... S On being introduced to RobertBrowni,,g. I knew thee fist, as one may kWr the fame Of some apostle-as a man may know The mid-day sun, far shining o'er the snow. I hail'd thee chief of ringers. I became Vassal of thine, and warmed me at the flame Of thy pure thought-my spirit all a-glow With dreams of peace, and pomp, and lyrfc show, And all the splendours, Browning ! of thy name. I But now a ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... =v7 D DA. Laindoil, Sundlayv iht i-!~ vi:aaI iast nlitii revived the ~ px::t~i0 ' Lavi'l carric:, a l ix ?? ei~tta tae..twD'; years ago. a tr rile~a extra- V 'SCAr~i eIC ' Lard Dnudreaiy i2'd -. ?? hoever, not-as Seelipto i igrn f o vvlre'ryj -IT Ithle Occct:2'IIZ1 rm tentatits will o W'~S onle of 'the reasonis thl a - ' ?? sa that to Jiihx ~ rolto as a new * V\vWndhial~l is alot - to ...

... EXHIBITION FNINANCE. DEFICIT OF £17,JUO AT LiVEit-OOL. The official stateincut was issued last nlight of the result of thie Livcrriool Exhibition, which closed threeweekssince. Itzshows totalreceipts3 £13S,000, and expenditure of £4S,000, leaving a deficit of £15,000, which the gua; uators. will have to make good. As an alternaitive to the pa-pinent of this defit t thc executive propose ...

... (1) Our Orerrd~frcthers: their Follies and n 1/rst ions. Literature appears to be following more closely in the wake and methods of science than, casual observers are apt to suppose, anal this altogether on scientific lines, over departments; em braced writhin such limits as surround, less, bight rectsrut That there wvas no abs otlute; wthins bth gresant change of conditio, I Sitsil th ...

... L I TATA TURE. (1) An Episode in Irislb History. Sir Charles Gavau Dflffy is offended with Mr Justin 31'Carthy for calling the Tenant-Right Party of '1852 the party of Sadleir and Keogh. In truth the association is not an agreeable one, for it would be difficult to select from Irish history two names more malodorous to patriotic nostrils. Sir Gavin Duffy insists that the party with which ...

... TH~lE LORD TlAlYOR'S SHOW. I -- . THE SOCIALIST SCARE. TRAFALGAR SQUARE DEMOINSTRATION. 1v - 11. | ?? OtTj. OWI CORRESONDFNT.) ! c London, Tuesday N1,Tight. i The dreaded ninth of November is almost I over, and the inhabitants of London breathe Er freely again. The terrible things that might 1t have conse to pass in thle streets of the Metropolis j v to-day have not come upon us after all, and ...

... The Lord Mayor'o show of 1886; was a pretty Ir show for those who viewed, it in asaftbtaes a pageant as was understood by thlt wordi- hedy cull 5 of the Stuarts. The Lord Mayor's shows of that is 3date were 1Tryuraphs in fact as well -as in nime. j trel They were designed by poets (Bo the designers dubbed cer: ~-themselves), carried out at Ian enormous, cost, and; wil [.occasionally ...

... PRECAUTIONS BY THE AUTHORITIES. In view of possible disturbances to-day, the Metropolitan Board of Works heave given orders that C ~all public works in course of construction lie the I metropolis should be boarded up during last night, 'In T order to prevent any improper use of bricks and. hi '7other building materials. Sir Charles Warren has B d requested the local authorities adjacent to the ...

... 1XHERNOiIS EQ AT STOE SHOWyJ M MlIBITS FROM THE $ORTH. nT pat Yesterdar the time expired for making en- as .ries of stock for te coming exhibitions of fat th stock in conwection with the two great English se. societies, namely, the.Birmingham Agricultural of SExhibition Society and the SsnithfieldClub,and, est although it is t(o soon to form an estimate of the to extent of the Shows so far as ...

... THE CARL ROSA OP k: IN GLx:SiG.-vj Two operas were given at ;he Cr'L on Saturd-ay by the Carl Rosa C !In the afternoon Balfe's BhernsaG- ri under performance-a wvork. whicjt c0r ; . the classic operas of the Last ftew eek D frank simplicity of seut ite, , u a'l ?? that is not unwelcome. w'e have a oeer respect for The Bohemian c;, e because it has given pleasure to n 1j people in all ...