... THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLANI) r | SHOW. The Bath and West of England Society a and Southern Counties Association hold their S annual exhibition at Cardiff during the week which begins to-day. The Society is entitled a to special notice on three very honourable grounds, namely, age, vigour, and general H usefulness. Its founder was a Norfolk gentle- man of the not inappropriate name of RcKx. 0 ...

... GRAND CONCERT ATr COW- BRIDGE. as The grand full dress concert, in aid of the funds F as of the Cowhridge Young Men's Institution, a f i musical entertainment which for some time pasti has been the principal topic of expectation in the c to neighbourhood, took place on Thursday evening ad at the Town-hall, Cowbridge. All who took part in st the concert were local amateurs, and the glee party ...

... I ' Y - - A.. . z AX St.EW I | G Z I e 7if t Y TJit , . THURSDAY, JUIVR 1, 1882. I OPENING OF THE CARDIFF FREEI LIBRARY. The building in Trinity-street erected by p the Corporation of Cardiff for the combined ai purposes of a Free Library, Museum, and t] Science and Art School was opened yesterday si deinces pf the most auspicious a o?frer. rdly Anything which could w have 'given et to the ...

... IBIRhIINGA MUSICAL FESTIVAL, S. I [SECON ARTICLE.] Ve THE REDEMPTION. n ; Whatever surprises or revelations the coming Festival tl e- may bavo in store for us, it needs no special power of s 1e divination to enable us to predict that the most memorable c re event of that memorable week will be the production on t ve the Wednesday morning of Di. Counod's eagerly awaited 0 re Oratorio, The ...

... I THE BUILDING EXHIBITION AT BIN=GLEY ?? ALL. Through the exertions of Mr. Black and his managing partner, Mrl Shrapnel, the popularity of this exhibition seems to be steadily maintaineid. There have just been added to it some remarkable specimens of hand-painting on china and wood, the worlmanslhiip of Miss S. de Sinni- chrast loussa, of Suiderland, anti shown on Stand 38 by Mr, A S. Ma -de. ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND-, POULTRY SHOW. The uinfavorbll statkt oft the wseather yesterday militated *co id~te~bly gainict the attendarce b ut,.rot, 'm withstanding, the patronage extended to tb's Cattle Show doe rfor, tho second day. hitiy bo consijiered highly satis factory. an The ball was opened at nine o'cloolc in thle morning and- &a from that time until ftve o'clock the holders of ...

... . DRAWN BY WILLIAM SMALL She threw herself at full length on the sofa, and burst into an ecstacy of tears. Then her father returned to her. MA 4 R I 0 N FA Y. :: Al: Novel BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF 'FRAMLEY PARSONAGE,- ORLEY FARM, THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON, THE WAY WE LIVE Now, &C-. &C CHAPTER XXVII. THE QUAKER'S ELOQUENCE WHEN the Friday morning came in Paradise Row both father ...

... DRAWN BY ARTHUR HOPKINS As they drew near to the hut a man in broadcloth emerged from it, smoking a cigar. K IT-A MEMOR Y By JAMES PAYN, AUTHOR OF LOST SIR MASSINGBERD, BY PROXY, HIGH SPIRITS, UNDER ONE ROOF, . A GRAPE FROM A THORN, &C. CHAPTER XXXV. COOK'S CREEK IT sometimes happens, although a woman may be young and fair, agreeable to a man in many ways, and enjoying his esteem ...

... DRAWN BY WILLIAM SMALL He sat gazing at his fire, holding the poker in his hand. MA RIO N FA Yin A Novel B:- By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF FRAMLEY PARSONAGE, ORLEY FARM, THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON, THE WAY WE LIVE Now, &c., &C. CHAPTER XXI. WHAT THEY ALL THOUGHT AS THEY WENT HOME LORD HAMPSTEAD had come, to the door to help them into the carriage. Lord Hampstead, said Mrs. Roden, ...

... I IIL Tsiz Contemporary for February is singularly good. Free Thought-French and English throws much light on the true nature of that war against the Church in France, which Englishmen with their strong religious feelings, and their dislike of Romanism as a foe to liberty of conscience, are somewhat slow to understand. For the true libre-penseur does not war against Rome as a specially ...

... ?? I' A ZT,,,,~ 7-F COVENr GARDEN PROMENADE CONCERTS.-lhese entel- tainments, which for a good nmny years have constituted an essential feature of the summer and early autumn season, Wvere resumed on Saturday under precisely the same conditions as last year. A new decoration wnas, of course, a sioe ,'lu non, and it must be admitted that the sot-scene behind the orchestra, represent- ing a ...

... The annual dinner of the members of this club took place on Tuesday evening at the Royal Station Eotel, amongst those present being Mr Councillor Fraser (in the chair), the Reys J. McCormick, A. B. Carpenter, H. L. Clarke (liedon), and Canon Randerson; Messrs John Leng (Dundee), W. Hunt, John Cook, Dr Shetburn, Dr Maffey (Bradford), Councillor Arisell, Councillor Cohen, Councillor Shaw, ...