... The proceedings before the Licensing Magistrates last week were Pet sliar, and may h-ve an efifct which is not yet apparent. The Verat question ot the amusemnstts of tbe people is involked, and we believe that ultimately, and it may not be before long, 1ulic attention will be turned to the aubject in such a manner as plouade an entire clange ini the syetem by which public enter- ili'ents are ...

... I PROVINCIAL THEA rRIOALV (PoROM OUR oWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDfEEN. TuRATS ROTAL,-We have had-thanks to Mrs Pollock-many and various attractious here of late. Mr W. B. Scea, who of old woes well known in this town as oue of the best eircus clowns, has now on the boards of our theatre met witl hearty applause from not a few of his old friends. Miss Cecilia Lambe fulfils a short engagement, and ...

... OTP. 1PUi3BLIC MuI ,UUmS. TBE H SOUTH CK;NSNTN lbLiLE(IONS. tilo2ucui slioillle ltstl ?? lill Ci'lsl- lii~: ,.ti ll l ~ dei-li, Of totlialci' all't Se ttledl of 1irifiise lwilleaitv llt ixtit' litii Il' 'T lii illt~lit, lLSild0 for pubilw O' ?? itli>'ilsteriig (tlic~ Lpdikeritiis stitl Withii i i,,; ,fellcto ii'eI',. t Of t'oili'st txev Ai'Jloi top mit1 d~oiioiig sojilti this lan sotielri~i't ...

... LITMuTURAI ' Iur/'3o7J'7''i IeCrs, i, Ie/Jll to ?? Bishops O ?? ;/ t)/ttS ?? ti ?? I~,jt t~ion 0;te ?? Second Editioll. Londonii Thick- 1.1n ?? l o ald I Co. el Tiie jt 6o!iot_.l splitidgtle o Ile t iturgicLlI 1- for0 Controvetsy has so olimpletelybeblled nowith t we have hlulos as little hope of awawkenilng any in- U telrt it thoil eliecto(I letters of oulr valued corre- spondlent as wve ...

... PUBLIC AMtT$BY-ENTS, 'TOYAL LYCEUJAO THEATRE. The second season of the LYCEUM THMATRE, under the management of Madame Celeste, commenced on Monday last. A variety of new features claims our attention. The performancee are new, or new to this house; ard the list of artists Las beon ?? re- cruited from home and abroad. Mr. Charles Dance's graceful little drnma, Delicate Gtround-, lte of the ...

... I bit 17J MA. t ?? ?? PRINCESS'S. Thil; theatre opened for t~let csafso'u cu1 Sattilrrirs' ?? when was 1-rorluoecc an ad-c'ctation ?? IF-leocr of Vi, tot Hulgo's admnril ,li drnc~ia of Ilit'Ea the ii ro being lilavc- by½ M. Fecicter. Thi' -entalcrean. it,l f..r the Ilast ten y'eai ha' heett tile leadring ?? a pri itr onl the Paristan stage, cril o hao was lit ori ijiual representat ive of ...

... LITERATURiE. are Carelune/Rectory. AX stor. IS, G n 01Oan GaATIA1.M fo- London 11urst'titil blaokeut. iro T'lie lic~itilits ljaitil-s uttiler ?? :,i,,thors chosO5 o to DL ?? s tholir wyritings are so Wit ttic:1, aMid, to trii till atfpp 'itilee, so totally ?? retisot, that we dau oulght perhaps to ex press noc sutrprise att thle conceal, - il nient lin vhich tilt aot'thores3 of Gospit ?? cor ...

... It seems pretty certain that the public will have ;he oppnriln! u this winter of gratifying their mrsical taste il eviln ) im manner, for, in addition to the coucerts reatialarly estbbihl it s James's and Exeter Halls, several other seriea of inzitmowtital ri i vocal entertainments are either already, or about to be, pijri On Monday a new undertaking was liatnguratc at 1 ler ?? y'clepr The ...

... LITERY MISCELLA'Z ' LAwv.-We shall not attempt to describe what 3.I for we are afraid it would beggar description, as it le s many of those who get Involved in it. A la¶ tggars strict sense, Is said to be the command of one irtel the being to another intelligent being; but this can hardly be said of a thing that is often utterly unintelligible, not oyn. to those who are to obey the law, but ...

... I NEW YORK, OCTOBER 13. UNHDOUBTEDLY the greatest sensation of the day is the triumph- ant success of John Brougham's new Comedy of Playing with Fire, which overcrowds Wallack's nightly, and I must say most deservedly so. In this age of adaptation and patchwork drannaticisms the advent of a real Comedy of the pure English stamp is a boon for which we cannot be too grateful. The critics, too, ...

... THE MAGAZINES, (SECOND NOTICE.) | S It is to be regretted that Colburn's United Scr- 'e vice 3JAqazi.nie should have the reputation of being to addressed peculiarly to a class. A more delightful Di aprdinstructive periodical does not exist. In thez number for October the reader will find a paper oil the Necessity for Naval Reform of great general x importance, and two others, that no one ...

... THEATRES& ?? Royal English Opera,Co ?? the lsat two or three years the establishment of an English Opera upon a permanent footing was considered to be almost an impoesibility. manager after manager essayed the attempt and failed of success. The public at that time, from some cause or another, whilst they would flock to hear music set to Italian words, declined to patronise the same combined ...