... STRAND THEATR? An Englieb version, by M~r. C. M. Rae, of t'ne late31C. Edxuond A~bout's comcodiettn,- ~shetti, W5x produced as an introductory piece last eve ang at thi Strand lheatre under the title of Tbe; Sunni Side. The work of adaptation bee been perfernief judiciously andwith care, but, un~fortusnately, we aM compelled to add that the w ork w.as hardly worth the paine which have been ...

... TE? INVENTIONS EX.EIBITION. thie bad weather «on toe moons peelsof e Esbibiti3oss onte opening day, thie,,v a~iaeof thie public last week vwas ear- ?? 13y liturday nigh the total skl s. e Ih short of a und thound. Ilberabe were)oday, 23,A46; Tusdy, 1l,7lO; Wedneedoy, 8,248; Thursday. l3.44~1; E~y I2S9i. On8tuba the vitors 'vet. appa esesidahyitaeoessol Modaiy. This u~as bo o minouneensent that ...

... I OPENN OF e ANTWdRE I h DMITIONO 1. .0 'A.NWE, MAwY 2. The openig of. the Exhibition took plae to. day. The King and Queen, the Count and Countess of Flanders, aad their eldest son arrived *ronm Brussels at 1.-S to-day at the Eastern Terminus. The Mayor presented'an address, and shortly afterwards the Royal criae escorted by the Ide Guards, proceeded to the Exhibition by the new boulevards, ...

... IOPEING OF THE INVENTIONS I i EXHIBITION. . ?? The International Inventions Exhi ?? was ?? yesterday opened in the exact terms of the pro- MO( gramme previously arranged. The doors were COn not open till after 10 o'clock, but within a short Hie space 'of time large crowds had poured in of 1 through the various entrances, and at noon enn there wero probably twelve thousand persons in ?? the ...

... TRE THEATtM1'. IRVING,,, 1'FAPPE.UtNC&' Legal autborities nssure us that An hgliqh theatrical ntuager is absolute Ionarch in his owln house; but practically the nsauggerial fwvmy in pit ?? gallery ?? not extesA far bevord a Mild suneerainty. This truth vts acknowlodged by the late Mr. JVehoster after a resolute atteumpt to intadunee pit and gallry stalls.' whih lrtoke ?? partly be- 'eaust the ...

... .mus'o. THE BICET;ER CONQERTS. These excellent performancess are mn6re than half-way towards the completion of the eleventh season. The fifth concert contained no novellf, but was interesting on account of the variety of the pro- graume, which offerod impurtant examples of differeut periods of German music. First came Brams6's Acs.demio Festival Overture, a work that was earliest played in ...

... I THE INvEnIONS EXEHIITION. As n ;ie a visitor walking from South, af Ketusington Station: yeterday aud through the D . Horticultutd &ycie's grounds must have bean quite unable to believe that the xmbibitioa :mbereidX by Monday next. otbte usual d es~t; i; probf not lbe compete, but in m suoh zatters it genera3ly happens that at the ,t last Ilbur when te prospect seems to be most hopeless, ...

... BER MABJESTY'S THEATRE. Urnder the management of Messrs. Baracohi f and Corti, from the theatre of La Sca in Mau, this house reopened last evening with a spectacular ballet f eutertainment given by a specially imported Italian company. The ballet which is here presented for the c firttinseiscalled Excelsior and under this title I has been played with success not only in Milan, where it was ...

... MILITARY WEAPONS AT THE1 INVENTIONS EXHIBITION I Qn Utonday ?? 23.600 ?? VisiteLl the Iuventious Rlxbibitiou, aid agair yesterday wlyicl the attoudutn1co was also large, the gulS, gro.at and stnuil, axhibited by thb Armys ua Navy rie)artul.ents of the public sorcvie, proved to b; pvobably the nmest popalar of all the sights. Wbile groups of gelntle men studied3 the intricate machinery by which ...

... PAINTINGS ON CHINAo The Tenth Annual Eshibition of Paintings on China by Lady Amateurs andArtists, at Messrs. Howell and James's, is of more than average quality. The improvement in this interesting branch of ceramic art is, however, more apparent among the professional than the amateur exhibitors. Amateurs seem ts be gifted with considerable faculty and originality of de. sign, perhaps more ...

... THE T BEATy. As we have alreadf aanunoed the revival at the Lyceum of Mr. bills'. 'KOlivia which has not been seee on the stage sine its production at the Court Theatre years ago, will take plsce S On Wednesday evening next . Miss Ellen Tarry will then resume what is perhap lher most tl memorable impersonation, Mr. Irving will ap- o l ear for the first time in the character of Tir, rirrirose, ...

... `,U-IDME1 FASIIIONS. As the scisln adivancei fresh noveltios wake h thllt Ir IIIl'iiO l Il tlat,, ?? iln tuoodes of h mt ig in, rlec caivas, lhaien or opeiiworked, on IP wviich theno is sueh a run, is seen in All colours. sl itn miav blue, u nitie ull over :1 cardinal red silk si skirt, It is eft'ective, espevially hel the trinli- sl ulirgs are t iste tllv assortedi to tle prellnIIuer' a (=0e- ...