... - IUSIC IN PUBLIC-HOUSES. Yosterday the annual Licensing Sessions of the borongh was held at the Towa Hrll, the Mnagistrates present being Mfessrs. Tilley, Blatemnan, Coclerane, and Aldermen fledge and Wilkinson. Chief Superintendenb Burton presented a report, ealling nttention to the increasing evils and nuisances arising from musio, singing, and daneing in the licensed houses in the borough. ...

... RN1-lr ITAfNMENd . SAMS0N AT NLWPOI:tT.-Froa ?? a tisement in another col-ne'n i wvili be see two performances with ftil ,orcestra d accompaniment wvil be given itt heI ; on Monday next. The concert6 are ?? distinguished patrona&f. Z.iss ?? . \ i.-; from the Covent Ga0den * Miss Lewis, Cardiff; 1r'. a- tjne rt of '.the St. Jamie&s'- .heall i and Mr. Thomas Brandon~ from Exsete lli take the ...

... 14116 11 : s THIS is the most perplexing month of the whole year as regards outdoor attire. The sun, which is so warm and power- ful at midday as to render winter apparel unbearable, retires early, and the cold winds, so frequent at this season, make those foolish persons who have prematurely rushed into spring attire seriously repent of their rashness. Those of our readers who would avoid the ...

... ?? ?? e v ?? ?? UNTIER the title of The Khedive's Egypt (S. Low and Co.), Mr. Edwinl de Leon has given us a new Egyptian volume, less encyclopedic than Mr. M'Coan's recent work, but not on that account less generally readable. An ?? for the United States, Mr. de Leon lived behind the scenes in Egypt during the rule of three successive Viceroys. He has known alike the old French generals of ...

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... ?5iA? THE HON. MISS FERRARD, by the author of Hogan, M.P., &c. (3 vols.: Bentley).-As we have more than once commented on the extreme bitterness and cynicism which have marked this clever writcr's sketches of the Irish life of our day, it is only just to say that these characteristics are much less notice- able in the work before us, though undoubtedly his views on the condition of ...

... A IouSe packed to the ceiling with one of the largest and most brilliant itudienuoi yet assembled in the Theatre Royal greeted the first production here lest night of ?? '-Fidelio. In thu crowded state of ourcolumns to-dlay we can deal but briefly with a performance which will be memorable in the history of local musical art; but, as we gave Rsme slight anticipatory account of the work itself ...

... I vot'es coniler.l IBERAL ORGANITSATION.W Come r~tlly ye Liberal lads oS thc North, Ye soldiers of Freedom, in numbers come forth To fight and to work for the nation. Your HIartingtou loads ad.l you never pan lag, When ?? before you he raises the flag, Of Liboral organisaltion. Never asl. where I'm meaning to leod you, my boys, For a question like rhat indisoreetly destroys Your Leader' ...

... The Liverpool Sacred Harmonlo and Parcell Societj gave their second concert on Thursday eveniing, inl the hall of the College, Shawr fireet, the programme consising firstly of a selection of Plrcell's anthems, and secondly of the talented omposs tragie opera, Dido and cieas. If the Purcell society had been called into existence for the simple purpose of giving the Liverpool public en ...

... I OPENING CEREMONIAL. Since the publication in the Mercury of yesterday of the list of the various trade representatives who will take part in the prccessioti connected with the opening of the Walker Art Gallery on Thursday next, Applications have been made to the committee for the admihsion of nearly 3000 other persons cor.- nected with the various trades and societies of the to vn. These ...

... SCHOOL HISTORY OF ROME: Abri(lged from Dean Merivale's General History of Rome, with the sanction of the Author. By C. Puller, M.A., late b Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. With si Thirteen Maps. London; Lon.-mans, Green, & Co. I This is an excellent specimen of what a school his- C: tory should be. It is no mere compendium of dry N details, but a graphic and well-written narrative of the ...

... s HO WS. OLDMELDRUM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. & The first show of the season under the auspices of c this society was held yesterday. Tnrough the courtesy a of the School Board, it was this year held in the Sc oel j Buildings, Commercial Road, these being more corm- modious ithan any place the shows have previously J been held in. The exhibits could be more advantage- l ously'shown than at some ...