... I AXl~lUSEMENTS IN EDINBURGH. I (FROMe OUR1 OWN COBB SrONDnENT.) T3rATP-9 ROYAL.-The success which continues to attend the produc- tion of the new Pantomime of Jack and the Bean Stalk, performed last night for the fifteenth time, is altogether unprecedented. Every evening the theatre is crowded in all parts, and on several occasions many hundreds have been turned from the doors, and this too ...

... THEATRESs &ce ?? -~W lphl.-A new comic piece Dwas brought out at this theatre geridny last, entitled Urgent Private Affairs, from the pro- on Mood MrJ. Stirling Coyne. The author has succeeded in irfi Pe, out some very droll incidents upon very slight materials, wor thepiece is entitled to the claim of originality; it is not a aneltii from any of our Continental neighbours, and the an- ...

... WltAAEATIC and lUSICAL INTELLIGINCE | from Australia. I (FRODE A PRIVATE CONTRIBUTOR.) MELBOURNE, SEPTEMnER 29.-Theatrical amusements in this city of the golden regions are now warmly countenanced by all parties, but more particularly so, as may be imagined, by the bachelorhood, who form the chief nucleus of the community here, and thus wise seek a passing indemnity for the toils of a colonial ...

... | JENNY HLIND'S CONCERTS AT EXETER I ?? _ Vie ffessiah was performed at Exeter Hall on Monday evening, being the fourth of the sacred concerts undertaken by 31adanle Jenny Lind Goldschmidt. Although the Swedish vocalist saun the soprano part of this oratorio upon a former occasion at Liverpool, the great metropolis had not been favoured with a hearing, and the interest that the announcement ...

... CrEsSTR.-Musical science in this ancient city seems of late to have become additionally encouraged. On Wednesday evening last we bad a festival at the New Music Hall, in aid of the Mecha- lics' Institution. It was under very distinguished patronage, and Earl Grosvenor occupied the chair. Mr. Owen presided at the organ, and Mrs. M. L. David at the pianoforte. There was a fair company of ...

... I CHRIST1MiLAS AT THE THEATRES. The Pantomimes are now in excellent working order, and attract- ing large audiences. Refractory traps lasve -become obedient, in- subordinate lines ace no longer rebellions, fairy cars no more require the palpable hand of the stage-carpenter to appear with a dingy shirt-sleeve in the midst of them before the necessary transforma- tion can be effected, bewildered ...

... :THEATRES, &cI .. Covent-garden.--Professor Anderson is something of admirable Crichton, for not only does he undertake almostever. thing, but almost everything that he undertakes be does well. Let us hope that the close of his career may be happier than that o prototype, and that he may not suffer either from the r his metaphorical stabs of the assassin. Not only can the real or conjure, ...

... The QUEE:N and DRURY-LANE THEATRE In consequence of various letters which have reached us on the subject, and it having been the ground of much conversation and discussion in theatrical and other circles during the last week, we think it advisable and just again to refer to this unpleasant topic; and to lay before our readers and the public the true and plain facts of the case. Four years ago, ...

... LIT ERAT U RE. TEs W vTS CmxIEv: A LEGEND OE NORTHERN MEXICO. By Captain MaNE Raim. David Bo~gs, Fleet-street, London. This new production of so popular an author as Captain Mayne Reid will, we have no doubt, be received with much pleasure by thoes of the reading public who delight in the tales of enterprise and daring in which his forte so decidedly lies. Nor does the White Chief at all belie ...

... I COUTJB AND FASHION. WINDSOR, MorenD-.is5 Royal ?? Prince Albert accompanied by the Count of Flanders, - went out shooting this morning. His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, attended by Captain ]3urnelle, left Windsor by a special train of the South- Weastern Railway, at three 'clock in the afternoon, for London, en rqeses for Brussels.- WINDSOR, WEDxNErDAY. - The Earl and Countess of ...

... [The foiowbg appeared in our Town Editiam of lad wee/k.] A PERLSONAL FARCE AT THE STRAND Theatre. On the 17th inSt. the performances at this theatre included an original squib on public personages and doings, which was produced under the title of A -Plaque o' Lot/s Your Houses; or, the .Donlle-barrelled Gun Tri/ck. When recent theatrical proceedings at other establislements are momentarily ...

... LITERATMURE.. . NARRATIVE OR THE NrwEn, TsHADDA, AND BirEc EXPLORAt- TION. By T. J. HUTCro san Esq. Two Parts. Loogmal and Co., Paternoster-row. Mr. Hutchinson, our consul for the Bight of Biafra, on the western coast of A frica, has here given us an account of au expedi- tion made by him in the Pleid up the river Niger and the rivers Tshadda and Binu6, which are acontinuation of this greater ...