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THEATRE ROYAL

... I On Saturday evening the play going folk of our city were treated to what was called a new play at the theatre. If the new repertory contain nothing better than the speci- men produced on that evening, we had as lief that the caterers for the public amusement should go on as before, and stick to the old and well-worn lot. A more dull, unconnected, incomprehensibleness of nonsense never taxed ...

FAIRS

... PAIRS. DUNDALK MAY FATR.-The May fair of this town was held on Saturday last, and was, in the opinion of those com- petent to judge, greater than any former one, with ex- ception of the beef fair, which was not to say too well supplied, 5s. to 55s. per owt. was readily given. The show of mutton was very large, and a good amount of busi- msess transacted at from 51d. to 6id. per lb. Lambs sold ...

FINE ARTS

... If HOGAN'S ROMAN STUDIO-COLOSSAL STA. TUE OF O'CONNELL, &c. (aBOX A COBRESPONDENT.) Rome, June 18, 1845, Believing that at the present moment some account of Hogan's Colossal statue of the Liberator, and of the progress of the work, would not be unacceptable to the Irish public Isendyou the following particulars. which I state front a knowledge of the facts, and from my own judgment, what. ...

FASHIONABLE INTLLIGENCE

... FASHIONABLE INTLLIGENCBE I Ttsz QuEaEN'S VISIT To GERDIANY-.Great prepara. tions sire being made In Coblarg and Gotha for the reception of Queen Victoria, who will arrive at Thuringen In July.- Towards thle end of this month all the members of the court, the royal chapel, and the theatre, will assemble in Gotha, the streets and houses of which will be put in good order. The palace will be ...

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

... I FASHONABLP IR L .- ' E. Her Majesty and Prince Alborttook a drh in carriiage after their arrival at Osborne Hoafe on Th tn 1 n noon. h y afler (FROas THtE MWoRNttst POST.) COwes, Friday, Aft~ernon This morning the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Rlt'th the Prince of Vales and the Priecess Royal, took l S, excursion in one of the royal barges. The day sas pantijtil favourable, and her ...

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

... FASHIONABLE INTIgLLIGENCE. I .,I The King of the Netherlands left London on Friday afternoon, to pay a visit to the Queen at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. His Majesty left Nlivart's Hotel in one of the Queen's carriages for the Nine Elms terminus of the South. Western railway. His Majesty and suite took their departure by a special train for Gosport, where they arrived at ten mi. nutes past ...

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

... I ? WI sDsoio, TDESDAY.-The Marqtis of Orrnonde has relieved Viscount Sydney froii Mei duties as the lord in waiting on tbe Queen. And Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded the lion. Nelson Hood as the groom in waiting on her Majesty. Lord and Ladz John Russell and family arrived in Chielllam.plice, Lonidoii, onl Tuedaiy, froul lis ioldelip's villa, near Godalming. Her ladyship's ...

LITERATURE

... LIT RI TUBe to THE ANNALS OF JRELANQ, TRANVSL !88 FRHOM THE IRISH OF THY FNR ISTERTf °0- No. I. By Owxre CONNELLAN, Q n. (Dublin: Bryan Geraghty.) t, What the learned Benedictines, with the resources of 1 I governments or Europe for their aid, did for general lit a ture among the continental libraries, the Poor friarL the Franciscan Convent of Donegal, sustained by the ha means of private ...

LITERATURE

... I I DUFFY'S LIBRARY OF IRELAND. TIlE IRISH VOLUNTEERS OF 1782, BY' T. M'Navii, ESQ. Published by Jame5s Duffy, Anglesea-Street, Dublin. (Second Edition.) We noticed, a few days back, the opening of what we firmly believe will form a new era in our literature-Mr. Duffy's ' LIBUAnRY Of IRELAND. The first volume, en- noninced for July 1st, is before us in its second edition, the first having ...

LITERATURE

... 7 - . . ?? ' I I JARDINE'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. THE PEOPLE'S EDITION. In Parts once a Fortnight, Price RiglLteenpence. (EdiaburghV W. H. Lizars; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun., and Co.) The great achievement of Sir William Jardine- The Naturalist's Library.excitedon itsfirst appearance all the attention which a work so comprehensive in outline, yet so comp1ete in itl parts, might reasonably expect ...

FAIRS

... I PAIRS, LONDONDERRY.-Tbe fair, which was held here on Fri. day, was thinly attended, a circumstance that may be at. counted for by the severity of the morning, which was wet and stormy. The rain, indeed, continued more or less heavy for the greater part of the day, which had the eff ect of in. juring bttsiness very much. The show of horses was small and thi'.qrality in general inferior. The ...

EXTRAORDINARY THEATRICAL FRACAS

... A* -- - r n ?? ?? &_ . . . I At Worsuip-street, Police-office, on WednesdayMr.Jas, Elphinatone, principal performer at the Albert Theatrical Salooa, appeared before the magistrate to answer the charge of assaulting Mr. Henry Cousins, the leader of the band. Evidence at considerable length was taken. On Friday night they were performing Masanieilo, in which the defendant sustained the part of ...