... FESTIVAL OF THE TIEME CHOIRS. [F- LFrom out- Correspmndeat.1 WoRoaes, Thursda. Last night's concert at the College Hail wan triiumph. The hall wax filled nearly to the door, and the allery, which on Tuesday had notl 50 ocupant, overfioweld. The sipecil uttraction was the selection from gandel's serenats formed on Milton's L Allegro and II Penseroso. The rest of the sohemo war made up of ...

... I Any temporary loss of popularity which the postal ser- vice of a country may have suffered through its recent mfsalliance with the telegraphs ought to be in a great measure repaired, so far as this locality is concerned, by the excellent concert given in the Town Hall, last night, in aid and inder the auspices of the Postmen's Provident Society. Such an entertainment makes amends for a great ...

... BIRMINGHAM ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS.-AUTUMN EXHIBITION. [TuissP NOTIcE.] Whatever his merits or defects of execution, Mr. C. J. Lewis may always claim the' credit due to high artistic aim and feeling. His landscapos are never the mere transcripts of external nature, to which avorage artists limit their ambition; but in design, at least, veritablo ex- positions of the temper and mood of the ...

... lBMINGHAM C.ATTLE AND DOG SHOW. I The weather was unfortunately rainy yesterday morn- iog, and therefore interfered, no doubt, to some extent, .wVith the atcendance at the private view at Bingley Hall. The vieitors were, however, numerous, andincluded the following :-The Earl and Countess of Bralford, with Viscount Newport, Lady Bridgemaan, the Hon. L. Bridge- mnan, and the Heon. and Rev. ...

... PrJINCE OF WALES THEATRE. DIDLLE. DEATI1ICE AS MARIE ANTOINETTE. Ancting aflltle'' sailstories of the death of kings,hbusy Some herve been deposed, Some Slain in war, no more tragic and toiuching histioty has ever occurred than in the fate of the liatndsoir'e and unhappy Mlario Antoinette, the Quecn ot Louiii thieSixteenlthof Francee. Her praise wassoundced in onie oftehemiost eloquent ...

... T-HE TRE ROYAL. MR. TOOLE IN I ID AL{ER TITAN LIF I. Ileth for Its own sake and that of its principal exponent--for its merits of constreetioit sad elharaeter-paintiflg a1s wait as its uses forbisitrionie developmeont-t0m neW dosnaetie dramnalofINM. Byron, in which Mir. Tooke appeared here last night, is entitled to seome- tising more than passing mention. In1 plot and incident, Dearer than ...

... IBIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FkSTIVAL. SECONrD DA ?? THE MORNING PERFORMANCE. The fine ?? of the preceding evening were not destined to be realised yesterday. The nan got up In an l temper, and refused to show himself, and the clouds took a dirty advantage of the absence of the King of Day, and joined isue In the construction of one of those cold vapour baths-euphemistloally designated Scotch mists- ...

... HANDEL MUSICAL FESTIVA.L. FIRST DAY Verom our e1vs lReporter] Flee HIllijalus w ith which the crystal d o, ne at S yden- ham resounded yesterday, on the occasion of the formal opening of the third Triennial Handel Festival, whatever their effect upon the general public, will ienquestionably have awakened a heartfelt echo in the breast of every person interested in the commercial issue of the ...

... TJ[EATRE ROYAL. It is gratifying to find that the atern business of political warfare, in which Birmingham iH noew # earnestly absorbed, has so little influence on the public taste for gecn, or and more humaniaing pursuits, and that it is possible f jr m em - bers of the snse community to take very opposite views of rival election candidates like Dixon and Lloyd without abating a jot of their ...

... There Is a feminine waywardness and perversity about Festivals which will often sot at defiance the most carefal calculations and the most seemingly perfect arrangements, Here we are within a few days of the great triennial event, for which we have been more or less actively preparing since the Festival of 1864 faded from view, and though we have bad the lemsons of a century's experience to ...

... Some ray that ever 'gainst that seaon coples, Wherein oar laviofur' birth is celebirate, The bird ol dafning singeth au night long; And then, they say, no spirit ca walk abroad- The nights re wholesome, then no planeta' trike No fairy takes, nor witch bath power to charm; Be hallowed and so gracious is the time' It Is the fashlon'to speak of Fadrle and Neoromancy as things of the remote 'past ...

... The eighth annual exhibition of the Stourbridge and District Horticultural end Floral Society was held at the Corn Exchange, yesterday. The previous Ehows have taken place earlier in the year, and the present one can scorzely be compared with those of former years, from the difflrence of the season in which It is hall. One effect of this was that the show was not so large a one as usual, the ...