... d BRISTOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL, THE ROSRE OF SHARON AND st OHERUBINI!S MASS. On Wednesdav the Bristol Musical Festival was continued at the Colston-hall, tlhe works selected forthe morning concert ?? S e, Mass in C (his Iourth) and Muckenzie's Rose of c n Sharon. Both these items received their inlitial C g representation in the western cityi and thu a e richne3s 'an d perfection of their ...

... BRlISTOL TIRIENNIAL MUSICAL YESTIVAL. ro OPENING PERFORMANCES. a! The Triennial Musical Ifestival at Bristol was ih opened at the CoIlson-hsll on Tuesday, but not with tbose manifeslatiotns of excitement wbich marked previous Catherings of a like nature. Mendelssohln's ,acred masterpiece }Elijab was selected as the ?? work. and, everywhere in favour, there was a large audience at ics ...

... SIR MORELL MACKENZIE'S BOOK, PATHETIC EXTRAOTS. -THE ENGLISH PHYSIOIAN 3 DEFENCE. Whatever may be thought of the propriety or good taste of the paper war which has arisen between Sir Mtforell Mackenzie and German doctors who were in attendance with him on the late Emperor there can be no two opinions concerning the vigour which has marked what we cannot but regard as a siugu. larly unfortunate ...

... MARITANhA' AT' THE THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFFI L . . f On Tuetdaye evending Carl R osa's Opera Company c I Produced Mariwanat at the 'Etheatre Rouyal, a t;Cardiff, wviia signal, musical success. Vincent ..It~liace's Maritana, Itiira which few Operas nira e mnore popuiar or leive contributed mnore to thea cc is pleasores of ?? concert room, like all Carl Rosu's w r uperas, was on 'Tuesday ...

... A THING OF BEAUTY. -A thing of beaity i4 a joy for ever: Its lovelines inlreases i; ; il ?? Pass into nothingness ; ho} still will keep A bower quiet for uq, and a s'eep Fnll of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing; Therefore. on every morrow, we are wreathing A flowoery band to bind us to tbe earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhumani dearth Of ioble n a ores, of the gloomy days Of ...

... | SIAl MORELL MACKENZIE1iS BOOK. I ,I TH-E FATAL ILLNESS OF FREDERIKS THE INOBLE. Advance copies were issued to the press on Sunday by the nsiblishers of Sir Morell Mackenzies book, entitled The Fatal illness of Frederick the Noble. The %vork con~sists. of 24$ pages of T closely printed teattet-, from which it will bo gathered that it contains a numberC ~ of details, many of them very ...

... CARDIFF AMUSEM1ENTS. ?? ROSAl AT THlE THEATRE 1~'YAL. 'O It was at singular, andi !i nmany res~pects arn un- icecutilable. civcoimtsl'iuee tiiat this steasoli'' arn- gignei Of die Cei itosa Opera. Company at thel ~u (aidifi Thleatre ltiyal h)W Att ?? ?? At pitfuly lad openaing, liliful-uqitig ?? lirtits-tit least. so tar ?? tendaitce was ttiettt Whenbcjever ,itic ii u slut gu ilied conipanv vi ...

... ROMANTIC OPERA AT CARDIWF, VI pi One is often tempted to tnoralise upon tile state Di oE musical culture at Cardiff. The towh, with & Pi nmnrvellous record ot matetrial progrsss, has forged w. ithea~d Into t-ho potlion-now no longerQ distputed- 5i of the Metropolis of Waisst asnd Wnles, asl all the to nt world knows, is pre-einiosittly then land of sOong. ia t flow comes it, thastn, that in ...

... 1l TH E al I ej WHIlTECIIAPEL HORRORS. Pi i ---I q 11H' STA.RTLING b~TOIL.Y. on A POSSIBLE CLUE. f' PRESS ASSOCiAT'iON TELEOliASI. t- L.UNDON, 'c~lesso XInav. Vc The stiartliug story publitihed vs'eterdisv with a reference to Line lindieg of a bloodstained shirt Ij Hand tle dlisappea: ance Of a maci from a certain erhuioin t lie Lest End proves, from investigations me ceriudct out by at ...

... THE WORLD'S CELEBRITIES AT HOME. 'TEIE RIGIT HONOURABLE H. CEOI1 RNIM ES, M.P., AT ILWYNEGRIN. The modern capital of Flintshire seems at first esight ;utitled to the enviable distinction of posses. ,sing the most pronounceable name to be found west. -of Offa's Dyke. It is, however, only known to the dweilers in the picturesque vale of the Alun as Wyddgrug; for Chester is still Caerleon. and ...

... RHYS LEWIS. FIBST NOTICE. to' 'here are a huntdred faults in this thing, tnd a beatuties, but it is needless-, A book may beI '4± amusing with numerous errors, or it cart be very' dull without a single absurdity7. Tee hero of this irpiece unities inhimself the three greatest character, upon conih. He is a priest,a busbanitman er and the father of a familye. Ele is drawn as ready to teach and ...

... -1. I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t th - t rt I A WONDERFUL PENNYWORTH I At) j OF LITERATURE. t NEW AN-D IMPORTANT ADDITONI TO THE WEEKLY MAIL. The recent change in the style and general con- tents of the Weekly ifail, though interesting and attractive in itself, and resulting in a largely. increased circtlation, lias, nevertheless, so diminished the space available for the publication I nf news that ...