... &IS. (FROM OURi OWN OO1BRESPON DENTS.) ABERDEEN. ?? Cutecrs is thle only place of amusement opets lire this week, and is doing good business. Thle chief item of thce programme is the production of the fairy spectacle Cinderella, whnich is %wonderfully performed by a host of little children, headed by young members of the Cooke Brothers' fam ilies. The properties no~d dresses are of a unique ...

... TORKSHIRE GALA. AND FLOWER I SHOW.I - - . - This gala and flower show opened yesterday, anJ is to be continued over to-day and to-morrow. The site is the usual one in Bootham, and the pftronuage includes that of the Prince of Wales end ?? Lord Mayor of York. Nearly £700 is giveu in floral prizes, and this amoutit is doubled in the furnishing of amusement and convenience. Th:o entrios of plauts ...

... THE HEREFORD AGRIOULTURAL SHOW. Whether the ?? ecilibitions of this society will prove as financiilly siucesisful as the shows which were foruerly fixed to take piece annually in Hereford Isperihaps doubtful. Certailels- tihe attendmeon at the opening of this year's show at Hay hardly Came 1p to tile carpectations of the wal wishers of the society. As far as the situatioln of the shlow ground ...

... One of tho most important Birmingham industries will be admirably represented at the International lfxlhibition which opens at Mlelbourne in October next, by tho stand of goods whichl hes been prepared by Messrs. J. Cartland anti Son, brassfounders, of (Constitution lBll. Tue stand is four-sided, and occupies a space laft. by lft., and it is 12ft. I high, It is divided into eighteen spanes, ...

... MESSRS. ASH DOWN AND PARRY.---Two patheticand sentimental ballads for the drawing-room are A Life s Regret, written and composed by Herman Merivale and Miss Bliss Wainwright, the compass from F first space to the octave above; and Oh ! Lay Me down to Rest, Mother ! the somewhat morbid words by Augusta Woodley sad the music by J. Pridham.-The admirers of Sidney Smith's florid school will ...

... [ ('he fO ov2iggJ appeared in our Towzi EPIm.oN of Last Wer-c.T At largely increased prices of admission there was a numerous Mad fashionable audience assembled here ?? afternoon to witnessa performance of Shakespeare's charming ?? Ado About Nothing, and of a new and original comedietta entitled Mad, from the p1)0 of Mr E. Rose. In the Shakespearian work the chief interest appeared to be ...

... WE are pleased to hear that arrangements have been made for a speelal perlormanee by the Duteh company on Wednes- day next at Drury-lane Theatre. This will be their final appearances in London. The programme will embrace selec- tions fuly illustrating Dutch costumes and manners, and we would recommend those of our readers who have not yet seen thislingularly clever troupe to take advantage of ...

... There was assembled at St. George's Hall, on the evening of Thursdaylast, a large and fashionable audience interested in the welfare of St. Matthias Schools, Earl's-court, and in the his- trionic efforts of the members of the above Society, the said efforts being intended to enhance the funds of the said Schools, and, of course, to air the acting ability of the amateurs. The ladies and ...

... PU3LJIC A MUSEMENTS, &c. Roal Alexandra Thestre.-Navs.l Cadets. -Prince of Wales Theatre--Csratoh end Toothpick; Cruel Cannon. R, Yal Arnphitheatre.-Delicate Ground; On the jury. Lojunda Theztrc.-Varried auid Buried; a Bird in the -ited is ?? orth Tvwo in the Bush. Queen's Operetta HIouse.-Amnerican Dysteries and Muictul Marcels. New Star Music Hall -Miscellaneous entertainment. ;aunders's ...

... PUBIIC LMUSEMENTS, &o. JToyal Alexandra Theatre.-N asoa Cadets. Wrince on WallesTheatre.-CrUt-1 ands Toothpick; (b'eI Carmen. 2ioyal Amphitheatre.-Peep o' Day. Lotunda Theatre.-Married and Buried; a Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in tbe Bush. St. George's Hall.-Organ Recital by Mr. W. T. Beat. Korninug and Evening. lecture Hall, Mount-pleasnt.--ouctrt by Pupils of Zer. James il Monk. Aftervosos ...

... OPENING OF THE DUNDEE FINE ART 'IIf. EXHIBITION. On Sikturd ay af ternooin, the fourth annual. _exhbitiin, ~theJ.4 f'line arts, wats opened in Dandee by;Mr Robert Hord-; was' maR..The openingeroimony'took place in the tn) th, Gicat Hail of tile Albert Institute, which was filled by G ray at select audience 'of ladies'and geirtleunent. At one E i, o'clock, the chair was takeni by.. ex-Provoslt ...

... JFAY-MARIE AT THE GAIETY. Although there are actors and actresses on the Englisn stage quite as good as if not better than the French comedians, concerning whom so much has been written, still there is a lesson to be learned from the visit of the foreigners to the Gaiety. But it is not a lesson in acting or in stage arrange- ments. We do not need to copy a system which gives such an ...