... The Potato Disease is spoken of in many of the local papers having made its appearance in several localities. In the west of England and Ireland, the mischief appears to be very prevalent. The \Ve»t Briton says that the blight among the potato crops has again made its appearance that neighbourhood, and has become extensive. The first indications appear to be black spot on the leaf, which, ...

... THE ?? RCHI 0INESS OF IANSD0 1VNE'S CONCERT. I Last nighdit thea Marehioness of Lansdowne gave a grand c1oncert ot vocal and instrumental music at Lansdowne llolse. m Their Royal Hirtlinesesa tie Duke mid luchess of Cam- bIidge, meolinpanied by tbe Hlereditary Grand Duke and Granid Dunehess of' Mecklenbiurg Strelitz, arrivedl st lhilf is past t.ll oclorcl, attended by Baron Knisebeck, Lady At ...

... AIW YAl IIKE'l' T'IIEA TRlE. IREVIVAL OF THE PIROVOKED IHUSBAND. It is well for dramatic authors that their works are not immortal. If it were olherwise, the generation, of neces- Sity, would soon become exthict. The author of our own day seems to be pretty keenly alive to this important truth, and skilfully produces his happiest effort with just suflicient powers of vitality in it to carry it ...

... The Queen and Prince Albert, the. Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the infant Princess, and the Prince of Leiningen, at- tended by the 'Countess of Desart, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Arbuthoot, and Lieut-Colonel Seymour, left Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at ten minutes before two o'clock, on Monday afternoon, crossed in the Fairy ...

... LIT'ER ATUREL. I'l.Pr'se ftonitheSouth. ~IyJOHUNEDCIUNDRIEADZ, 0s1i1 author of' ?? Italy, &c. Illi two0 vOlUmes. AIL [London: Charles 0ilier. th ?? of Switzerland and Italy, the(, thing ter- nlow 'Nantedtis1 not meic description, hut ant esti- 1i, mate, correctly stalted, of the(, moral value of what is Ist. ?? This is wli t ?? Rlade hals at fempited, and iii) Ill in 04: cases, ac hievedl, ...

... LITERIATURE AND MEN OF LETTERS IN ENGLAND. At the opening of a retreat for decayed booksellers in connection with the Booksellers' Provident Insti- tution, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, who presided at a breakfast given on the occasion, adverted in the course of his address to the position and prospects of authors in society. The subjectis an important one, and, as will appear from the subjoined ...

... Visit of the Lord Mayor to Corporation Expenses.—On Mouday a Court »•« v'iT principally for the purpose dL-cussing tho motion Mr. Anderton had given notice at the Court preceding— That it be a standing order of the fourth/ the Chamberlain shall not pay out of the Chamber of money for any charges expenses for any journey the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, or aiiv other K of the Corporation, either for ...

... The United Irishmen, their Lives and Times. By R. R. Madden, M.D. Third Series. Three vols. Dublin: Duffy. This is not a good book. It is scarcely matter for regret that it is not. The subject neither deserves nor would admit of one. Accident has given greater notoriety to the designation- bsited Ir'shmnen-than those who bore it were entitled to. The real United Irishmen, the men who had a ...

... FIREisNCu PLAI S.-ST. *JA lLS'S' I'HE.l TIE. Last nighlt Militdlle. R.ACIiBL appeared in the p art of Virginie, in a tragedy of th-it name, by M. LATOUR (de Sunit Ybars), originil ly produaced in Paris in the t rly part of last year. Previonsly to tite trage'y, tbe comedy of La Femnic do Quareantc A s was performed; ind the curtain did not rise for the great perlormanee of the eveoing till a ...

... 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 ...