... 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 ...

... [T2e following appeared :n our Towx EDITioN las week.] EIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Though somewhat unexpected, Mr. &fapleson's announcement of five extra season nights at Her Majesty's Theatre was a welcome one, particularly as a reduction of prices enabled many to be present at Italian Operatic performances which otherwise they might have missed. M. Gounod's Fausts was re-produced last Saturday ...

... miss Nose Hersee's Conoert at the Agricultural IHall. Whether a concert be given in a Hal, a room, or in the open- air, unless the audience feel personally comfortable and at their ease the entertainment is sure to auffer, however perfect it way be, a fact that was unmistakably perceptible last Seturday night at the above Hall, the occasion being one of much attraction, namely, a concert given ...

... I| Royal 211agtsh OPera.-MR. 'BA1x16'a ~NSW OSLSBA..- A Very numerous god, Iso .fsr as-the majority -were concerned, very' ,*nthu~iistlio ?? gsvena acor-dial welcome to Mr. Bafelfe' new-productiOn, 'Bkeso/s o. .t,mera, foutnded onithe ~French play, which, under thez]nglish title-of` TheI Duke's N4oteo, bhasbeen so .successfully adapted by Mr. John -Broughami, the authr ulso of the libiretto ...

... (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 ...

... 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 ...

... OUR CARPET BAC. Beautity's Value.-Bx W. SHA5RPAPEEI Beauty is but a vain and fleeting good, A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly, A flower that dies when almost in the bud, A brittle glass that breaketh presently; A fleetbg good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour, As goods when lost are wond'rous seldom found, As faded gloss no rubbing can excite, As flowers ...

... 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 ...

... 3g Jullien's Concerts at Her IMajesty's Theatre. I - I Public opinion has, evidently, set in strongly again in favour of the so-called Promenade Conceits, and in reality they are, per sC, attractive entertainments. That they are conducive to a general diffusion of musical knowledge was proved in the time of the late M. Jullien (and still further proved by the late triumphs of Mr. Mellon), and ...

... The Musical Soelety of London. There was a numerous gathering of the members of this Society last Wednesday evening at the Hfanover-square Booms, notwith. standing the attraction of the concert given at St. James's Hall the same night by Mr. Henry Leslie, himself a member of the Council of the above Society, and it may be assumed that unavoid- abie arrngementes necessitated this selection of ...

... JOHN BALDWIN BUCKBTONlrj, Iatn Sator, Author, and Manager. I I . The union of -these titlis icouldtbemclaimed.by ?? among those 1 who still adorn the;British-8tsge, not-only-as-the interpreters of. the histrionic art, but as its literary contributors end miaagerisl forganisers. Webster.. Wigan, ?? athews, and 'Edmund .Falconer have each-an equnl iirlijttoteiayonr tf therpublie whom' they'bave ...

... I AMIJWCA.N THEATRICALS. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. WImNIB GARDBN.-Mr. and Mrs. Florence op'ened here on Mon- day evening last, and they will probably stay for -three 'months. They played in Randy As y, fischieos Angie, and The 'Returned 'bfOtutneer, and were well -aupported by-an excelient company. The Theatre hasbeen well attended eaeb evening. OLxYMPICa-A new farce called Miles O'Rteill was-produced ...