... I- PHILHARMOMNI CONaERT I The Jbilse, season of the Philharmonio &~cletyhas at length daeed, and the initial notes 6 l. 5thf seriea of concerts have been heard. Unfortwately, they have not proved tobe ...

... TUB MAYOR OF KIDDERMInS-ER ANDY TIM VOLUNTEERS. The Mayor of Kidderminster (Mr. KL Tomkirsonl enter- tertained the members Of the three. local corps 6t rife volunteers to dinner at the Town Hall, in the borough, on 6traevning) The orchestra was -decorated with satrurday rflowrng plantsa and the room, which'bas beet recently decorated, presented a bright appearance. It m3a be noted that the ...

... TRE - ZRMWMRSI? - EXHrBITXON.-. ? The Lord Mayor opened the Brewers' Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. This is the tenth annual exhibition by the representative brewers, dis- tillers, machine makers, maltsters, and seed-growers interested in the produce for the mash-tub and the still, and it is the largest ever held. For the first time the galleries of the adjacent balls have had ...

... PROVINCIAL TIIEATRICMLS. MADA -P -W I^ U A .Dt (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) on ~~ABERDEEN. S- HER MAJEsTY's T1IEATRi.-L-eoe, Mr W. M'Farland; AdGeneral Manager, Mr John Cavauahr.-Mr M'Farland is scoring a great success thi, week, the attraction boing Mr J. W. Turner anid his English opera company. 'The houses are Ig crammed nightly with the lirte of the city, and the perforni- isances of The ...

... TI lE VOLUNTEERS AND THE LORD I MAYOR'S 8HOW. A large mnooting of oflcers in conmnanc of metropolitau Volunteer Corps, or their reprosentatives, wasa hold on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Queoe's ?? Rifle3, Buchingharn-gats, to onsider a proposition made by thie Lord Mayor Eloct (Mr Aldermnan Witehead) tant the Volunteers of the metropolis should take part in the annual civia proces- sion ...

... FASHIONABLE DRESS I NOVELTIES IN AUTUMN AND WINTE2 FABRICS. FROM THE LADY'S PICTORIAL. LADIE.s who are still debating as to the choice of materials for their autumn gowns should certainly lose no time in writing for patterns of novel dress fabrics to Henry Pease & Co.'s Successors, the Mills, Darlington. They will receive by return of post a neatly-packed box of most tempting patterns, and ...

... LITERARY A VRRAVALS. It is in Literature as in Tinanoo-muoh Paper and touch Poverty may caxist. Mr. Cook's HANiBooK To T= NATIONAL GAL.EAny is, i in every senoe of the word, a thoroughly satisfaotory achievement; indeed, Mr. Ruskin himself has not hesi- tated to say that never before has there been compiled for the illustration of any collection of paintings whatever, a series of notes at ...

... ITALIAN OPEBRA AT THE GRAND THEATRE. IL TROVATORE. di :When Mr Augustus Earris detemined not to tb give -La Traviata this week, we could have i wished that he had chosen one or other of the cc grand oneras least frequently performed. Boito's ' ,Mephitophele Jay to his hand, and has t !already been protdaced by his company. Wag- tb ner as 'Lohengria is another opera too seldom T .heard. ...

... MISCELLANEOUS BOOK& : - I r Musical Memories. By William Spark, Mus. Doo., &c., organist of the Town Hall, be Leeds, author of Henry Smart: ;His Life and fe Works, &e. (Londoa: Swan Sonneaschein & tCo. 1888. )-A long professional career, dsuring wbich he has bee; brought into csntact with A most of the musical celebrities of the last fifty a I Gr sixty years, has supplied Dr Spark with ma- ...

... TO-NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT,. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (AUGusrus IIARRIS, Lessee and -Manager.) EVERY EVENING;, at 7.3o, TiiE ARMAD. Wini.red Emnery, Edith Brace, KaLte James, Ada Naeilsta, and Maud Milton; Leonard B-yne, Luitj Lablacite, Edward G-r1i!.er, 'Victor Stevets, A. Beaurllslt, Ileary Loraitte, S. Dawvnat, Mervin D..l a., Statijauins Csa..sm, ii. Robins, ?? Dobell, Basil West, H. ...

... TO-NIGHIT'S ENTERTAINMENTS, THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (AUGUSTUS HARRIS, Lessee and Manager.) EVERY EVENIN'., at 7.30, TYCHE ARMA.DA R MORNING PERFORIMANCE SATURDAY NEXT, October 6. Winifred Emfery, Edith Bruce, Kate James, Ada Neilsoan, and Hand mliiton: I.eonard Payne, Luigi Lablache, Edward Gardiner, Victor Stevels, A. i'.eateoant, Henry Loraine, S. Dawson, Mlervin Dad a., Stanislaus Calhass ...

... ANOTHER STORY OF SHE. AnLSEx 'CANDISHA aN TFE MOUNTAINS OF MOROCCO. AFTER a series of accidents we found ourselves -(says a Morocco correspondent of the New York Press) in the v-icinity of Jemis, whence wve could see the grand panorama of Larache, -and also that the boat vwhich takes passengers from one bank of the Lueur to the other had made its last trip for the day. It was irm'possible ...