... SOUTH LONDON PALACE. Mn. CHARLES POOLE'S IBENEFIT.-The vast lall in the Lon- don-road was, on Tuesday cvening last, crowded to the doors the occasion being the fifth annual benefit of Mr Charles Poole, the Acting-Manager, whose invariable courtesy has gained for him a host of friends asnd well-wishlers. The stage was placed under the experienced direction of Messrs A. Maynard and T. Holmes, ...

... * CAPTAIN COLVILE is apparently one of that numerous and rather useful class of Guardsmen who utilize their tolerably frequent leave by exploring all sorts of out-of-the-way countries, not without a view to other things besides sport and adventure. The country in which the expedition recorded in this volume took place is a very out-of-the-way one, though it is not much farther from London than ...

... Signor Tito AMattei, the popular pianist, gave a morning concert on Tuesday at St. George's Hall, which was well filled. Signor Mattei, whose skill as a composer has added to his reputation as a pianist, introduced some graceful composi- tions of his own both vocal and instrumental. One was an elegant melody for the Pianoforte entitled Peine de Cceur, and another was a waltz in the bravura ...

... T'Ir HANDEL FESTIVAL..--That the triennial assembly of amateurs and musicians in honour of the grand Saxon musician who (with brief intervals of absence) made England his country and London his reside ...

... i T'llE IEACONSF I ELID IPET-8CENE j IN A TBEA.'ATRE. [[SUJtECT O ILLUSTRAT'ION.]' Toif Dnl-lin Fireemali, under the hen ding Politics in iL Ti earle, pnblishes the following :- On Saturday nighi, in the Grdifon Theatre, shori ly after the per. floinmlue commenced, a male singer camon out nied s:tveg a song,, tile concluding ?? of which prmisedi I hir Cl ?? and censtired Lord Beaconsfield. ...

... Everything was in favour, of the performance on Monday last. The weather was magnificent, the Isrincipal vocalists were in splendid voice, and tle chorus and orchestra, familiar with every note of The Messiah, went through the score with the greatest animation and zeal. it was a labour of love to all concerned, from Sir Micbael Costa to the last chorister in Ihe corner under the lofty roof of ...

... The fifth and last of the series was given on Saturday afternoon, at St. James's Hall, -when the programme was ample extent and varied in interest. The symphony that entitled Harold Italie, one of the most elaborate and most interesting of Berlioz's productions—and one which have more than once spoken in detail. It was effectived? bv the line baud, led bv Mr. - (lie important viola obbligato ...

... ?? fdi)v'k/ alpared ;n our To-I EDITON ot Last Week.) tin Saotulsty, Tune 10ti, Verdi's Olera LA F0i5ZA DEL DESTINO. ox ?? CASiIA5101 oi alo ?? (bAsASI l';u li.tsfll . - Signor DE PFLiNTS 'im ardill- ?? HIerr BEHRiENS resildl. M Madame TR1IVEBWI sseara de V 'argas - alame MASiE LOUISE SWIFT (First Appearance is. England) -Wis no' i1irnlh produced at Her Majesty's Theatre, June 22d, -i, 's ...

... In the Second Div~sion of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, before Lords Ormidale, Gifford, and Young, was heard the case of James Brown Howard and Others v. Thomas Scott and Others. This was the action between the rentallers and the Lessees of the Edinburgh Theatre Royal. It came before their Lordships on reclaiming note against the jusdgment of Lord Curriehill (Ordinary). The ...

... YVe following appeared in ous TOwN EDITION of Last Weele.] On Saturday, June 19th, the Colmedy, in Three Acts, entitled FALSE SHAME, by FPinlck Marshall. Lord Chilton ?? Mr CHARLES SUoetDN Ernest Bragleigh ?? Mr 11. M. PTrT Colonel Howard ?? ir CIARsrs GaovEs Earl Dashington ?? r GEORGE CANEINGE Percy gray ?? Mr H. HAMILTON Hon. Charles Ewart ?? r C. RALEIG1H Philip ?? M Mr F. IRviNq ...

... Fi-ENCII SEASON AT THIE GAIETY. 0 olodaw, Jima jil.t, at Eight c'aIubl, 1LA CAGNOTTM. Comedy in Five Acts, by A111. E. Labiehe and A. Delaceur. ?? CEOFFROY Cordeniheis ?? 1. LisIEvITce Collsdan ?? CALVIN' ?? .. PF.tLieats Sylvsin ?? RADIOND ?? I I. NnecTr Felix ?? .. NM Bejlfliln ?? M'fnILt Joseph ?? PAUL, Uo Agenlt ?? l FeaRDStAND ?? Alie. NIATlIttIs 'rTe a'dvent of, tile ralisi Royal ...

... c INDIA N FAIR Y TALES. * -IN more respects than one this is a very remarkable and interesting little book. Without any knowledge of the circumstances under which it was produced, any one at all familiar with the subject would perceive almost at a glance that he had before him a genuine and unsophisticated con- -tribution to the literature of what is now generally known as folk- lore. This ...