... I Last night's choral rehearsal at the Masonic Hall, which was devoted to Dr. Bridge's classical cantata Callirhie, was attended and directed by the com- poser in person. Dr. Bridge met with a cordial reception from the choir, and was fortunately able to reciprocate the welcome with equal cordiality and satisfaction on finding how well his music had been prepared. In their knowledge of the ...

... Planquette's highly amusing opera The Old Guard, al cli nade such a successful first appearance in Bir. ;ai: .anr nearly twelve mnorths ago, Was produced last nioit at the Theatre Uoyal before a crowded and ap- e;-eciative andience. During the past year the opera has mjet with a rmost favourabie reception both in London and the provinoes, and its return visit to Birmingham this weelk is ...

... BIRMINGhAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL at TEE BAND REELEARSALS. gi a( [Faont our chi (on rresponleftvi] LONDON, Wednesday. fa Owving partly, no doubt, to the sunny brightness ti of the morning, but mainly to the musical interest cc of the selection for rehearsal, which comprised both ni the festival novelties, the muster of visitors at St. ei George's Hall to-day was quite a gay and imposing of one, ...

... 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 ...

... LItBATURE. BrTAC cins Semcirc To rBooa EARTH KOsw, LEDGE, Paw II. (London: Blackia & Son.) I iEvery schoolboy now is required to know at least the elements of physiography. Hitherto, I the wailt-of a really useful test-book has been I a serious drawback both to teachers and to students. Most of the pupils who prepare for such examinations as those of the Science and Art Department have not the ...

... FLOWER SHOWS~ BALLATUR.-The thirtieth annoal exhibition of the B Ballater Royal Horticultural Society took olace in ta the Albert Memorial Hall yesterday afternoo i. The it show was opened by Rev. James R. &fiddleton, of Glenmuick, who referred to the object of the society in encouraging the amateur gardener and the pl labouring man in the cultivation of his plot of garden B ground, whether ...

... The performance at SMr Lowrey's Star Music F1fl d Dublin, last Tuesday night was interrupted by an e ordinary and startling incident. A manl, named NVilla a a Kenny suddenly jumped from the top gallera anl i.; Y with great force onl a member of the orche tra MII s George Kennedy, cortnet player. Both untaihied s1-r injuries, the musician being the more sc iouslv Iilt o: k the two. The ...

... C ST'rrANGeBs in Paris at the present moment, says j the Paris correspondent of the Globe, -may spend 1 an agreeable hour or two at the Exposition de Sauvetage, which is being held in the Palais de j P'Iadustrie. It was opened a fortnight ago, but, X like all exhibitions, it was behind time, and is only now getting into apple-pie order. I must, how- ever. warn visitors beforehand that the show ...

... The nineteenth annual show in connection with the Twerton Institute was held yesterday, in the grounds of Mr J. Carr, of Twerton Wood House. The exbibits, both in point of number and quality, exceeded those of last year. The Walcot Military and Somereet Industrial School Brass Bands were in attendance, and played selections darinr the after- noon. Judges:-Messra ?? Evry, J. Bullock, W. J. ...

... HIORTIgULTIURAL SHOWS. . . -, WESTON'SUPE~RwHA H.- The weatkier fitray~a ll tba~t could 'poagibly, 1e dsred f~r`1cbldinighotoptrrllhe~nddspt several elunter Attractions in the. town, theahudtla exhibition-of the )Veston;JulPer Hoae lrticultura~l Society again ?? a -fignalmooess This, society, 4ae become one of ?? of the~bowa, and ite supporters, are ?? as ever iq sedoiriug; for it continued ...

... NEW PLJAYS OF THE MONTH. e LonDoN. e JULY 2. The World Against Her, drama, in five acts, t by Frank Harvey (first produced at Theatre 1 Royal, Preston, Jan. 11th, 1887)-Surrey. . 3. A Handsome Apology, comedietta, by Andrew .1 Longmuir-lrince of Wales's. e ,, 3. A L'Essai, French comedietta, by MA. A. - Cahen and G. Sujol-Prince of Wales's. I ,, (. The Worship of Plutus; or, Roscs, play, by ...

... TIRAVELUNG DRESS. If 'aevrwe~ may reckon on suntshine in this most versaltile of climastes it is dulring the month ?? many Thousands of Londoners , are now preparing to get away from the beat d and dust of the great cityr to seaside r'esorts or to Continental lakces, rivers, anld mountains, t Tihe bad weather hus by nO means aonfined its sx depressing influences to England, but has At ...