... Yesterday the Dublin Art Club opened their jwinter exhibition at thre Leinster Hall, Moles- worth street. The collection of pictures is, taken all round, an excellent one, and the exhibition can claim to be the best which the society has yet succeeded in getting together. The committee may be congratulated upon the way in which they got tbrough the difficult task of hanging the pictures, ?? ...

... -THE: H TMAAS [ AMUSEMENTS. -, * a _ _ ?? lTHE .PANTOMIMES. Not perhaps since the commnencement of -the Christmas holidays have there been so =nhv people abroad as were to be seen everywhiere throngh the city yesterday. Boxing Day is. per excellene fthe one set apart by citizens and visitors from the country who have been within d..oors during the celebration of the great popular moani- ...

... F IsON1 I AD VARIETlES. Aa_ 'ITHE COURT. Wmdsor Castie, doudiy.a , 'The 1)iees: iei'etout th's morning, ac-omjpanfed i, Princess Irene of lles. PrtI'cese Bflatricc. attended by .Miss Bmuer. also went rc }ourT i 'hbe loys., f Cizsti. H- o-pioalp o icte foundatio in (1 King Churles 1I came from London to-day to exhibit their daawing- and charts to her Majest;. Tha Queen, accompanied by Princeas ...

... FASHION AND VARIETILS. Sir E.'Harland, Bart., has left Kingntown u for England. c Colonel and Mrs. Ready have left Kings- towa for England. T A. E. J. Croly, A.31.D., has left Kings- P town for England. Lord A. Butler arrived at Kingalos~wn yes- a' terday from England. * ci The Hon. H. Gibson arrived at Kingstown yesterday from; HEigiand. T General Dormer arrived at Kiingstown P yesterday from ...

... FASHION -AND VARIETIES. Lady Helen Stewart has left Kingstown for England. General Sir Redvers Buller has left Kings- townfor E and. Professor and Mrs Hadden have left Kindgs- tonri for England. Lady Carew arrived at Kingstown yester- day from England Captain May arrived at Kingstown yester- day from England. Captain Shelton arrived at Kingstown yes- terday from England W Jennings, R M A, ...

... THE DUBLTN SOCIETY'S MUSICALI RECITZAWLS. The eighth oi these delightful and instructive performances was given yesterday at four o'clock in the Thluatre of the floyal Dablin Society House, which was crowded. The teats were oecu- pied so early that there can bie no doubt that if j the The-t~re ha d been half aslarge ar~aiu it wvould| have been fillIed. The first piece wav fozart Is fine ...

... CIIRISTANIAS AM11USEMENTS. ?? Whatever custom wills, in all things let us do it. If this dictum has any woeieht at all, and that the ordinance shuld ble obey d, there call I 1 be but little doubt what our dtaics are at this r season of the year, the mere particularly so when i| such efforts are made to provide us with oppor- t tunities fur enjoyerent. Father Christmias, with f his rubicund ...

... ! I I FASO:AND VARIETIB&. THE COURT. Windsor Castle, Friday. The Queen and the Duchess of Albany drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Waterpark. Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg also drove. The Earl of Limerick kissed hands yesterday evening on his appointmnent as Lord-in-Waiting to her Majesty. 'The Queen drove out this morning, accompanied by ?? Highess Prinoess Beatrice. ...

... THE MADDENT LIBRARY. e 'esterday the sale of this interesting collection wa.s brought to a close. As on the previous dav, ha there was a very large atteudance. especialiv I towards the close of the day, 'vhen the c.isA taken from the faces of, sote of ' the men of s'9S w-ere to be disposed of. Dr Kenny, 31 r was the purchaser at £zO of the vact of Robert l mmet, which was taken four hours ...

... THE GAIETY To kRE Lace evening I'le Piekpocket,' a farcical comedv byithe auth-s of ' The Pzivate Seciv' tary. w s produced at the Gaiety Theazre k - | George P. Hawtrey's Comparny. Peooie n-.tura'J- | exnected to derive muuch annusement from tai Performalnce of a ilee by tle author of TIh Private Soeretary, a.nl t-hc> rnpectaricrs nes imore than realised. In its pow.,- ..i produ&g |earty ...

... LORD TENNYSON'S NEW . II BOOK. 1 I (PROM OUBROWiS ORRESPONIDENT.) -LdenMXonday Night. I amo enabled to send you some extracts from Lord Tmnyson'z new volume of ?? Hall Sixty Years After, which will be published to-day. The other contents of the book are' The flemi-s of May, which proved a failure when triedcu. thstage; and the Jingo ode written by the Poet Laureate on t6 opening of the ...

... -THE POPULAR CONCERT AT THEa i . .LEINSTER HALL. I The third oI this popular series came of be- fore a house thronged in every part, save the gallery and the orchestra, on Satardav nighlL I The ball, which strikes one as spacious and ele- gant at first sight, improves in every respect .n acquaintance, and looked almost its best witha J crowded floor and balcony. The first part of the concert ...