... usl ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-The event since our last has been the dibut in this country of the (to travelling amateurs of music) well-known Dresden lyric artist, Madame Sembrich. Those who have heard her abroad were wont to express surprise that she had never been introduced to the London public-that neither the late Nir. Gye nor the notoriously enterprising Mr. Mapleson had ever bestowed a ...

... Theie are certain plays which appear never to tire all EDglish audience, and Thc livrals is one of these. Under ansy eircuinstanrces it proves attractive, and under such favourable coenlitions as last Saturday afternoon especially so, a large radience being present, adl tice grecting of the various popular ?? who took part in the representation being extremely cordial. Upon DMiss Littocn the ...

... CA -.I, . -A.'itgati-ty. - MAGAZINES FOR JUNE. * mt [SECOND NOTICE.] ccL 74'- U i~rerp shy Xatgazine. Noe. DLXX. June.' Lon- ?? (tlol: HURST anid IJLACKItTT, 13, Great Marlborough- 71 street.I Infallibility and Darwinism, by a Student of Natural Hlistory, deals with somne of the moat illogical of Darwint's 7' deduictions in a mas-terly manlier. The writer says:i- 7 lii precaetee ?? (lie ...

... r, he pllowici; capparerl in -41'I EDITINote La, Week.) ?? soiabriich, of thle Royal Opera, Dresden, was ,neied to iipp)cear at Covent-garden on the 5th inst., but ;Uafvomralle cltnaaw had affected the lady to such an ' telt that site was unable to sing, and lher debut was, there- fore postponecdl until last Saturday, when Madame Sembrich not ,llh! sang, but with a success gratifying ill the ...

... II. TiiE Nineteenth Century.-Bereft of his leading contribators, who by reason of their official cares are debarred from the pleasures of literature, Mr. Knowles has fallen back on men who are no con- temptible successors to the giants who ensured the early success of this powerful periodical. The names of Huxley, Ruskin, and Vam- bery on the table of contents of any magazine should be ...

... ILITRAR EXTAcTS. : ADAM IMOXET'S TROUBLE. t ws t ae fie ai=ernonin June, when Madame [ S~i~bntet'must~go-from hiome. So proceeding along £hvdusty read,'she went' on' with:' some net-work 'e'r handil,' stopping 'from door to door, to have aspihat with her neighbours. 'Why ?? We must divert ourselvres; and when the heart is !1ieavy with grief, it is a relief to find an ear atten- ire to the ...

... Miss Elizabeth Philp has gained considerable popularity by her charming vocal compositions. She has the faculty to write graceful melodies, and her talent in clothing simple love ditties and homely verses with appropriate music is far above the average. The consequence is that many of her songs have become familiar as household words. Her acquirements are various, for not only in English, ...

... ,AjAqr?Y A-VD VARIB-MIA7_1 I THE COURT. Balmoral, Wednesday. Quen 'Went out in the mornina, accompanied by 1P ieatrico And the Princessen Victoria and aha to the 5ervants, tenants, end a nd Abergeldle eatrtes, to cele- p b~et birthday. Tbo Queen, Princess Beatrice, and 1te Viege~ctoria and Elizabeth of fiesse were # . itt05ded by the Hon Horatia Stopford and the p itt and the Gentlemena-l ...

... report against it. They will advise the House not to allow Mr, Bradlaugh to sworn, but to permit him to make an affirmation at his own risk. This decision, if it is accepted by the House of Commons, will practically reverse its previous action. Mr. Bradlaugh's original contention was that, as he had been allowed to make an affirmation, under the Act for that purpose, several Courts of Justice, ...

... CLELTEIMAM AND WEST OF EqGL&ND. . HORSE S6hW AND CHELTENHAM HffmORTIOULTUR&L' SOw.I 'The first annual show of the Cheltenbau and West of Erglasd Eorse Show Society was held yesterday at Cheltehana, in a field adjoining Pittsille.gardens, where the show of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society was held last year. The sky was somewhat gloomy through- out the day, but the rain held off, and in ...

... PUBLIC AMUSMIENTS. ALEXANDRA XTEATRE. The Naval Cadets, the opera comique about which there was so much debate in the metropolis, . was presented to a Liverpool audience for the first time at the Alexandra Theatre on Monday night. I The performance excited considerable interest in musical and dramatic circles, as opinion has not hitherto been unanimous as to its merits; one i party praising ...

... BRISTOL SCHOOL OF. ART. .. . . ?? .. ?? . 1. . I - The following is a list of the successful stadents in tbe Government examination of the elementary or secoud grade of April last, at the Bristol School of Art. The letter P signifies that the student b entitled to .a certifi- eate, and the letterE to a prize as well as a eortificate:- N SeiEECI'r or EXAMINATION. Free- Geo. Perspec deI anL ...