... GAZETTE OF THE 'TNMATRES.. learning's triumph o'er her barbirous foes First rear'd the stage. ENGLISH OPrERA HousE.-RiCci's eelebrated& opera of Scaraamuccia has been, performed here during the week, but not to crowded houses. No doubt the spirited lessee, Mr. Balfe, was induced to produce an English version of this opera from the success which formerly attended its per- formance by the Opera ...

... PUBLIC AMUSBMNTS. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, 309, Regent- street, OPEN dailY frm Halfi-ast Ten till Slio'clock.-Tha foliewie i8 the programme of tbe Institution: Half- past Elevel the Diver and the Diving Bell. Twelve Magnetic Experiments. Half.put Twelve, Peuratie Telegraph. tne, Microscope. Two, a Lecture on Rxpe- rimental iPhilissphy. Chemistry, or the ChemlcZ Art. HalftpastTwo, Pneurnatic ...

... T'HE LITERARY EXAMINER. Des IdMes Napol6oniennes; par le Prince Napoldon. Louis Bonaparte. Colburn. As an historical essay, as an eulogium on Napo- leon and on the past, there is nothing to censure, and not much to gainsay in this work. In a pious tribute from the collateral heir of a great name to the memory of its illustrious founder one cannot find even a little exaggeration misplace. The ...

... (I'rom the Ladies' Gazeile of Fashion.) Carriage Dress.-White chip list, a round open brim descending very low upen the cheels; the interior is trimmed at the sides, in a light style, with flowers; the crown is ornamenited with a twisted roil. leoan and cirtain of rose-colonred crape lisse, and a large holiquet of short, fill-cariled ostrich febthers, placed low on one side. Pale straw- ...

... THEk FINEs ARETB. . . . . d ON INVEN]oN' iN POETRY AND PAINTING. By Sir Al it.) si7ce, P:A- ' Invention' seems to have bceniregaided; iin all qnhilgitened periods, as the' highest abd most admirable quality of.,h1 hulian mindi5is the quality which makes the nearest appjroich to the agcy 'of creion, and as affdrdiiig ilie most ?? ackliolovded' evidence of that ilntellectual powoer which Eve ...

... This novel and costly fete has terminated. It was such a treat as has not been enjoyed since the ancient and storied days of chivalry. The following account, supplied by a spea- tator, will not fail to be relished by all true votaries of 1o- mance: -The' most refined taste had presided over the arrange. ment; the whole was in perfect keeping, and nothing tawdry, tinselly, or theatrical-like, ...

... FLOWER& (FRto3Id LA BLESSINGTON'S Nyv] osu3:c, n1 DESULTORY TT oUGHTS AND REFLECTIONs.) U . ,OWRSra re the bright remembrancers of youth: t They waft back with their bland and odorous breath The joyous hours that only young life knows, Ere we have learned that this fair earth hides graves. t Thev bring the cheek that's mouldering in theodust a Again before us, tinged with health's own rose,- c ...

... CHARTIST VtTiS.. The Aberdeen Artizan's Association held a social meeting in the Temperance Hall, Queea-streetj.of Fri- day, the 6th inst., and it having been announcedby placard that the whole of the proceeds were to be de- voted to the support of the families of Lovett, Collins, and Vincent. the Hall was crowded, and the collection large. The entertainments of the evening consisted of songs, ...

... Several valuable and interesting additions have been made . to the Exhibition during the past week; foremost we mayth ,t mention Mr. Walton's Card-making Machine, which hav. oa as ing been sent to the British Association at Birmingham isc ,. now returned, and may be seen daily performing its necro. de mantic operations. A newly-invented Machine for joining wI ir straps in a very expeditious ...

... Taz DuxE. A Novel. BY Ma.S. GREY. 3 vols. Bentley. We believe this must be classed among fashionable noveCs inasmuch as the leading characters are placed in high life, and almost all have titles and fortunes cither in positive pos- session or delightful expectation. But ttie story is of more stirring interest, and deeper feelings are unveiled than one is accustomed to find in works of this ...

... THEATRICAL EXAMINEflI Miss Ellen Tree has received enthusiastic welcome on her return from America. We have not yet seen her, but our contemporaries exhibit an unusual agreement in their account of her first night's performance. We quote from the notice in the Chronicle:- is The house was crammed to the ceiling long before the rising of the curtain, and the applause which greeted the entree of ...

... VARIZLTIBS.' THE WIEIG 'DMINISTRATION. (Dedicaled to Daen O'Conllell.) Here's to the statesmen,who givern our land, Who role icith such vigolor and skill, sirs; Who daily our praise and our sionder command, Bv .tbeir progress, in-sthidiling stock still, tirs. Htere's i- theiij all', gr'.in'oimes and small, Who ?? so IichliVbiAt do uiatiting at ti. Here's to their cilef, weho'ifill upees 1lp ...