... DRURY LANE. Mr Balfe's new opera of the Bohemian Girl, brought oat on Monday, is by far the most me- ritorious production of the present season, and will add to the fame of the composer, and that greatly. There is more vigour and freshness in the music than in most of his former compositions;' there are several melodies, which, if they do not evince high creative genius, show an escape from ...

... TIHE MAGAZINES FOR DECE MBER. lBlackweood has no political article this month. The nearest approach to anything of the kind is a paper en- titled Notes on a Tour of the Disturbed Districts in Wales, which gives a graphic account of some of the dark scenes of outrage recently enacted there. To the Fine Arts two articles are devoted-one, ably written, on Fuseli's Lectures at the Royal Academy ...

... FASHIONS FOR DEC~?MER. ?? the loeon eand Paris LalTh's' Magazine of rashieesj Velvets, satins, and all the richer materials of dress are now fashionable; the make varies but li'tle. High dresses continue to be nmuch worn, a la Puritaine, anid redingotes are the favourite styles of negliges; for deni-toilettes the sor- sages are lower, with berthes revers of the same material. A new style of ...

... MreMOIRS OF Ron=Et WILLIAM ELLISTON, COME- DIAi By GEo. RAYMoND, Esq. With Illus- trations by GEO. CRaUISHANH. IMortimer, Ade- ?? memoirs, which have so long and often amused the readers of one of our most fa- vourite periodicals, have been collected into one volune, and as a whole, bid fair to rival the interest they had excited when in monthly papers. The lMemoirs of Elliston exhibit no ...

... TAmLE OF TIn COtLONIES ; Oil, Tilt DENOt OF All EotronoA~\ B> Cu narsIXf' ?? 3 soN1~ Seautdors' and 0t1ey V-IWe mnigh11:t almoot faled witat fetui% O teportioins of this excencu ilyly interesting wourk thant we bilu iuladcertenitt trt-l1 li 110W versionl of the a truerfdi mry unnailrtv s' - Roubinoson Crusoe :it is lull of the Searle1 exeltmo detail atid kuind spirit. The object of the ...

... THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND I THE IVESTXAUNSTEPR RBVfBIV. | I'he following totters teire read by Mr. Travers, at ftlsa meeting of Monday last, which some of our contemporaries5 shave incorrectly described as an 1 oratorical contest be- tween Mr. Charles Pearson and Mr. W. E. Hickson. The lattier gentlemaln, ft will be seen, intends to take no part whatever In the proceedings, which It Is ...

... FPIARLS FOR STRENGINa. REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. The year recedes, another circle flies 3 To join the unnumbered myriads of the plst, To render to th' Eternal its accnulit And have the fearful reoords of its being Enrolled amtiong the archives of eternity ! The sun may rise again-the crimson mtrn, Cr'avning with ruddy glowy tlte eastern heights, Mfay breathe its fragrance o'er a ...

... A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by John Leech. Chapman and Hall. The Christmas Carol of modern days, whenever it makes faint appearance, is a doleful production, with a strong spice of cant. The Christmas Carol of elder days, whose lusty voice was ever season- ably beard, was a song of joy to enliven and exalt the time. ...

... MUSIc AND TEE DAMA. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLICENCE. (EXCLUSIVE POR TIIE ERA.) PARIS ACADEmiE RoYALE.-On Sunday, after le Frey- schutz, the ballet of It La Peri was revived for the rentree of Carlotta Grisi, Petipa, and Coralli. The choregraph, laden with well-earned laurels and gold, was cordially welcomed on her return from London, as were the two excellent mimes who ...

... On Saturday, the 0th instant, being the seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments, in Trafalgar-8quare, when the following distribution of premiums took place, viz.:- To Mr. Edward Bowring Stephens, for the best compo- sition in sculpture, the Gold Medal, and the Discourses of the Presidents ...

... SO-NG OF 1'EACE. BY ROBERT GILLFILLAN. Awake the song of peace, Let nations join the strain; The nearc of bloed and pomp of war We will not have again. Let fruit-trees crown our fields, Aned flowers our valleys fair; And on our mountain steep the songs Of happy swaains be there. Too long the man of blood lath ruled Wvitbout control Nor widow's tear, noor orphan's sighs, Could touch his iron ...

... On Monday, after his usual early walk with the Queen, Prince Albert shot over the Royal preserves. On Tusday the ROyal exercise was confined to the Riding School On ednes y the Prince hunted with his harriers at Ankerwyke, an good sport. a afps w Her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council, at hafpa two o'clock, on Wednesday, at Windsor Castle, Ar t the former, M. Ribeiro, on a special mission ...