... TIlE THEA TRES TUE VAUDEVILLE Theatre reopened on Saturday last with a Mew comedy from the pen of Mr. Albery, author of Yie Tewo 1'oses. This gentleman having achieved one great and well-de- servcd success as an original writer for the stage, some interest attaches to the announcement of a new play from his pen; but it must be confessed that his recent productions have grt atly lisappointed ...

... MR. B3R0 WAiVIG'S A7EW POETR* ALL lovers of true art and of genuine inspiration in poetry will welcome with delight Mr. Browning's new poem Balaustion's Adventure, in which he sings an old song, but with a freshness, a sweetness, and a grandeur of con. ception altogether new. Mr. Browning has gone back across the space of more than twenty centuries to the most tragic and the most tender of ...

... WIIAT shall we wear to travel in ? and What shall we take with us? are two oft-repeated and very important questions at this season, and we think that a few hints to our inexperienced, readers will not be out of place in our Fashions for September. Two sisters with their brother started off last week for a month's tour in Italy and Switzerland; their arrangements for travelling were so ...

... LitemtUTr?'.. ? I THE FIGHT IN THI DARK. of all crotcety notions that ee'r have occurred De Ballot to me seems supremely absurd; one ertain result Iimay safely remarkc It~ ~ ~ ?? mk eey lci fgt in the dark . Sing down, down, &c. Wa namu mtp age is this there we never can know, 1jal te orojas inr teirogie, ouaind froe mioer forte; The w're huddll ed togetherdlike beasts in thebark, 3yet ...

... ROpedaLY. This theatre reopened for the season last evening under the management of Mr. Mellandaine, when MI. Herv6's opera bouffe of Chilperic was produced. Whether at its new home this humorous production be likely to secure that meed of public favour which was so liberally awarded to it at the Lyceum is a matter of some doubt, the comparison between the present revival and that of Ohilperic ...

... 7voettr. LOVE AND SONG. wi Whether or no ke The wise men go flu To prove that love is a waste of life.- in A waste of breath ha And a mock at death- thl Here's love's quit ia the one wprd, Wife. gi Of91 This I think as I look no On the picture that shines fon In the only free nook 1Z From the gloom of the pines th, Two lovers at ease of In the fair summer woods, m11 With only the trees en To ...

... Xr ALERED G. VANCE'S Annual Summer Tour. VANCR IN SonTnAoisPTo.-On Monday evening last the Philharmonic Hall was filled to ovel flowing by an enthusiastic audience to greet the great Vance and his popular concert party. Seldom, if ever, have we seen such a brilliant array of fashionabltes located tie the stalls as on the present occasion. Twelve rows of reserved easy chairs were ...

... THlE MONDAY POPULAr CONCERTS. I TaE second concert of the season was given yester* day evenain.g to a brilliant and fashionable audience, packed to the doors-and packed at the doors, indeed, more closely than anywhere else. It may be as well to hint that this -unnecessary overcrowvd- ing in some parts of the Hall might very easily be avoided. A good number of seats here and there were ...

... FASON AD ACTS. wg ~THE PRINCE OF WALES IN PARIS. Mondy's Sor says that the Short stay of the Prince of Wales in~aris, on his way to England last week, was chiefly occupitd inviitin& ?? burned by the C Commudsts. oo INDISPOSITION OF KING AMADWU In. Tarragons, Sept, U, 10.25 am. he The great heat and the ceaseless activity of the King Dt have produced a sligh iadisposition, preventig his le. ...

... (From our Corredpon.ent) t Obe Ammrgau, ?? 10. With the exception of an hour for au early din- ter {from -1i to 1,2), the Passion play to-day lasted from 8 a.m. till 5 o'clock p.M. this evening. and a more uniformly, marvellous, and fasoinat- 2 Ing representation it would be scarcely possible to i conceive, and certainly impossible to accomplish. I Lengthy as the period was, there was nowhere ...

... I CUTTINGS FROM THECOMIC JOURNALS. (From Punch.l TOUMoHaG HilR NGHTmO&P.-When mfrs. Malaprop does take a glass of 0omething at' night, she likes It pretty sirong-she.hates. she says, to have her rum-and-water toQ innch polluted.- AL- ' __o-_The crew of the ,bfegaara In their tern- porary detentlon on St. Paul's island (long since ended, we.hope) were well of in, one respact-they could have hd ...

... Z THE reports from Balroral concerning the health of the Queen are far shore reassuring than last week. Her Majesty has re* sumned her daily drives, but was not sufficiently recovered from her late severe indisposition to allow of her visiting the annual gathering of the Braemar Royal Highland Society, which took place last week as usual in the grounds contiguous to the ancient Castle of Mar. ...