... conductor pul leit, Mr. H. W. Graham ; tihe En-elo Teprneme .led Choral Society, Porbtamouzth, conductor Mr. m :ts- C'hairles Weedon ; undthe London-roadl Temper- ,e E. euro Choral Society, lPortsmouth, conductor, Mr. -e L05t Stephen Martin. The testyicces ...

... WINNING dlea AT THE CRSYSTAL PALACE.-The choirs of the Ports- cant ~-mouth Bands of Hope, numbering about 300. took part cham le en Tuesday in the great H~te and vocal competitions which in ed were organised at the Crystal Palace by the United In f ii, Kingdom ...

... district. 0P) PoavTssio R CHOIRS Ar THIS CRYSTAL PALACE.- ?? The choral competitions in connection witti the icyl aninual, festival of the National Temperance call Choral U.nion took place at the Crystal Palace ...

... given. D I - - -, .- . ?? hyMr. HEeYwooD mtoved for a select committee to cosL-D Y decr ehe propriety of preserving thie Crystal Palace. He B to adverted to the almost general feeling of the people in E e- favour of retaining the building the report of Sir ...

... of ?? Surveyer was directed to see to this. CHOicAL FESTIVAL.-On Tuesday evening the first choral festival in connection with the Isle of Wiglht Church Choral Association was held at St. Mary's Church, when I the choirs of St. Mary's, Holy Trinity, W ...

... divisions in proportion to the population in each. PORTSMtOUTH SINGERS AT THE CBYSTAr, PALACE. -At the choral festival of the 1'onic-Sol-Fa, Association, held at the Crystal Palace, on Satur. day, a contingent of certificated singers from the Portsmouth Wesley ...

... thle neighbourhood. i I r A SOCIETY THAT VSlAy BE SI'ARED.-Whell we areal dreading an European sear, do we derive ariecomfort fromn the announcement that the Peace Society has held its 50th public anniiversary ? Thbe society is old enough to knowbeter ...

... Ford's baths, Kingston. S crescent, for the purpose of organising a Land. lords' Protection and Registration Society. The object of the Society is to protect its members from the operations of certain objectionable 5 tenants who habitually make ' moonlight ...

... borough. SOUTHSHSA A1ATrEuR PuOTOGRArVIIC SOCIETY. I -At the ahuual meeting of this Society, held at headquarters, 3, King'e.road, Southsea, the 1 officers and council were all re-elected for the ensuin= year. 'the Society is in a sound hnancial position, and ...

... for choral music amongst the masses will he strikingly evidenced at the National Ulo-operative ?? Festival on August 20th. When the first festival to was held, in 1898, only 1,800 singers could be furnished by the IndastrialCo-operAtive Societies. For ...

... SocrETY.-The public of Portsmouth are much indebted to the Borough of Portsmouth Choral Society for many musical treats; but 'never since the establishment of the society has it so richly deserved thanks as it does for its performance of Baydn's grand ...

... Reeves, the vocalist, and M. Blondin, the rope-dancer, each receives a hundred pounds, or guinea, for a performance at the Crystal Palace. Mr. Charles Dickens, it is said, receives the same sum for each of his readings in London. On Sunday last the remains ...