... BIRKENREAD SCHOOL OF ART. The 32nd annual dis t of prizes in con- . nection with the Bigtenhead Government School I of Art took place last evening in the largo lecure hall of the mnstitatio by Professor William .Matin Conway, MLA, of the Livepool Univer. sity Colhee. Mlr. C. E. Gtayson (in the Absence of Mr. William Laird, the presidet) occupied 'the chair, and amongst those present were Mesrm ...

... IMR. CHARLES WYENMEA Ii III J'T\ On Tuesday last Mr Charles Wyndhea an,!i Mary Moore, who have for some time past bee: David Garrick in German to large anol ?? audiences, gave a special morning represen' wiv Etc Residenz Theatre, to which all the theatricf of Berlin were invited. The house was fili flowing in every part, and Mr Wyndhainms a Jl so far as Berlin is concerned, unprecedentede - ...

... ITHE LOST BELL OF BOSHAMI ?? ~ IF B SH ' [ , ,iStQoY of tho S uss s0xt.' Dow onth EnITSB.,OUTRELL. Down onthe Soutiiern Sussex shore,' Where on Selsea Biin of H teo Was planted the cr Ned the Good At Boshain he fonided X bro6therhbod. 'Tio the town of the woo where, by lake and c creek, The lazy tides play at'hidesad' icV And, w hen Roman legibus swarmed over the isle, Vespasian here reared ...

... ROYAL COLLEGE ORCH ESTRAL CONCERT. A special orchestral eoncert was given by the RoyalY1 8 ollege of Music last Saturday evening at Prinoe's Hail, under the patronage of the Prince arid Princess of Brales. ii was a thoroughl1y artistic and initeresting concert, and ,as creditable in the highest degree to the students and profeesors who took part in it. The orchestral selec- tions included the ...

... * THE want of a good series of popular handbooks on Irish art has long been felt, the works of Sir William Wilde, Petrie, and others being somewhat too elaborate for the ordinary student, so we are glad to notice the appearance, under the auspices of the Committee of Council on Education, of Miss Margaret Stokes's useful little volume on the early Christian art of her country. There is, of ...

... , 'Last evening a large audience assembled at the Town Hall, Harrogate, to- listen to a concert given by Herr Max Blume. The artistes were Miss Eliza Thomas, contralto; Herr Alfred Eckener,. solo violin; Herr' Alfred Giessing,' solo violonceWP'; and HerT Max Blume, solo pianoforte. The concert opened with the trio by the three 'instru-. *mentalists p. I, 'No. 3 . i0 minor, Beethoven-'(0a ...

... THE BOARD OF WORBK AND THE ITHEATIES. At the weeklymeeting of the members of ,the Metropolitan =oard of Works, held yesterday afternoon it Spring-gardens under, the presidency of Lord llgheramaore,a long discussn. arose on the letters which had been published with reference to the blackmailing of theatrical nsnagers by an olficer of the Board. The Works and General Purposes Committee, who had ...

... , Cut ?Poolo. A RRAr. GOoo 1ll. By Mrs Edwlvard Kentiardl, 1 autbor of The Itigbt Sort, &c. lii three vols. : Loisleu: F. J. While & Co., e Suthasliptoon. t A srcot, Stranti 1s87. ?? Mrs Edward Kennard's latest novel is hardly tl the Real Good Thing it professes to be. In ip the first plice, the writer transgresses one of thio a rnles laid down reconily by an evninent master of the art ...

... TmIEATk.Es 1;N: i j SHE is as skittish as a grass-widow, observes one of the cha- racters in the new comedy by Mlessrs. Hamilton and Quinton, brought out at the PRINCE OF WALES'S on Tuesday afternoon, to which the answer is, If I don't look out she'll prove my coeup de grdce. Again, when a modest young gentleman, remonstrating with a pert young lady, says, You want to put me down, the ...

... ,!1 (pI NCIAL THEATRICALS. reROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEINTS.) ABERDEEN. a jstSTueiskTat-essme, Mt. M'Farlanfd.-Lighili' iiteO.L1pin~iy are paying a return vicit hets.I ACORINGTON. Ti. -Psri. 'critrmlJ.B perod Business I MlrJ Prmneead.Siet~a Iettnifaf 1, anl Irish drains% with startling, situations, is the attraction this0 Xli Wlter Reynolds, the autant, appears in the piecee is-c. ?? is ...

... DRESS-AND 'ASH'IO'N NOTESI I . ., - . - I. . . ?? PAIUc costumes, wlich are now, says the Qiieen, so universally adopted during -winter - days,. are this season considerably enliveiied by ' the imc des: of bright red which fashion ;.ha h brouglit into . 6btiene. Redl jerseys' .-for i indoor, and red coats and cloaks fot' outdoor of wear, red -hose, petticoats, hats, bonnets, and it 'muffsl ...

... .aMUSEMENTS IN MANCEESTER. (FRmoa OCR OWN CORtR5F.SPOND)ENT.) TuRATIM lboeA.r-Lossue. Capt. It. B. ]3leihbridgo; Manager, Mrv .J. II. Stringer.-The last week of the season here has been Hiod up wvith e. production oi The Tirtet-of-Lease 1uas, which hus beeun s-ery respeotably rendered by a company includitsg a number of popular fuaronrites, inoluding Miss Helena Lisle as j1av Edwards, Mliss ...