... The last but one of the present-and probably lb of any other-series of Halle evenings was cele- b e brated by the performance of a Dvorak ' eo symphony. It is somewhat difficult to know a re how to deal with the work in question so that h the description may convey an idea to absentees 1o of what it is like; while to those who heard it tl A the present comnent will probably appear as , is only ...

... PUBLIC AMUSMENTS. ei1 Miss Vesta Tlley, who plays Gain in the tl wv pzantomine of The 1'ortv Thieves, took a to Denefit at the Alexandra Theatre last evening, o tu the spacious auditioriuta being crowded on the occa- ro sion. Mr. Walter Andrews, Mr. PL Geldard, Miss a ie Blanche Stoll. Miss F. Gallimore, Miss Maggie , It Stuart, and Messrs. Farrell and Wilmot appeared o0 nd in the course of ...

... I On Saturday afternoon and evening enormous e crowds were present at the Royal Court Theatre c to witness the final performances of this year's t opera season. In the afternoon the work pre-I sented wvas Mozart's Figaro, and the various a artists concerned were jointlv and severally t ovated. At night Meyerbeer's Robert filled r the bill, and those who took part in the per- s formance ...

... o- At the Walker Art Gallery, on Saturday c} 1a evening next, the International Photographic of Exhibition will be inaugurated by a conver- tE sasione, at which the Mayor (Mr. T. W. ti 3d Oakshott) wi officiate. tc he The private view of the Southport Spring sm Is, Exhibition of Pictures, at the Atkinson Art b , Gallery, under the auspices of the Corporation, & re wil also take place on ...

... -PHILHARMNON CONCERT. 4'MO$SS IN EGYPt- Thse who ?? Iread the preliminary notice wblh,- as usual 0CUIoc with any =4el ncOvelt, was plished lnthe hfemry, .will ha*e been ?? some extent for a god deal.tt waa br.);hto the frnt in an acteaj heariog £ wor. Except in d ine it i as ~e eorlo, vei araepted d at the hands of Sta~fmd. M eaaie, mad Cowen, a as ?? cd1 be. ems nt in iets co, moreover, ms ...

... MAGAZINES FOR FMUARY. to to 2%e4W'QV.'V (Isbister-i &o., London): Th mg1-gufrea the -place of honour to an unsigned con- ~ful ItrIihition-on .Islam and, inuda. Ms There are upwards of 50,000,00-of Mustsulrnss- Uk en a that counrky,' and the writer trace the Orh A' isuccess of hafi dn rmykijte t e da that it leaves ste-covrs aaS tll whiilst be ?? paying duoe sboinqe to ais lcterarly skl.T e a ...

... rz- - A A - -; - - - - -- ?? According to the recent official report of the operations of the Walker Art Gallery daring its first decade, 1877-1887, the dozen pictures which have been the most copied by students durig that period are Nature'sMirror, by Peter Ghent, 32 tines; Friday, Dendy Sadler, 30; Eventide, HL Herkomer, ?? 29 The Ancestor on the Tapestry, R. Williams, 27; The ...

... CONOERT AT THE COURT . THEATRE S ?? 4AL For the third time within what is a quite measurable distance the artists of the CIrl Rosa Opera Company have benefited by their joint efforts the exchequer of one of our most deserving local institntions, namely, that establisb in Prince's-road for the deaf and I dumb. For long enough the concert given I yesterday afternoon had been talked about, and ...

... CARL RSA OPERA. Mozart mean MoInAeyo. moe.from the impreS&-6O nightof ait e at Ieeettls proved te camne asS niht at the Royal Cort Theare, wha as ddf elormofu crow4 gathered to listen to the d delf gh zaf s ffeof the eg r 'If AtY comic opera. It is& m ' *m t, this ?? ig,,ee mthe b of more Modem works, it of stands almost sake, as an opera, wfthouv ad a tenor hero; and, aordi tonie ceutry ...

... lRO YL ACADEMY OF MEn: I -- - , J The m.hebaltd questifo of the new mind- . pelehip of the ?? Academy of Music has at t leg been settld, and yetray Dr. A. C. d M'Sne wa elected to 51 thepl left vacant by the deh of Sr G. A. MiAJPlrZP Upon the u demise of-the lat named professor the ue.age~ meat devolved upon a triumvirate, osisting of Messr Waltr MMOw, Sainton, and Btegg 3. Sel names were in ...

... LWERPOOL MUSICAL -CLU CONVERSAZLONIL le Forme the yar 8IM tbe ides haiegcome c le frm the laft Sir Gorge Macfarrenho in the s Lh dosing period of his long, busy, and hozoured Life, g. had intimate relationships with the m of d, this city, the .verpol Musical Club hasacquired I be strength and proportions which, make it a power, tb ful agency in the musical activity of the be coummninty, This ...

... QOSSIP WITH THE CHILDREN. GJOSSIPWITH THE-CHILDREN. BY UNNCLE OLDMAN. Do you believe in dreamus? Tom asked me this nr aig, Adding: I seem to have been droaming all 0ight,,g5 should like to know what my dreams 6;.jreqms! what are dreams?' struck in Laugh- I' Dreams, I said, are thoughts and fancies, and visions that come to the mind during Pleep. , Oh, said the fairy, then ice ...