... 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 ...

... - 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 ...

... !M, FAIITY AT THE LIVRE POOL EXaIIJONT. INQirSr AND VXRDT. The, adijmed ?? oat the body of John Fynn`.33 years of age, alab ouer, who died at the Rolyal infirma- on the 17th itant. fron the effects of injuries received owing to the fall. -of a partion of the building of the Liver_ ., p ool n Exhibition, Edge-lane, was contaid yestenlay mornig, beioro Mr. Clarke Aspinall, conmer of LiverpooL.P ...

... ARTNOTES. One ?? the most important collections of pictures in Lancashire, vi7n, that of the late Mr. Henry M'Connel, will be sold at Christie's on the 27th March. A number of these were exhibited at the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester in 1867, and others are well known through being engraved. The collection coin- ?? of the Britishschooland among them are Hawking in the Olden Time, s ...

... |HEARTH AND E HOW E . BY A-LADY CONTRIBUTOR, It is sad to think that we can bavo no more pictures from the pen and brush of Mr.. Randolph Caldecott. He will be keenly missed by the children next Christ- mas, and griovn-np people will hardly miss hint less. He made a new era in book illustrations, and his pictures had both humonr and beauty-a rare combi- nationi. If we look at the pages of ...

... DRAMATIC N OTES. ?? of actors - l!end Mv. Jofba11 are neerly aiays ansmng, end Mr. John Coleman's Memors of Samuel Phelps are ho exception to the rule. The I Stories from Pbelps' life which form the sub- 56-1ce of Mr. Coleman's book are told with I fresbines and nction. Of v~igour in the narratr I there is never any lack, and there is generally a plentiful supply of enthusiasm. fhe book nan ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, &-C. I VcyRtl Alexandr Theatre._Cmndoremj Prince of iales Theatre.-Dick Wbittington and. his Cat. VoyaI Court Theatre.-H=ani Nature. Rotunda Theatma-The Forty Thieve. -Grin4des Oallery, Churc ?? Picture, Pence with HIoneur. lag. aend Co.'s Gallery. Bold-stret-Exibizion of Paintings on China, &c. flevnoW New ?? Alice andarionette Pantmaime. 'eNw Star ?dsic HaiL ...

... FASHIONABLE = ARRIAGE.' Yesterday afternoon at half-paA two, by special license, the marriage of Mr, Fieames Stanler Wykaham, of Linton Park, Maidatoe, with Miss Ieigb, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Leig, of Belmont Hlel Cheshire, was solomnised at SL. Teter',, Etonrre, London, theoffiemda elergy beugthe Eev. R. ilBekcombe, oneof thechaplains tof S& Mary's Cathedral, EdiEburmg; the Rev B. ...

... I BY RANGER. No. VII. A PRIMITIVE LANCASHIRE CHUR01r( To say that Cartmel FellChurch is primitivewli be toimply thatwhich it is not. Primitiveitn, heave been four or five centuries ago. To assign it to any architectural period is quite impossible, as it is devoid of any of those qualities usually associated with that term. Had we been told that it was one of r the first erections after the ...

... GOSIP WITHTHE CHILDREN. BY UNCLE -OLDMAN. I don't like pretty'children. 'Thesewords rather startied 'me, for I had been no busy with abook that I had not observed that anyone 'bad combiA06 th2e room. Of course it was Rumbles grumble who spoke, and I was not very well pleased to find him squatting there, and evidently inclined to talk when I wanted to study. ; So I pretended not to take any ...

... FUSICAL NOUS. I : I The operaseason at-hhe o,.s hich , Ins from the beginning been accompanied by success remarkable even in the case of Mr. e Rosa's prosperous organisation, is rapidly drawing to a close. It will, however, be heard with pleasezre that Mr. Rosa, has detefrined to give a series of performances i dnng, a week .of nest April. He wound be well advised to F -venture in 1887 to make ...

... aWK MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. IAta lrgalyaendad meetig of the ?? 'teelsh hiational Socity,. held au Toaesday evening ta the Royal InstUtion, Coitttztreet, an addrew on the above xabjut was ?? Mr- John ThomasrPencerdd Gwala4 The CnxNn{ltrh COmmfillor John Davies), in Opening the proceeding, said that if there was one thing more than another which charactarised the Welsb people it was their lve eof ...