... * ?? ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-Auber's always fresh and radiant Era Diavolo, which seems to grow younger and younger as it advances in years-especially since the composer himself remodelled and enlarged it, for the Italian version at Covent Garden, with accompanied recitative in lieu of dialogue-is never unwelcome. There is not a single number in this opera that wvears the impress of time. It might ...

... m cyottru. THE QUEEN OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. Oh, the Queen of the Orkney Islands, She's traveling over the sea; She's bringing a cuttle-fish with her, To play with my baby and me. S oh, his head is three miles long, dear; His tall is three miles short; And when he goes out, he wriggles his snout In a way that no cuttlefish ought. S Oh, the Queen of the Orkney Islands, , She rides on a sea green ...

... OIAABZI( AND VARZZNS& : T92 CBJRT. P ~ ?? , Sbaturay Te OtQ a Duke and Gadd Duchaes Bd W am P R a tto. Qnu Vltebla at halft-PO a O'clock athu aftemoon Lad ?? toliwcaon. -h ' tuned to Carrh ^at 8.1. . Tue Duke of Rutland's party at Belvoie Casle, whlich membled op Tesda bas lfcludedth Maquis ?? ?? Bocto5 and l M Hervey,*MWda Mfarchiones of Allcabary, the e Countess of Bradford and Lady Mbel ...

... r - TArt , ?? hprioe, bathn~td~ bop~ R ~ thegs ~ vr ;AU44q p 4 quA n. Dlikop )If et~1q ~a tII ~v ?? WwwwtAl1igne the iv~e~iihd~ iboaqnts66iiie Oiy ?? Mlarcbionabs of m~y, lady UXWUarJMiibqe0a40 *I- Poamu~k Oclonel. the Rom~ ?? B 1M*4$ fWAlik, The: Hon Emily C bfr~? Riend ale uwisd at th .Qvfi a vp tmjlqp ?? The Iba ?? M*W!lff~4. and Cohmeins.pJ06b lumabo ~ Xu~rd Grooim and EgerawmaUsti ~THE ...

... The Tottendham House Dramatic Club presented an enter- tainmesit here last Saturday in aid of St. Charles Schools, Ogle- strect. We are not plepared to describe the exact locality in which Ogle-street is situated, nor to define the especial objects which the schools in question have in view; but this we are prepared to say, that if it was intended by the performance to which we were isnvited ...

... The very remarkable circumstance of any person being con- nected with one Theatre uninterruptedly for the long period of fifty years may naturally seem a myth, but that happy position has been attained by Mr R. M. Levey, tlie Musical Director of the Theatre Royal, Dublin. No better test of his professinal ability and of his private qualities than the fact that during that period he has served ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 28, 1876.-At the CALI- FORNIA THEATRE this evening Mrs Seott-Siddons will make her appearance as Rosalind, in As You Like It. BALDWIN'S ACADEMY OF Music on Market-street is rapidly approaching completion, and March 6th is advertised as the opening night. In previous letters I have called attention to tale magnificent Theatre, erected in the ...

... ''rIlE DRAMA IN PARIS. (1110n OURS OWN COtRRESPONDENT.) pUZIS, THURnSDAY.-OPERA COMIuQUE.-On Tuesday even- rtinnttu5erable delays, Piccolino was at last brought ittllc, Salle Favart. The authors and the public have good out a to congratulate themselves on the fact that it was 31. ,'os xpet(lI hand which was at the helm during the lpsrlrisesaration of the work. Evidences of his taste are ft.e ...

... A POPUIAR TREATISE ON THE EyE. By Mr. B. J. Sandheim, Great Victoria Street, Belfast. Ti In this brochure, containing about a dozen pages, th Mr. Sandheim, scientific and practical optician, has C4 supplied much valuable information in relation to PI vision and its artificial aids, spectacles, the history be of which he has traced from the thirteenth century. te The little treatise is well ...

... AIR .4 B A OX,+M.0N CHERCH lfLJSeC'. At a Christiasi ConventidgoirMarch-SO, helil in the New York Hippodrome, at which 3100 'nministers. and 30 other persona were present, Mr Sankey made esome remarks on church nuslt. The power of sacred song, he said,-is laying hold. kt of this, nation,-ai well as of other.nations, and has VI been 'for some -years. I'would not-have artistic I lquartett ...

... The annual cattle show of the Kilnmarnoek Farmers' Club was held yesterday in a field on the glebe lands, London Road, Kilmarnock. Owing to the prevalence of cattle disease in the town and district, the tnrn-cutof cattle wassomewhatsmaller than in former years, as some farmers were afraid to bring their stock into town, and so run the risk of contagion. For the same reason, there were no ...

... DR. WA. SMITH'S SCHOOL MANUAL OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. % A MANUAL of geography, drawn up for the use of military academies,, students in training colleges, assistant teachers, and competitors in Civil Service examinations, ought at least to be accurate and trust- worthy. It is claimed for the Manual now before us that, if it is care- fully read, the pupil will gain an extensive and intelligent ...