... I On U1onday evening last, chiefly1 through the interested kindness of Mrr- Alderman Wells, of Mona House, there wasgiven at BSuttou an amateur concert of a high class. The eutertainmeut was in aid of the funds of the parish sohools, and was well patronised by a crowded and fashion- able audience. The programme consisted of a sacred and a secular part, and the following -were the ladies and ...

... enII Dr. John Hill Burton's long-expected book on Queen t Anne's reign is positively promised for the middle of the mouth. el skelolb is announced to appear weekly, under the editor- u ship of Mr. Reginald Shirley Brooks, son of the late 0 editor of Punchi. d From Germany are announced tho deaths of Professor a Eroyssig, vwell known as a critic of Shakspeare, E. Gull, the poct, and Professor ...

... THE STOK OF: MISTER. KNG. I AN EPISODEi F -THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAI Y Br). CHRISrIE MuJAxT. r This is the story of Mister King' Anerican citizen, Phineas K., e Whom I met in Orkhanie, far away From freshening cocktail and genial sling. A little man, with twinkling eyes, A nose like a hawk's, and lips drawn thin, e And a little imperial stuck on his chin, And about him always a cheerful grin, ...

... POETRYI'-',':- I I TO A LADY WfHO DESIRBD TO6F, BEt AB3SORBED INTO THE INFINITE. ' Sweet soul, that strivest so thyself to tear Out of this outer wilderness of things,' Would that I, too, were given the power of wings To follow thee within the infinite air Whence all things live,-to fly and watch thee there, Lose in the Uncreate thy fluttering¶; Then, while thy sleep its-deepest softness ...

... PASIMiONS ULO1 JN\C'AIS. The happy idlea of comb11juiling thet TMdi1 mind I)ar, styles of colour and mlat erial h,,IS pr .11od l k t Jml- ?? Ul and hariniio ios brsc:ido. 1',i behiL -L. 001',' ill trillltlilltiS, blvit ill a1n111ItLI'-, 2ff,10 kit noi dres-ses. All dark colours heii. 1u,10W I, broetide triiniiunug is gelenerlly o -I li-ghtcer hc1 of onle plain coloutr a~ru now Ieceolji ig` I t ...

... I wi'- . TI l | zI ?? TIM, SCTS. if , THE BURNS' ANNIVERSARY IN HULJ, ,-In a room scarcely remrrkable for *arehiteceatma X beauty, nor lavish in the nkalet of space, we are afem.n- age bled on this the evening of the 2ah January, 18So, to- acommemorate the one hundred and thirty.first anni. : versary of Scotia's favourite poet. The party is not sed large ; it is cosy and sociable. Neither ...

... The Town Council of Lyons has increased the subven- tiou to the Grand ThiAtre of that city from 144,000 to 300,000 francs. M. C. H. Godet died recently at Neuchatel, at the advanced age of eighty-three. He was best known as the author of the Flora of the Jura. The Mzfsikalisches ?? states that Herr Carl Reinecke is to be appointed Cantor of the Thorhas-Schulo in Leipsic, as successor to the ...

... CLIPPINGS FR il THE I COMIC JOURNALS.:: : PICKINGS FROM PUNCH.. OLD TimE8.-(To those who Are fond of bbem.)- Not kitow what to do in a black fog? Why, take a seat on 'the stagecoach now running to St. Albans and back, of course I The state of the atmosphere will prevent you from seeing the railways and the telegraph poles, and enable you to forget the spreading of the hideous town, as ...

... :JA.CK AND THE, 'BANSTTALjK. *~ 11 When Joe Grimaldi, the famous clown, gave-his grq- 18 tesque and veritably eide-splitting entertainments in the n Great City, and attracted to his performances all the wit d and fashion of the' town, he little thought of the longroil of pantomimes (in almost every place that boats a i theatre) to which he wag giving a virtual paternity. ,Grimaldi used ...

... A SURVEy, | ?? -MAGa; Nt . he z ' :- ' ?? - ?? The January numbers-whieh ' are generally produced considerably in anticipation of the New Year-augur a very healthful activity in the periodical literature of 1880.' Strong names and, vigorous articles are the rule, whilewthe stories are in the main of genuinely attractive Iter4st,;aud in some few instances almost approach' t6c geatness. Of the ...

... An exhibition of original drawings and paintings by the Leeds Schlool of Art Students' Association was opened last evening in the picture gallery of thle Mechanics' Institu- tioU, and wvill be continued daily during thi remainder of the week. Although the association has been in existence only nine months, its members, whno do not number more than 39, have already produced no fewer than 584 ...

... The next election of au ASR.A. is appointed for Friday, the 30th inst. Carl Eduard Hering, an able composer and theorist, died on the itll ult., at Bautzen, at the age of seventy. M. Alphonse de Nenville has nearly finished a large l picture of thee surprise and massacre of Ieaudlatna. Temple Bar is to bh re-erected in Victoria Park. Let us hope it will not be scraped or otherwise made to look ...