... T1IE THALIA Amateur DraMatic Club. The Thalia Amateurs gave a porsriusuace, on Monday evening at St. George's Hall, for the benefit of the Home for Little Boys at Farning-ham. It was the opinion of' one of the Club, expressed to a lady who formed one of the audience, that the perlormance went down, and, adopting his words without the meaning he intended to convey, there is no question ...

... YUBI3JO AmOINTS, THE THEATRES, &C. r We should remind our readers that the ergagement of . Mr. C. Mathews at the Gaiety is drawing to a close, and , hiat the time for enjoying the interesting performances of this most nccomplieheo comedian is brief. Dnring the week the theatre has 1 eeu crowded to witness sho repre. lentation of A Gname of Speculation, whersin, as 611r. Afable Hawk, Mr. ...

... REVIEWS OF BOOS.e LM IdFE OF CHAisiS DiCayNs, By J. FoR- m Clitpnzan and Hall,-This is the second w~eno of The Uife of Charles Diohens, by Piritaed, Mr. Forster. It comprises the period ?? life from 1842 to 1852. A large pordon of 'ime was spent abroad, for economy's sake; iw, notwithstanding the enormous sale of his weuks, somehow or another he appe rs always t bhave been oppressed by ...

... THE D RANEA IN FARIB. (Le'ROJ OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THuRSDAY NIG 11T. -There is a style of theatrical enter- tainment, denominated revue, which is essentially Parisian, but which is rapidly going out of fashion in France. A revue is a local extravaganlza, and is intended to give a retrospective representation of the events of a past year. The title is usually formed out of come ...

... THE GAIETY THIeEATRE , ,rforniance. .. . . .1 - .- 1-tS~iavuda A large audience assembled at the Gaiety 'Theatre ast oaturuay morning to witness the production of two new pieces, one a comedy in two acts, the other a two act comic opera. A new tenor also made his first appearance, so that novelty was the order of the day. The comedy was first on the list, and is entitled Debt, and is written ...

... Mr. T. C. KING at the Tyne Theatre, Newcastle-on. Tyne. Of late we have been accustomed to the cry that tragedy and tragic actors have deteriorated, and that we do not possess such bright geniuses of the muse as ft urished some half century ago, when the Keaos and Kembles reproduced Shakespeare's lofty ideas with such intelligence and force as to ast in names for themselves which have been ...

... GAIEY TWMT= Mr. Charles Mathews tas this weekintroduced two of his most famous impersonations to delighted audiences; As Mr. Affable Hawk, in 2l' Game of Speculation, he agaig excited the keenest and most eager interest by the artistic natare of bisperform- Iiance, which will always be cited as the perfection of ease and finish. Totally different, but equally suc- cessful, was his Plumper in ...

... ldTERARY MSCELLAMEA. Too L&Ts Pop, EXPLANATrIox.-Lorrd Mark Kerr, vwh distinguished himself at the battle of Fontenoy, was a good but eccentric officer, and a terrible duellist, His iobfs was remarkable. He was a lad of slight, effeini- nato appearance, apparently void of spirit. His father, the Marquis of Lothian, when he brought him to London to join his regiment-the Coldstream Guaids ...

... LrIT J AT 0 BE entISTMAS ANNUAIA. ' gelgrnvia A.nnual.-Miss Braddon's Christ- The' is only a fair one. It contains nothing ?? numnirble in any way. It has a list of good veryl zuarr . but they must have been uninspired tatutoete 'jts, or in a bad humonr, for the stories bytbeiry 5cecnmonplace. Miss Braddon's stories- mery es and 'AGood Hater-are, of cos as, ?? Tite but are not up to.-her ...

... THEATRIOALS IN AUSTRALIA. (EROS OUR OWN CORRrSPONDENT,) MELBOURNE, OCT. 11, 1872.-Of course the sensation of the month has been the marvellous Lottie, who with her brothers Frank and Victor have been astonishing all beholders. It appears next to impossible to whet the appetites of the enthusiastic audiences that nightly greet her and most handsome offers have been made by enterprising caterers ...

... -The E;RATICS at St, George's Hall. T'wo pretty women, with an inexhaustible fund of go- aid . elegant properiies, good scenery, the ?? costuniec5 ot Harrison, an audience to ire numbered among the clitc of -ociety, alr excellent band, and the politest and most obliging ot steoards, did not succeed in making * rle Erratics' first perori armnc for tie wirnterseason, 1872 3, at St. ...

... TEE LONDON MUSIC HALLS. SOUTHLONDN PALACE.-Mit. W. Joeoi1SON''s BENEFIT.- whecever we visit the Sooth Londofl we Usual l reed t ith orite estobliahtitetttf~lli sod last Nvedesday, Up0n tleo ccasion of Mi' John ?? fa ll;hel noe la'd Ien~r tila d tolles nppl aumse o o son's benefit, the capabilities of the facil srer tatert o dut bitt like themfaelscarpuelt bag, which was never so fl but that it ...