... =O AND = i . FASSION AND VARIBU'RS, THE COURT. Bialmoral, Sunday. Divine service was conducted at the Castq ithis morn. ing asthe presence of theQueen, Princess _a1ice, and the Princesoes Victoria and Elizabeth of Hessejand the Royal Household. The 11ev Dr WVatsou, one of her Jljesty's chiplains, and Moderator of the Assembly of the Cbarch of Scotland, officiated. The Rev Dr WVatson and the ...

... YORKSHIRE AThI' L-IJBI'r o FOURTH S-UTIC?. Lit The works rf local artists in oilsare Dt a,. feature of the Exhibition, unless ae v le t 1 ' *e portraits by Mi. WaIler. oThmeY MI-IN eattest his solind jtldgmlettt i llhareizllg - ?? li five works in the upjser roollm, anld iil,os . ' room below. Other arltsts ;tre i-eprcoult I e number. It may be that th1ese are nil th sr the Councii of ...

... ON, ON FOR THE FUTURE. On, on for the Future ! the Present is thiuo, The Past has gone down to Eternity's soa; 'Tis useless to murmur, 'tis vain to repine, And sigh for the days that have Ion ceasod to be. But, on for the future I aind when ye rook hack On the rocks and the sands, yo hnave toot in your way, Lot theta serve as briflit beacons to lil,'hton your track, And guide ye arigh to a ...

... r. M. Thiron. 2. Mdlie. C1ementine Jouassain. 3. M. Frederick Febvre. 4. Mdile. Sophie Cwoizette. 5. M. Joliet. KEY BLOCK TO THE COM9DIE FRANqAISE AT HOME 6. Mdlle. Bianca. 7. Mdlle. Sarah BMWd 8. Mdlle. Blanche Barretta. g. MdIle. Thenard. zo. M. Mounet-Sully. 1i. M. Coquelin the younger. 12. Mdlie. Jeanne Samary. e3, M. Gustave Worms. x4. M. Coquelin the elder. it. Mdlle. Marie Favart. I. ...

... I . - . - The fortygsixth exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours is a fair one, perhaps better than that of last year, but the recently-elected members, as a rule, are the strongest. Naturally this would be the case, as men of ability would be anxious to justify the choice of the Society. We are not surprised to find that one of the finest, as well as one of the largest, ...

... ,llP, )MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ws hatever may be said of Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon. it cannot be d&nied that it hits many merits which the opera. ecr of the present day is ready to appreciate and to applaud, tad it has the great advantage of giving good opportunities to the principal vocalists ; the music is fairly appropriate to the sbjet, and some of the melodies are really charming. It is ...

... Ii TERATUtr.z. ?? to ?? (~eiD 'aird has undertaken in IL e O lie essentially differentfom d i,, ohswon his great replitta 'l -la lient seechl has chamdt is -a ncu55lhV qualified to take 5`0 te oses who1 is at lionie h ~e4~ fphilosophic Specua h o te ec~0or light widich --a t~;e~lxto i~e thick d-trkne' se tcer rot!' aslliltii e n i tcoh ?? an intro- lie fir v of religion , bet even Is ?? i C ...

... TRHl LATE SYANEHY PRU1DBITON. Tar. full list of prize awards has inst been reeeivad ?? from Sydney, and Mesers. Brimasmeadand Sonsstanda de with two, irst.class awards ane a special ofmbificat, of at the heand of all tho piano manufacturers who exhi. M bited at the exhibition.. Following them-that is to th say, among the firsh;clase awards without epecial cer. w tificates-are Messrs. IBrard, ...

... *IU'AJI) ART GOSSIP. ,.Tip l \~ A c ,1, ( ?? ?? ?? .i ?? ?? ?? ~X ?? l .tL 4 Cib'bl~F. ?lii iix z&l' , ?? i' i's leloeinT its stuff. Te'1o 1I!; i! lti bia'iuos hi ;vct begun this week .'il .i Mf. B tit^EI -Fi rds liag a new novel in A i.ig of tbl, A'illii!iotioal Society7 will b. old 1 r,; !d Society -of Ar s ?? MIoll!ksy. Julie 21st. ' 'll. -'.'icitl COoUlVe'idillul ' is bein? trcll:> I~t:i( ...

... FLOWERI SHOW AT GOSPORT. MIo; #h,. F h nSI. null Al--rftn kn Hr ?? XnuVy ln.1 Uax ivor LuJ-C. The Committee of the Gosport and Alvorstoko Horti- cultural Society must be a body of very stoutihearted gentlemen indeed, or the dispiriting circumstances under which they have had to struggle from the very first stage of the establishment of the Society up to the present data would have had a ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUNEDIN, MARCH 22d.-Mr Hoskins's company still have possession of the Theatre Royal, Christchurch. TiHE Carandini concert company are in Blenheim at present, but will get down to Christchurch for Easter week. MR ARTHUR SKETCHLEY has introduced Mfrs Brown, to the notice of a large number of persons in the Southland, Otago, and Canterbury districts. All those who ...

... I Edqar.in PHe: HisD LfeLters.and Opin-s.i| By John It. ingrain. In two volumes. London: John iogg. There can be no doubt that up to a very recent period it was the fashion to speak of the author of - The Raven as a brilliant but sadly degraded man of genius-the Richard Savage of' American literature. Certain facts in his history cannot of course be disputed.- He had a wild career at the ...