... RLOYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY. ANNSSAL DINNER. . The annual dinner of the Royal Scotis'h Academry, he'd on the tre of the public opening of the exbib-3itiou ...

... INTERESTUN(4 EXHIBITION AT ' AUGSBURG. An interesting exhibition, consisting of indus. e trial and artistic products, will be held from the I 15t1h of May to the 15th of September of the :present year in the ancient city of Augsburg, which is situated on the line of rail between Stuttgart and 'Munich, the capital of Bavatria. e It is intended to represent the existing state of e industry and ...

... s PHOTOGRAPHIC BEXHIBTION,, hehisambetof persons interested in the a-tt -t'photograpby-is now -very tlarge. There are tot a few, who -investigate the subject as a -scientifioa stdy, and who find in its resources jnostrtvalnble- aide to research anld investiga. tion, Iaithe practice- of photography there is -:nite an aay.of persons who make thereby tseir; dailtbread,and'rtthere is still a ...

... ROYALTY- DON JUAN JUNIOR. Mr J. L. Shine's Company began a week's ¶' engagement at the Poyalty Theatre last might, the principal item of their programme being the burlesque of Don Juan Junior. It is ipossible to hav too nuch of even a good thing, 'r anid possibly Mr Sh ine's admirers have bega to ni think so, for last night they turned oat in mach le smaller numbers than they used to do ...

... OitCriES 'RAT, CONCERT. r~or't, 0ra50 hi D ?? R H' ?? isic. \V I~. etrho Cor ?? Wo'n- * Sa~si~ ii M~lS? 55i.tr,i ?? jr.4,t:5l II Sourtt. Aim a'ler He 2ia er ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? .. The now overture by Tr F. Hf. Cower, 00th` frthe openieg of the Liverpool Exn'l. and Performed her fo h is ime Is:.l right, is one Of a, cls fwrs, the producti ii ~iwhich, has recently becomne epiemlric ina ot r ...

... l) T/4P; Cwssre~ct rtf-'cZi' Dcnsic A rcl7itetcfs1rf I o 'Sco'ind. lodernl usage has now so much limited the application of phrases like domestic architecture that it is seldom thought of except in connec- tieD with mere cottage or street work, and then generally, it imust be added to the credit of the profession, how convenience or utility and 1 health may be best securedc alone with such I ...

... THE RICHTIER CONCERT. 1. JTai'esmaxscb ?? 1,, ailer 1 2. syilsboey ini E minor. No. 4 ?? .. 3ralsI a 3. Ove r,.uei The febrid l . ?? .. .ss i 4. Aria, ?? ir t i el ?? rt ' 5. Symshosnecaein. ' l .es ?? Lin o 6 Prlde to ' o cti i ?? ?? r; 7. Recit. sot Aria from 'Tihe Spectre's Bride , ?? ?? S. A5 uh'-1r S roder auO ?? ?? .. i r-L.rii.. It may be some satisfaction to those who re- gretted the ...

... IMTSIC ANrD THE DRAMA,. i (FOM OUR t 30NDO CORRESPONDENT.) Ith -- ?? London, Sunday Night. a i1r IMark Melford's new drama Secrets of dt the Police would have had a better chance of di the audience at the Surrey last night had they not persisted in receiving the most harrowing situations iui a humorous spirit. One of thle I P principal characters of the play is a police inapec- Itt tor, ...

... FiOWWR SHOWS. I fl~UTHE RGLES. The annual exhibition, and comipetition undter a - the auspices of the Ilutherglen Horticulltural and Apiarian lbociety was held in the Town Hall yes- te-rday. Thbe cla'sses were divided into three.de- apartruents, and occupied respectively the three 5 largest balls xvithin ties luildlings. Tbe large haill was, Wstaged with hothouse plants, cut flower;, &C. - 's ...

... LITERA TURE. (1) Eaglish Dranatist's: TJDcmas Jfiddbfon. Fascinating, as tile study of the Elizabethan T dramatists has always been to those desirous of f I making themselves acquainted in a thorough I way with English literature, various influences II are now in ct)orationl, fitted, and inidleed de- r I sicgnedi, to enlarage very considerably the circle i of students. Hitherto, dramatic ...

... LITERARY, ART AND IDIAMATIC NEWS. I . - ill (Pe[FOM THE AOAD>Mff'n 'Now that Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of MTen Thoug anff Nights and a Ni ght is approaching IV; its end-vol. ix., out of the ten volumes orignally ' prooe, was last week issued to subscribers-he c id has beeencouraged to complete his undertaking bybi lathe addition of five more volumes, consisting for the a i.moat ...

... flER MIAJEST'S THEASEB, THEE CANDiDATE. I - To a fortnight of sensational and melo-drasnatic | entertainmenet succeeds a spell of modern comedy of' [ the sparkling, effervescent type associated with Mr Charles W~yodham and the London Criterion. The Candidate, when originally produced, proved an immense success, and had a prolonged run;* many a well-known names were freely mentioned as its f ...