... AN ITITATOR OF VANCE. At the Assembly Rooms, Clomel, onl Monday night last, theie was ail extriordinary scene not likely to be readily forgotteu by those who witniessed it. Announce- i1euts had been scatteted througlhout the townv that the Great Vaace and his Concert Party would appear, and the popularity and fame of the eminent entertainer sufficed to fill the house to overflow. The ...

... MISS HELEIN BARRY. Last week wve briefly sketched the professional carecr of tre talented and popular actress, hiss 1ielell Larry, whom we have hblt the rare treat of secing at the Margate Theatre during the past veek in some of her ablest impersonatiOns a career wshich is speciativ remarkable for the extraordinary success which has accompanied it,n31i for the exceptionally short period which ...

... WE are very sorry to be unable to report any improvement in the health of Mr Compton, who still lies in a very critical state. Upon the best authority we learn that the eminent comedian has been quite unconscious during the week. MIsS ADA CAVENDISH has during the week continued her highly successful engagement at the Londesborough Theatre, Scarborough, where she has delighted crowded and ...

... Tm'. PRINCE oF 1VAres' S THEATRE will be reopened on Saturday next with a highly enticing bill, embracing An Unequal iJatch and To Parents and Guardians. A most cor- dial welcome is in store for Mr and MrIsBancroft and the eminent artists by whom they will be surrounded. The com- pany will again include Mr and Mrs Kendal, Mr Arthur Cecil, Mr Sugden, and other favourites of last season; while ...

... Before itarning our attention to the performaances given last Saturday at the Folly Theatre onl the first night of the comedy- bouffe season we imust record our hinhwressioin that the new decorations of the Theatre will be anivesally adadired for their elegance of style and for the refined tone they impart to the auditorium. The times have long gone- by when audiences were content to sit inl a ...

... (FROM OURB OWN CORRESFONDENT.) PARIS TffcT3RSDAY.-LYRrQuE,.-Al. Vizentiniisdtrne Crtisutaincss relstation for energy. Hef( has given thle mnusical crtcsIlerit to do0 this week, having produced three new works, comprising six acs I wish it were Possible for me to say that thle, quality of the novelties is eqa tothirquntty hut feel nlo other alternative left than to decIlare two of theta heavy ...

... A crowded audience assembled on the reopening of this house oil the evening of Monday last, the principal attraction being The Aboonstone, a dramatic story in four acts, altered from his own novel for performance on the stage by the author, Air Wilkie Collins, who also personally superintended the produc- tion. The action of the drama is supposed to be confined within twenty-four hours, and ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY.-FRANCAIS.-OrT leading Theatre has revived Alfred de MIusset's three-act comedy Le Chandelier for the ostensible purpose of affording young Voluy ass advan- tqgeeocs opportunity of continuing his deluts, and also, perhaps - ti7es1gl it may be il a lesser degree-in order to add another ?? to the already extended s'epertcoir-e of the spoiled child ...

... A special progra' mmo was provided for the large audience assembled on Vednesday evening on the occasion of the annual benefit of Mr H. Ottaway, whose talent was conspicuously shown in a new ballad composed expressly and entitled Angelsgnard her now. aIr C. Temple sang it, and the suc- cess of the lInUsic and the vocalist proved so great that an encore was with difficulty avoided. Mr Harry ...

... It is staLted that niany of the promoters no longer expect that the partiially erected structure on the Thames Embankment will ever he completed as a National Opera House, and there is' sonic probability that it will eventually fall into the bands of 4thers and be converted into a grand hotel, for which the site is considered to be exceptionally well adapted. Whatever its ultimiate fabte may ...

... After a well-earned holiday, duei-g which their cosy, clegt and comfortable Hall hbs been handsomely redecorated, Dessrs Mlaskelyne and Cooke returned on M~onday last to the scene of their mlany terlumpha, and had a moat cordial greeting from a crowded easniebly. When a season is interrupted-no rnatter for what reason-Managers lenow wvell enough that on the resum ption of busineaa somoe timle ...

... ritoVYNOIAL THEATRICILS. (FROM OTra OWIN CORRESPONTDrINTS.) ABERDEE.N. jfIEl MAJESTT'S THEATRE.-Lessee, Mr William Gornersal- 01o)1n lday and Tuesday Caizbeline was staged, Miss Maisey fillsig tile 1sole of Imogene. On Wednesday and Thursday I s,1011t' and The Hunchback7 respectively were announced; ,seI~ilc or Friday we were promised The Love Chase and scenes Fes, The School for Scandal and ...