... I I Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and several other members of the Royal family, paid an early visit to the Exhibition on Tuesday morning. They inspected the different parts of the building, and watched with interest the process of examining the different packages by the Custom house officers. Her Majesty has probably never before been so ...

... THEATRICALS AT WOBUtN ABBEYI The Duke and Dachess of Bedford's hospitality, which has extended over the last five weeks,at thae ancient decal seat in Bedfordshire, may now be considered over. It was arranged that there should be another grand gathering at the Woburn Abbey Theatre, to close the season, ?? week was the night fixed ; but owing tD the sudden illness of Mr. Odo Russell, the Duke of ...

... AMUSEMENTS ZN BMINGHA1L I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE TREATRE ROYAL,-Last night was the thirteenth night of the Christmas pantomime, Queen Mab. which has proved a great attraction among the holiday makers since the first night of its introduction. It is preceded nightly by a good standard play, and thus agood evening's amusement is guaranteed. The plays enacted during the past week have ...

... - , _4 - ?, ? FROVINCIAL'THEAT? ? ? ?Izi ??,fl i ?? 115? ? ?? | CROM OUR OWN CO6Ri$FPONDEzqTj,) I I|, ., ?? I ' I . C .: _L . : ., BURY.-The building ottbie'new Theatre Royal pro- rFessesrapidly; and.will be entirely ?? of J anasry, tbe .dayfappointed fol opening'; Extensire pre p~atstions aire making for the approaching sason; tO ' CHE$?XLTEN~aH?:@| ...

... TuRF CHARACTERS. THE OFFICIALS AND THE SUBALTERNS. By MARTINGALE BENTLEY, New Burlington-street. Under the above title, and as one of a series of works intended for perusal by travellers on rail or river, we have an admirable little work by Martingale, who has previously achieved no little celebrity as a writer of Sporting Magazine articles, which will be enhanced by his present contribution ...

... TKEATRE$, 40. 1 I ,oYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-CLOgS OP TdkE SEASON. _An ounusually long and prosperous season was brought. ID a close on Saturday evening last, when Meyerbeer's pera of Les Hugruenots, with a cast including Gridi, lri, Castellan, Angri, Tamburini was given for the last time as a valedictory performance. All the artistes engaged in the representation exerted henselves to the utmost, ...

... PUBLIC AMUSFLm.'fS. THEATRiE ROYAL I.DRURY. LANE. Lassfee and Manager, Mr. James'Andervon, Thntossa-lrI-lrIh ?? the air! nted sskrvieito the tel 'ing 9-jrgttugntob artr coteo rev the forthrctoiro. Comico. Pr..eeni. r hts. WV. II. Paydo tb bits irtaalorll i'crerelsels, eraft). Mr. Derrirr, the ortahrateei clown, ,nod Iliruriale Lhero Fiaeely~t s-teal ofa etc o th, ort maiccsufe t oneig ...

... THEIGREAT WE11h2ON, PROGIESS- oF .TXD WILDING. This great *oik, wfhezein tie cioi' st indstrial pro- ducts of the world will shortly be most beeomingly en- shrined, has novr been so far ?? towards comple- 4 tion tehat-itrmay almost be regarded as finished. It was, according to the terms of the original contract, to have been handed ever on Tuesday to the commission- ers, the last day of the ...

... THE GREAT EXHBITION. Everv week is now a busy ocoe with the officials in the Glass Pslace. They have not quite two mouths left for the reception and ariangeacent of all the goods to be displayed, snd they scoem by their activity to be quite alive to the necessity for full exertion. Some thousands of packsees have already been received, of which more than three fourths are from abroad. The ...

... THE GRET EXHIITION. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING. As the time draws nigh for the formal opening of the Exhibition to the public, the question whether the pre- parations for that event will be completed in the interval ptill remaining assumes every day more and msore in-t portance. The royal corrnmission gave the contratrr till the end of January to complete the building, reserv- ing to ...

... THEAALSL, :ET. 'AD ER' -S-@13isj C MCL~S The e f the English stage is onie fthe `cjaliasft or, the ?? ;which is re- peated and i-s-echoed l it has becrme a sort of cant-' a form of wards which people have got into thehabit of Uising, without any distinct notion of its meaning.' At: all events, any one who sees what is going on'at-our theatres, ard what' a going on at' Sadler's Wells-any one in ...

... THE EXHIBITION OF ISSL VISITING THE BmULDIN.-The Commissioners have de- aided, in order to prepare for the reception of foreign goods in the ensuing week, that the public must be altogether ex- eluded from visiting the building after the 3rd of February. AlDrMnsSOze PRICE To THE Exnmsnon.o-Mr. Paxton, the architect, has written a letter'to Lord John Russell, sug- gesting the propriety of ...