... F JSIC LIOTES prgameo Tuesday 'Tefnr' ,iscoulaneous order, and if not iJ a is at least calculated to ?? s enjV a conglomeration of nice #S gc I rul5'sue an admixture has A tr e yhavd Yes, _;%0l pot tigther, for we are to, have & en 11overture an II I a ~lI' al:a Rhapsodyo let S y Qeen ; a Mendelssohn ?? af5PsgaflilcocertoC ; and. in fact, 'ettZ '° 1 ,itedtoevery tasteconceirable. to be ...

... MRM NOTE&, ?? 'fOnt Saturday, the Art Congrea;having ter- tIinated, the autumn. exhibition of pictures was resumed, witn the-result that there was rge attendance both morning and evening. Thb vening rate-ot admission-has been rd ced to S. frpm seven-to ten p.m, and on 886ardays from-five to ten p.m., ahd these-teswilccn- tinueuntil the ead of the year. The exhibition of Edwin Longis pictare ...

... i EDITED BY A BARRISTEIR AT LAW:. No. CXXIII. be ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. P bi all WILLS. ?? E. F.-As the monely was settled upon you by T mnixriaze astti' ment you certainly cannot disp?55 of hi it br will, unless in pursuance of someo power in the ml settlement enabling von to do so. t F. 1H. D.-Under the will of S. Dl her Ron T. D. Of became entitled to all her real and perlsonal property ...

... M1USICAL NOTES. The brief season of English opera jnst j erdedi at the Cout Theatre has been Iihly successful from all points of view. ia -,nc management in front is to be congratr- 1 J lated on large andiences, and that bbbind, it ale scenes upon good mnsical results. The! 0 recu lar chorus of the company seemed to be 7 stronger and brighter than at the time of the i vinter season, though its ...

... I ' MUSICAL NOT H Birmingham is the cynosure to hrT~ people from the four qurters of world are turning eager eyes no, of partial mystery is finaly 1i t4 scheme of the festival of the t' Idefinitely unfolded. As preO . there is not so much that is 1885, when commissions were writers as Gounod, Dvorak, ive0' ford, Bridge, and Coven. AtReeir 4 things absolutely new are r a t oratorio Judith, ...

... ITUSICAT NOTES. *1 - nrden death of MJr H. LL Edwards at , - \ mcj Xavier's Church recently has 't F'fros the ranks of local musicians a 0 t~vedomiwait -fgore. There are but few iC nnscorsected with the musical life of 'fayeOsW I ?? the last half century or so, 2i4evro0 recently, with which Mr. Edwards ti LOsome way or other associated. He 5311 . e Ilong red one of the regular horn ?? the ...

... THE EXHIBITION AT GROSENGR I | GALLERY. a The exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, which a' will be thrown open to tbe public at nine .mzL to. e day, will-reafise the worst forebodings of all who] re e0ish well to that institution. - Without entecint] it into theaneitsof the u dispute-whi F has cost Sir Cotta Lindsay the services of such a luable-eadjtcrs as Mr. Burne Jones, Mr G. D F. W , Mr. ...

... The festivals of 18I8 are at present receiving as the chief atention of musicians throughout the kingdoml, vd notes are being compared as to e the merits of the programmes to be presented. L That of the Handel Festival, on account of the 6, giant proportions of the musical machinery d brought into operation, claims special attention al 'at the outset; but further investigation reveals et ...

... NFW AUD FORTHCO}ING PLAYS. We have had several new plays in London a during the past few weeks, and two or three of h tbem deserve to be chronicled in Liverpool, for f9 it is more than probable that they will be seen a here before very long. The new and impro- e bable comedy called Fascination will shortly a be withdrawn, after a run of little oe than a month. It has not been a ...

... * I ThaFrends, commonly known as the Quakers, a singular and honourable position ocenP religions bodies. Shamefully persecuted the past, not nuimerous, making few converts, thbehve given us some of the very foremost of Oar statesmen and philanthropists, and he, in proportion to their numbers, done e than any other class to leaven English society with principles of thrift and of SONtakiig, ...

... PUBLIC AM USEMENTS. A NEW THIEAThE. At the opening of the new Theatre Royal in Breck-road last night, Mr. James Enuglish, the business manager, stated that Mr. Montgomery, the proprietor, purposied carrying forward the per- ?? on legitimate lines, and that the building was in no way to be utilised as a music hall, as some people bad imagned, He gave a ionglist of thecomingengagements, and ...

... At the Autumn Exhibition, in the Walker Art Gallery, the following pictures aud draw- IQgs have been sold sinea our last published liat, viz.:- Gone but not Forgotten, £210, by James Hayllar; Childwall Chnrch, Miss W. Arthur; December in Brittany, £40, Alfred Conquest; Olive, £8 8a., Miss C. Plimpton; Evening, Miss S. M'Dougal; - On Bidaton Marshes,' T. C. B. Castle; San Georgio, ...