... AIETY TT ATdiIE . The French operetta season commenced at this houe laest night with M. Lecooq's Li 1ejii Doe. The selection was a wise one, for it was calculated to show the full strength of the Roenaissance Company, now the most important operetta troupe of Paris. Although the work is by no means hackneyed, the public have gained that slight familiarity with it which is 41ways desirable ...

... In his lively book, Black, Boers, and n-ri tish: a Threecornered Problem (Macmillan and Co.), Mr. F. R. Statham mixes up history travel, and'politios in % moit'readablea and in- teresting fashion. Mr. Stthani edited the Natal Wifwem during the period of the Zulu ,war, end his experienee of Su A frica was acquired during a reiidence there of a little' more than three years. He went out with ...

... M UST~c'. *Tile 0econI of tilt series9 of, foiir ?? CQneer'ts ait St. James's Hall toolc ?? 6n Satiii'dflY efiii,, when the programm nlddIwaseiti' ---Beethtovein's triple ,Concerto and Moyiwt' I Iafftider in serenladel- the latte' ltiaving been given, wo beliesve, for We the fnit timo in Loudon. The cosicerto is foew piaxioforte,' Iln viol in1, an) II'iol inoollo. and ?? coniposed at about ...

... ZU.&sw. 3; MESTY'S ThEATM1~E .3ig:non wvas given on Tuesdvy qfo tho AW time here this Beason, the occasion hamving included a repetition of Madame Christina Nilcsou's performance in tlhe title haraoter It was ia 18Q th`t AA Nieson irst sestainaed the part in London on re- pro, duction of the Italian version of the opera during Mr. George Wood'a one Aens At W ?? Theatre. Theun and Qo wany ...

... 14 8 s: O~ IL in the' forthooming fiumbar of the Xineeei7 (?entury is sa Dramatic Monologue by the Poet Shl Laureate. The title of the poem, which is suc ,Despair, dces not belie the nature of its con- aind tents. What Dr. JQetlled in ted lstl gloom Pewraps, .though it,*does not obscure, gre the rollt dkis might linss 1Ik Tennyson e has never been ledbabus, Seldom more tq 1 spowerulnere mr ...

... OLY2W TO THEATRE. Th5s honse has now passed for a short sumaner i3 asoqtinto tbe handstof the well-knawn provincial A dramatic comneny who derive their title from the name ti of the lstD 5Wp1e. Beatrice. For the o0esing perform- tw ae, which took placs last evening, a new five-act W drama-new, that is, $q far as London ie cotcereA-- ti faro the pen at Mr, Frank 1arvey, the popular agtor f- apd ...

... THE FRENCH FESTIVAL AT BRIGRTON. The French musical festival at Brighton was resumed yesterday with much spirit. The brilliant weather which prevaled during thae forenoon helped to give the re-opening of the competitions an additional element of success; and when the societies, headed by their much-prized banners, marched through thc streets to their various rendezvous, their reception was a ...

... OOvwT G9us.-PRho.ADE CON EMST ?? . . .. .. .. ?? - .. ,. , LOJV r ^ ,1AtJA. I\l~fd .-rnan.. n Under the direction of Mr', A. (Iwyllym Crowse I ?? VEzsmo., at S. ?iss Marian Willimw, Mr. Freak Boyle, Nldfle. Yea. 'Thwnaoiff hr Currodus. Mr. 3. I[adehdk, and Wr. Howard Iheynolds. L&ndutor, 11r. A. wyllymn ?? open 7.0; comnmence at S. . IftEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LAN& Sole Iessee and Manager. Mr. ...

... THE ISRAELS EXIIIBITION. A collection of the most important works of Josef Isracis is now to be seen at Mr. M'Lan's Gallery in the Haymarket. Lent for the pur- pose of forming a representative exhibition, the pictures are not ouly interesting as displaying the capacity of the artist but as illustrating his remarkable growth in public estimation. In 1802 M. Israels, then a comparatively little ...

... K011(1d8 is, we undierstand, desirous of )lsviag tilO plrt or tiue Queen in Mr. Erovning's lFt . 'JO iletie dramuatic sketch. called ?? 1,l ,;ony, which -was included in tho twvo ?? of nnisceloiniieois poems first published D ; under the title of en and Women. ; pe iecessgry arrangiements can be zmade the traf p;wco Nvill be played at a mnorning perform- DC, b' Wiven it the St. James's ...

... B1UTNGHAM CATTLE AND POULTRY° I SHOW. I No more convincing proof of tlhe revival of c spirits among the aiuturisits of the ?? could *el h be found than th gepaest inerease in the extant of the o great cattle shows throughout the country. Followleg c the example of Norwich and Leeds within the pt oew C days, the entries at the Birmingham ttle sl 0 Pouitry8bow, which opens to-day in Blugley Hall ...

... FURNITRE EIITION, T'hese who, in deaince of Pun' immortal advie, are , about to marry would enjoy abtve all others a stroll jmt now n the Agri- oultural lISigton, This hard-worked building, which has like stomach for horse shoiU v so, military tournaments, and exhibitions of blind children At work, is occ4- pied for the present by a furniture show of a ra WV. iltt ting Idad, It is called a ...