Public Amusements.

THEATRE ROYAL , DRURY LANE . The performances here during the past week have consisted of " The Hunchback , " " Faust , " " The Lady of Lyons , " "As You Like It , " and " Katherine and Petruchio . " Mr . Chatterton bas announced that it will be impossible for "Faust" to be performed

after Wednesday next , the 19 th inst . Monday next is the night of Mr . Montgomery ' s benefit , Avhen " Hamlet " will be performed . The Christmas pantomime announced for Boxing-nig ht is entitled " Number Nip ; or , Harlequin and [ the Gnome-King of thev Giant Mountain , " AA'ith new and characteristic scenery b y Mr . "William Beverley .

THEATRE ROYAL , HAYMARKET . Monday next is announced to be the benefit night of Mr . George Turpin , Box Book Keeper . The performances to consist of the comedy of " A Game of Speculation , " after which the comedietta of "A Comical Countess , " followed by the farce of "Box

and Cox . " ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE . To-day concludes the representations of the " Long Strike . " The forthcoming attraction is announced to be "Rouge et Noir , " which is stated to be an adaptation by Mr . Leslie of the French , drama already known on the English stage as " Thirty Years of a Gambler ' s Wife . "

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE . Mr . Charles Dickon ' s "Barnaby Rudge , " as adapted to the stage of this theatre , has been continued here during the past week , preceded by " The Mistress of the Mill . " We understand a Christmas piece , in the shape of a new burlesque , is in course

of preparation for Mrs ' . John Wood . ST . JAMES ' S THEATRE . Under the able management of Miss Herbert , Mr . Boucicault'sneAv drama of "Hunted Down , " or the two lives of Mary Leigh , continues to draw a full house .

Mr . Boucicault is fortunate in having , iu Miss Herbert , such a powerful and effectual personator of this vigorous drama .

FiOYiL OLYMPIC THEATRE . Wilkie Collins ' s drama of "The Frozen Deep" is still the leading attraction here . HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL . Mr . Boucicault ' s drama of " Flying Scud "

continues to be represented here with great success . The manager , Mr . Sefton Parry , appears in the farce of " Family Jars . " THEATRE ROYAL , ASTLEY'S . Mr . W . H . C . Nation announces that the present

series of representations , which have been so enthusiastically received of " The Golden Dustman " and the burlesque of " Atalanta" must cease on Monday next , to alloAV of the necessary preparations for one of the grand Christmas pantomimes with Avhich the name of Astley ' s has been so long identified .

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . The Christmas attraction promised here is a new and original historical burlesque extravaganza by F . C . Burnand , Esq ., entitled " Guy FaAvkes " . " SADLER'S WELLS .

The attractions here during the past week have been of a most diversified character . The directress , Miss Marriott , has borne the brunt of the work , and Avon the praise most deservedly Avhich . has been bestowed upon her . The pantomime announced here for Christmas is founded upon one of the Countess

D'Aulnay's celebrated fairy tales , entitled "The Golden Cask ! the Princess ! and the Pageant 1 or Harlequin Queen Grumble . "

COVENT GARDEN . The Christinas pantomime announced here under the management of Mr . Alfred Mellon is entitled "Ali Baba , and the Forty Thieves ; or Harlequin and the Geni of the Arabian Nights . " The pantomime is to be preceded by a new comic operetta called "

Terrible Hymen . " PRINCE OF WALES' THEATRE . Miss Marie Wilton ' s management continues to go on most success full }' . The comedy of " Ours , " by Mr . J . W . Robertsonand Mr . IL J . Byron ' s new

, burlesque , "Der Freichutz ; or the Bill , the Belle , and the Ball , " have met with a most cordial reception on the part of an appreciative audience , though the pieces have been represented now for the fourteenth Aveek , they still retain their attractiveness .

THEATRE ROYAL , MARYLEBONE . Mr . James Anderson has been received here most Aveleomely by the frequenters of this fashionable suburban theatre . If Mr . Anderson deserves praise for the admirable manner , in Avhich he performed in the characters of Macbeth , Othello , Iiujomar , ana Hamlet .

Still more does he deserve Avarm commendation for the effectiveness of his playing in "The Scottish Chiefs . " His impersonation of Wallace is grand . Mr . Anderson Avas supported in his Shaksperian representations by Miss Emma Barnett , a clever young artiste , Avho is already favourabl y known by laurels deservedly Avon at the Princess ' s and Olympic . Miss Ada Cavendish takes the part of Helen Marr in the Scottish p iece . .

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Professor Pepper , who is indefatigable in his exertions to keep up the attractiveness of this celebrated resort for scientific recreation has succeeded in adding , as the latest novelty , au optical illusion under the title of " The Decapitated head ; or Cave du

Burreau , ' ' Avhich bids fair , from the astonishing and puzzling character of the mystery involved in it , to have even a longer run than " The Cherubs Floating in the Airs' The nature of the illusion may be briefly summod _ up as a "Decapitated Head " Speaking . " HOAY it is accomplished seems to us as yet a mystery , but we leave our readers to go and Avitness the illusion and judge for themselves .