... PEEaII ?? all-pervading Ghost has not, as ye, reached merrie Islington. The entertaintments, at present, are purely of a musical character, and Mr. Geo. Allen, the conductor, has very successfully introduced four-part songs, whiph bave become favouritee.. He has, also, marked off a new selection frmin Lucia di Lammnermoor, which finds general sympathy with the audience. The proprietors, ...

... The first Subscription Concert of the present season (the zlinth one) took place last Tbursday night, at St. James's Iall, wbich was well attended. As usual, the programme comprised madri- gals, part-songs, and other unaccompanied compositions, the vocalists being Madame Lernmens-Sherrington, Miss Tayler, and Miss Alice Stanley, with a well-appointed and well-trained choir -in a word, Mr. ...

... PHaRMsonIa (Islington).-MiEs Lizzie Harris, a lady whose Capabilities for contralto singing are certainly much above the average found at Music Halls generally, took her benefit on Tbnrs- ay ?? at the above popular place of amusement, and was received by a crowded audience with the most genuine enthusiasm, a demoostration tbat must have been as pleasing to the Proprietors as to the lady ...

... A COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-]BB. 19. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOr11o01) The bankrupt was formerly Lessee of the Lyceum, now of Drury- lane, Theatre. This proceeding arose under the following circum- stances: -In 1850 he was au insolvent in the defunct Insolvent Court, before the late Mr. Commissioner Murphy, owing 3,600. He obtained his final order under the 22d sec. of 7 and 8 Vic., c. 96. The ...

... The Easter novelties seem likely to continue for some time the leading attractions of the Theatres, and to the copious account we have already rendered of these nothing need now be added, further than the statement of their success being rendered more decided by repetition. The resumption of the sittings of Parliament, and the return of aristocratic families to town to DartiOipate in the ...

... ROYAL SOOIETY OF PAUBICIA149. The 125th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Society of Musi. caias was celebrated last night (Friday) in the large, hall of the Freemason's Tavern, which was tastefully decorated with banners and other appropriate desices. Covers were laid for 200 gentlemen, and fully that number sat down to a most recherchd dinner, while upwards of 100 ladies partook of dessert ...

... (m1oat OUR OWNecmepocms 4ABZBDBRlV T~~eATS! ,;at Ur M'Leia.1-Benefits nlow and agaln Tduring ROeYALtwe ?? ththeeason of this favourite piaces of auausemnt is ,est raemind ukis Oha Whedeaday, M r Pont% to whom outta litleof ia saero o te sonisdafhiseeadmirable s5505 pointIng, PFairbrother, the Acting. wee o tke is bref, hs apeal Frdaywas the night fixed for Mrs ~~ not the house on ~the oscasloa ...

... AMERICAff THEATRICALS. I NEW YORK, JULY 25. WINTER GARDaff.-The burlesque of Lea& the Forsook has proved successful in attracting fair audiences, and the excellent acting of Messrs. Setchell, Mark Smith, Sol, Smith, A. H. Daven. port, Cooke, Master Parelee, and Miss Emily Thorne, has been warmly applauded. It will be played also next week, and probably the week after, at the termination of ...

... SCANDIUAVIAN GALLIBIY, NO. 7, HAYMcARLRT. This Gallery-speoially dedicated to the Works of Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish artists-bas, since its first opening last year, been very considerably augmented, and now possesses a collection of some 120 pictures, the efforts of some of the most distinguished masters of modern Scandinavian art. Some of the landscapes are remarkably beautiful, though ...

... I Mr. German Beed'as New Entertainment Iefluented by the ?? of Chamber Music in general, Mr. German Reed has resolved to make au experiment with regard to public taste and patronage, by introducing, last Monday night, to the visitors of the Royal Gallery of Illustratiori an Opera di Camera entitled Jessy Zeai the masic by Mt. G. Ai Maefarren, and the words by Mr. J. Oxedford. The subject ...

... The Queen in Scotland. BALMORA.L, OCT. 23.-The Queen, accompanied by the Prin. cess Louise, and attended by Lady Churchill, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by Lady Cburcbill and Lady iugusta Bruce, drove to the Balloch Buie and Glen Beg. Princess Louise, attended by Baroness Schenck, went out riding. OCT. 243-The Qaeen, accomlpanied by Princess Louise, and ...

... (PROM A CORUNSPONDINT.) It is certainly a remarkable fact that, notwithstanding the advance ment of popular intelligence, and the consequent growth of liberal sentiment, everywhere apparent aa this Country, there should still exist opponents of the Dranma-traducers of the Stage. When it is remembered, too, that dramatic literature, with a Shakspere as its morning star, has done much towards ...