... A T.V VATTnP A rrT~' a APR ALEXANRlA £kihA'T'± , ITALIAN OPERA. Oply so recently was Gounod's Faust pro- duced in Liverpool with a very similar cast, that it Is not needful to say much of the excellence of what was done by Mr. Harris's company last night at Mr. Mansei's theatre. There was the same fine chorus as a week or two ago, and the aame vivid stage fixtures were reproduced, the ...

... TUE THEATRES. i - There is little dramatic fibre in the piece called Prince Karl, which was presented at the Alexandra Theatre last evening; in fact, it is but a a shadowy sketch. StIl, tse author of Mr. Barnes of eV York, whose name is also attached 1 to Prince Karl, shows in it the sort of ingenuity C which pervades the love-manking in the more notable work suggested by Merrumee's ...

... THE bushranger would not strike most people as very promising materia for a hero of romance. In the hands of Mr. Rolf Bolder- wood, however, the author of Robbery Under Arms (3 vols.: Remington and Co.), he becomes at any rate a very efficient rival to such heroes as Claude Duval, or even as the old Border cattle thieves, or the Calabrian brigands. That Mr. Bolderwood knows his subject ...

... ! I THE MIAYOPR AND THE SUNDAY I QUESTION.O CORtREiSPOINDENCE AND COMM CtOITFES'I MINEUUTES. W\e have received by order of the Mayor (Mr F. E.. Cookson) the full tete corre I sponedenco between hi si worship and the Liverpool 3 executive Committee of the Art Congress, together I with an abstrot of the rniputes of the proceedings up to the dale of his Nvorship's retirement from the . ...

... DaDLEY SCHOOL OF ART. Last night the annual meeting of the Dadley School of Art was held in the Town Hall, Dudley. Colonel Cochrane (the president) occupied the chair, and he was supported by Sir Thomas Martinean (ex-Mayor of Birmingham), the Rev. H. Pylertt, Mr. Tylden Wright, Mr. Grazebrook Alderman Bowat, Mr. Warmington, Mr. Bridgwater, Mr: Bobbins, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. D. Jones, Mr. Fisher, ...

... BIRMINGHAM AND MID-ENGLAND OULTRY SHOW. The Christmas show of poultry in connection with the Birminngham and Mlid-England Poultry Society was held yesterday, at Cave's Repository, Moseley Street, Birming- harn. The society has not yet been established twelve months, but since its excellent exhibition of chickens in August last its membership has considerably increased. Most of the ieading ...

... The Leineter Hall was crowded on Saturdav I a night, and Mr. J Ml Sullivan haa every reason to feel gratilied at the encouragement and support which have been so far extended to his enterprise. _ The artnists on this occasion included Miss Hen- don Warde, Mrs Scots-Fenuel, Signor Abrarnvff, and Mr. Isidor dte l,ara. M'iss Warde pozsesaes a l plesaant contralto voice, and she sang very nicely ...

... TEE SCIENCE AND ART MUSEUm. I . ~ ~ __ + During Christmas week the recerded attent | dance of vi-ltorS of tlie Museum Was as followas: j -Sunday before Christmas Day, 595; Monday, 24th, 449; on Christmas Day the AMuseumi was, of course, closed; Wednesday, 25th, St Stephen;'s 'Dcv 1,020; Thursday, 27th. 8ta; and Friday, F 28th. 44-making a total for those days of 3,364 ' perss. During the ...

... IAMSEMENTS; HATMARRET THEATRK. A series of Wednesday performances, be- gan on the 5th, with a revival of flasks and Places, Mrs. Bernard Beere being. the Peg Woffington, and Mr. BeerbohmaTree essaying Triplet. It has had numerous ex- ponents sinoe the comedy wag originally acted on these boards it, 1852, but the oha- racterisation in Mr. Tree's hands is quite apart in conception and method ...

... ULSTER HA.LL PROMENXADE CONCERTS. TnaE second of the series of promenade concerts. which was given last eveninv in the Ulster flail, was one of the most enjoyable that has been held this sea on.The hall was tastefully illuminated under the direction of Mr. Motherell, the area bieing nicely carpeted, and decorated with hand- somoe greenhouse and other plants. The vestibule, whieh waq fitted tup ...

... AURMLEY MHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCE-RT. Last~evening, the Dernisorn Hall, .Armley, wasd well iilled by an audiensce egatered to ?? Hiandel'E ;A-cia and Galaitea. Thig pastoral serenata exhibits the lighter side of Handel's adaptive nature, and by its inherent melodious k eauty ranks high,- both in the esima- tion of musicians and the favour of the public. It is adiairably calculated to enit the ...

... MILTON aouS. ss D.srs D. Thail & Co. have this year devots'r the beck of the ground fleer of their premtsee ia Cowcaddens to their annual Christmas Fancy Fair, Here they hasve arranted a very interesting grotto constructed oF cork. bark, ferns, and other greeu plants, and with a small 'lake in the centre, iroma which a tiny fountain seads sn oraamental spray- Of water up to a heighlt of about ...