... 1, oNIN IMEETS TO Comn'osrits.-The following extracts Yfoti etr, alddressedl by the venerable Mr. G. rThonason, dI of Edlirnbrgh, to Mr. Gardiner, of Leicester, will be found to confttin a ?? of it monument to Haydn ivell worthy of adoption:- 1I beg you will accept my best thanks for your kind- ness in sending me your account of the inauguration of ''the statue K Beethoven ait Bonn. Gladly ...

... DUBLIN, July 7. Lord Milltown's Movement towards Repeal.—The following letter appears in the Freeman's Journal of this day Russborough, July 6, 1846. My dear O'Connell—Forgive my thus public!? addressing these few hurried lines to you; but to whoin can an Irish Peer, debarred from anv constitutional means of expressing his opinions, more naturally address himself than the great anil ...

... The Age of Pitt and Fox. By the Author of' Ire- land aud its Rulers.' In Three Vols. Vol. I. Newby. This volume has sufficient merit to make us de- sire to see its successors. The author, of whose works on Ireland we have heretofore had occasion to speak, is an incorrect and over-excited writer, fond of what are called points, and too much given to making them; but he is also very ...

... THEATRICAL IRA. TAGLIOXZ AT HEB MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Thursday night, II Barbiere gave us Grisi, Mlario, 1Fornasaii, and Lablache; La Sonnambula, Castellan; and three different choregraphic perform- ances, with the first danseeses in Europe, filled upi brimful the measure of the entertainment. Our plresent duty, however, is to join in the welcome of. the last series of performances ...

... THE LIETBRAPBY ERA. THE CotiIC ?? eF ENGLAND. By GILBERT ABBOTT A'I3BECI:TT. Illustrated by LEECH. (No. 1.) 1'unch Office. This is an attempt to render Hume humorous, and to raise a smile at Smollett. Unfortunately, however, the laugh is 'lot wvith, but against the author. We have a great respect for the genius of Mr. iBeckett. He is, to us, one of the most original humorists of this, and ...

... [ 'THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS, AT THE ITALIAN OPERA- M. Perrot produced a new divertissement for his benefit at Hcr Majesty's Theatre, on Thursday evening last. The subject was the Judgment of Paris, and the terpsichorean edition of the fable, was eminently successfuland to those learned in keigleskez eminently ludicrous. The myth upon which the piece is founded, though known to every skimmer of ...

... AwRmeIA me 1845, ire. By Count St. Marie, formerly of the French military service. Besntley.-Csuet St. Mairiahas, ho his ac- count of hie visit to the French poseesocons in Af'rica, aided some- thingc to our knowledge of a csuntrj, the truth concerning which it is new very difficuilt to got at. It contains, moreover, iracideatally, some valuable hints aud information relative to the French ...

... I Yi$Y LANE.-The Brussels Opera company, w hose per- iqkteidcrerlc3 so grcat a sensation here last season, have corn- ei %ed sries of similar perfoomanceos at thle ab1ove theatre. Hey- Q~etus~ lclbrated opera, Les ilsuguenots, was represented to a e;r k ded audience, with triumphant sioeess. This magnificent opera is in five acts, and, nrotwithstanding some clirtailmellts to- wvaoods the close ...

... I EXTRACTS FROM lI EW BOOKS. ?? . HUGH PUGH. Itwas the famous olden timb whenfighting wasinvogue, And he who could not fight was thought no better than -arogue; I onwr creyte The jollie rows of Town and Gown werescarcely then a joke, - For manie a pint of blood they shed, and manie a head they broke. It was a lustie Welshman came out of his wild countrie, And gallantlie he fought midst ...

... ilIT'iERATURE. Tho Chiroticics o f Clover'inooil ; seilh Some Account ItoLD. .London: IPoblishetl ait thol, Puoch 01 loue 83, Fleet-strcet. It' Nve may nieal~ure per iods by the 11i's1non o01 thleir Utopias, thlere( is hubt)h iti t~lis' prep'0 ti lit )U hook to rpjvou' I hope ibi the 111111' ~IC livein.C Its au tho 103' hs long lr bve know n Ots a wrnitr of' sin on llu tn eisic'cilesS O 01 ...

... D'Aumale, who went to the province of Constantine (Algeria), on hoard the war steamer the Titan, will join his brother, the Prince de Joinville, commanderin-chief of the experimental squadron, at Tunis. Tunis.—The Austrian Consul.—ln announcing the departure for Tunis of the squadron commanded by the Prince Joinville, a French journal says that it was connected with the attempt which was ...

... own power. Tho civilian party makes no effort. It appears to be equally afraid of Paredes, and of Santa Anna; of federalism, and of the Anglo-Americans. It awaits the chances of the future, which, however dark, still affords gleams of hope. Should the Mexican army succeed in the renewed efforts which it is making to repel the invaders, national independence is gained ; and it will not ...