... RvOSSINIS GUILLAUME TELL. Rossini's serious masterpiece, G uillauoe Tell, was revived at theb Royal Italian Opera on Thursday, partly, no doubt, for tho sake of M. Lassalle, who won in Paris so high a reputation for his dramatic rendering of the oharacter of the groat (or, as some now pretend, the mythical) Swiss patriot; partly in order to employ the special chorus in the celebrated ...

... Manny changes are now taking place in the metro- politan programmes. The LYCEUMI and TOOLE'S will close this evening (Saturday). Madame Bernhardt is, however, to appear at the former theatre on Monday, in La Tosca; anti at the other Mr Lionel Brough opens in The Paperchase. The last nights are announced of Ben-ip?/-Chree at the PrINCcESS'S. Taming of the Shrew at the GAIETY is only to be ...

... THE KEEPSAKE. Three-act play, from the French, adapted by Mr Clinton Stuart, produced at the Madison-square Theatre, July 2d, 1888. General De Prefond ?? Mr F. C. BANGs Capt. PhilippedeCarlmont. Mr E. H. VANSERFELT Robert Lambertin ?? Mr WALDIN RsMSrY Jules Leroy ?? Mr F&aNrh WESTON Max Bernardet ?? r HARRY EYTINGE Pierre ?? Mr JOHN FIxNLAY Jacques ?? M Mr HARRY HOGAN Marcelle De Prefond ?? ...

... BUSY BEES A.D.C. A dramatic entertainment was provided at the Novelty Theatre on the 12th inst., avowedly in support of the funds of St. Mary's Hospital, but really to give Miss Octavia Kenmore an opportunity of making her first appearancein London, supported bythe members of the well-known amateur dramatic club named above. In this instance charity was once more made the excuse for the ...

... On Wednesday, in the Westminster County Court, the action B~anstead v. Harris came on for hearing before re Judge Bayley. The plaintiff claimed of the defendant, it' Mr Augustus Harris, the sumn of PI as damages for not it' being allowed to take his seat in the amnphitheatre stalls of of Covent-garden Theatre. Plaintiff conducted his own it case, and Mr Longstaff, barrister, appeared for the ...

... TASIIION AND VARLEIES. Captain Riall has left Kingstown for Eng. land. The Rigrht Rev bishop M'Evily has left Rfingstown for England. Sir Howard Grubb, F R S, has left Kings- town for England. Sir Percy and Lady Grace arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. Sir T Milner artived at Kingstown yester- day from England. Sir John M'Kerlie and Miss M'Kerlie ar- rived at Kingstown yesterday ...

... 1'AIS11ION AND VARIETIES. I + t or ci Oroctsre arrived at Kin-gstown I. antudn and Mrs NV H Irvine and famlily urare '4 at Xinf tgtolvn ?? fromt England. t 'to Jt;Ci:!rnd Staucy, Bishop of sai!,. U ur;ti arvived at ls-agstosA yesiterdav fro nt Cap'l ti~ George Quinnti has left K&trgstewarn for Log luznd.] Dr IJ M'We'noev, sur?aiual AssistaLnt .0ater MiE-ricord0i,e llsiioejt, w5ii Meidical ...

... KAGAZINES 103 TIHU MONTH1. The NationalReview,-The Countess of Jorsey, who is a frequent contributor to this Magazine, describes the past and present of the mines of Saurimu, the load and silver mines of Attica, In tlhese ni ies for 800 yoers I5,000 slavos worked in fetters; many of thum wore their chaiis even in death, as is proved by the fettered skeletons found by the free labourers wiho ...

... THE ROYAL COUNTIES' AGRICULTURAL I-SHOW. - This show was held ut Bournemouth on Tuesday, Vedncsday, and Thursday in last %veek, when, not- withstanding the rather unpropitious state of the veather, it was fairly successful. The place of hotnour in the catalogue was given to the sheep classes on this occasion. These, as a rule, were large and well filled, involving iiuch discrimina. tion on the ...

... THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S * I SHOW AT NOTTINGHAM, I Although there was a smart shower on MondaY afternoon, the weather was on the whole very favour able for the opening day of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Nottingham. In these circumstances the attendance was good, and above that at either New- castle last year or Norwich il. 1886, The attendance altogether was about o000. ...

... A GERMA?N VIP, W OF THE UX HIBITIO:N. In a long and eulogistic article on the Glasgow |OV 11terVlnational ExhibitisJO tbe C1ograe Ga-efe to Iof ?? that - '1 asgow p:eseuts to th publean to Ei:xribition of colcnlinroinl, inldustrial, scientific, f a: sand artistic objects surpassed oesly by the great i31t LoleL Exhlibition in 1562, Glasgow does not wb poesezis tlie picturesque charmis which ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEM&NTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPBERA Another important addition to the list of grand operas marking Mr. Augustus Harris's first season at Covent Garden theatre was made on Monday by the production of I? Flaeto .faqico. The opera written in the last year of Mozart's life by which, with Don Giovanni and Le 2Vozze di Figaro, his genius is represented on the stage of this country, requiresa ...