... TIHE ARMOTYRE1IS' AND BRAZIERS' I EXHIBITION. I AWARDS TO BIRITIRINTGHIAMI STUDrENTS. We have already called attention to the exhibition' of armour, brasswork, &c., lately organised by the Armoure ' and Braziers' Company, one of the Citv guilds, at the Armourers' Hall, in Coleman Street, London, and to the large number of local exhibits. The students of the M~unicirial School of Art did not ...

... I STAXIM''S BOOK: CURIOUS STATISTICS. The Pao.Z MaIl Gazefte says: At six o'clock on Friday night thousands of copies of Stanley'c book were die- triboted to the trade, and by Monday it will be cir- culated'throughout the length and breadth of 'the land. The first English edition numbers 20,000 copies (this is inclusive of the luoe edition, &c.) It is estimated that during the last four months ...

... In the evening Mr. Starkie Gardner delivered an address to artisans at the Midland Institute on Metal Work. Councillor C. Green presided, and there were also present Councillors Hardmau, Stevens, Allen, Major Hart, Messrs. E. R. Taylor, A. R. Jenheort, iE. There was a large ?? Cmant- 3Lk.A said that the evening lectures formed by no means an unimportant part of the programme of the cengress, ...

... MIRS. END-A-L ON STAGE DRESSES. Mrs. Kendal has been imparting her views upon stage Ore'ses to an interviewer from the Woman's Wored. What do you think, AMrs. K{endal, asked the inter- liewer of the complaints-which have recently been 1ouand deep-tbat actresses over-dress their parts ? -1 don't think the practice prevails to any extent. I must say I like the ladies of our company to look ...

... THE QVA.RE1R POET I1- AMMERICA Ty The poet Whittier (says the Daily Nesws).lias jusn g entered his eighty-fourth year. He was born in a o simple country house, among woodlands, near the *9 Merrimac, in December, 1807. There are few poets who have not shown a sympathy, real or assumed, with the works and ways of Nature. To write of e woods and flowers, of sunrise and the song of birds, h is ...

... I We have received copies of the following new books and new editions:-- The Two Bishops: A Welcome and a Memory (thte Right Rev. Brooke Fors Westcott, D.D., and the late Dr Lightfoot), by Charles Bullock, B.D. (Home Words Publisting Office). Pp. 56. King Theodore of Corsica, the first volume of the People who have made a noise in the world, by Percy Fitzgerald, M.P. (Vizetelly and Co.) ...

... DTEATRE RBYAL. `HANP WOhb l WL D. Mr. Wilson Barrett and his admirable compsy- essayed lat. ,evening ~the production, at the Theatre, t Royalof a ne comedy-dramia, by 'Mr. Jerome K.V. Jerone and Mr. Addison Bright, enite, Wat Women WeliDo., The piece, which baa been played a ?? we believre, once at Bristolfor the purpose of securing the copyright, is a Play Of remark- I able Originality, and ...

... MR. -E. SPENCER, M.P., AT WEST BROMWICHL Last night s smoking concert was held at the Conser- vative Club. High Street, West Bromewich; Mr. E. Spencer, M.P.. presiding. There were also present Messrs. H. Mousley, J. Roberts, R. J. Board, W. P. Dix, G. Usherwood (secretary), C. James, H. Farr, C. Bunn, &c. - Mr. J. Roberts pro- posed the health of Mr. Ernest Spencer, M.P. which was drunk with ...

... BIRMGlIA-M ANDMIDLA1NDMUSTICL The first ordinay meeting of the present session Was held at the Grand Hotel, on Saturday evening; MIr. S. S. Stratton in the chair. The principal feature at this meeting was a lecture on Johannes Brahms, delivered by. Mr. V. Sewell, ?? a new member of the ?? LECrnXE., having given a sketch of the composer's life and personality, narrating his meeting wvith ...

... We have received copies of the following new books and new editions:- The King's Book of Sport, ahistory of the declarations of James I. and Charles L as to the use of lawful sports on Sundays, by L. A. Govett, M.A. (Elliot Stock). Pp. 140. 'Theology and PietyAlikeFree: From the pointof view of Manchester New College, Oxford, by An Old Student (-Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.). Pp. 447. ...

... [Fromi our Sperm reapoudeflt] HAasvz, Tuesday. The jubilee of her Majesty may have more enduring results at Hanley than in some other places where perhaps it was celebrated with more pomp and ceremony. The more immediate outcome of that event was the erection of the Victoria Hall here, the completion of which wrought the realisation of the dream of ardent music-lovers-to make Hanley one of the ...

... ILLEGAL PERFORMANCE OF STAGE - - PLAYS. e CONCERT HALL PROPRIETORS FINED. At the Balsall Heath Police Court, yesterday morning a I-before Mesqrs. Lane, Gilbert, and Stock - John n Stephen Smythe, landlord of the Caledonian Concert H Hall, Cox Street Wee; BalsaU Heath, was Stmmoned for allowing stage plays to be performed without being licensed on two occasions. Mr. Dorsett defended.- P Police ...