... A MASONIC PILGRIMAGE TO STRATFORD-ON-AVOXN. A pilgrimage of a novel character started from Padding- ton Station, oh Thursday morning, when a body of gentle- men, amongst whom literature, science, and aft were largely represented, took the train for Stratford-on-Avon, the purpose of the journey being to offer, on the part of the Masonic brotherhood, a tribute to the memory of England's greatest ...

... I _I The third annual show of poultry and pigeons in Oxford was held in the Town Hall and Corn Exchange on Wed- nesday and Thursday last, and both in point of numbers B and excellence was superior to the preceding shows. Both P the above-mentioned buildings were filled in every avail- h able space with pens, the entries being about 100 in excess E of last year. The show is now only excelled ...

... [PROM OUR CORRSPOND .] to ON Thursday evening a grand amateur concert was given in the old County Antrim Court House in aid se' of the coal fund for the poor. There were between an six and seven hundred present. At eight o'clock th the band of the Royal Antrim Artillery Militia of opened the concert by plaing Dorizstti's overture, La Filledc Regiment The band performed the piece in a highly ...

... CAEINET PICTURES IN OIL AT THE DUDLEY GALLER Y. THE individual excellence of any gallery of modern English paintings rrust be reckoned apart from a general progress noticeable of late years in the style and method of English painters. On all sides the meaning and uses of art have become better understood. The improvement is not to be loudly spoken of, for it is, in a large view of art, still ...

... I*z~ 1~1 7 , : . . . ., . :; . . , (Frrqm the Athnssaetm.i Rnoa It 'is uhimon~redtlhatte irf6ile on the Jesitsin [a! the|b ?? o Quisreerly Review har . it5F ,b3ert- ?? (CJ Clartwrighitj- the :Liberal 'ernber'for .Oxfordshire. r 'isWJeain IngelowI wll contribute a uew~story hte 'to aebd W6dr~btr-1876 ' Tht:Ctle, -w'beheve, it ( is ?? Fated.to besFrtie. ?? ?? ?? , i ls. Mr Walter Thorabury ...

... , ART UONIN OF GLASONV.' The,,arninal mleeting ofsub~scribr.lot~ ho Art 'Union of Glasgow was held yesterday ini the 0or-' poratlon Galleries-the Lora Provost presidfing. ~The LoanDPuovoa, Iii introducinigthe business, said this was an institution which ougiht ta.-stand Nell with the,pedpls~ of.Glasgow, fittedhs it wast toI imiprove the teatse of the qiembbro,' and 41ho samd' 'time to ...

... COURT AND FAS HIOR The Queen will leave Baltuoral for Windsor on the 26th of next month. HI .R1.? Prince Leopold left Baknoral Castle on Friday morning for Oxford, where he will irtnme- diately resume his studies. THJI PRiNcL OF W ?? uT FRA NcE.---The I Prince of Wales took part in a stag Funt On Thursday week at Chantilly. He stacted with his host, the Due D'Aumalcsat 1130. ?? the duke's ...

... gar~bb~nia~tth. flryniwyd, ac anfonwyd i'r Swyddf a :-Ggfi- tMnd o eeddC , gano 1o Cderiawrfon -- Enzlynt Br farI'l'S irs. Robertr, Porthdinorwig, ga, Sion rynrot-limO' l Coffadwriaschol amy Parch. D. Theophile gao Bonedd a Eirhoedledd yr Iaith Gyraroeg ao A ddarbyu- iad lun Ogwenydd, gan Mervinian- Ar gopa Castell Dloa1 Brasn, an W. Edwards, L;angollen- Y Wraig Rinwvno, Pryddeat f ...

... cAbIN'ET PCTURES IN OIL AT THE DUDLEY CA L L ER'Y. Tinl. individual excellence of any gallery of modern English paintings Must be reckoned apart from a general progress noticeable of late years in the style and method of English painters. On all sides the meaning and uses of art have become better understood. The improvement is not to be loudly spoken of, for it is, in a large view of art, ...

... i ..'TBE ORUBCH sh so0l~ - A A. A ?? A t I _ V.!, A meeting of tbe guaranteors and 6,,l, .the Glaegow Resident (Orchestra and of o dg - Muscal. Festival -Bx a cutivea an f4 held yesterday, in the Religious Inotit't41Utt* t -Mr John atieson,'jull., preiie0* 44 eg Tho.Csuaeees iaae' Onpening tine lflceedl t they would be gratifed to learn that' hr plan of the committee had been fu thye Mi and ...

... THE MUSI[CAL FESTIVALS AND THE CHAPTER CLEBGY. WORCESTEE, WEDNE5D1Y. tC This afternoon a public meeting, convelned by the Mayor of Worcester (Mr. H. G. Goldinghlaln) in com- pliancewith a requisition mostnumerouslysigned,was held at the Guldhall, for the purpose of affording the inhabi- tants an opportunity of expressing their seutimenuts in regard to the refusal of the Dean aud Chapter of ...

... EVEN IT. Val Tournanche fair we left in early morn And, holding to our left, clomb the steep way To Col de Portula where Chamois skip. There, sudden dipping to the vale, the track Leads straight to Ayas. Fresh at first our talk As the morning air; it died P the ascent, As on us pressed the inexorable mules, Till all were silent saving one who rode And one who blithely by her saddle stepped As ...