... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... LITERA TU Rk. TaS To10 rtXBI G SICOOTINGS; oR, A Moon Ier SCOTL&ND. By THoMAS JEANS. Rontledge, Warne, and Roatledge, Farringdon.street, London. For the benefit of those who like a book to have a definite object and meaning, we may state that Mr. Jeans's work has a moral, which we give in his own words:- To those *who purpose rentieg a Moor in Scotland we would say. Take nothing upon credit, ...

... THEATRES, nao Iler Maiesty's.-The Winter Season of the English and talian Opera, which1 Mr. E. T. Smith, with his usual energy and nterprise, has in reality created, ras to have been inaugurated on Monday last, but circumstances rendered it necessary to postpone thie opening uihlt to Wednesday, and to open with an Italian Opera, by the Italian company, instead of the new English Opera which ...

... [T7efollowigli appeared in our Toui Edition of last week.] I -P, I i XLr]e Winter Season at this popular East-end establishment was inaugurated last Saturday evening under most favourable auspices, viz., a house crowded from the orchestra to ceiling and the produc- tion of a new plece, on which was stamped the most unqualified approbationoftheaudience. Thedrama is the production of Mr W. ...

... AMUIERICAN THRATRIcAI-j, NEW YORK, SECr. 25. Tjn events rt the Academy last week were the debtt of p in Lecretia, Borgia, the rentree of Colson, Stigelli, and Ferr, & the revival of the Fespree Siciliennes for them. The flrst OPPe' ance of Fabbri at the Academy in her favourite rolc, e jt ('raviata), has already been fully noticed in these colrr, (r ' Saturday Fabbri, Colson, Stigelli, Ferri, ...

... HER MLAJESTY'8 THEATRE. I .- - ?? I . - -.I. The cxperieuce which Mr. E. T. Smith has acquired as a manager of Drury-lane Theatre for the last eight years has besa advan- tageously employed in various ways for enlarging the sphere of public amusement. He has made the Alhambra known as a place of entertainment in connexion with Equestrian performances, and i% about further to avail himself of ...

... COURT AND FABSEIor2. Her Majesty Abroad. OCTOBSR 13.-Yesterday afternoon the Queen all0 p sort, with their Royal Highoesses the Prince Regellt ?? ?? cor Pruesia, the Prince and Princess Frederick William t 1.i' - of and Grand Duchess of Baden, Princess Alice, and 1)- and ldl zollern, drove to the Castle of Stolzenfels, where hcil5CC lithr the Prince Consort had spent some days wish the l ...

... 1 PROVINCIAL THEA RICAL^L (71om OUR OWN! CaRU38H5FrHDEM8.) ABERDEEN, MsrowAarcB' IHALTe.-A very clever German Siffleuer, Herr Suaman, bas been added to the attrnotione here, and meets with great suacess. Miss Seaton, with her humroarau Scotchl songs, continues a favonrite, while Mr Harry Copeland, comic; Mr Rowell, tenor; Mr WVood anod his lively little eonl, with the onsistance ar n moot ...