... If the r ward 'of merit was always proportionate t0 ii bdegree, ours would be the pleasant task to congratulate es our w.orthy Manager on the profitable results of his hlae !h indefatigable exertions in catering so assidtiously for th,! e public amusement. In sober earnest, we know no indi- i- vidual who labours more arduoisly in his vocation than at does 'Mr Murray. 'Within these last ten ...

... Ll~h6 BI AvXs,,_ (From the Metrepolitatn.) It's very hard. and so it is, To be obliged to be. For all the best days of one's life, . A ward in Chanoery. To he dry-nursed by greit law Lords- Old Baro, or Broegham so fifous: And Alen ons wannts' a men, to be put off *with a man-damu5. The land of liberty, indeed ! I'm sure it's versa vice If rtbat's what they Burn's justice cal,; Why, burn sue h ...

... ADELP1II TllEATRE. ; Iris custrnnlaq to announce hli appearenee of any brilliant-luminai-y, by a mighty crash of tumm- pet-rounds ;. and to such a height has this prelimi-l .nary flourishing been carriedithat the hopes there c by excited'arie nowy seldom fully realized. It is highly politic to solicit the attention of the public, buot'is 'dingerous to anticipate its decisiops, to fore-. stall ...

... ADELPHI THEAtt . b The more ne see'-f Mrs Kteley's attiog, tho'morowre l are delighted withbit. The, best compliment. ver paid i oi an actor was, if'we vecollect right, 'accordedl'to Gar- .'ick by the famous PaNiridgs, who rem'irked, an hi, first e introlction to a Londij thiatre, that' tlhatif an (ii an . ing Garlick) was tho only one that 'did not acd. 'We forget-the precise wordsa and havc ...

... TO TIlE PRINCE OF PAINTERS. Ares mantle, with each changing hle, FTows at thy treat, so chastely.truc, That Naturb peops eachi sltadilw through- Steps foith arrayed at thy conarnud In satilas ortears, with yielding hand. Precious giftl all freclye iven, Richest, rarest l]nan of hIeavea_ A guifde all faithful through the mase Of Fancy's flight, and Talent's blaze- Leads thee with aeirial tread ...

... llr Birser's benefit tool; Place on vloudey ;igit, annd was well attendedel we think lie will have no Cause tas complain of his second reception in Edinburgh, where he may be said to have made lhis debott. We were a liltlo surprised to hear that, upon this occasion, more than one of last year's box ticlelts were presented and passed. These must no deubt have been paid for; but we would r wisb ...

... TIIEATRE ROYAL, Mrs Biashe's return to the Ed4inburgh stage, and to a professional lire, was oil 1Monnay evetiilg bail. edi with aill the warmnth ard ki:illincss of fecliugi which could possibly be evine~d by a brilliaft antit crowd- ci] audience. Amr Bushe, durinjg her residlence here some eight or nine years ngo. wYa3 n tirdrremal favour rite, andi thle burst or welcomie jiinlurcd by the re- ...

... THE E ?? IN TIlE MIUSICAL WVOJLI). ( From o earr.peadcaik~t o f th~e 'Jhees.) Tt appeatrs that somc moniths since Bocisa, haviog ill eoiiteinplatioii a provinicial professiuzml tour, madle nn olliw tol Mr anil Mtrs Bishlop to join in thc spresilatitbl. 'l'hle Ibrmer, howrever, said it ws~r ims- porssibile for hiuts to quit towvn in conseqluence ul' lis eligagemnleots at ?? Lane Thleatre, and ...

... Mrn ?? SCOND CorNcia r. ''his coneere w3as in tile A'se'nbhly Ilir ?? n 1l7th current. It was ailvertied fr-' W'cdiies(l. V morning at two o'clrck. It waq, really att *f'rr- neon concert ; and inl wvihat way soever ahsou d termns may get ilito fas'ion, we are cortain that a concert given at avvo o'cloch ill the morngi of anly (lly, would have but very few auditors, even were all the ...

... Mr Hice, of nigger notoriety, said farewell to us on Tuesday evening, when his claims to public fa- *our, nided by the patronage of the ofcers of the Danish frigate now lying in Leith Roads, were ac- knowledged hi the most satisfectory manner-the house being, at second price, crowided in all parts. Tie national air of lenmark was performed by the orchestra at the end of the play, when all tile ...

... ROC!ETY OF ARTS. rthe ocit'for thle I ncourcigemniit of thle Useful Art., lin1t inl the ltoviil I llsti lotition oin Wednesday I27th ?? .lohn Grahami Dl~ayell, Kt. P'resideni, lin the chair, wvhen the following, roumiiiniciatiolls were Iniud before thle Society- I. On tie tirst miethoid cit Blurning Ga% far thin ptzr. poset ii Ilhiinsionaiji. By~ Sir John Itolsisun, K. Fl. ser. l. S. E'd. -C.S ...

... LITERATURPE. lier T'1n STATIsTIn. .Iouns-w, No. IV. fr Jlanuars S838. !lbe London: William Pialey. sed Preserving the hig l character we gave this Iic- Jourilll on its first appearance, ani on that of each ein, succeeding number, it has now obtained the sane. bhe tion of the name of thle first commoner of tbe land re- de- for its useful contents. Onlr carn 31ernber, thle es- Speakler of tile ...