... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... I FASHION AND VARIrTIE. I VICEREGAL COURT. Their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant, K a, and the Marchionessof landonderry gave a dinnev party last evening at the Viceregal Lodge, to which the following had the honour of receiving ?? Ron the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Chelsea. Eon M4iriam Thel. lesson, Geeneral the rlu' C and Miis Thesiger. Colonel the Hon F and Mtrs Boscawen, the Eon H Coventry ...

... FAS ION AND V ARTLYzY. *Lady Mathew arrived at Kinlgstowl vi. Xterd~y frou: E~ngland. * ; The Right Hon Mr. JUstice Mone a family arrived at Kingstoosen y sterday fer n land. Sir John Ball Greene, C B, arri;-f ^ ;ingtow-n ?? trom Enghlnd. Surgeon-'Major N M Creery usrivec ,i Bngstov. n ye-terday from l;g! and. iEngrlnI Fitzgerald has left ; :- H C Godlev. 4&.h RegIniort, lies , Kingstovwn for ...

... 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 ...

... BXIMINGEAMHSIALMSIAL THE BAND REHEARSALS. [Fhrom mr Own Cormsondent] Lomnoxi, Tuesday. After the severe strain to which the band bad been subjectedzon the previous day in music of the 1 highest and most-advanced modern type, it was only 1 reasonable that to-day's labours should be of a some- i what lighter order. Such, indeed, was the evident intention of the conductor in devoting the re- i ...

... THE GUEEN AT GLASGOW. -VISIT To THE EXEHIITION. Her Majesty the (Queen visited Glasgow yesterday, and discharged the double function of facrually opening the in new Municipal Buildings in George Square and making a hi State visit to the Intereationlal Exhibition. It is thirty- en nine years ago thismonth since the Queen visited the West SI of Scotland, and if her reception was cordial then, it ...

... 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 ...

... THE BEN-MY-CHREE, BY CHARLES DORNTON'S COMPANY. SUNDERLAND. The production of the powerful, highly emotional, and well-written play Bet-mpy-Cree, a dramatised version of Hall Caine's celebsated novel The Deemster, by br Charles Dornton, at the Avenue Theatre last night, had been looked forward to by the play-going public of Sunderland with the greatest interest. The piece has been played ...

... T'B~E HORSE SJJOW.- _ _ l . _ _ The final arrangemnents in connection vwith thne great Horse and Sheep Show vhich opens at Ballsbridgc to-chqreere corn pleted yesterday, and, so far as one can >uge, every effort has been plut forth to secure the success of tire un'iertakior. , The entries in nearly all departments are higlher than in urevious rears whilst in sonic of the classes the ...

... trs. ng I hear that Mr. Keeley Halswelle will paint all the scenery for Mr. Irving's of revival of Macbeth. That Mr. Halswelle will provide a series of charming pictures is not to be doubted, and his debut as a scene painter is looked forward to with interest. He is I believe the first distinguished English painter ol ing easel pictures who has turned scene-painter, having reversed the usual ...