... LS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRCESPONDrNTS.) A OCRBINGT'ON. PRiNeo's TnEATRE.-Closed. ALDEfRSHBOT. CAVALRY TiiEATnr.-Excellent performances have been given here by the ilamsdale fanily. During the past week wo sketches have bees capitally played-/ac [Jivce ira Ore and The Sqarife The former production proved most laughable, the part of landlord being capitally sustained by Boss Fisher;' whilst that of ...

... MADAME AIIDA S A New and Original Drama, in Five Acts, by Philip Beck and Fergus Hu1me, Played for the First Time at Theatre loyal, Stratford, E., on Saturday, July 7th, 1888. Gaston Vandeloup . Mr PunurL BECK Archibald M'ntcosh . Mr G,. W. INNS Randolph Villiers ?? le W, L. ABINGDON Slivers ?? THala. rYNX Slivers . Mr C11Ss Scrs Dr. Gollieck ?? Mr W. LInDorT Pierre Limaire ?? Ar K. LrIen. ...

... Wit noticed with surprise and regret the lines about 'Tottie at the theatre which had been allowed to remain in the second act of Ran TVild, and which were spoken by Mr Eversfield at the Strand on Saturday might in the character of Dick parker. The fact that one house in London may have been noted for dis- ereditable stage-door assignations is no excuse for an allusion of this sort, and one ...

... In TriaiA the Barrel Organ ' grinds out the following parody of Macaulay. apropos of Admh-iralty disorganization Kight sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Sect' night as in our land again let's hope shall never be For from Land's End to Bcrwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford fay, Tlhe tine of slumber was as bright and busy as the day. For swift to north and swift to east the ...

... TO-NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMNENTS ROYAL ITALIANT OPEIRA, COVZN-r GARDSE'4. ILSEVEN IN'C. at 3 3, 10 NI iEI)W (\ I 1, i, .stA 3o (0'iNi'Nt ?? ON . lvld,,w Allia ii, ?? IIsir.. D 1 AL d- ?? A. Edu~a,udci oRI, ?? ?? N.,avao.i and NI. *]Carl aU 11AYVI1ARKEI' THIs.ATRZ. (Les,,eext:d Masi',\r. 11.BiesloT:,. LA\ST FIVE, NiGLUJI`'. nI'I. ' UI ).IPADOUR I, ?? ?? Wl t.Ls . Nr,zeV GRUNDY'. ',rO NIGHY1 at 8,jo. ...

... TO-NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT GARDEN. THIS (Thiridoy) EVFNING, at S.o, GOL NOU S hAUSI' ('lt tilme). Mdrne. Albani (her last appearatce), MNdtile. S .;dcli; M1M. Jeui de Reszkc, EI9.i ard de Rcszke, and D'Andrade. Last Night of the Season, S VlTUR1)YV, July 2t, at 8o, MaicV:leila a Ll.S HTUG- NOt s Mdme Nardica, Mdille.Ela Eacil, EMdin e. S a'chi, Mi!ie. ?? FI I. ...

... 21. RENAN'S HISTOR Y OF ISRAEL.* ONE may suppose M. Renan anxious to show that his German neighbours have not a monopoly of the higher criticism, and that a French intellect also can use with ingenuity and effect the arts of destruction and con- struction in the domain of history. It must be allowed that he has achieved no small measure of success. He presents us with a conception of Hebrew ...

... TO.NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENTS ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, TlIlS (Mionday) EVENING, at S.o, Gri) NOD)5 FAUST1. Mdme. Albani, Aldlle. Bauermekiter, and Madme. S. ilchi; MAM3. Las-allc, Edoselrd de ?? De Vaschetti, and MI. Jean de Ros^k;d. TO-.MC)OIX.0V fTue~dav), In~y to, at p.31 VE;.,rt' IL 'I ROi'Al'ORl Mdme. Fursch-Madi, MlIlle. Biaoerrnnister, Aldlne. Scalchi; Si~nori D'Andrade. Nasarn ...

... pool City Council, the question of the inspection of the theatres was raised in connection with a proposal that 100 guineas be granted to Mr Shelmerdine, the Corpora- tion surveyor, and sixty guineas to Mr Dunscombe, city engineer, for their services in connection with the inspection of the theatres. Sir James Picton said the subject of the safety of our theatres, and the protection of the ...

... IFME IESUE nxHIliON. If tho Pasba in ,,lotben coula be suddenly transported ?? Rooms, Baker-etrect, he would, unless he should imagine himself in a hbali tationofjins, be able to;ad an epithet to bl famous phrasedesorrptive bot westerncivilisation. The,5s8nS which the rooms present is certainly novel and striking. Xrom the glass light in the roof of one of the rooms, a visitorwil see. sen ...

... T xho Ilrish i Ehibition. Tifl four days' Fancy Fair to bo opened at Olympia te-day marks the true beginning of the Irish L'xibitiou. Irish ladies of representative posi- a tion in society, art, and letters will act as stall- it Ieepers, and their generous co-operation should tf give the Exhibition exaotly the stimulus it WltUts. The Fair is to promote the sale of 3saeon's worlk-chiefy of that ...

... 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 ...