... ANNIVSRSARY of the OPENING of the GAIETY Theatre, Dublin. Banquet to the Proprietors, Measrs. J. and M. Guru n. (FROMI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The anniversary of the opening of the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, was celebrated on Thursday evening, the 5th inst., by entertaining the enter prising Proprietors at a magnificent banquet at the Antient Concert Rooms, at which about 150 of the leading ...

... Dir. J. L. TOOLE in Edinburgh. The Edinbt urgh Daily Resieu, December 3d, 1S72, says:- Last night this famous comedian commenced a six Fights' engagement at the Theatre Royal, appearing to a crowded house In Paul Pry and the new serio-comic drama Off the Line. Paul Pry is a comedy of the old school, which keeps the stage, despite a very involved and uninteresting plot, through the excellence ...

... lRaottTv, v CERISTMiAS ROSES. BY V, BitUGOITOzi. WHtN Wilrter'e days are draving nigh With long and chilly hocurs We strive to save from cold aud snow some ?? flowers. We presa rnd dry with c.-kreful hand, That so we msy remanmber Theo sot sunnhiny (lays of June In dark December. That, though tticir colour f.d03 e aWy, their perfumne may rominud us Of golden gloriel in the days' We leave ...

... L L T E BA TU R x CE0lSTMAs LlTEPITR aness Me Iis the title of a massive volume Issued. by Dean and Soa, of Ludgete-hill. As may be in- jarred from the heading,.it contains a collection of enigmas, charades, ?? charades, double acrostics, woanudrums, verbal puzzles, hier oglyphics, anagrams, kg. The book is excellently illustratedsby Craik- ehnk and others, and will prove immensely amusing t ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEM.ETS. THEATRE S'O'rAL, DREYRY.LABU. SOLe Leossa Aec, RAVAERl. F. 1B. C19AvPRallON ?? 15, 17.Ia. and! 19,.TIlE LADY QrTHRILAKE, e ,writion and desf .ned by Audrevy Halliday. Founded on tbae.lebriitcd poemu by 'ir Walter Scott. I'loostratod with megnild' oent eoenery ylWirlliamnBevcrley. Cbcrsctera by Meess. H. Sinclair, INPO~ySIN.Prce ro I t k.Box-ffo open tO tils daly. cd tie Din ...

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... ' I curse, OnWednesday se'nnight a grand fancoy dreessballiwas given by oned Major Cornwallis West (the lord-lieutenant of Denbighehire), that and Mrs West. at Ituthin Castle,, when upwards of 250 of Elere the nobility and leading gentry of Worth Wales were present. ?? Extensive preaerations bad been naeed at the Castle, and the Witt, arrangements for the ball were In a beautiful. and costly ...

... $ THESE volumes contain sketches of a highly interesting family, and of a number of men whose names are as honoured as they are familiar. Francis, Julius, Augustus, and Marcus Hare- the most brotherly of brothers, as Landor called them-are vividly represented here, and so also is their ancestor Bishop Hare, a man of great learning, but wanting, one would imagine, in common-sense, since he ...

... THE OL YMPIC THEA TRE. THE Olympic Theatre, which has remained tenantless for some months, has now been opened by Miss Ada Cavendish, who hopes to restore the theatre to its old place in popular regard. The interior of the building has been richly and fancifully redecorated, and care has been taken to promote the comfort of visitors. The seats are comrno- diously arranged, and all taxation by ...

... The Sunday M1agaazine.-(Loncon: Strahn and Co., 56, Ludgaic Hill.)-In the Decembi number of this magazine Dr. Blaikic again di cusses the Future of the Workin, Classcs whether it is to be devoted to God or Mammo | Edard Garrett's Crooked Places is co, tinued, and Professor Blackie pours his though I upon prayer into rhyme. Two or three e: cellent sermons, a fresh instalment of, Agnin the ...

... Madame Norman-Ndruda, having recovered from her in- disposition, made her first appearance this season on Monday week at St James's Hall. The quartets selected were Schumann's in A minor, and Haydn's in F major, Op. 17, No. 2. Madame A. Goddard joined Madame Ndruda in 2ozart's D major sonata, and played also Beet- hoven's pianoforte sonata in A fiat, Op. 26. These pieces and their rendering by ...

... SCOTCH EXHII1TORS AND PRIZiUTAICERS , AT THE N&TIONAL DOG SHOW, BIRMINGHAM. n !.ijminglhtnu, Sunday Night. a , A largo number of Scutch ?? aie aneonget the 'JO0 aniniald now oU View at Bingley flail, and several rrizes bave been taken by the d ownere. ?? Jaines Addie, Kirkwood House, Old j oi Monkland, Coatbridge, tales second and third prizes for deerhoutid d igs Charlie aud Amra`n a e ...