... MUSIC AT MMSOMER NORTON. ?? - - . -by -. -n--r The Midsomer Norton and District Ohoral Society, during seven yewas of steady progress, have estab- lished for themselves a repunation enjoyed by few musical bodies in country nelghbourhoods, and their annual concerts are generally regarded as events of unususl importance and interest throughout the fcontrystde. There was nothing exceptional, ...

... BRI STOL CHORAL SOCIETY. CONOERT IN THE CULSTON HALL. I The ninth concert of the Brietol Choral Sooiety, 1 held in the ColitoD ball last night, naturally attracted a large audience. The only causae for -nrprise is that o 50 interesting a programme, performed by a bisad and I 3 chorus of ouch size and efficiency, and conducted b | 3 Mr Itisele( y, hould have left any state vacant at all. ?? ...

... I XIBIlTION AT THE MERCHANT vXBTUREHO1 SOHOOL. There was a lrvge attendance fa the great hall of the Merchant Venturers' School on Saturday after- noon and evening, when the work, oI the student, of the Merchant Venturers' Government School of Art were on view. The admirably propoltioned hail, with its carved oak ceiling, formed an excellent background for the displ Dealing firnt with I deoae ...

... Ocatrical a)cnlv* .- ?? 1. Illil pose Norreys io, vie aee sorry to nay, yling periltily ill in Charing Creii Hospital. Jitle ClrivtoIpber Colurrbus will reoch its 200th esforuaance at the Lyric TLeatre on May 4th. Me Latr, i ll hebrim beel' proved with a groin per- ~r~l) o tlS~l1.1 lId, uE t £3217 Hes 2:3, B. 11., Sehein In dangerously ill at Reading, 'jqhe SO~~Y icti tteflfy is the latest ...

... { D ^A MUSIOAL EVENING. , To good purpose are the Academy members t beatirling ?? In their efforts to popularize e the spring exhibition held in the institution in Queen'sm road; they have made several departures from old fashioned ways, the latest being 1 the musical soirds hold at the Academy last evening. The gathering was the first of a series of three which it is hoped to have this ...

... [FOURTH NOTIONJ] A It must be owned that the number of aldes effected U at the Bristol Spring Exhibition if not, so far, M altogether stlesfiatory. The attendance at the B Academy serves to show that the work there acoom fi pllshed lo appreciated to a considerable degree, but lb r1 would be much more encouraging if the recognition N it merits took a more practical turn. On ill bonds it is held ...

... DANCIN1G IN CLIFTON. With the Introduction of the sprightly skirt dance mud pats de quatre, and the revival of the stately Band equally graceful minuet and gavotte, the . cience Band art of dancing seem, to have become more popular during the last year or so. True, it Is sometimes complained that the nmodern young man, either fro pue lzinssor from a foolish desire to be thoghtu-todat, ...

... FAfSHIONABLE MARRIAGE. M l F. W . FORESTER & DIISS A, L. MILBANK , Yesterday afternoon, Fit St. Mark' Churob, North Audley street, London, with full horal service, the marriage took place of Mr Francis William Forester, Captain late 3rd Hussaro, son of the late Ur Henry I Forester and the Ron. Mre Foreeter, of B aokla sds, t Berkshire, and Ries AlieC Laura Milbank, of Norton I Manor, PreBteign ...

... uv J tbrarp Elable# *~s130(IK OFV THEF flOUSFU0,D Four Vols. fx Caoed I nd Go.) rat ,,Bo fthe oueeb01d In now [In course Of lalt ~Itobli [Jo~fbu the f[ull Scope i nd Coal value of m serial I'll, ber app~rociatod whea it is Viewed ai toe] the Ivor four handseome valiuatel now Wofre COD ~ ~ se~ tbat ouch a molanual of doniestio st )It ct ,1v' ijaoptanooe; the aubjeciti of fool n i,,ij a' ...

... EC CONCERT AT PORTISHEED. A . . . - - - -. . - -o - -- .& I I In Following on their very snuccssfal concert atb up Portbury last week, the Portisheaid Choral Seoiety is ead ave a second entertainmeut at the Portisheba td at Assembly rooms last evening. The orltinal moliety tb )at was started some few years ago, bat after the noveli nE . of the enterprise wore off the support died away, and ge ...

... UIIU°OH MUSIC AT RADSTOCK. ANiMATED PRODEEDINGS. e 'Iho adjourned Easter vestry meeting was held in an the National sobcolroom on Wednesday evening, the WE hector (the Rev T. J , c Gardner) presidinr Amongst i 1l tteoe present were Messrs GeoCoombl, Geo, Treeaore, I F, Milt, J, Decly, Dr WVorger, J. Coombi, 0, J. Lewin, ORD S. L Harvey, and A. KE~ttiek, 'The election Of sidesoren for the ...

... .PBMIOW'S THEATIU. :I Xgg SHOOI MMIS TANQUIEAT. COW It Is not ?? to deseribe the auroulyffitt l faeling Which this plaY leavel In ahb min. n ml respects it is perhaps the most fiisedwrkwho Ur Pinere lhae done, but the very admratoi hu 3aroused only deopelam the disgust with whihotns ?? is Werl paiwsr good, never redundant, is fr qrnl rilat eper It im mtboaiouly Engih in its sboryan deaisuetit ...