... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... The cotcert on Saturday-the seventh of the 'Winter Con- certs, resumed after an interval of soume weeks-although of undoubted excellence, presents few points for special oriti- clam. The programme was almost irreproachable, and the artists, if not of the first class, were far from nameless. The band, under the direction of Mr. Augustus Meanns, keeps up to its old point of efficiency, and on ...

... Tax WASMMONS, .Fromn Le FoU.) 7 Theetreize ieverity of the wnter has caused fur-to g, muoh In request,and there is In this ?? in au other thlbp,' a fashion. This season, bstan iS mct !i 'vogue. We fndd fair used not only aS a trintmirmg for ImnntIe4, W6-alab for dressmes The Zouave vests % mhore and more indispensable for in-door dress-for tfhe'imor simple sG well 'as for the richer tollettes. ...

... DRAMATIC, EQUESTRIAN, AND MUJSICAL SICK FUND ASSOCIATION. This Association celebrated its Fifth Anniversary on Ash-Wednes- day, the 13th inst., by a dinner at Willis's Rooms, Kiing-street, St. Jametss' Captain the Hon. J. C. W. Vivian presiding. The benefits tobe derived from the Association have appeared from time to time in our advertising columns; and, as they also appear in the course of ...

... COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FsB. 16. Fzscezr. (CusRK) V. FOBD Awn Asraire.-This was an aetion to aeoover the sum of 4168, claimed for services rendered by the plaintiff's wife to a gentleman named Woodburn, whose executors the defendants were. Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Prentice, and Mr. Brandt appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Phirn for tbh defendants. Mr. Hawkins, in opening the ease, said that the ...

... music. I SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The performance of the Creation at Exeter-ball on Fridaynightdrewanaudiencewhich maybe literallydescribed as overflowing; for not only was every inch of space oc- eupied, but numbers of people, weI ereinformed, were un- able to obtain tickets. Such has always been-and we be- lieve always will be-the case with this most beautiful of ora- torios. Its freshness ...

... I[th2Folowing appeared in our Town Edition of ?? ae&,] I I Exhibition of Canaries and British and Foreign I _ Cage Birds at the Crystal Palace. I The annual Exhibition of canaries and British and foreign cage birds-..thes third of the kind that has been held beneath the crystal r'of of the Sydenbain Palace-was opened to the public last Saturday, and attracted a large number of visitors. The ...

... DRAXA, muSIc, Io. RoY, E.eoisu OPEztu-A novel kind of entertain- ment has been presented to the patrons of this honse. But we are reluctantly compelled to record that the expe- riment is by nO means a success. Longfellow's quaint but beautiful poem of HEiawvatha, having been set to music by Mir. R. Steepel, and the dcscriptive portions recited by Miss Heron, an ALmerican actress, obtained ...

... LITERA TUBE. Danisk Fazry Lqendas and. Tdes_ Dy HA-Ns CHRI6TIAN ANDErRSEN. Translated by CAgtILwNL PEACHY. 120 Illustrations. ]Bohn's1 ?? , Library for January, I Ve imagine that Mr. Bohn's edition of Andes. . rend beautiful tales Will be extreruely popular, on: account of its completeness, handsomeness, anid.' cheapness. Though not entirely a new book, it is new as far ads form is concerned, ...

... AUSTRALIAN THERATRICALS. (FRtOM OUs OWN CORRsXsPoNeDErNT.) MELBOURNE, DECzOBiR: 26. Vast and wonderful are the changes which a month brings forth. While political revolution made Pope and Kaiser tremble on their thrones in Europe, pecuniary embarrassment and social turpitude have chauged the theatrical dynasty oE our Australian capital. Mr. Gustavus Brooke no longer rules thedestinies of our ...