... WALLASEY HORTICULTURAL - , . fSHOW.' [Pt1 -- The tenth annual exhibition of flowers, uit, soid vegetables, under the ?? of the Waosey lforticultural Society, ws hel4 yestra at the. Workman'A fl4i W§lise1y VllaMge.2 otwith. standinegthe unfdvourableyteather which of late bas Pomewbat interfered with the successfal erow- ing of fruit and vegetab!es. the show was quite op to the average. Tbe ...

... 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 ...

... * 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, ...

... ALEXANDRA THEATRE. c Mr. Mansell is evidently determined to takr efll I advantage of Liverpool's love of opera The first fortnuht of his rule at the Alexandra Theatre in- T troduced us to the Russian National Opera Oem- . panv, a combination alike remarkable for the inerit of its vocalists and, with one ex- g ception, the absolute novelty of its repertoir. t WVth such recommendations its ...

... j BLACKPOL AGRICULTURAL SHOW. ?? annual show of the Lythan, Ki~kbarn, and I Blaclkpool Agricultural l,~ociety was fiel4~ pester- day. in fine weather, in the Royal PIalace Gardens (late Raikces Hall), Elnolkpool. The total amount Igiven in prizes, was £550, and the enb'iee in all Athe classes numbered 716, as agaiast 841 last year, the ?? off bein,, principally inthpolr a1. Classes. The show ...

... MUSICAL NOTE S. As statea previously, thle a uual distributionl toloaicertificates of the R.AM. will1 not tk e place till after the holidays the actuaI beiig fixed for as Saturda'v in October, the ew aebout the time at which the cele- or k place last year. Mr. Carl Rosa te rilp Or il to atted ?? the occasion, and girf ~chr'less say somethinz of interest to the bled candid'ates and their ...

... DGOSIP WILI T CHIDREN I BY 4'UNCLE OLDUAB; One of Lafghtsway's agreatest friends among the birds ie 'the prefty little wren. She likes it because of the li., cheerf i way in wbioh it 01 fite to and 'fro and in and 'ont a mong the B bushes and the be4erows; she likes it because at of the cieverness it sows a in selecting a place for ts nest, a holes in E bauk, a hollow in a. tree, a h ...

... of Zhzipht'sPicto-iac Shakespeare. Revised edition. md Histories-Vol. I. London; Virtue and to Co., Limited. ish This is the fifth volume of a re-issue which we ire- have already noticed more than once. It con- tains five of the historical ?? John, King Richard IL, King Henry lV. Part I., ge- King Henry IV. Part ., and King Henry V. iys No one needs to be told at this time of day ast what ...

... In. ed ROY-AL COURT THEATER is, A miserably wet night without brought tir Pre people within the Court Theatre last ight, when id its doors were reonened after the summer be interval. The public interest, however, this year. int was more than ordinary. and the very cordial al- behaviour of tka audience that gathered within its ed walls last night was full of mneasnig for Mr. Bruce we ...

... I HALF A CENTURY OF MUSIC IN LIVERPOOL. Matters had, up to 1874, got into a sort of dignified jog-trot, and it will be seen that nothing very wonderful had, for some years, been attempted. The chorus had sung part- songs and the like at most of the concerts, and had only asserted themselves in important choral works at somewhat far-removed inter- vals. But now, J. J- Drysdale being chairman, ...

... IIO1?IJCIDALMANIA.* bo7 his ?? novel, Mr. Goodman has not ?? fotuasto enough to hit upon so new a idea as for his first, but he has given us 5torV whichl is qluite as enthralling and 1aristi. In TOD Curious, the reader c ~sreJ quied to accept a psychic impossibility fi t basis of an otherwise rational romance. a ,paid in his Own Con is founded upon a type 01 Deeet51 derangement which we ...

... - 21 Dgtha usSewr; or, ?? ?? let rnot oxan FPed AMnder A Novel, By J. Iotbian Robson. Londont Slmpkli, Mar- si4t and Co. There is an air of unreality about this story. The good people are too good, the bad too bad, and the Incidents unnatural. Nor is the sub- ject a' ioe one. A young wife, endowed with everything that ought to bind her to virtue, falls from it, and is taken back by her hus- ...