... I3JUSIl' ABRiOAD1). Thle operatic company engaged far the theatre of La Scala, at Milan, during the approachling carnival, is said to be very strong, cossiprising some performers of great talcut as yet uskaoon on this side of the Alps; anmong whosis are Signora 'I'AMOI.INS antil Signora FRaZ.ZO.INI, sopranos, und Signor SAI.I, a tenor of great excellence; iii of whom we may expect to soe licrc ...

... * Let it be hoped that our artists, especially the young and aspiring spirits among them, are be- stirring themselves in earnest to imeet the demand of the age for improvement in ornamental design, and for the production of works that shall represent ideas worthy of an intellectual and highly civilized people. We are tired of imitations and the endless repetition of inappropriate applications ...

... TllE DRANA AT WIFNDSOR. l.ast evellilg the series of dramatic performainces ,Icli at Windsor Castle was brought to a close. 'Pr littie season, if we may so call it, has been, ill 'Welv poillt of view, a most successful olle. No hitell\ whatever has occurred in any department. rlri liuval piartr have, on each occasion, expressed jilaikalilied satistaction with the entertainments VLhil ...

... HIER al JES 7'1 'S hEA 771.E. DonUiu~v n NvtmrevN le at thisi ?? re Ilast Id'.-,Ait, with a very stron;ig cat. Thle Zerlrinu, of' .1dile. A L1IiiN I was die chiut' attractimin .A, inl her Yiaettr, Alt t~uk the aadiejiieo iv siirpr'e, io distinict arnd Lveci Ioceit wa~O her conl- Cetfti~ls of' te characerti ;so loll oif pilayful art'hieas :talnteildli %it ?? Sentiimient ila. lier vcxeciitioai ...

... TIHE ll0LE-,ATE MONARCItfl.-- The Alfred' of Ha!llr is a histcrical romance of the last century, son.c:hi Clot ell LI,!, ' Cyrolp)- dia` of Xenophon an)d t.e Telei.a nos' 'f Fenlelon. Tlhe Siviss public.t .V3S an ardl:' t adt rrer of - ho En-glishl ?? a;d the ! ell-o a luiatd lberties of the Erglish constitntio'j. Ili; cliof object i writin- the work se ?? to have 1 een t;:c befoie the ...

... Ti EElhA'8IADBO. Y]'hev is no greater drawback to emigration than I I th:e mn~etainty whiclh, in the minds of riost mel, attendsthe adveintu.e 'TIhisarisesfromiritlieiginorance which prevails respecting the actual positioli, cli- nitte, capabilities, wants, and resonrces of the dif- fci elt ?? of plrom0ise, and nr ore particularly as to the modes of life which nlist be adopted on ar- rival ...

... LITERAT UR'.E. The Silkhs and 4glhians. By SHi A1MAT At.r. X I I Iu r ay Shahamat Ali is one of the imost proini-iiig off- shoots of that rysteul of E nrop.'an Cli ueatimti .a- blished in India by tile genirotrS phllila tilropa of t Lord Anmierst's governt nt, tile benctits of se ibtelt to the natives of that country have subse(lulently been extended and lollowt'l up by tihe ('eliltlitellf Ila ...

... HOLIDA Y' A MUtWSE TS. DRURY-LA.~TL TH!EATIIE. (ii ristrn'ili 1A come again, and the genijui of pantomnsie J ogain at work. At Oid Drury Hecr Majesry,, Flervaotfi Carrie out oil Sliturday night w~ih IHoi~helliii ?? S;- George ctod th~e Dragon, a subject~ which hue, .lready bee-, fnre~quently dramatiIed, but Which Vet seemed to afford ionpIL nmiterials for II showY ?? : 4d indeed nothinqg ...

... IIEli .3AJESY'S TISEAiLL'1. Semiraimi(le 'vas given after a strange filslion last nigrit, by 1o 15l cus creditable to tile gicat lyrical establishient of the modern ilabyloun. The composer, called lo sasiN, wbo wrote) this opera, had a notioa thait Ieo created tlrcoa splendlid parts for at prima donna, a contralto, anlld a baritone. Ile liever contemplated, perhaps, that the in- signiiceant ...

... TJIB ANCIENT CONCERTS. The first concert of the season took place on Wed- nesday evtning, under the direction of his Royal High- aess tbe Dake of CA)IBRIDC5B, and was conducted by Sir GEORGE SMART. We have already given our ceaions for believing that the late measure for abo- lishing the office of permanent conductor of these con- certs is an inexpedient one; and, though we are convinced toat ...

... FIYE ARTS. LUHRAND 1115s AnumiitEs V H ITO SIFrlErPS. X9li, A ISA73R S T TIMr LlETO | detonlrti0!3 fiai'er, e; .argaret-street--After tib conl- Luther ly the Diet of lVonus, be rmillned t C . e prttectiou of Frederick of Saxonty from 15i1 to 1 1d253 wlten rtederieks brother and successorJohn, 'l'he CoiSlaut, promulgated througlih his territoriesthe Litulgy nod instructions fbr the lergyt ...

... DftURY-LANB THEATRE. Drury-lane Theeatre opened for the season on Saturday evenlng. The greatest of the English theatres has become, to all intents and purposes, a regular Opera-house; tra- gedy and comedy are excluded, and the place they once held is wholly occupied by music and dancing. We are rnot incined to reg-ret that this is the case. The errors in I the conduct of our theatres has been ...