... OitCriES 'RAT, CONCERT. r~or't, 0ra50 hi D ?? R H' ?? isic. \V I~. etrho Cor ?? Wo'n- * Sa~si~ ii M~lS? 55i.tr,i ?? jr.4,t:5l II Sourtt. Aim a'ler He 2ia er ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? .. The now overture by Tr F. Hf. Cower, 00th` frthe openieg of the Liverpool Exn'l. and Performed her fo h is ime Is:.l right, is one Of a, cls fwrs, the producti ii ~iwhich, has recently becomne epiemlric ina ot r ...

... IMPORTANT PURCHASES FOR KELVIN- GROVE MUSEUMN. The purchases recently made by the Museum and Galleries Committee from the Colonial and Indian Exhibition have now been received, and are this week arranged in a series of cases in the museum, whore they will doubtless forn a principal attraction during the New-Year holidays. On these acquisitions the Maseum Committee last summer resolved to ...

... a 0 As has already been.frequently asmmnsced, the Rosa season at the Court Theatre com- mnences on Mo nday evening 'next, when Carmen iis to be periormed, the operas 'vhich Will follow in successifon being I The 'Bohemian Girl, Ruv Blas, Don Gio-= vanni, ;Lohengrin, and Lucia di Lammer- or ?? tolerablv diversified gioupp Accord- ng to a statemren't made wi~th sonze show of authority, ...

... THE 1,PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. TH;EATRS ROYAL DRURY L.,NE, (Au;uS rus I IARRIS. Le.ssee anri Manager.) EVERY DAY at J.,3o. Domar pa]r~t at too, ordin~ary dloors at xs.S And EVERY EIVENING at j.30. I)Or open at 6 5, ordinarv floors at ?? -rHE FOIY I-IE- S. - H; Office open dailio Tom to TIIE FORTY TlIEVES At DRURY LANE TWICE DAILY, at i.3o and 7.30. Co~rstoatce Gilchrist, Editlh ...

... i1 LOCAL. Locally, the year %which closes, ta-day has scarcely been of the brightest. It was 0 ushered in by circumetancesl anything but happy. There had jest been an electoral re- just partition of the country, followed by hardly- and fought battles inl nearly every constituency. brat Party feeling had not altogethr died away. triol Cjormercially there was great depression, suht while ...

... A HIS'1'O!IY OF THE PARISH OF STRA-THBLAN E.* Mr Guditrie Smith's elaborate history of The 1 Parish of Strathblane, which he mtodestly de- I scribes as ?? Chapter of Lennox History, will sorve, limaited though its circulation must be, to i call attention. to one of the most beautiful and Most interesting, and at the samne time one of the least generally-known districts round Glasgovw. ...

... LITERSTURE. - (I) Lord Seiornse on DIsessbtis/smsat. t Lord Selborue, wishing, as he says himelef to u pu- facts before arguments, begius his work v with an historical account of te rise of the Church of England. e is notone of those who hold that that Church is 5' a State Church, a, nolitecal creation, a Church called into existence o by the Stat, and deriving from, the State the essential ...

... SYRIN STONE LORE; or, the Monumental History of Palestine. By CLAUDE REIGNI}R CONDER, RE) Published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. [London: Richard Bentley and Son.] This volume gives a general idea of the present state of our information concerning the ancient condition of Syria, a country of peculiar interest, as the writer justly says, as being the Holy'Land of the ...

... I _ ?? Nearly eight years azo, on Stinday. the 2nd of November, 1879, the Manchester Art Gallery was first opened free to the public, and the number of working people who availed them- selves of the privilege on that day was 4305. As the occasion was then regarded in the light of an experiment by the authorities, it was deemed prudent by them, in order to ensure the safety of the pictures and ...

... ' The twenty-first annual exhibition of fancy pigeons in connection with the Birmingham Columnbarian Society was held yesterday, at the Temperance Hall, Temple Street. As a whole the show is much better than last year's. The entries number 384, ten more than twelve months ago, and the quality of the exhibits coo is far superior, especially in the classee for old birds. The old carriers are a ...

... DARLINGTON FOX-TERIWl., ICLUB SHOWA~.I The fifth annual exhibition of the above club was held at the Drill Hall, .Darlington, yester- day, and proved, so facr as exhibits go, a byilliaut: success. Prizes to the valie of £140 were awarded, including cups and more substantial articles. Judging corninenced shortly after tenl O'clock on the 'ground outside the altle. 1In Champion smooths, Regent ...

... LF tI)l, xOT- N I AR;;E. (, F. r, iLADY I U iN MANNE-1x uN {Y'FZ i T 7 LIPARI lI:5 TLadly Tolo Manners, has- : 'o . - olin-nt ,trre- oe nrt;,;s 1, ~ O2 ere-L conni~ng in 'he list nrunb-r or u 'n-.sm ?? -cnenora&rmn'g lhbrar-ros, rillace readier anm arakir-u- ad cocortae. e quote fewpa-aesto with the agricultural labuou,-rs. and I tahrenet. honc Inivyen to Es-c tue rr-1; Nvten; ever? vu - -nd ...