... 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 ...

... TtE HANDEL FESTIVAL, Thi5 triennial festival at the Crystal Falacee had an auspicious commeitoement or Mtutday with an attendance totailing 22,522, a result that justifies the directorate in ad- hering to Messiah as thae first day's prO- gramme at this musical gathering Probably scarcely a week passes without the sacred oratorio as Handel himself expressly desig- nated it, being'performed in ...

... PU BLIC AMUSEMENTS. A ATXAXRET THEATREn. A1Kn Sl1wAns. Am.- ft. UngeeoOB5rT31eS OLOBE T'HEATRE. .,Booties, Baby. 'VERY eovenin, at .49. a e010 raae Tl;D4 SIT ANAB ItS t'rit;ten ilA ZAN lMoo, nod ?? iyneidental mwaliploaond on John Strangeo Wiuter's popular (Byox~ein~l perinicci ter. toreco ed by, at 7.43. now Storh Feo cast Sea draitCO I bUR§ Cot inly by J P flurne 'rt. O .U Doom operapn 73 ...

... LIT] R JIhY MAGAZINES. Aanonymous article in the Fortblightl A't keep up the scare of -England in ?? k he ?? atete of local ?? avail in the day sseo or vvant of navai strength enables an aseeY tou sweep our commerce from the sea asl ord G;eorge ?? admitted oi~ well happ en ? What will it avail us :-e ainh ivaeug army treads English gr d 9 If the wuglish people really want 1 IroiO Europe a5 5 ...

... LAST NIGET'S THEAT3ICALS. S STRAND THEATRBE. Run Wild, the new domestic comedy, in three acts, produced by Mr. Edouin on the reopening of this bright and merry house, after a short recess, is a prettily written little play, in Nvbich real life is depicted very much as it May be seen in any English middle- class household, its lines running on such plays as Our Boys and TheLittle ...

... PEACO ? Oh, ye false and foolish prophets, will your babbling never cease, As, with e ond reiteration, still ye feebly prate of peace? Hear ye not the pregnant accents from far Canaan's mystic sward ?- Think not I come to give you peace; behold, I bring a sword!I Shall Justice sheathe her falchiou?-shall she stay her strife 'gaiust ill? Peace, p-uce ye cry; there is no peace while evil ...

... STRAND. Run Wild, a drama by E. Coffin, justifies its title in being straggling and without definite purpose, so far as can be perceived from the dialogue and action at certain points. The main idea of the story is, however, by no means wanting in theatrical effec- tiveness. A worthy manufacturer to whose gene- rosity an appeal is never made in vain has married a scion of the aristocracy in ...

... PRINCE OF WALES' THEATRE. Four afternoon performances at this theatre in one week speaks well for its popularity with the givers- or, rather, takers-of benefits, and the producers of new or revived plays, out of the pale, for the nonce, of the evening bills. Mr. Bracey took a benefit here on Monday, with a miscellaneous programme. Miss Amy Roselle and her husband, Mr. Arthur Dacre, revived ...

... REVIEWS OF BOOxS. GOOD Wopns IsbRisteS, Jd.at e-hil- The Weaker Vessel, a serial tale, by Msi: D. C. Murray, has reachbd its twenty-sixth chapter, and proives a very entertaining story, i'ema'rkably well told. Thb Dean of Glou- cester, Dr. Spence, contributes a highly- Mnterestincg paper cinncerniug the cathedral church uid's his charge; and Dr. Cameron Lces tells of his experiences on a ...

... (From llZoonsane.) 1REAL H AEn-SHEIPS.-Iron-clads. SEOltr CorMmoS.-A Parliamentary count out. TEE LATEST 2FOM LOLDOIo.-The midnight express. TEE discoveriesof Iferschell. For the verv latest of them vide the Metropolitan Board 6f Works inquiry. (From Fhnnp Ablks.) FLASH NoTmE.-Peals of thunder. A TUL Oy A FOREI(N LUNiD.-A China- man's. A SYsTEM TEAT IS TERRMBLY OUT OF OREDoR- The Sweating ...

... REVIVAL OF THE SUNDAY CONCERTS AT I 11 . THE ASTON LOWER GROUNDS. When, on Christmas Day, the series of Sunday concerts at the Aston Lower Grounds was brought to a somewhat abrupt termination through the action of the Lord's Day Observance Society, it was thought that the matter had been settled for ever. The obsolete Act which gave Dr. Gritton authority to abolish Sunday amusements wherever a ...

... FASHION AND VABRIIES. Colonel Fitzgerald arrived at Kingstown yesterday forom England. Major Bence Lamtbert arrived at Kings- town yesterday from England. The Ron Mrs Algernon Perse has arrived at Xingt0owa from England. Sir W and Lady Butler have arrived at Kingstown from England. Major Capper has arrived at Kingstown from EDngland. Major and Mrs Eustace Jameson have ar- rived at Khiastown ...