... THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ; EIXHIBfTION. k (moM o SPECIA COREsO ST.) The New lallery could have been pot to no worthier use than to contain the-exhibits ofij the first display of the Arts and Crafbt Society. I' The body has been much discussed aforehand, and its aims widely sympatbised with, though 1 the voice of the scoffer-particularly he of the! slender purse-has not been unheard. OE what ...

... AMUSEIM\ENTS. H1~1I 'M11 RTY TRUEATRY- .;AC U-iN -`ViW. Bo.%. -.a ieI hou-c s-ers 3Icjesty' aTheatre wasI * ti-nrtiiiijed to Mlessrs Georcle Simls I Pt-flt~t's latest mrelodeamra, entitled il h l~-ix. a play niade lip largely of the n ~all business. As a dramatic * itr ciati- haellv he Said to adid to the repti' -Saul-h5-r fi ot ,il p1-it it is both weoul: and * . dif abni-ird as it weell ...

... B It I C- A -BR A C. A Comedietta, in One Act, Adapted from the French by Sir J J. Coghill, Bart., Produced for the First Time on Saturday, Oct. 20th, at the Ladbroke Hall. Hector de Montreville ?? Mr EDWIN GILBERT Wilkins ?? Mr MORTEN HENRY Mrs P. Q. Spoon ?? _ Miss CAcRLOTTE BoRLAND Sir J. J. Coghill, Bart., the author of Bric-&-Brac, a comedietta that was produced at the Ladbroke Hall on ...

... I.- MR. IT-WIGS CONOIWET. I The erowr whopawred in the , S Satrday night to hear the with the nom of Mr. Ludwlgenoyed amsical treat of a kind that lhs seldom been afforded, and the special character of whichlent to it surpassing Imtiemet. Our national msieti a treasure in the Posses|iof which we should indeed be justly prj roud, and it. may with equal truth be added that there are few Jabourer ...

... THLE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT. Tulfs amateur concert in aid of the funds of the I Philharmonic Society, announced to take place in i the Ulster Hall on Friday evening, cannot fail to attract a larre audience. The ladies and gentle- men who have so kindly placed their services at the disposal of the committee are well known as I amateurs of great ability. The object of the con- cert, to ...

... BALLYMENA. -This fair was held, _.rday, and was largely attended by both buyera and sellers, embracing a number of Belfastmou. Theprincipal show was in the colt section, first quality of this class selling at from £25 to ;£40, and second do. fromu £15 to £24. There was a fair show of agri- calturals, which sold pretty freely from £14 to £26. Ride-and-drive horses were but poorly re- presented. ...

... , DR. BERGMAKIVS REPLY. The Press Asswoiation is favoured by the New. Yr&z, Herald with an early copy of its Paris edition containing the remarks of Professor Berg- t mann in reply to Sir Morell Mackenzie' book I ; The Professor said in regard to the cbargesji ! amountins to mnarcactlce that Mackenzie a says vere brought against hit by the C German dector's pamphlet- We, the German ...

... I Miss Mary Anderson and the excellent company , of which she is the leader. torminated their brief e engagement at the Alexandra Theatre on Satur- day evening, when the pieces presented were Pygmalion and Galatea and 'Comedy and I Tragedy.' Pygmalion and C-alate in which I M ir. Gilbert's wvorkmanship is probably at its best. |is always delightfuly fresh, and the performance Onl ...

... ' 'This is a wildlyimprobable romance of a type thmthas become widely popular of late, TheI scene, however, is not laid in Africa, bet in South America, 'and the adventures, though sometimes with native races, are chiefly with pirates and Portaguese; for the time is that of James the Flis, Prom certain archaic modes 1l of expression, both in theosub-title and In the i body of the work, we arel ...

... E MRa HENRY IRTING ON ACTING AND I AGTOBS. I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Last night~ Mr. Henry Irving was entertained to a banquet by the Edinburgh Pen and Pencil Club. in the Wa~terloo Hotel. Mr. Lowe, George Harlot's Hospital, presided, and pronosed the toast Mr. Irving and the t Drama.' Mr. Irving, who was received with loud auplanse, said I return to youa my most earnest thanks -for the hearty way ...

... NEWBOOKS. ;S- re: ' Romance Founded on Fact. 1-k ,- } ;ey CoL. in Three Volumes. T Fisher Unwin.r id f.,,tca;_ a vLC>3 othewvayinwhdeh~fia work of art my b o e Lathered from the following sea- ic' whia eceen ' ust as thme reader is supposed to b 'e 'mit Gen toe denoannent of a story intended )-,t;:rious ,_ Although the brave, ,e's not fizro .s one ii. y stYo, still, Y think, consider- ;--rc? ...

... RE~~mOSZESCES ~~or Two Exs (Kossath and! Puistrl ) Two PYeats (Crimean and Franco-: Austrian). By F. W. NYVWMA. [London : Kegan Pant, Trench, ando Co.] Te evet and cha aters witha which Professor Newma-f deals are probably to the -majority of ti eerunailiest' more ancient hi:story than the s~candal about Queen Elizabeth. Professor N~ewnan took. , warnsl and glowing interest in them 'tlene they ...