... MIlANUAL ocl'LPLllSrCAL ECONOY., I'y Hir.E-y FAWOCETr, il.I. Fifth Edition. Ilondoli: Miacmillan and Co.] 3'rufe!sor Fawcott's ?? 1rrnlarnal is so well ]ra(wn tlhat little need be said of its genceral character. This fifth edition, howecver, hals particular claims to notice, lniviirgj liecni tirrongli6oit revised and enlarged, and supplied witi | Tnew illustrations. It now forms a complete ...

... Although really, wre believe, as well as nominally, the undertaking of ?? Nottinghami eselrco uc'os withl whorn AMr. Sims Reeves has been so long associated, the enter- taincnent given in the Town allu1 ?? vas, for a large proportion of the audience, emphlatically the con- cert of the populsr E n glish tenor, wlho con- stituted its principal attraction. It was MIr. Sims Reeves, at all events, ...

... Last night another and later work of Donoiti,i Figlia dol Reggimnento, which has not been heard hero since Mdlle. Marimon appeared in the part of the heroine some four or five years ngo, furnished the entertainnment, anm a more spirited and effectivo performoance of a charm- ing work could not have been dcsired. In the part of the fascinating viviindire. made famous in this country chiefly ...

... MIlll SIMS REEVES AND THlE AIUSICAL PITCOL Mr. Sbus Feeses wrmtos to Te Allw'nreuo as follows~ It is very p zidlfl to ma to ho dragged into eome1thiiig like is public controversy lbe the persunal remarks of youir mus1.ical critic, as to 11y beinia ' the niajin cause of al nii tatiole that has ledI ostly to confusion arid discoi-d,' do. 'No re0form of staneiiiii abuses ciii lie efce ihaaeti ...

... IN'ACNETI'S FLYING DUTCHUAN. tinte lnt~tCV brr'onrttc 'which a savem to hatve fulchl rpnthat ortholtod' schooil of inutsical art weltc licr- P&Itotc tile 1ietliede alti priinciples without 1tnfesrtu. ?? itheriting thle -enilss of the great past mcaster's of the cmlia. ?? 105Crm tay well be cicusedt for tiritligl. a Vwistfult gtzo now tand tben at thle achtivm'ettc ut moti poesi- Jtilit ic,~ ...

... THE rI-IILNDELPIITA EXHIBITION AWARJDS. 'T'ihe followvinig co the local icwnrde at the ]h ilatlolihin Ebl~ibition, mi ado to ex-libitots from Crent Iritain :uiad Irelanl. A sip ltllisy 1it will follow in sovoral! grolips not yet fitally revised by tho Centennial Coni- 'i)igloy and ItobrtI , Coventry-Spider bicycles. I faynes :uid ,lcff'i., Covelitry-Volocileo(l. 'ioNallgilit aud 6nlithl, ...

... PRINCE OF WALES TIElATRE. Our greatest dlramatist was not only an author, bitt an actor antI tunctagor too. IeO could net only exhaust old worlds' and thea ?? jinilcrine now, but hoe hadl tito practical talen~t Of arranigin~g ?? hli; noblest crontions for tresnroseta- Vion on the stage. If, as some critics have contended, some of his works are better when readl thanl whein jlsyeil, so much ...

... i3IRMINGHIAM FINET ARTS GUILD, A lecture on Art Training, Past and Present, was delivered oit Wednesday night, to thie members of the Blirminglham Finn Arts Guild, at the Quern's College, 'nradise Street, by Dr. 8 Evans, Vice-President of the (Gild. There wns. a nunimrous attendance-Dr. EVANS aidl it was his pleasing duty to congridtulato those presont on that, the iirst public debat of the ...

... AADDURESS DY A. SHAW 1WDV3DL, M.P. ?featsrtLay morning, in the .Smarll Conceit Roomn at St. 0corge's !Hall, Mr. Ci. J. Show Lefsvre, MY., president off the Economy and Trade Section, delivered his address. Hre -adta iii so great a commercial centre ase Liverpool I felt that the task- he bred undertaken was one of grea~t Lreoponeibility, especially just now, when commercial ctiesR- tioens were ...

... iMIfR. LO)CKER'S CONCERT. All interesting and ihyl nc ifd complimeantary- concert %cac''iveoi in tho TPNrn HAll1, last nliglit, to AMr. ?? Ci. Locker, thle well-known local teachier aof sli-sc-ciigiiig, bvs it law lir of ?? ptrecia iaid Iorauer topils a and friends, imiiclineoiledgineiitof Islia; excellent personalI quaitisic, iamitM thle vidumilde services rendered bylhiaai to thle cause' of ...

... PRTNCE OF WALES TREATRE. Among Shakespeare-e five groat tragedies King Learm Ls generally ranked as second, and the performance of Ir. Calvert and his company on Monday last fully justified th4 general verdict on thedignity,tbe majesty, and thedriusafti power of this wonudroit tragely. The mne reading o; :inlg Lear gives little idea of the intensity of the cbha racter, or of the d-omatic ...

... The annual meeting of this institution was hold last evening in the Town Rall, Henley. In addition to the usual exhibition of works by students in this school, there ivere hung round the hall 200 works, including paintings, designs, figuro drawings, -cm.. selected iirom upwards of 12,300 sent from the different schools of art in tho country Inst April, to South Kensington, for exanciantion ih ...