... PUBLIC AMUISEMENTS. ROYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR-SQUARB.- Tilt EXHI11ITION of t~e ROYAL ACABEHY IS NO' OPEN.- Adirrfission, (fr~oin Eight o'clock tiii Sovenl. II. Cut tlga' 1ti. HNR'iYIOftVARDI, H.A,, Setretary. T Iue S E VEfNth- A1NNSU AL E X -I B I T ION o f tile NE W SOCIETY of PAINTERS 'n WATER COLOURs, FIFTY- THIRFE, Plol-ml~al. oeal VI'' Britlish Instituitotj, 1S NuJw OPEN front Nlie ...

... 'TIM GgHW.IVAN UPBR4A. M,?lE Ite n B e mt' celebrated Reobiert le iebi was bcoziglht oat last light at Drurola-Jne, inl a iermull dress. 'I'is pieee is by ln oceais 111w tu the Ena4glishl public. SODU aiteri itse appeairaine at Paris, it wats produced at outr Itahian Opera I ouse, in its original tbrnc, in the season of I84lQ, darincg the spirited, but unifortunate mlacagenient of Mcr. MUNICl ...

... CUV VIV7'-GA:Jz'B THEATRE. Oin Siitirday nip-t the EnCglis season at this thentre turrilisted, whei madtill VKSTRIS retired to make way for U,,. (i;rnmilu compaly, who make their first appearianie 'Ii: 'xs.ci. The Combhined attractions of Mi6YADELAIDeI Ii i:ii c' pc'rt'iuHICe of' A mien, il La Soyotainbulu? of et fii rri of P'ilterv. Clatter; of a Farewell Ad- I drhs', bg Mr. C. ldATillTtws; ...

... ROYAL ITALTAN OPERA-COVENT- GARDEN. 4 Last night the debut of Madame PAULINE VIARDOT GARCIA, which had been looked forward to with so much interest in the musical circles, took pla'e at the above theatre. It is, more properly speaking, this lady's second debut, as she made her first appearance before a British audience Eome eight or nine years ago at Her Majesty's Theatre, since which period ...

... MR. IERBRRV'S PICTURE OF TRB ACQUITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS. This picture, which commended a good deal of attention and commendation when exhibited at the Royaf Academy two or three years ago, having been purchased by Mr. Agnew of Manchester, has been for some time in the hands of Mr. S. W. Reynolds, the engraver, with a view to the publication of a print, which we understand is in a forward ...

... LYCEUM THEATRlE. L t ?? liative talent short it-elf !It the form it did last at this tilehstre, and it need fear nothing fro. : ciOIl),i:ill, come it in the guide Historique 'om l'arij, or $tirertde-E hiopic from America. R1ig tms opeirae, origialhly produced in 176,' w ...

... PRJYCEpSYS TIILI TLUl A new romantic opera, in two acts, eirtitlvI I.,oe ok 1 uproduaced at this theatre withi vompllete sueess. Iti, adaptation. of M. DEi FLiOTOWS Opera of L'Am 0ie It, which waits acue little time back- producud in I':tris, 'A hy cr. became very populair. Tue adaptation till trim prsii: casioit has been done very carefully, and geitertlic, fili mailier in which the opera ...

... HIER al JES 7'1 'S hEA 771.E. DonUiu~v n NvtmrevN le at thisi ?? re Ilast Id'.-,Ait, with a very stron;ig cat. Thle Zerlrinu, of' .1dile. A L1IiiN I was die chiut' attractimin .A, inl her Yiaettr, Alt t~uk the aadiejiieo iv siirpr'e, io distinict arnd Lveci Ioceit wa~O her conl- Cetfti~ls of' te characerti ;so loll oif pilayful art'hieas :talnteildli %it ?? Sentiimient ila. lier vcxeciitioai ...

... LITERAR Y ASSOCIATION OF THE FENDZEVS OkF' iOLAY D. lie r). Tule general annual meeting of the nterlbers of this a~soo go ciatioitwa holl vc'terdavy afternoon at thle 8ussex Chamibersi ed St. Jarues'i, Lord Dudlesy Stuart, MVY., the vice-president, eil occupying tite chair. ?? The followiwg is a condensed summnary of the report, which he wa. read by the honorary ~eeretarv, Mr. NY. L. Iiirkbock ...

... HA YMARATET THEA TRE. La'.t evening Mr. WESTLAND MAnSTONaS tragedy of thle l'tiiic~im' Da ltyk (which had originally been acted, we lielieve, at Sadtler s Wells) was reproducedl at ?? theatre, with some additions an1d alterations by tise author ; the character of the heroine being performed by Miss LiURA ADDISONc. The play, upon thle whole, is not an agrecable one. As the hero states, in onc ...

... TllE DRANA AT WIFNDSOR. l.ast evellilg the series of dramatic performainces ,Icli at Windsor Castle was brought to a close. 'Pr littie season, if we may so call it, has been, ill 'Welv poillt of view, a most successful olle. No hitell\ whatever has occurred in any department. rlri liuval piartr have, on each occasion, expressed jilaikalilied satistaction with the entertainments VLhil ...

... * Let it be hoped that our artists, especially the young and aspiring spirits among them, are be- stirring themselves in earnest to imeet the demand of the age for improvement in ornamental design, and for the production of works that shall represent ideas worthy of an intellectual and highly civilized people. We are tired of imitations and the endless repetition of inappropriate applications ...