... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... - , _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, ...

... THEATRES, &o. DapTyy-LANE.-Tie new comedy, entitled The Old! love and the New, bids fair to brighten the hitherto somewhat gloomy prospects of our national theatre, for a marked improvement has taken place in the houses since its production. This is as it should be; and if Mr. Anderson can but manage to follow up his present success with more novelties of an equally important mature, we may ...

... THE -CRErXIp The ?? rwe attendailceS at 1tue l sLheh.~'i'W4~ ,and Thursday Vpiantgil e 4sge ude to bring down the 'numerof visitors, and ihe censequebt eceipts, to acin erable extent; rid Monday tee w , v rs, of vhhom 616,767 722 paid; on Wed neadml 50,m99 V witlra - w m 45'78 paid; atd orn tbirsday, 45>48 Sparkiespreselqt lhe tinrnber'pflyieig beling 44,721. 0 kFriday' and yesier.: day, tbb 2 ...

... AGnICULTURAL DEiZONST.RATIOq I at Drury-lane Theatre. We have declared all alcing that if those living by, and connected with Agriculture only unite for a special purpose, and exercise the power belonging to them, all the rest of the community will not succeed in effectually opposing such a movement Those to whom we allude, the great majority of the population, have never been beaten but ...

... I THE THEATRE IN AN UPROAR. ' .1 - - On Thursday week the handbill of the performances at e theatre, in Chester, announced that the entertain- merits would commence with a most uproqrious affair, entitled The Theatre in an Uproar, and before they finished, tle joke was more than realized, for the per- formances assumed every appearance of a comic beginning having a tragic termination. The ...

... I The Society of British Artists have opened the above Gallery for their twenty-eighth annual exhibition. One would think that, from the vast number of persons who profess a fondness for pictures, the rooms in which new works are displayed would have been literally besieged, more particularly by those who talk much about en- couragement to native talent. This coolness, however, on the part of ...

... MUSIC 'AD WHE DRAMA AT .; v: :, - . ,Ma anchester. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ToIATRE ROYAL.-011 Saturday (Oct. 4th), this noble tleatre opened with Italian Opera, the vocalists engaged being Madame Novello, Mliss Rebecca Isscs, Miss Susan Kenneth, Mr. Sims Reeves, Herr Stigelli, Mr. Whit- worth, Si-nor Paltoni. and a good company of chorus singers. In the opera- of La Sonnambula, 2dr. ...