... TEE LONDON PAVILION. Mr EdAwin Villiers offers to the patrons of this popular music hall, who are not to be numbered by any ordinary standard, a programme which it would be difficult to excel ; and he is to be warmly congratulated upon the entertainment pre- aented here, which affords most ample testimony of his enter- prise as a speculator and his tact as a manager. To include in the ...

... INNOCENTS ABROAD. (FROAM OUR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.) The names of blr J. F. M'Ardle, a popular author in connec- tion with all that is lively and entertaining, and ir WV. R. Jude, a musical composer with more than local fame, were suf- ficent to stir an amount of interest in the first performance of the new operetta entitled Innocents Abroad; or, Going Over to Rome, which has not been ...

... TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The second cycle of the Nibelungen Ring concludled on TueF- day last at Her Majesty's Theatre with the expected result that the audiences were smaller than at the first series. The prices charged were, in fact, very high, when it is remembered that the performnance could only be regarded as an experiment. There are other works of Wagner which have been already accepted ...

... THBE DRAMAM IN AMERICA. (iROoM uR OWN CORREOPUNDI~'. NEW YORK, MAY 13, 18p2.e-The last two weeks have been filled with openings and revivals for the sumner season, very few of which, however, have proved to possess any interest or value. Last week (Monday) Miss EugeniLerand, the young lady who is announced here as Mrs Kvrle-Bellew, appeared at the Union-square Theatre, which she had hired for ...

... In the Chancery Court on Saturday last, before MIr Justice Ford North, was heard the action Chappell v. Boosey. This was ademurrerof the plaintiff to the statement of defence by the defendant, and the question was one as to the copyright of a popular song entitled the Bellringer. The action. was at the instance of Chappell and Company, musical publishers, and the defendant was Mr John Boosey ...

... THE VIENNA THEATBE DISASTER. On the resumption of the proceedings on the 4th inst. in the Ring Theatre fire inquiry the witnesses examined were almost exclusively policemen. The manner in which members of the force have hitherto given their evidence has been so unsatis- factory that the Crown prosecuting counsel proposed that no further witnesses of this class should be sworn. One of ...

... The weather on Saturday last was inclement enough to dis- hearten the most energetic lessee, but fortunately the chief attraction of the day was not out of doors, and, therefore, the visitors who screwed up their courage to face the elements were rewarded with an interesting performance of the sacred cantata Placida, the Christian eMartyr, a work of considerable impor- tance, composed some ...

... No man has shown so keen an appreciation of the dioramic necessities of the drama as Shakespeare has done. That we have a plot interwoven scene with scene, and act with act, until the story is told, the same being narrated, too, with a clearness and completeness that is apparent in nearly all of our great poet's plays, does not serve at all as a statement that can qualify our opening one. ...

... FUN ON THEI BRISTOL. For .thc First Timc in Englaud, at the Theatre Rloy t, Mallchertcr, Oin lombdy, May 15th. a N (FROM OUli OWN CORRE8PONDENT.) Vpidw OT'rin ?? ?? Mr JOuN F. SHERIDAN Dora .iss CARsIE DANIELs Nova ?? ?? ?? .. ?? !Wf' !.IVI; EVANS ?? i-'i pi 111V1X^.,'iT0N Fd,- wv~s B ...

... ' ABOVE SUSPICION AT YORK. ?? .. . (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) On Friday, lay 19th, for the First Time on anyStare, the New and Original Drama ABOVE SUSPICION, by George Capel. Matthew Goldirai . ?? Mr GOoRas CAVE, Frank Rloyton . ?? Mr J. W. HANDLEY Sam Strutt . ?? I ?? Mr VICTOR STevesS Sparks ?? ?? Mr FRANK MARRYAT Al aior Hartley .Mr ARTHUR FENWIREE Mir Fixiny ?? LEoNARD T. DAwsoN ...

... A meeting was held on Monday afternoon at the Lyceum Theatre, under the presidency of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, to con- sider the proposal for establishing a School of Dramatic Art in London. The following is the list of those present at the meeting :-Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, the Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort, the Countess of Wharneliffe, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, the Hon. ...

... London, now to be seen at its best, is at this time more visited by strangers than at any other period of the year, and to provide special novelties at the end of Blay for those who come up to town to see the Derby and enjoy the many amuse- ments afforded by the capital would be, as all theatrical managers are well aware, useless expenditure of energy. The notable events of the week arc not ...