COVENT GARDEN THEATRE

... g, TO THE EDITOR OF THlE blORNINO CHIRONICLE, a SIR-A stetement, copied fram the Observer into the M- Morning Post, being replete with misrepresentitiof, I it shall be much obliged to you to allow me to correct it. 1. I have never given any guarantee for the continuance of tire season. my tenure of the proprietors having been h limited, after eight weeks, to nightly oceupotion-anO y ...

THE ITALIAN OPERA

... E * _ U-be Oazza La~sra was performed last night for the bensfit of the new dancer, Monsieur St. LBON. It is rarely that tbis fine opera can be performed to advantage, In conse. quenue of the difficulty of finding a fitting representative of the boy Pippo-a charming part, which [is felt like gleams of sunshine throughout tke 1piece, relieving the gloom of the subJect. This character has never ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... I PUBL IC AAlIUS!, AAENTS. GRHA N CO)NCERUTS, iMlorlling uli( ii veiniizg, daily, IOhL AUI) LILA it IN GOALLERLV, teIn itdiai 110 RUSSWian Siizpverni ilii' boclk I ariniotican, aid other atiutIationet cuthyprise the 'nii hlgali, AiliikiDrnlatlc! D1.ssolvinlg Views, &c.; L'clliived hr Pupilan cLecliii';, thel 13as Miciroscope', tbe Hitritltii l(cis, thle li%,- vi ailta Elie'lltrivl M1411111lii' ...

Destruction of the Havre Theatre

... ` The theatre of Havre was burnt to the ground in the night o0 0 Friday. We regret to add that M. Fortier, the manager, sshc resided in the apartments attached to the theatre, lost his life. The following account of this catastrophe is from the Journal du J1avre of Saturday:- At about half-past one o'clock this morning some persons wvere attracted to the Place du Spectacle by cries of ...

THE SLAVE MASTER'S DREAM

... I TIHE SLAVE MIASTER'S DREAM. SUCGESTED By PIMI1iESfiOS LONGFEILOW'S r10YM, ENTITLED 711Eri: SlAV'S IDRlEAM.m WI thin a proud saloon lie sate, Enriched with courtly trace Where radiant statuies breathed around t sooft, volaiptuolus grace, Anld gorgeous pictures, li'e-like, mocked TIe bonds of thie and space. Colnum and frieze, asI sculptured dome, Their kiridred spells hiid wrought; And ...

POETRY

... - - .. . . - - - - - - - - - - - . TO TlIE GENITS 01' Iv, gentrlosplrit, then seould'st snyend th wing io Cnobri: ?? shlte, whele dtlai1 pericltetilll spring ReFt not thy pillion, till the lil'igriniit hours Finld thee I gnktest ia A; ron soiinv bowers- v' here holoe el'i sail, beflneath a willow's shadae DIvells ahruteous C--I, thle P.?conliat llnaid: SI-t'. ID obelse tone ful notes the Godl ...

FASHIONS FOR MAY

... .rAIrV1U10 NUo titsa. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) rt The newest ant most fasilonable material Of the season is the pr eameleon silk. deriving its name from the ever varying shades it I assumes in different lights; this with taiffetas naore, Pekin Ben- - gal, Ecossais gitana, bareges of many styles, foulards, mousse- Itnes cachemise, &c.. are now replacing the ...

SUMMER FASHIONS

... SUMNER FASHIONS. (From Berger's Ladies' Gazette of Fashion.) BONNETS, though differing in form from those of last season, have not passed from one extreme to tie other. The brims are of moderate depth, de- scending rather low at the sides, and the crown raised a little, but very little behind. Thle finest kind of Italian straw will be in vogue for chapeaax. Rice and Italian straw, poult de ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Letters from the Pyrenees during Three Months' Pedestrian Wanderings amidst the Wildest Scenes of the French and Spanish Mountains, in the Summer of 1842. By T. Clifton Paris. With Sketches by the Author, taken on the, spot. Murray. Wandering amidst the wildest scenes of the Frenchi and Spanish mountains of the Pyrenees, is not the calling of a commonplace traveller. A man may go from Dan to ...

LITERATURE

... LUITERA1TU1RE. -4- Gabrielle; or, Pidetures of 'a Rtgm. A 1i2storiWol Novel. By LoUISA STUART COSTBLLI. IU :J vtel. The state of French society and manners in the age of Louis XIV. ofters a tempting subject for delineation. Few periods of modern history are so full of interest and so preg-- nant with instruction. It was the most brilliant period of tha monarchy. The national power nnd ...

Poetry

... pottrp. TEE SLAVE, SINGING AT MIDNIGET. [FROM LONGFILLOW'9 POEM3S ON SLAYrOY.] Louu be sang the psalm of David I He, a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Israel's victory- Sang of Zion, bright and free I In that hour when night is calmest, Sang be from the Hebrew Psalmist, In a voice so sweet and clear That I could not choose but hear. Songs of triumph and ascriptions, Such as reach'd the swarth ...

LITERATURE

... 1 I . PErIODICAYS FkOI iy. Blackwood's Magazine.-This number opens with a lively racy article, on Dumas in Italy-the writerfollowing the traveller through his book in a thoroughly congenial spirit. The tale of It Ammulat l Bek ' is continued, and the series of ably-written pa- pers on Reynold's DiscourseW' are concluded. The next article, Leap Year, is a very p!easantly-told love ...