... 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 ...

... At Hastings, on Saturday, the Mayor presided at a meeting held in support of the movement founded by the Prince of Vales for the establishment of a national college of music. Sir Thomas Brassey was unable to attend through pressure of Parliamentary duties, but wrote sympathising with the move- ment. Dr. Groves explained the aims and objects of the school, which he said was not intended only to ...

... I This annual flower rhow came off on Saturday last in the picturesque grounds of Tutbury Castle. The attendance was not quite so good as last year, but still the show was well patronized. The prizes offered had the effect of securinga sati6factory number of entries, and on the ?? of the exhibits was very superior. The well-known nurseries of Messrs. Frettingham (Beeston), Holmes (Lich- field) ...

... . CLEVELAND AGRICUL-1 , TURAL SHOW. Yesterday, the forty-ninth annual show of the It Cleveland Agricultural Society was hold at Mid- IN' disebrough, near the West Newlanda. The weather was fine in tile early part of the day, but ~ in thle afternoon rain fell, and somewhat marred the harmony of the proceedings. There was a 41 very large attendance of Spectators, including E many of the leading ...

... QgognDON pRUTIT, FLOWER, AND VNGBTABLE SHOW. It is the people's h~oliday. The sun is shining glori- 5nl, h brs r sning sweetly, the bells are ringing a] laerrily, the Beags are floating proudly, the band is play- s lotriumnphal arches span the streets, the village is vi deetdthe Rectory gronnds are thronged, where the La e;5df ?? nul exhibition of fruit, flowers,and vege- fe tsble, ji besing ...

... w Toilottes of printed muslin have been carefully prepared ad for the first symptoms of tropical heat, and will have an si. enormous success at the various country houses and sea-side n resorts of the grand mnonide, whither they tied at the close ad of the season. The designs are almost exclusively flowers, es ties greater part being of veryv large lsez. y, Muslin, aIce, embroidery, all ...

... MR. J. L. TOOLE AT THE NEW THEATRE I ROYAL, Last night, Mr, J. L. Toole and his London company commenced a brief four nights' engagement at this house. and the eminent comedian must have been highly grati, fled with the hearty shout of welcome which greeted his first appearance on the stage, The large audience chearecI again and again, and minates elapsed before he could obtain a hearing. The ...

... When Mr C. J. Phipps erected this house in 1866, he failed, as theatrical architects almost invariably have failed, to secure means for a rapid exit of the audience in case of fire or panic; and the occurrence of the horrible catastrophe at the Ring Theatre, Vienna, and also similar calamities nearer home, having called the attention of the authorities to the necessity of providing ...

... ENTERTAINMENT AND BALL AT DUN- GANNON PARIL TiIE Earl and Countess of Ranfurly gave a ball on Thursday evening last in honour of the birth of Viscount Northland, to which the principal m erbchants and tradespeople of Dungannon and their assistants were invited. The invitations numbered over two hundred. The large draw- ing-room adjoining the colonnade wes fitted up as a ballroom and gaily ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMEINTS. GAIETY T1IEATRE. Comic opera is on'e more in the ascendant at the Gaiety, Lo14,i Tay1or, originally Produced at the chi Imperial theatre in October, 1820, having been re- by vived. Biesers. Stephens and Soiomoln's lively nau- Tb tical piece is perhaps better meunlted thnevrit has b~een before, find thle present production ought bel to fully satisfy all1 seekers after mirth, ...

... MR. 10 UCICA UL T UPON A CTING. THrE value of a perfect delivery has seldom been more forcibly illustrated than in the address upon the art of acting given yesterday afternoon by Mr. Boucicault at the Lyceum Theatre. In themselves Mr. Boucicauit's views have no special depth or value. Instructions such as he supl plied with regard to standing and walking upon the stage are, or should be, ...

... 1.meo the Radical, and Juliet the Jingo; or Obstruction and Effect, a sitting in seven lively debates, is the title of a new burlepque,-Ar, Lithgow James has obtained a divoece from his wife, Miss Florene, St, Jobn,-Madame Ritoli's season at Drury.laue concludes next svelk,-3 1le London theafres and, iudeed, the principel tbeatreB generally rre closed or closing, The Prince of Waleis cloped ...