... Should Sir George Macfarnen fini himsel unable to attend the distribution of the Rovai Aademy: certificates in St. George's lfal towards thecloseof next month, an effort should' be uado to obtain the presence of some gentle-, man of literary and musical distinction. Or former occasions of the kind, exhaustive addresses bearing upon the art to the cultivac tionof which the Academy is devoted, ...

... I THE COPORATION ANDI THE | FORTHCOMNaG BXIBrMON. In the minutes of the tmeetinrotbe Finance and E-state C(onmmittee of the Corporation held on Friday last, Mr. Alderman A. B. Forwood, MP., in the chair, occur the following:- Edge-lano Hall Estab~ , Liverool Exhibition, 1886. Read letter, dated 4th February, from Mr. I-. Sumners, as to the removal of wooden-shedding. Resolved-That, so far ...

... x .1 - IJVEftPOOL INTEXATONAfi EXHIBIIOL Liverpudians mnake short holidy -of Whitsan- ide and it was a pamdonsbs4igust with ?? many looked back upon theamday of the festival given up to pleasnre-seekig spoilt through the fickleness of the weather. The incessant raiD of Monday wassucceeded. yesterday by brilliantam- }hine, tempered by a fresh trlbreese. 'J-ogh business was generally resumed in ...

... I PUBLIC AUSEMENTS -, I IDiavolo, - I Trovtore, and la Soenambtir,' opera which are regardied with enca aori ?? esc: favour in. ac the scheme of the week at the b exad y o.rja stage is2 now occupied1 by a company organiwd by Mr. J. W. Turner, a singer the power and beauty of -vnh e voice base made him popular. Ther was a large attendance within the auditorium of the Mlexandra on Monday, ...

... BOOKS AND .EADERS. Mr. Peter Cowel, F.RRES, principal librarian of the Liverpool Free Librares, under the auspices of the Corporation, lectured last night, at the Rotunda Lecture Hall, on books and theirreaders. At the outset, Mr. Cowell said that people often talked with a feeling of regret of the good old times, and by repe gthe phrase came, possibly, to believe that the old tines were ...

... IFREE LIBRARY AM MUSEUMS. TO TEf EITOR OF THE LVDIOOL MM4CUZ, Gentlemen,-A correspondent in your paper of yesterday reminds us that 34 years have elapsed since the opening of this institution, and, notwith- standing the lapse of time, Sir James Picton occupies the chair, Mr. Moore retains his position as curator tor the museum, and Mr. Barger as keeper of the building. As a citizen of ...

... ITHE POSi OPERA SEASON. Distinctive as the first work designed by it' 1 auther for the lyric stage, Esmeraida' is an i opera strong indranatide contrast; and of the; many musical settings of plays based upor Victor Hugo's - Notre Dame, i iis not the least Bpicturesque. Nadeshda is more poctic, t but its romanticism is not so robust as r that of Esnmeralda.' Mr. Goring Thomas I is a ...

... Such portions of Mr. F. H. Cowen's overture as reached one's ear through the din of conver- sation carried on by 20,000 persons during the ceremony of opening the Exhibition on Tlues- day, create a thirst for more. If the pro- gramme of the first concert in the great music room at the eastern extremity of the nave be not yet completed, the overture might appro- priately be included in it. This ...

... ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHRURC. EGYPTIAN FANCY FAIR. A fancy fair of a novel and particularly interests- ing character was opened yesterday afternoon by the Mayor (Mr. Alderman David Radciffe) at St. George's Hall. It has been promoted by the clergy of the Society of Jesus con- nected with St. Francis Xavier's Church, with two objects-the liquidation of the debt resting on the elementary schools, ...

... - On Thursday evening, the -SUaI monthly meetiig wsas held at the rooms of the Liver Sketching Club. In the absence-of the presi- dent (Mar. J. E. Sheppey), the chair -as taken by Mr. C. O'Neill. Out of three candidates proposed as membe, the qualifications of Miss B. A. Pughe were alone deemed eligible. The names of twelve candidates, including those of some well-known local artists, were ...

... The rapid progress which is being made in all the departments of the work connected with the Liverpool International Exhibition is a matter of eatissaction to one and all. The ?? in itself is close upon completion-in fact, so nearly com- pleted that the foreign courts were a day or two back taken possession of by the cominisioners, with instructions that foreign exhibits might be received at ...

... WIREX HAM HORTICULTURAL SHOW. ?? exhibitirn of flowers, vegetables, dc., held +wla in connect;on with the wrexham Floral, Hortioul- r tural, and Indastrial Society, took place yesterday, the exhibits being displayed in a series of tents. c communicating with each other, in a field off :,,n Grosvenor-rou,. The weather was fine, and, 3 the exhibition being looked upion as one rim of the most ...