... XUSI DR. BRADFORD'S JUDITH.-Dr. Jacob Bradford's oratorio Yudith was essayed for the first time in London, at St. James's Hall, on Tuesday evening. It was intended as an 1 exercise for the com- poser's degree of Mus. Doc. at Oxford, and must accordingly not be judged from the ordinary point of view of oratorio. According to the regulations of the University the candidate is required to ...

... 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 The new and impro- e bable comedy called Fascination will shortly a be withdrawn, after a run of little oe than a month.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 ...

... PICTURES AT THE SOUTH- PORT EXHIBITION. The piteview of the works comprising ?? the tet Srng Exhibition, -held uinder theb nfll auspice ?? Corporation, took p lace on Saturday at the Atkinson Art Gallery. There was a large atten&dac of visitors, and L about 20 pictures were sold. The Hiangin andL. L Selecting Committee-._Cososm Alderman - Vincent, Councillor BoothjW. .Log ad T. Geenhkhend F. T ...

... .TUMIC AKUSENENT& STRAND THEATRE' The applause which greeted Mr. Willie Edouin and Miss Alice Atherton on their appearance the other night on their taking possession of this house was of the most hearty description, and to their popularity and acting Emust be assigned the success w. hich attended the per- formance of an exceedingly weak three-act domestic farce, adapted from-or, to be in the ...

... LITERATURE INDIFFERENTLSM: or, Is One Religion as Good ki as Another? By the Rev. John Mae- se TE Laughlin. London: Burns & Oates. is :_ This is a work which requires great delicacy la nd on the part of a Protestant pen to criticise. It di is most elegantly written. The style is fault- It less. The logic precise. And the conclusions in -if the premises of the writer be accepted- th v. follow ...

... 'TABII 'T.LJEATRES. rfe the at-i aaellicouecements for the present arr nexptionally niumorous. To-yight; ?? ;r ill aeppsir at the ?? Thoatre 31- r t tise iu &'Chatcillac, at counerly by ?? E jir rodtuced ait the TUeAtree Ill, OiVc 3bolut two vears ago. To-inorrow Frflfdt5 e oinmedy, adapted fromt MIs. 5jtteree° vi' ^ A Tangled Skein, Nvith the Psat} 'd peit j~sionl, by Mjiss Henrietta ...

... At the private view of the Southport Exhibi- The tion, on Saturday, the following pictures were the sold:- La Masootte, £75, Leghe Suthers ; of I WinterTwilight,£l15 1s, A:. Brockbank; p i The Intruder, £O 10s.gJ. Seymour Adams ; and Venus in the $hell. £8 Ss., Mrs. A D. oft Brunton; Old Mill near Snowdon, £7 7s., POE Miss C. A. Mann; A Farm Lane, £6 6s., stoi F. Beswick.Bri The ...

... ~ITE~iAIONL PHTOGAPHC 3a y itrodced only half a century ago, thi development of photography has been of a ' theld Cgac an they ~who would man ton Cli racter, wnde] r-P1 ve thoroughly acquainted with the a Uenx5lve am and present positions of this inteestig pox ,d science will find in the Inernational wo in the Walker Ar Gallery, pro- j wo- Dte by the Jif-r00 Amateur Phctgraphic ex ti0o. a ...

... en: Ur. A. 0. Brookes, deputy coner for the Hen- dred of liglh Peak, Derbyshire, held an inqueat at . Ashopton inn, twelve rniles from Shefield, on Thursday afteron on the body of Wiltiam ml Walker, ?? 17 son of Mr. frk Walket, farmer, no of Ridinghouse Parki arish of Dersent The circumstances of his death have already been o noticed. Oni7 three wimtnesse were examined- cc: the father, mother, ...

... (FR03f OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEB. 10.-On Saturday night Madame Modjeska appeared for the first time in this country as Imogen in Cymbeline at the Fourteenth-street Theatre. She exhibited all the personal charm, the sympathy, and the artistic method that are needed for the embodiment of the character. She was only fairly supported. The Boston Ideal opera company, which has ...

... A LATPLIGHTER'S STORY. The Bridqislter il/cr'erir/ furnishes the ftoltoiing in- teresting facts -Johsn Manley, of iridgivater is a happy moan. His good fortune deserves to be mnade public. Having lived among us all tiLS life, and held the ?? of lamplighter for over twenty-uine years, his ucane d 11 face are familiar to everybody in Bridgwater. He is liked c by all, and it is snes to say one ...

... The question of Sunday amusements among the rich came before the Upper House of Convocation on Friday, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. A memorial, introduced by the Bishop of Exeter, was laid before the House. It set forth- That there has been of late a very marked increase in the em- ployment of the afternoon and evening of the Lord's Day for amusements of various kinds in the upper ...