... THE EOOlPTON COMEDY COIMPANY AT' 1H TH&I'IIRE' ROYAL, CIRMtDF.II ?? S Wel have once more the pleasant task of chronicling a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Compton and their talented company, who are this week to give a series, of their deliglitful per- formances, The piece selected last evening was that charming play founded on an episode in the life of David Gmrrick, in which hr. Copton im- ...

... AN INHUMIAN EXHIBITION. Under the above heading a correspondent writes nol 4r. to the Standard. as follows :-There is a jugglery aut Ir, entertainment now being given at some of the Pr ad London musie-halls which distinctly calls for the ed, interference of the Society for the Prevention of 5 Cruelty to Animals, The conjuror shows a canary mc' CD. in what purports to be a cage. He makes 8ome ...

... - i Next year an International Exhibition 6o Navigation, Travelling, Commerce, and Mann- facture will be held at Liverpool, under conditions which promises well for its success. We believe the idea of holding this exhibition originated with the Mayor of Liverpool (Alderman David Radcliffe). Who succeeded in the first instance in securing the.. eo.operation of a few friends, and has now ...

... MM NELLIE FARREN AT THE T?EATBE ROYAL, CARDIFF. The sacred lamp of burlesque burns brightly Ow( at the Cardiff Thoatre this week. The high. Johnl priestess herself, Miss Nellie Farren, supe?lntends pic-ni tile mystic rites, and she has surrounded herself meat with a crowd of attendant acolytes wall able to Parish carry out her behests and all cager to obey her W. L. slightest summons. ...

... EXTRAORDINAR'Y GHOST STORY FROM YNYSHIR. iton ., d to . 16. MYr MoarEs.1 th I Ravin-g heard that some extraordinary state- ieet. ments had been made by aL Mrs. Ann Jenkins, of oext Ynyshir, as to lier having seen a ghost, 1, accom. and panied by Police-Constable Menhennick, proceeded raby on Monday to interview ber. Wefound Mrs. Jenkins mean to a at home with her four children. She conversed ...

... THE 'IIKADO AT THE NEW THEATRE, SWANSEA. 1 ?? 2 Mr. D'Oylv Carte's Mikado Company on Monday night made a first appearance at tile New 3 Theatre, Swansea, where they are engaged to stay for six nights. This newest effort of Messrs o Gilbert and Suilivan in comic opera has been re- o ceived elsewhere with general expressions of 0 fRvour. The music of Sullivan is as lively and O sparkling ...

... p PITE PR0OFE9SSOl-S:II3 OF POETRY AT OXFORD. The contest for the vacant Professorship of in, Poetry at Oxford is lilely to be a lieen of one. The candidates in the Reid up to to the present include Lanon DLXoX, Mr. FRANCLS 1TRNwEi i'AtrtAvE, anF d n r. I.Jnts oAsOuIs, three gentlemnell whose respective qualilicarions for the chair n xwill be vigorously canvassed daring the cb niest fewdays. ...

... CARDIFF FREE LIBRARIY (OM- AIrEME. 1PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE BUILDINGS. co The usual monthly meeting of the Cardiff Free qi Library Committee was held on Monda5, Air. w Peter Davies presiding. The minutes of the pre- Pt vious meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. J. to Gunn stated that, in accordance with the wishes wl of the committee, he had laid the facts of the pro- Al posed extension of ...

... THE LATE LORD SEUPEMBURY, (From PFich.) ANTHONr AvaLtr COOPER, Enx.L OP SnflTZAsitir Boxy Avaflf 28, 1b01. DMD Ocouot 1. IM8. Is life Worth living? Who will dare to ask Remenmbvring thy nobly rounded task, Large-hearte Earl, whose iengtheend teract f years, Deuthi-shadwedn jow amitdst. people's te.ors, b Spread smiles like sunshlne on the earth's dark ways P It Reavet'sapproval alid the ...

... IThe following letter appeared in a recent number of tbeBtcillinjq' News Sl; --One hears some odd stories at times, but the qoeerebt I have heard for a long time is ehe following. jft is presumably given as an encourage. imenb to men who, having followed all sorts of incongruous avocations for the best part of their lives,, aspire to become skilled craftsmen in the building trades. This is how ...

... Our Own Country Ifllwe3ruted.-Part IX. of thid well-written and charni ugly; illustrated work appears this month. It is devoted, entirely to Bristol, Derwentwater, and Liverpool, the views in these particular distiicts of commerce and pleasure being faithful in every point and pas ticular. Further space will be devoted to Liv- rp,!), the first chapter on which has just Cassell's Dor6 Gallery. ...

... ART fIN A NVELSH' HoMb,ý As flustratin, of amome of the older fashioned ter it methods of inculcating a love of art in the home, a cornaondent ?? a furnished hiouse i hired at a LWOlWh seaside resort I found hanging over' the dining-room manteishelf a pail' of German print& respectively) entitled Des Jggers Hocbzeite Fest (Thel Hunter's Marriage) and Des 'ligers Leichenzug (The Hunter's ...