... EXHIBITIONOF +Tii I ROYAL zSCOTTLSH' !;pi ' ,'i, iAOADflMV. l ''-a ,The thirty-fifth nsfinarhib1{ dfothegoyaP'1 Scottish Academy, to be opened this morning, will I not, we believe, he found to differ much in its gene- I vol character from that of last season. It has be- 1 cdnie eftetIary t3 ' p' ik of one Exhibition as I -being more attractive than another; bat judging from the number of ...

... Al'ituany C, IVw-;su 1N JAPAN. By George Smith, D.D., rBlrnp of Victoria, Hong Kong. Loudon: l],1l,1an, Green, Longman, and Rloberts. f in;public will soon be in a position to form an accucatc opsinion as to Japan andl its people. Here gc hlave another excellent volume on the subject, all the more attractive and reliable that the author holls one of the most pictnresqne of pens, and can be ...

... THEMTRICAL LICENCE FOR THE WATERLOO R001M. Yesterday, a special session of the Justices of the Peace for the city of Edinburgh was held in the Burgh Court-room, for the purpose of con- sidering a petition from Mr William Howard for licence for the Waterloo Rooms, for the purpose of producing operattas and scenes from operas, in which recitatives are spoken, under the Act6 and 7 Victoria, cap. ...

... For the last six or seven years our Western neighbours have been deprived of the pleasing and elevating inliuence of Fine Art Exhibitions. The causes which led to this untoward state of mat- ters are not easily explained ; but we heartily rejoice in the belief that an earnest desire now prevails amoong all classes of the conmmunity to establish on a permanent basis annual exhibitions of modern ...

... FINE ARTS, THE PICTURES OF THE YEAR. [Eleventh (and last) Notice.] The Picture season ends to-day, by unanimous consent, with the closing of the Exhibitions of the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, the Portland Gallery, and both the Societies of Painters in Water Colours. To-day, therefore, we end our comment upon their contents. It only remains for us to speak of the portraits ...

... REAPPEARANCE OF MISS MARIA 11. HAWES (MRS MEREST). Ryde last Monday was enlivened and delighted by a couple of concerts, in which London has a strong con- tingent interest. An old favourite of the English public, Miss Maria B. Hawes, who, since her retirement from her profession, has been for the last eight years married and settled at Ryde as Mrs Merest, is about to return to our concert ...

... Edwvin of Deira , By Alexander Smith. Macmillan and Co. Edwvin of Deira gives us hope of Mr Alexander Smith. He has taken from the old days of the Heptarchy the story of Edwin, King of Northumberland, who, being in youth cast out of his kingdom by the attacks of the strong King of Bernicia, took refuge at the court of Redwald, King of the East Angles, and in due time, falling suddenly upon his ...

... ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COTENT GARDEN. We have had at Covent Garden this year a season of good music admirably set forth. Excellent performances of The Proph1te and the Huglienots, a run upon Don Giovanni evenly well sung with the restored score, and in which opera Madame Grisi has joined her Donna Anna to the Zerlina of MIadlle Patti that we might admire in the same evening the setting and the ...

... I PROVINCIAL THEA rRICALa. (IRaX OUR OWN COREHSPONDANT8.) ftpuiave ?? .Messrs. Hayes and Phillips, with their performing tedogs Shv be r~ ttractions here for some time past. The training of in whchrthe lyrelet great credit on their proprietors, for the manner it!whchtheanmas g troghthe ?? parts assigned tothem i trule seldomhng, brs.uaye and Phillips are very fair actors-wes havell sedo se ...

... TEEEATRICALS IN AUSTRALIA. (osno3 oUR oWN CoRRESPONDsET.) ADELAIDE, S.A, DEC. 26, 1860. The dearth of amusement in Adelaide, which has been for some months past a subject of complaint, seems likely to give place to an extensive supply of entertainment. Already, the advent of more than one equestrian troupe has been announced. A visit is promised from some operatic performers-all of whom are ...

... LI TER AT UR La LLEE AAXO1qGSTTMN .lB inlDAs. A Book for Youth. By GEORGE CATLIN. Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 47, Ludgate-hill. We do not know when we have seen a boy's book which more thoroughly deserved Our highest oommeudation than this compen. dium, adapted to young minds, of Mr. Catlin's long experiences of life amongt the American Red Iudians. We allremember his most interesting ...

... AMERICAN THEATRICALFS. I I NEW YORK, JAE, 16. ~NIBLO`5.-Mr. Forrest opened the week with a repetition of Spai'daru8, but gave us Damon for his benefit, -on Wednesday. His acting throngh- out the play is suc as to win entire approbation from these who have bosn lealt disposed to confess hsis merits, whilst It gives his admirers now reason for their ardour. Speaking of hiascene with his wvife, ...