... IPROMENADE CONCERTS-THE EXHIBITIOM TO TEE EDITOR OF THE} FREEMAN. SIR-I have read with much interest the letter of your London Correspondent in Saturday's Preemanr referring to Messrs. Gatti's concerts at Covent-garden, which have proved such a decided hit for the ma- nagers of those delightful entertainments. The large and appreciative audiences which nightly crowd Co- vent-garden are ...

... I THEATRE ROYAL-MARIE ANTOIN'ErTE. I It gives us sincere pleasure to record that Mrs. Mary ?? received at her dtbut upon an Irish stage last evening a welcome practical as well as national in character. She appeared -before such an audience as rarely patronises the proverbially unreliable ' first appearance of strange actors in a city where the play- going public is as suspicious at the ...

... . (From our Special Correspondent.) Ballinasloe, Thursday. The horse fair was held to-day, although, as I have already stated, the transactions which took place in this department yesterday and the previous day were on an extensive scale. Amongst the noteworthy fea- tures of this annual gathering is the remarkable clear- ance of the town, which occurs as the business of each particular branch ...

... FA85LION AND VARIETIES THE COURT. Balmoral Castle, Thursday. The Queen aud Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hoir Harriet Phipps, drove yesterday lover to Don Side, and honoured Mrs C. Forbes by a visit at Castle Newe. Prince Leopold drove out. The Hon. A. Yorke left the Castle,: and 3Mr. Co'lLfs ar. rived. Her Majesty received the ikyful intelligence this norni g of the safe confinement of ...

... BOOK PUBLISHING IN IRELAND-LITERARY I I GOSSIP. Some twelve months since we observed a rather caustic article in the Leopdon Bookseller, the recognised organ of the trade, relative to the dearth of Irish pub- lishiug. The writer could hardly be aware that many books printed and published in Dublin bears the Lon- dol] imprint, ignoring in some instances the Dublin publisher's name. Most of the ...

... I TREATR9 IOYAL-ITALIAN OPERAB. Rossni'0s great opera of Seirnranide was produced last ?? all its sombre splendour and florid grandeur. BOW Velconje this most perfect work of a true master of his art always is to the lovers of good sterling music. The superb lyric tragedy, strange to say, was shut out from the Dublin stage for eleven years, while the Verdi fever was at its height, and before ...

... (From our Special Correspondent.) Ballinasloo, Wednesday. To.day the sheep fair wag continued on the Green, as it is technically called, under more favourable circumstances. The supply fell short of what was anticipated; and those who held on for an over advance on the previous day were to som0 extent gratified. There was a slight advance in some in- stances, say of a shilling or two on ewes, ...

... THEATRE ROYAL--MABRIE STUABT. Last night SchiUlers Marie Muert was given at the Theatre Royal, with Mrs. Gladstane a the Scattish Queen. We confess 'e have never admired this very celebrated work of the great German poet. It is tin- gularly deficient in the fire and passion of Dip Rauber, that wonderful productiou of Schiller's boyhood which enveloped all Germany in a glow of excited en- ...

... LITERA TURE. Tiny Travels. By J. IAsnY w5rty. London: Tiisley Brothers.-In this handsome volume the author of The Shuttlecock Papers, Bondon Balt lads, and other excursions in the lighter regions of current literature, gossips and chats in his airiest and most agreeable fashion concerning a multiplicity of things. Tiny Travels includes not only narratives of journeys and experiences ...

... FASHION A'VD VARIETIES. THE COURTp- Belore Bathe. f&P. 30. The Queen went out with Princess Beatrice yesterdai. morning. In the afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke of Con., naught went out deorstalkiag, and Prince Leopold drove out. THE PRINCE OF WALES' VISIT TO SWEDEN, Copenhagen, Thursday Morning. The Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Denmark have embarked n the Osborne for Malmo, ...

... _ I ?? Month (October)-Simpkins, Marshall, and Co.: London.-The most generally interesting article in the last ingtalment of the Month is a sketch of the late Count Xavier de Merode, Archbishop of Mitylene, and Chamberlain to the Pope, The life story of Count de, Merode is one full of romance. He sp.rung from one of the most princely houses in northern Eurol)e. Their vast possessions, tbeir ...

... 'IPASHION .AYDVARITTIES THE COUIT. Ba20o.1 Catle% Tuesday. The Queen and Prinicess Beatrice went out yesteidw~ morn$ ixg, and i t~he afternoon her tXa~eetY drove out efttesde`d by the Marchioness5 Of Ely. a Cadoan anddE Princess Beatrice drove with Miss E.Coldog atteded ?? Norell tb Berk Hell, and Prince Leopol, atnldb r Collins, also went out. ~ anr arvda The Duke hmf Richmond and Lord John ...