... * ~TR. A. J. HIPKINS, the devoted friend and companion of Chopin (when he last came over here, practically a dying man, in I848), has probably 'tudied musical instruments with more intelligence and sympathy than any 'one else now living; whilst his long association with the Broadwood firm has made him the authority on the keyboard \1zzio's GUITAR., tribe, ancient and modern, His Musical ...

... THE OLD MIASTERS.' I1 1X A CENTURY OF BRITISH ART AT THAE GROSVENOR. recent split at the Grosvenor has not left any evil mark on the winter l! t sjthere. On the contrary, the present show is in some ways the best that Sir Coutts Lindsay has ever got together. It is called A CentUry Of British Art from 1737 to 1837, and-in spite of many genvet) taken with the British pictures at Burlington ...

... Di tHE - - .S0E SIOAL A . .i- - ETA - L -- l ;The eiglih Uo.f theisreeiawas ivel - | ?? the theatre of'6lie DabliA Societ Iousdj Kildare-atrctt, eommefcfing, saa theafterpoo. | recitals do, at four oclock. There wa a-crowded attendance. The programme *as a yepetitisis of that ef the previous recital--namely, that of she 19th December. This is a moat excellent plan. T seieconrwopportunity thuus ...

... ROMANTIC STORY Q;F A ONION OF FIFTY AND TWENTY-FIVE. [ A telegram from Brainerd,- Minn,: to the New ,York Herazld, relates -the following picturesque love 'story:AThe uyiet marriage of Mrs Mafgda- lenra Schwartz ?? Robininon, a young man, is thc seauel tse-ne of the most romafitic -:exp'e- riences in local knowledge. When Brainerd- bid fair in the early days to some time be a' town a ?? named ...

... I The Pasley Old Canine Society opened theis j aniual show of sporting, fancy, and other dogs in I the Gorjd Tecplar Hlails, Paisley, yesterdlay. The as oe comlrprises 25 classes, for which there were about o;%0 entries. A feature of the show is the jpresence of the famnous championi St Bernard do-.. 1'Iiinsmon, which is an exhibition. This do. axhich is the property of Wr S. NV. Smith, Leeds ...

... i PLilr CO? xr) iar NENtaR . anr II. Thessa- oiri.iis. E'.position alrid 1-omniletics by Rev. l' oac, i.]t). D )Homilios by variousu iitlei' 1. rind IIl 'jiltitlh' antd Titas i. CposiioinI IJ Hori let i'A sh tin h Rig'ht V. the Bishop of 1ritli arid Wills 1iiiill es by v Iiouls atithirs. Loidonis Pagillr 'sin, 'Vreach, & CCI. 'i i ! x xii> r a trlx, 'Trc Ospol of St l-ii, (a ol. I.) 1)Inli t ...

... C H(ORAL UNION CONCERT. NMESSIAU: sit Solna years it seemed ae ?? w',dge by tthe diminijn eb end dirninshing attendance it the Christmas ,fand XewYeoar performances here and elsewhere, ithe public were at last becoming satiated writh 6the unceasing repetition of the music for which Zour country has shown such unbounded and ex- ;elusive preference. In Glasgcw, however, the i 4tide has been set ...

... dpra?- Ocattical OMM , many Bristol playgoee r will be sorry to hear of the death of Mr John liowson, who was the original Maaquis in The 'Bells of Corneville, and whose Gaspard in the provinces will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed it, The St. James's management announce the last twelve nights of Lady Clancarty. The revival of 'A Scrap of Paper will be given on the 16th ...

... THREE NEW XTOVELS.* THE NUN'S CURSE. THE Nun's Curse is a pleasant, readable story, and by no means as sensational as its title seems to imply. It partakes somewhat of the nature of a lament over' the decay of our old families, which, in view of the characteristics of many old families, is hardly an unmixed evil for the world at large. The family of Conway has its home in desolate Donegal ...

... TH'E RE V1E TUS FOR JANUAR Y. ,no frntures strike one on reviewing the Reviews for this month. One is ibc (Uni y of criticism, extending in one folrn or another over four articles ;et l ost, n the idea of Evolution ; on scientific agnosticism, on Huxley and S!Deccr and Darwin, and the vicw of life suggested by those names. This pci in seems to have received a stimnulus from the publication of ...

... DFRENCH VIEWDV OF zM'. GOUTO-D. Two great musical fesl- als hae recertly b1cen held ita I: it.ii- ene fortnv ii-t if. Gouraod has colei' rter ilc cecntellry cf Cle b til;! atF ; i, and Pari h as celebratel the birtumfal, of its favourite i fO ?? 'ozart is dead, long live GOunOd ?? says ?? L;C-. e in arcice on coatetnlcrarv ianay r a I ii- Co.-ricl: -s be passV or-id at the French1 -1ational ...

... THEATRICAL ICENCES AT f1 ' NEWPORM .a THE SAFEIY OF THE PUBLIC. I- The annual sessions for the grtinting of theatrical licences in the borough of Newport was held at t. the rown-hall on Monday. The bench was not large enough to accommodate the number of magistrates which attended. The Mayor presided, and there were also present to act, Messrs. C. Lyne, G. Hoskins, H. J. Parnall, 0. Goss, J. ...