... LO, (ubO~n OCR OWNI OORRUIONtDIWTS.) ABERbDEEN. ahtt oyakt&.'LmeeeD Mr E. Piles; Acting-Manager, Mr Ilrr. ?? all who have netted ties Theatre daring last week and ?? the playing of Vownee' Comedy Company in It 'bertoon'e ?? highly delighted wae nightly evident from ?? Cscl05 an laughter-. With such a strong and exeelleni TCU~Cie~~eat o sy whether Miss Faniny Beocegh, Miss Bruntsn, )~ii Bi~ob ...

... HER XAT3ETY'S,,OPE RA.TAr MaiestY's Monday was the first extra night of the season at Tec .ai ?? Opera, and emi; ide was the opera perfor'ed. This is qui achievement of the Maplesonian coli anpY the contingent of artist emplyedin Bssii~e astrpiece being fully equal to their several teirpcoyeti Ros uhesini' itoise tosn h .i on el. Dof th duties. The character of the Babylonian Queen Is one ...

... THE FORTHCOMING INTERNATTIO'NAL EXaEIB ITION. 3 The DailgN.,Tews gives an account of the preparationW 3 now in progress in the exhibition building, and supplie4 other partioulars'of interest. It says:- In the buildings themselves there will be but slight alteration. The homely brick will remain home3ly, aud the architecture will still be adorned by that plainnese which, to the taste of some ...

... TIIB INTERNATIOMAL EXHIBITION. ] The Ptime Minister and nearly 'all the other R members of the Cabinet have accepted invitations di to be present at the Royal Albert-bll to-night, U where the, official reception takes place which is ix to be substituted for tha formnal inauguration of a previous Exbibitione. The Duke of Edinburgh ci will reesive the guests as representing his elder b brother ...

... IA 1, ,S ELLA% .ZUidxo.-A bvight old i on Rfieah green ilae- 'hAte hauses nestling in tlic udst of4gree. trees; quaint stieets, arcades, aad mopnress:;grim mbsters looking down on shop and stsl;'wide' qua an bridges, piers and water mills; old canvents, wal'l, an towera; new ool- leg'e)- hotels, andy'ilwty.linesJ thereosrds aa thousand yeirs, the fasiols'of *.phesisg.d: n clsrot of Charles the ...

... COUMT AND .'ASHION. On Tuesday night Lady Margaret Beaumont bfhad a reception at the family residence in Piccadilly. It is stated that Mr Rusqell Gurney Wsill be raised to the Peerage. Lady Louisa Percy has arrived in London from Cannes. The Earl of Durham has arrived in London from Lambton Castle, Durham. The King of Sve ln, according to news received in Paris, is reported to be on his death ...

... _ - I SECOND DAY'S SALE. [B1y our Special Reporter.] Great as were the results of the first day's sale, they were exceeded by those of the second, when a larger totai was attained with fewer pictures. On Friday, 89 works produced a total of £29,718. 3s., an average, say, of £334. per picture. On Faturday 73 works roelised £44,420. 33., ,or an average of a little over £608. per picture, On ...

... LITERARY -NOTICES. Tim ART JouaRAz. (Virtue & Co. London]- The number for this month coataiasthree beautiful steel engravings, but the subjects are common- i place. Cherries Ripe and Accident or De- i sign, are not worth the labour expended on them; but there is somie sentiment in the picture Cruis- ing Among the Water Lilies. ' The lettcrpress is -vry attractive historically, and finely ...

... TRANSLATiONS FROM BERANGER. No. XXIII. THIE ALCHEMIST. And it is thine thou sayest, thine who art so poor and olk, The secret of transmuting baser metals into gold; And thine no less that.mighty boon for which far more I yearn, Thine the elixir that can bid my vanish'd youth return. My purse I open to thine art which can such won- ders breed, For credulous my spirit Is, and bath of wonders ...

... wpJ-- I IT, IATVU.I ?? tirbidation'i to 'Teade; AJiions' t bd rittit'ei S I belatting4t ?? vati- i 'ue Manufa6ltuirsi tihe laeiiorv Aets i kWoi'k- _ hopst kuiay:-and itha tescl~,tl;i~' 3i ie > akerir Mtinersi An51r~'eamren, Th'csii'itaS~tbtcrr .od:! partaicladtyl-the' ias.: t'or 'asel? ?? rkr ,. rs~opsYfhA~otsX. 7narve~t 1nrehdtJ Fsind le i67, -, ; zodyof itatuttrrlrsfllatins/ widrhgi, .tahd ...

... t I REV= OF BOOKS. INDUSTRIAL AND lHIousI om TAL28. _By ELIZ rITARD. -This 'wellN~pzited, handy+-. hilling wolame conthins t'ree -tlea- by IYse Meteyard- 'John Aahpore, The Glaes of Gin, and Mrs. Dumple's Cooklng School-all thoroughly do- sneatic stories. The second Is certainly the most sensational, and pexhap the mQlk. interesting of the three. It telle us how two yaf-ng girl, A&6 ...

... An Interesting Performance at Richmend (Surrey). HER MAJESTY's TiIEATRIO.- A performance of more than ordinary interest took place on Friday, the 19th inst., and we will venture to say that the Theatre never looked so well or has been so graced. The entertainment was in aid of the funds of the Albert Edward Memorial Hospital (one of the blocks of the Royal Hospital for Consumptioti, Ventnor, ...