... NEWTON'S ESSAYS ON ART AND ARCZHE OLOGY. * - Tis volume before us is made up, as in its brief preface we are reminded, of essays originally published at intervals ranging over a period of thirty years. These essays vary in their style and method as much as in the date and circumstances of their origin. Some are intended for the general and some more particularly for the learned reader. One, ...

... WEEKES'S LECTURES ON ART. Lecres on ZArt. Delivered at the Royal Academy by Henry Weekes, R. A,, Professor of Sculpture, &c. London: Bickers and Son. The question as to whether artists are themselves the best exponents or critics of the particular branch of art they professionally study and practise has not, up to the present, received a conclusive and definite answer. There can be no doubt ...

... Lessees and Manager*. -Nlr. and Mrs. Bancroft. THIS at 8.30, T. W. Robertson's Comedy, SCHOOL. Messrs. A-Cecil, H. B.Conway, F. Robertson, Kejuble, a:id Mr. Bancroft ; Miss Marion Terry, Cimuuige, and Mrs. Buucrolt.—At CUT OFF WITH A SHILLING. Mi*. Brook Held. ...

... (2hcJollowbtu appeared in our Tows EDITION ot Last Week.) On Saturday Afternoon, Juoe 5th (for the first time), a New Original Comedy-Dramua, in One Act, by A. W. Pinero, entitled HEFSTER'S MY~STERY. Mr Owen Silverdale (of Silverdale's) Academy for Young Ladies) ?? Mr H. WEsr.AsND John Royle ?? ?? I JosEPH CARNE Joel (a Farm Labourer) ?? r G. SnELTON Nance Butterworth (a Widow) ?? Miss ...

... X' ROYALTV. ' last night re-opened, under the man- aIgeluez,6 of Miss Kate Lawler. a young ladly whose histrionic talents are clietitiv known iln Londou by her vivacious performance ill the falce of Stage trtack at the Gaiety theatre. The eniageress appears to rely upou modern comedy and burlesque, but has not hazarded the production of novelty, the pieces selected for the inauguration of her ...

... I) HEInr I am, sitting back in my favourite arm-chair, a-smoking my fav.ourite churchwardEn, listening to Spog making some of his favourite quotat ons, and wonduring what the Juipitcr to chat aw-out this week. EveryhbiDg seems done, and nothing doing. V; e have some rain, and the crops are lookilng up. Home Secretary Harcourt lias spoken, and Waterworks' shares are looking down. Fhis Derby's ...

... FIDELIO AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ti E announcement that a singer new to England was to appear in the part of Lecnora in Beethoven's opera could not fail to arouse interest. The selection of such a part for a first appearance before a new audience argues at least a high and serious aim on the part of the singer who selects it. The adequate representation of the part is in fact, by common ...

... AILe STORY OF ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR. A DENT words may not be out of place concerning the great actress and chirr woman whom Scribe made the chief character of the drama row often played in London by the French company at the Gaiety Theatre. Scribe's departure from the truth of history is not perhaps above the average in such cases; but his play is unsatisfactory and even somewhat repulsive to ...

... MR. BRET HARTErS LECTURE. Mr Bret Harte, the distinguished Californian author, whose tales and sketches of the gold-mines and whimsical poems have afforded so much delight to thousands of readers in this country as well as throughout the United States, gave a lecture at Steinway Hall on Monday evening, under the title of The Argonauts of '49. No other author has drawn with such force and ...

... (FeOeI OUR OWN COISRESPONDENT.) NENV YORK, JUNE 12.-The most auspicious event, as regards the ensuing theatrical season in Amelica, is the unex- pected nomination of General Garfield by the Republicans for president, instead of General Grant, who, it was universally believed would be the nominee. It is scarcely the place here to discuss the causes of his defeat before the nominating Con- ...

... Miss Mary Chatterton gave a harp recital on Wednesday evening, and was honoured with the attendance of a large and fashionable audience almost overflowing the little Langham Hall, where the concert was given. Miss Chatterton (a pupil of Mr Frederick Chatterton} does credit to her skilful teacher. In a fantasia, composed by Mr Balsir Chatterton, which was the opening item of the programme, the ...

... I E On Saturday evening, the Rth inst., an exciting and unre- hearsed scene was enacted in the wooden building known as the Theatre of Varieties, Bolton. In consequence of the depression in trade the prices of admission have been reduced to the nominal charge of from one penny to fourpence, and, as there is a theatrical licence during the last few weeks, a dramatic company has been producing ...