... BLAtatwooD's MAoAZorIN.-We had intended to dis- eUSS with the writer his ministerial measures, but, after re-perusing it, through a dozen pages, we could wet but refrain from breaking a fly upon the wheel; a moere lachrymose, vapid, and harmless bit of yersrfirge never emanated from the fartlamed Christopher's pen. The northern political lights are out of. their element, and protection has ...

... THEEATRICALS, &c. ?? The art itself is nature.-SHrAtsPsrEu. PRaNcriss's.-Mr. C. Mathews and Mad. Vestris have commenced their engagement at this theatre, the lady making her appearance in a new vaudeville called At Speaking Likeness, and the gentleman in ]its fdvourite character in Ile Would be ansAtasr. The vaudeville is of Fretoch extraction. and nothing is more simple that its stony:-A ...

... LiTfRATURE. TAIT'S MAGAZNsE (March).- The Life and Codres-at pondenre of David Humm, though accuratelY ceratate upon, and diffusively analysed by lirt Burton, so. after all, a rather dry piece of Writing for the s previash taste of present doy reading; andas, tt to be 0sniud nothing conclssive can be predctd yroftisgea B more thian what is usually ascribed to h the arl of Gowtie: a Tragedy, ...

... LITERATURE, A PE R SONAL LNARRATIVr OF SEVEN YEARS IN SPAIN. BY CAPAIN ALExANDER BALL, 5.8 F. Gh;ppeal, Lom- bard-street -This work is ready vbat it purports to be -a serlonal narsative, and e .usists chiefly of extracts ftom a joursal. The author appears to have had three objects rin virw in its publicxion-the vi-adintion of Gontcra Evalls from the slanders that hate been ea fr-ely heapcd ...

... s: TEEATRICALS,~ &e. The artli~self is nature -SuAosPecE. &HAXTARKET.-Mr. Sullivan's comedy of The Beggar ema Horseback has been played every night during the week with increased success, and will doubtless benefit the treasury of the theatre. IL is, however, one of thrse ephemeral productions which will retain a posi-ier in the bills for aosne forty nights or so, asd then sink io rise no more ...

... TrEATRICALS, at. HAYWAORET.-A new farce, by Mr. Planehe, taken from the French of L'tourarieau, Otndet the title of The MrAh Posl, bhas been very Bsuceresfutlly played here dnring the whole of the pest week. The plot chiefly turms upon the biunders of one Terenrce O'Grady (Mr. Hudson),wrbo has lately arrived from Cork to ?? as clerk in the office of his uncle Bartholomew Lane (Mr. Tllbury), a ...

... -DRE:AT-RICALS, &e. _ - The art itself is nature.-SHAESPERS. I H~~ansmtmsT-A rxe farce, undeer the title of LendI aF ieve Siaiiniefs, has bes' produced at this theatre with much success. It is adapted from the French of fiche S i-Amour, but is not a verbatim translation of that piece: t ,,any portions have been judiciously ?? by the Ii Einglish adapter. The scene is laid at a provincial sOizo ...

... wIaTERLATUr.L- A PRorosrD PLAN FOR THsE EQUALIZATION oN 'roar POOR-sASrc throughout the various parishes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Pro- viding for the abolition of the Law of Settoemefnti render- ing thexeby the removal of paupers unnecessary, and saving annu2ally thousands of pounds to the rate-payers: also avoiding paroebial litigation, and greatly betnefittimg the ...

... PUBLXC AMUSEMENTS. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Unmdo the Direction of Mrs. Warner & Mr. Phelps. wiShTHEYWINTR'SYALE LesIHETerM.RhnEA. i Prenui.tMrG arndtt Fanaieel, Mr.. MW.u Battwy.Mr Sciat; A~suivlyro, Me.t rA. Tuseg.cie; Eultene, Mr. H. H-Imells lireomiace prs. erer Pedib)' ~ruf, Miss'teeper: FauliOf, ru. H Ilasser-Atre wir!, SIMSON AD Cc. ?? Pimposo, It. A.Usurce S~re rewir, ...

... THEATRZCALS,7 &c. The art itself is nature.-SHArSIPIIE, LYcEum.-A new lyrical tragi-comedy called Hop-os- say-2humsb, was produced here on Monday evening, the great attraction being the first appearance of the re- nowned General Tom Thumb, for whose introduction as a candidate for histrionic honour Mr. Albert Smith has constructed the burlesque. t is founded on the well- known nursery story of ...

... THES MAGA.ZINES. Jolly companione every one I The patrlarcbal or the juvenile, the stout or the slim, the gay or the aober- coated, ye are all right welaone in your Mrcr!A ll hail I fellow, well met upon our library tableI BXNTrLtY.-The moment we open, by yeur leave, our commaunicationl with Bentley, we are cheered in the promise of the Miscellany. Look at the illus tratien by Leech ...

... I Society] of i IBritish Artists,1Suffolk- !I | Istreet, Pall-mall a5t, .0 There was a private view of the twenty third annual exhibition of the Society of British Artists ta-day, and it c undoubtedly exhibits a step in advanc e. Although, d among 602 pictures, there must necessarilY be some of a mediocre merit, there are none which offend the eye of d the cnnoeseur, while there are sevesal of ...