... ASHIBURNE POULTRY SHOW. On V~ ii~~dt ]last the annual poultry, pigeon, and rabbit show was helt inl theo St.. John's HalI. least year Son tile cumin~ittric foundl that they were inconvenijentfly SIIi crowdiii ill Ii.ahe bttOl, hall. and through the kind ness of 'Phii Mr. xW. 1t Ilotlied. Clerk to the Justices, the upper hail Bus was pilu c!l att their disposal. T1he society is iii a floutrish' ...

... . Last evening this society gave the second of its current series of concerts in the Town Hall, the programme con- sisting of Eanileggers dramatic cantata Fridolin,' and Mr. Anderton's The Norman Baron. the principal vocalists were Madame Georgina Burns, Mr. Barton MicGuckin, Mr. Robert Grice, and Mr. Watkin Mills. Mr. A. R. Gaul, Mns. Bac., was at the organ, and Mr. Stockley conducted. ...

... | TIE DE OF LINCOLN AND THE STAGE. Speaking at a dramatic entertainment given bv the hbovs of the Lincoln Diocesan School. on the occasion of !the distribution of prizes on Tuesday night, the Dean of Lincoln Far. I1ucleri said sometimes he had heard ex- ception taken to these nerfordiances. It had been said that they %vere making the boys actors, and that they were using them to that which was ...

... home Ednducation, a Course of Lectures to Ladir., | delisered in Bradford in the winter of 1885-' 86. By Charlotte M. Mason. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. These lectures, which are ail of a superior character, were delivered in Bradford last winter by Miss Mason, who was for some time lecturer on education and teacher of human physiology at the Bishop Otter College, Chichester. The ...

... MUSICAL _NOTES. A distribution of certidcates gained by candi- dates for the honobirs which the ?stionaI Society of Professional Musiciaus has in its power to bestow takes places this afternoon in the Concert-room of St. George's Hall, and! the ceremony will derive further interest from the presence of Dr. A. C. Mackenzie, the cou1- poser of several works whose individeality and force entitle ...

... PU-LBLIC Alit.,E3IENTS. COURT THEATRE. There was presented at the Court Theatre in i Monday eveningr a piece call d A Ron of Diclc`! which hasni Olruinedi c'lsideralnlo success in London, the place of its origin;al lproluction, It is low ii toiie and, ifle.'ureted h tho sixiuplest canons oflI construction and dialogal, its defects are ntineron; and pronounced. Tn^ muitiplicity of charactcrs ...

... ITALIAN OPERA SERIES. The closing night of the series on Satuday was de- cidedly the best in point of attendance, if not also as regards the performance, but even so the audience was quite inadequate to the merits of the company and the entertainment, and it is much to be feared that the venture must have proved a sub- stantial loss to all concerned in it. The opera, Mozart's Nozze di Figaro ...

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... ; BRISTOLt MUSIOAL, ASSOCIAMTION I TheS Christmas; concert;- of. thel BriatoL-Mnsica| Association-a- performance - of . Handel's oratpr-io, ?? arge.'audience at Colston, 6ll'flasit.night; It is not often that the migioistrains5. of-the master in his greatestsacred workcan be heard, ..by the .people forthicepence,aond-had tho performance been on a Saturday night, instead of Tuesdayj there : ...

... THE TRA.DES' EXHIBITION. I .PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The Building Trades and General Manufacturers' Exhibition, which opens at the Rifle Drill hall to-day, l 's orpwised by the body, known as tie'National' Trades' EXiiiliitioa Association, who promoted a similar undertaking which proved very successful here in 1883, Mr Philip Shlapnell being the secretary. The promoters have hold seven annual ...

... A Nortbern Lily. By Jobanna Harrison (3 vls., Afacmillan]. Readers of Miss Harri- son's touching story must not look for strong excitements or violent contrasts of angelic and wicked foll; neither must they expect an old- fashioned distribution of condign punishment and well-merited felicity in the latter chapters. Thus warned, it ;vill be their own fault if they do not feel a growing ...

... The benefits of the popular actual and responsible manageress of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, may correctly be described as unique celebrations. It is like going into another country and enjoying an interesting and amusing study of its inhabitants to be present at one of these functions, and to witness the hearty and effusive enthusiasm of the vast audience asnd its original modes of ...