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EDINBURGH MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... EDINBURGH MUSIc.!. F3jV. to ir. T Te Treasurer of the late Festival- presented a re- en port of his intromissiosi to a meeting of tle IDirectors, he on Friday last, from whirl it appear's that the aa Receipts were L. . 4.9 i 4 4 10 of Expences .. . 97 18 It to ~~~Surplus Lre51 re As there are still some tr ifg clais against tiel at Festival, a small sum baa been retainled to satisfy he them, ...

KING'S THEATRE

... KINGOS TIIEATIMI.. ?? - . I ft lr the band was convened on Mondnys ! lthe rcestra, to give Signor Rossini an op. t eseii6 '5tr the first time, to judge of their capabilities, e portUtatl) etlect and tone of the different instruments, psrloio to, the reverberation of the house. After the S asP ~ls ntiltto kel l their seats, Signor Rossini was intro. band had all Bt lh, the stage manager, First ...

THE FINE ARTS

... THIE FINE ARTS. Tbe two Scottish painters, DRavid Wilkie and Willitm 1 i Allan, are employed on pictures, which, for concephion, sU churacter, and execution, promise-to excel all theiY other D works. The former has ,laid his scene in Chelsea, on a or pension day; and the varied scene of military glee and thi carousal is unexpectedly heightened by the arrival of the ro Gazette of a victorv ...

FALL OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE, MANY LIVES LOST

... I FALL OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK THEATIE, i MANY LIVES LOSf. . I An awful sensation was occasioned yesterday moring, at F about twelve o'clock, in thle vicinity of the above Theatre, p by a most dreadful crash, and the inhabitants ran out of t their liouses wiih all possible dispatch, under the apprehen- Ii sion that a sol;ck of an eartliquake lad been experienced. It It was soon discovered that ...

TO C

... '10 C. Thore was a time * ien I could smile at love, And say his pains wvere beit a poet's tale,- Like one who, careless, sails before the gale, Nor deemics that vdinds can ever adverse prove. A d w hat Is I-rve at best, n ethou!ght,-a flower, A sickly plant that blooms bhit fir an1 hour 'Tis the w ilcd p han tom of a fevevish brain, A Crd viisi!ppeats w hen reason rules agai a. So thoelght I ...

LITERATURE

... LITER ATURE. TILE-- REVIEWS. tht fficit Ldittors, like the troubles that Thle *tril'A tarets itnmer. Scarcely a day piis5- d V. thle ott prthidctig some fresh annoyance to this e CS frct. A huaitd subjects often solicit their at- a tti~et jaronceand ech is clamorous for precedence. -At ita ante nstan theyare called to the right and the left, fp the ed he rarand like the lady who wvas claimed ...

LITERATURE

... 11TERATURE. tsVE~tnteS Ill OunCE; FPsase EVENING; the Poetry by j Thomas Moore, Esq. ; the Music composed and selected h by Henry R. Bishop and Mr Moore. London;, J. Pow-S er, 1827. Price les. E We are glad to find Mr Moore once more in Iris proper l1 place-worshipping at the shrine of Apo31o with his lyre Si is his hand, and doing homage to the glorious Gnd ?? site noised powers of poetry and ...

THEATRE ROYAL—MR MACREADY

... TPEFATRE ROYAL-MR MACREADY. . . .. _, . ,, ,; ?? It Otway'a tragedy of Venice Prcserv'd' was produced le on Monday evening. We pause not to speak of the play; our li principal business at present is vitl- 'Macready-, who repre- sented Pierre. This actor has, for a number of vears, battled Id with a profession that it at once the most diffilcult and the f m rost labesrioses - the theme of ...

THE WAVERLEY NOVELS

... THE WAVER.LEY NOVElaS. A new 'Edition of theme celebrated W.1orks, revised and corrected by the Author, with a general Preface, 'an Intro- dutitiqtt to each Novel, and Notes historical and* il ,ustritive :Ar, e ?? l mnn atbss i V'tbiW~lg not only supersede ?? tiredonslehas yet ?? bu ill find lt Wa fthaCS ld i 5tuansate o-thosnsaiiug to psesacoret authentic, and illustrdfed edmifbi~f ...

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JANUARY

... (From La Belle Aiscmblie-) WAT.rIl5G Datss. A pelisse of ethereal blue satin, ?? down the front of the skirt by languette straps. The body quite plain, and suriasunted at the throat by a diet ruff, boullence. Sleeves, ent gigot, with gauntlet cuffs, finished on the outside of the arni With straps, corresponding with those which fa~ten the skit of the selisse where it closes. A longroind tippet ...

THE WAVERLEY NOVELS

... T'HE WAITERLEY NOVELS. IWe Lead-saime time~ago ilhe pleasuire of mnaking orreaders S acquainted with the general chirt er - and design of the Pi projected edition of these Novcls'. andi, bey the fa'vour of the t Publishers, we were-also eniabled to gratify titem U-1th some ra iliteresting speceimens of the cutriescs aed, highly chanracteristic in Notes with which it is to ?? entriched. It is ...

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE

... IGOVENT GARDEN THEAVRE. DiR 30NE5's LORD OGLEBY. The Clandestine Marriage was performed actlthis Theatre' Flast night, for the purpose of introducing a Mr' Jones, If the Edinburgh Theatre upon the London, stage. Mir Jones, guti we understand, has acquired considerable fame. on the nor- - thern boards, and his performance last night proves that his the merits were justly appreciated. He ...