... | Io - . Ant+ , A +Ov o L, n - The annual distribution of the certificates and prizes gained by the students of the Derby Centre, under the the local examinations of the Royal Academy of Music, took place on Friday, in the Si. James's Hall, Derby. There was a large attendance. The Mayor (AId. Hobson) presided, being supported by Sir William Harcourt, Mr. '. Roe, M.P.. Hon. G. N. Corpni. Mr. ...

... ; ; E ARRISON'S SUBSCRIPTION 3rE5SRS CONCEBT, . l tsoicl iteorregnrtim which suicceeded to the 'ihe o August last Was ended last night by tie first fpit51 of ser of of MWessrs. larrison's concerts, re itich btrlotslt together, As usunl, ali eager and or VI, bro ?? IIce In spite of the inclemency of m ?? l every corner of tbe Tow. Hall, i inspI 'be t re clcostrf, Was packed to overnlowing, anti ...

... To-day is the prirate view of a collection of modern pictures at Mr. Alker's gallery in Basnett-street. The exhibition is strong in figture subjects, some of which have lately hnng on the walls of Burlington House, and others have been painted by living and deceased Academicians. Ang the former is a large upright canvas, painted by Henry T. Schafer, the title of which is Fame, and which ...

... PUB-L IC AMUSEMtEM'TS &c. o22ya: Alexanzldra.,Lea-tro. - Namesfikes; Dot I,-hc ?? ?? Tlatre.-Saval £lgatlgotfenti: tS I .nIija' e. Utoit~a Courn ?? :n.tes of l'enzanOe; Ial ReJutda fhe-tre.-lt Lxnrie. TBi3~fli Opera ii~se-l~ Up; Don Juan, Juin *tV .i'er irt Uiier~v.-Aii'uma Ehibition of PiCUres. We;,vn ltl.s., or Work an ?? iiiald of ab uhr ~a fthe institte fu Burtanti lurob St. P'eters llall. ...

... THE TFEATRES. No new piece has been produced in the metropolis this week, and thechanges are neither numerous nor important. Miss Ada Cavendish has met with decided success at the Grand, iu the part of Mercy Meyrick, in Mr. Wilkie Collins's Xvic Ofaydaleaa. It is a character demanding much emotional ,power, and the performance showsthatMis5 Oavendish has improved rather than not since she ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS * MQORE'AND BURGESS MINSTRELS. On Friday evemni in audience cfowding the lower St. James's bal gave the Moore and -Burgess organisation their heartiest good wishes on the inauguration Of their twenty-firstoontinnous season. Excepting for a few months, when their absence in the provinces was ne2essitated by the rebuild ing of their hall, the company, has been located in the ...

... Leading Trench houses (says the Queen) are making uie oi a double casbmere, which has all the line face of oruinary cashmere, but a firmness and substance that causes it to fall in graceful folds. A charming dress is a sage green, the only trimming heavy jetted guipure over pink silk of the faintest ancn most delicate shade, matching the vest, which is formed in a single box-plait in thue ...

... !- Freds anld Foes from FairyLand, by thte le Right Hon. Lord Brabourne (Longmans). The Y screech of the railway whistle has frightened 1. away the Dryads and the Fauna frim the O tract of country between Mailstone and'Ash- ford since Lord Brabourne, or Mr. Knatchbull- : Hugessen, as his early readers, we believe, It still prefer to call him, first planted-his stories f oi *sird sights' ...

... J. L. TOOLE AT THE GAIETY I .THEATRE. On Tuesday evening Mr J L Toole appeared as Paul Pry and the Great Taykin. The former is a piece that has become almost inseparably asso- ciated with his name, and certainly there are few people who for some years past have tak-en any interest in theatricals who can hear of Paul Pry without recalling the face and figure of J L Toole as he presents ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDEEN. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-Lessee, Mr W. M'Far- land; Manager, Mr H. M'Farland.-A favourite visitor of many past years, Miss Marriott, opened here on Monday evening to a good house in her well-known version of Jean*i Deans. Her programme also includes East Lynne, Hamlet, dc., and as she is sup. ported by a wvell-balanced, experienced company, the ...

... ' T.HE ROYALTY THEATRE. 'rho prograutitie at the Royalty Theatre was I once more changed i-eat night, the principal piece set down for presentation being 'Tue Queen's Shilling. a play nose identified with the name of Mr and Mrs Kendal. In Mr ?? Godfrey's comedy Mr and Mrs Ketidal have parts for which they are alike eminently adapted. As Kate Greezlle Mrs Kendal charmed i the audience from ...

... FORMARTINEf ROOT SHOW. The annual show of roots, under the auspices of t):e lorniartine 19oot Association, was held at Udily Station, yesterday. The exhibits wvas one of the moit ci-editable ever seen at the shows; of the association. The entries were considerably more umelrous thaln at the previous show, while the quality of the roots generally wvas fully up to thu standard of former vears. ...