... 3LSiC L NOTES. The annmal meet ng of the Liverpool MusicQl pab 5upplemented, as usai, by a dinner at theTH &-,arls Par, tooks place on Saturday evening,TH m~d proved as pleasant as such events have, Th 'ince tueir inauguration, been. There 'was& m a The lead muster of professional and amateur seem- twas he 1,,rs, Mr. W~. D. Hail being in the chair. Thean tio h 4tter gentleman has succeeded Dr. ...

... IWALTON POULTRY, PIGFON, AND Ib CAGE BIRD SHOW. I y, The second annual Walton exhibition of Rc 18 poultry, pigeons, sad care bitds was commenced b 0 on Satmuday, at the Zoological Gardens, Wa~toz- T adon-the-H1iLl. The entries namerically showed a C grin mroeto t peiosyabeing 7 vs nearly doubled. In the poultry section ?? i3 Si. were hO~ eetrir'sin the pigeon sention219, and F ~~7 in the cage ...

... NATIONAL SIOCETY OF PROFES- I SSONAL MUSICIANS. I The annual confereeno of this body wa resumed at Birminghamh, yesterday. . In Thursday's die. ousuton OP the aids to musical art, Dr. Arnold, Winchester, severely bandled the deficiencies of Musical criticism in the Engliah Press; and Dr. Hiles, Manobester, -aid if our dukes and lords bai done their duty to mnusic as Gernman nobles had, England ...

... = ?? -T THE PRaNCE OF WALES W - THEATRE. This theatre wilI be opened to-Pighk5 after being closed for sone time in oderb 3 out the suggestions made by the auosnmmi'j Liverpool magistrates, Several imterk tiara and imprnementa have been ade the comfort and convenience of the publi, i . the more economic working of th3 theatre it the ecrtains. Te amagistrates, wish the of the city survevor (Mr. ...

... 'THE' AUTUMN EXHBITION AT, . THE WALKER ART GALLERY. The usual preliminary gathering of the 18th autumn exhibition, known as therivate view, will take place to-day at noon. e inaugural ceremony by his worship the Mayouihr.T.W. Oaishott} will be held this evening, attseven o'clock. As the City Council has this year limited the number of invitations mainly to buyers, exhibitors, and the members ...

... -7v VL J-L.lf*C THE FINAL REPORT OF THRE MANCHESTER, EXHIBITION. _ ?? The renorb of the Executive Committee of the Royal Jbslee Exhibition held in Manchester last year has been issued, and will sbortly be supplied to the public. It gives an account of the onarg and organisation of the Exhibition, and the opening ceremony by his Royal Highness the F>riocs of Wales: brief descriptions of the ...

... e [coxrn-rrrm a The Cern2try (P. Waruo and Co., London) e opens with a charmingly-written contribution e by Rose G. Kingsley on George Eliot's e Countv, in which the rural beauties of 'the 0 Elizabethan side of Warwickshire are r depicted with a glowing pen. Many of the scenes which the great novelist has made so familiar in Felix Molt and other works are realised in the county of her ...

... THE -poRMANS. ?? The great pmd~dc a-une exhibitions in Lindi a-g tleit ewF years lisa no doubt idneeda more freuent repetition .of t13 i of ?? ?? ote- .- wisehive beeosisidered likely to be profit- b able,. Bit to ippeal to msore than a limited daem i bnecesary the, there should be. some e ?? m ene f novelty, either in the exhibitsthemn- t smle in the locality tchosen. To be complete o there ...

... ALEXANDRA THE ATRE. It was ?no common event that attracted the large and critical audience which was assembled in the Alexandra Theatre last night ti writness the pro- duction of As You Lie It. ' The successes of Madame Modjeska in presenting the heroines of modern drama were well qualified to excite a curious interest as to the extent of ber resources in dealing with character from the ...

... 'Bit of Brazg, the Legewd of bik, and other Poecm.. By John Cameron Grant. London Longmanis, Green, and Co. Mr. Grant, whose Songs from the Sunny South we remember -with pleasure, shows us in these pages that he has much of the true. poetic feeling, and can describe the riches of nature especially in a -highlv oreditabloeandevca memorable manner. Aliwho knowanything of Brazil from travel or ...

... D,%TENIy NEW TRAGEDY. . -- -- , ?? ? wnn n~roducad ?? Teoy0nS e tragedy, Th Cup,u was prodneed ?? h ight, at the Lyceu ~m Theatre, London, before ~w~edsad istinuishdftdedfnlee iDushdude, one of the riehest in -stare,~ ~ ur art, scienc e, and politie s that has over hash aht taher tyeu and dirinone oftthe stage boxesousa tnd -siater. with rs. Gnla dstone ad hisl other member Yf: t¶e n scene ...

... The Seventeenth Annual Iorse Show, which opened at the Agricultural Hall, London, on Sataulay, will be found to bear comparison with most of its predecessors, both in the quality and the number of the entries. In the bunter classes more especially does this year's show bear the palm, whilst intheother classes appropriated to riding horses there is a fair splinkling of sterling merit. For arabs ...