... PROVINCIAL TIIEATRICMLS. MADA -P -W I^ U A .Dt (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) on ~~ABERDEEN. S- HER MAJEsTY's T1IEATRi.-L-eoe, Mr W. M'Farland; AdGeneral Manager, Mr John Cavauahr.-Mr M'Farland is scoring a great success thi, week, the attraction boing Mr J. W. Turner anid his English opera company. 'The houses are Ig crammed nightly with the lirte of the city, and the perforni- isances of The ...

... SATURDAY POPULAR CONCERTS, ?? . . ?? -_ - .!_Lt7 ?? The eighth season of the Bristol Musical Associa- tion commenced with the 57th concert on Saturday night, at the large Colston hall, and will be continued on much the same lines as hitherto, the only change requiring notice being that Canoa Ainger succeeds the Rev Dr Percival as president. The honorary conductor, Mr George Gordon, has a band ...

... ITALIAN OPEBRA AT THE GRAND THEATRE. IL TROVATORE. di :When Mr Augustus Earris detemined not to tb give -La Traviata this week, we could have i wished that he had chosen one or other of the cc grand oneras least frequently performed. Boito's ' ,Mephitophele Jay to his hand, and has t !already been protdaced by his company. Wag- tb ner as 'Lohengria is another opera too seldom T .heard. ...

... ALL WOBTS F.SFAVED. A NOVEL, By ADELINE SERGEANT, Author urf JACOax's WIFn, No SAINT, JUST IN Tims, do. *CHAPTER XXXIL Tiur OTHEE LEsrxsa. Tre other letter-the one Marjorie brought-is with it, said Erica. Don't look at them now; wait till I have gone. Have you read this second letter carefully T I have not read itat all, I glanced at the beginning and theend. Itis nO Use. Wbat ...

... SOsIE POETS.* MR. GEORGE BARLOW is to be congratulated on having produced a good fat epic in five books without the strain and travail which drove Carlyle to declare that no man can write a book without making himself ill. If the author of T he Pageant of Life is not in robust health it is certainly not tbe fault of his work, which is obviously a collection of occasional poems, parcelled ...

... HER .A ,MAJESTY'S THEATE'. AIARI TANA. Owinrg to the illness of Mr Turner another performance of Vincent Wallace's Malaritna was substituted last night for that of Auber's Fra Diavoln. Considerable disappuiitmeot, no coubt, must have been felt at tlie indis- position oS the favouritC artiste, and cuMer 11 It I changre in the programmle; yet thlis i' LI :l' t affect the numbers present ...

... A BALLAD OF TLOODHOUNDS. Sha'l Jack the Ripper's arts aail t Yub.r' Sc otland-yard for. oon!l ? Quci-';-on the hlying nluref 5 irajl Ite hiocrindl Tra \here er hc sei.k in hln : Or thbro.jh tie stre'-s:, ii: ?? I, Charles, nih si A.: \NV i ..I tai i . U: i u. Tis l.ows ScIn 0! ...

... CHAPTER V. A BLOODn1(UND OF 'JiHE LAW. All the lonlday morning's papers ?? copy of Costelloe's disappearance, and the Daily 7Teic- ',1-r~t,61 had a sensational leader on the subject, the in iS enious id i.enuolis Writer of Whlich succeeded ill compressing into a column and a quarter all thalt he knew of strangie disappearances in general, rcfcriing to o'd recoi ds, and assumling that the ?? ...

... |HEART. A-ND- XOME..j BY A. LADY CONTRIBUTOR. Thle inaugural thddlxk of the Manchester branch of Tb the Teachers' Guild, hiq4a in Ow~ens College, muht be Hlost pronounced a gre1a~t~00e5 'cordtiality towards the liVeI3 scheme was alhosvi. by sepakers connected with ~widely formi different departments :pt.ednceatio'n, and by others who have are not teachers then ilus. but may be saldto repre- ...

... MESSRS. RODMIAN & CO.'S EXHIBITION 1 ITe must be acknowledged that, for whatever ap- preciation of pictorial prt exists in this community at present, Messrs. Rodman & Co. are in a large measure responsible. Previous to the establish- ment of the annual exhibition at their gallery in Donegall Place the people of this neighbourhood had only the rarest opportunities of seeing a good modern ...

... rCUUWA~OPEATA THE OPIR THE&T=E , A for ?? r4f ev ns ,ho ic..«r th. o~ao . ropeeaptatic at h ,Gxad SbatS& this week, had £ied t GOCned's Fus VAJfor te utu ef Go .O B 44ait , insjed .of thespr actuallyhosen, hesoc 1Um shin ?? managerial instiaot ]eOl 41th t4a. The work which ftt L Te:xepwation- of Gounod, apart fNM ?? .d jasticat auao, was produced last ng , d&ip- pmaybe describih j goberness ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEXENTS. GAIETY TiEATRE. On Monday Miss Sophie Eyre put on in front of the romantic drama of She a new farce, entitled The Spotted Lion. This is the name of an inn at which Sir Charles Grey and his wife, Lady Clara Grey, take refuge on a journey northwards. The inn has been doing but poor business, and the bribe of a £10 note obtains from Punchewi and his wife, the quarrelsome ...