart. By the Rev. CHARLES RoGEns, LL.D. Edinburgh: W. Paterson. TsIS is by no means the worst of Dr Rogers' numerous works. It was a very right thing to gather together in a convenient shape the facts about Wishart-a man who certainly has a place in ...

... Mr Holmuan Eunt's great work, The Shadow i of Death, is now on view at Messrs James f M'Llur&e ,& Son's, Gordon Street. It is modest, if it seems nw tse, that Mlr Hunt, in explanation of his motives while painting this picture, should [ excuse himsel3' for vriolating the cenvention31ities of religious:art; for aiming at-painting Christ as Ile might have lived, rather than in following ' ...

... THEATRE.ROYAL ]Sigor Sa!v!nl, the Italian tragedian, who may re besidt Pr. e said too have cor-kaered large provinces in l -e DIaly, America, and Enlsand, has at length come -L, nnorth to zA? hismagic rpoo Ta one people of the LO world whoare as diffionitto suibde in the regiona- ;o of biwtriouia art as they were caL tt grand tragic le occasionofBhhnnockburn. Wh-tt itansefrom ie our hardness ...

... |2BA~~ FIN EDINBURGHorTL I ?? to V W 'N 'in L, v. Jo 'th as ciD oi al Si la I1 Y'a to TR as 10 it tll if R, Aij f, lS a. 'p7 ?? 0 , naojT y~anlz past ?? has been mhdar . ato.t'~ ~iiaouof the ofd-he' de atir din- bhri~ia-' r 6ffort bc luade y the 3 iioyal Aca earnirfs ivW e 'tvissh ground of ?? h ~e~ort5 Pictues mflY 'q thm by 'ariist4 of acknw~ed6d~ailitn~ have,. ?? rate 1 yar ee ~rjecedby ?? ...

... ?r , BLLCTMZEL I -- e, dea F lorsneg. of the GBkk bwr C,;nectinR With the EdinbufbrgEh 1ea 'ttte (the' Ladies' Collegeh Pt fea kat Sented ?? to tbil d ''egs Berardie df werertd goa tb cusb aU tazdt i The' ?? are a few Of the verse Wefl. ~iear Pof esane 30arte tos fretu sueai 1 fancy Von'se had qui'te eno.gh to ~.o Wlth your own lads ?? And yet you wear a a a free tr, t oon d As ?? baie that ...