... THIEATRES, ETO. HER MAJESTY'S.-The production of Lucrezia Borgia at this theatre last (Thursday) night intro- duced Mdlle. Parodi in the arduous character of the heroine, and Moriani (who has revisited this country after a. absence of three years) in the part of Gennaro. Parodi's performance of Lucrezia is the most suc- cessful effort she has yet made. Unlike her previous efforts, it was ...

... LYCEuM.-The Lyceum Theatre has commenced with itspromised (and, we may add, expected) novelties. Busi- ness at this house,, which of late has rather fallen off for lack of new pieces, can only be revived by fresh produc- tions, for the stock pieces of- the Vestris management have been worn threadbare, Certain of them will as- suredly bear seeing more than once, and there are always some people ...

... COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene Higb- ness Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg Gotha, with the ladies and gentlemen of the household, attended divine service on Sun- day morning in Buckingham Palace. The Queen held a Court on Tuesday afternoon at Bucking- ham Palace, for the receition of the congratulatory add ...

... (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) There are many new materials in silk; amongst others the Paein, with satin stripe, brochd or chine, Levaneines, doubles, foulardsde Chine, satins d' Orient, d'lspahan, cochemire d'Ecosse, and foulard de la-'e, with Persian, Turkish, and Arabian pat- terns, &c. The dresses for the approaching season will be made with tight bodies, and the ...

... THE CASTLES AND ADBrEYS OF ENGLAND. BY W. BEATTIE, Af.D. (,Mactimer and H seldine, Wigimoreestreet).-This is the first part of a work intended to illustrate the castles and abbeys of England, both by historical records and engravings. Fvery Englishman ];nows and feels the legends and events con- nected with these great fixed landmarks of English history. Our castles and abbeys do, indeed, ...

... AsITEhRMURA.T 9. TO ATHO~' ?? 'jPUBLISAER.S.- It being t .: he in'tidntOW' Ofih 't`1ERX from' th 6mmencement of the a ?? of, all'new pdtbiicati6_1ns ~dt' the~ ?? 'end of &ey mootb, so a o'oi ~MtTL ~ono LITERATURE, WO ?? transmitting the 'tts of'a'tiy' works tliev may publish All litrat woks dsdtisd ?? likewise 'be notiedl t he cuiet trr3atcles' or the4'h' LADY SYNOLETONO0R,,,THE. WORLD AS, 1 ...

... FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. (EXCL.USIVE FOa THE ERA.) We find an account of the progress of the Italian Opera at in, in one of the best critical journals of the capital, in nalsy ?? fllowing terms:- LDysucceeds to dav and in sad monotony they resemble each Cr Tbhe repertory offers no variety, nor the singers either; and the 01 the public remains the same. Never were the ...

... FRAaEr.-Frsser has commenced the year and his new: number with a dramatic scene, in which, under the title of Oliver Yorke at Home, he has introduced us to some of the sr-afisa personte of his magazine. Oliver Yorke, who appears to be the Christopher North of Fraser, is seated in his library, over a flask of Burgundy, indulging in a soliloquy upon the glories of editorship, and, as a ...

... LIT ERAT U R E. ,T SHIP OF GLASS, AND ATCHERLEY. By IJARGRAVE JENNINGS, Esq. Newby, Mortimer- street. The first of these tales is a romance, the second a fiction, whose ground-work is the Rye House Plot. It is obvious from the preface that the author's favourite is his romance, and such it ought to be with hose who concur with himself in the impression that the world is growving too ...

... HER MAJESTY's THEATRB.-We understand that the opening .of this theatre is fixed for Saturday next, the l3th instant. DRURY-LANE. -On Thursday evening a new ballet,. entitled The Pretty Sicilian, was produced, for the purpose of introducing Mdlle. Marietta Baderna, fromn Milan, for the first-time, to those who delight in the art choregraphic. The story of the ballet runs ?? Armede loves ...

... 1.1.4I~ ?? , '~Td TBieR'IITOU Om a Jt be~i~i~ertion -of ote n ast Saa' Journal, 61i the state of 'th ?? ducedmkaetoaned110 it upith 'afew more remarks , hichi afiti. a for atthis p lar ?? of tatrical 'Ihave, li~ved long enobugh to'see one, of our n'atio nal tempes'~a imecduv,~td ito ber garden, for public o6ratoi 7f polituchalh mattrs; then ifnoreto 'abaaa tor thve ct ncrtged ons fo the milion ...

... are amc'ngst the necessaries of life. They have ad. 13 o rapl l1v and as universally as tea in public estima. I ie that refreshing and long-abused herb, once de- tion a the svmbol for every thing the contrary of man. nce bat at last esfablished as the temperate drink of crack har .coarchmen, and very probably now in vogue even with the st8e1. tr e g1ritto successor to the Jehu of the common ...