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THE MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... TIER MAJESTY'S THIEATRE. -L'JO IN EMBARRAZO. Some twenty years since DoNIZETTI, at thatperiod quite it young' composer was producingr with railroad rapidity, altihoughl the iron hald iot at that epuch d entered people's souls, divers operas. Ills wonderful m facility enabled him to conceive, write, and score a serious or comic opera within at few hours, fbr days were scarcely f numbered ...

LITERATURE

... TLhwMAtul - X iHisfb, of ire Pgfiomatienl. Vol. IV. By J. D& D'Auacsdei; AD.D. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. ,tcontiunation of a work to vvhich w e have already had the p let.- sure of directing attention, and the sterling merits of which are fully attested by its unprecedented popularity. It haB already obtained a circulation in Britain and Ireland alone, of nearly aeo~eo opis. he erid ilusratd ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... JULIET'S TOMB. A sulky Gerisal iwenatiu showed me the sarcophagus, called I Juliet's tomb, wilich still staisd- in a dirty shed at, the bottom of a slovenly but luxitrialit garden, evidently once belonging to a convenit, no0 doubt that of Friar Lawsrence. The coffin was half foil of water; thle edges of red marble were mutch mutlatdhavngbeen chipped to make relies ; there is n circular ...

CATTLE SHOW

... Foxa.i lAtTlx A GRICULTI:RA1. A.SOCIAiImo.i-This Associa- I tion held their Anrual Exhibition of Live Stock at Green of I iUdny 0n Satarday last, whenl thle animals brought forward for comet~ition, as us~ual. maintained the high character for which I th~is Association has been 9a long famied. The iudges-Messrs Williamsoni, Bendauchl; Mimne, Main~s of Waterton; and Talot, Clovee~na triuOfrd ...

THE BLIND MOTHER

... TH4E BLIND TMOTHER. ?? -. p ?? - Gently, dear Ilother, here, The bridge is broken near thee, and below The waters with a rayid current flow- tc Gently, and do not tear. re ome, nit1ier-plant thy staff before thee, II Lean on e loves thee most is watching O 'er thee or The green leaves as we pass m Lay their light finglers on thee unaware, And by thy side the hazel clustes tfair, Cr And the low ...

FAIRS IN JLULY

... L| -- - . - FAIRS IN JULY. Wf. 29. Carluke- Cowden- Doune-Dryrnen-lass-linross- Moffat-Tarves-Tarbet Th. 30. Biggar-Broadstraik-Coldstreamn- Thirlestane_-Tom- intoul F. 31. Glenelg-Garvock - Pennymnir Tryst-K Rtherglen-- Strathdon. FAIRS IN AUGUST. Sat. 1. Ardelvie of Loehalsh-Foveran Cattle Show. 51. 3. Castle Douglas-Ellon Tryst-Locbcarron.'Uueyialls. Tu. 4. Cnumbernauld-Caithness Tryst ...

POETRY

... i'OETRY. TVl ER XET~O PLYIU-OOYOT.) (A MiaT~t~t1ULitBoDY,) I'm loa '¢ttihe cpzhee imoiipledt withl mites, And wheat thso' h ,Ilgalnc. be ¢un~ruly tA disciplo ofti',AfCgt i'lt bo. I'm a lau, hi~ng Plhlloo9op~ihOr1 itSbrly, ?? thorni dulty, t I nlever meet trouhles halt wvay. If they come, they're uc'er anxious to stay, The Grumhler who never estoys. The boautles bestowed upon narth, Who ...

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE

... SADLER'S IWELS THEATRE. Df We are happy to perceive that the season at this de- 13 servedly favourite house has commenced, and that it )appears the intention of its mnnager to continue the same 's course which has already won for him an honourable name Is in the dramatic world. Sterling plays and good acthig, dwith appropriate scenery aind other adjuncts, are thle attrac- Ie tions he offers. ...

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

... i P iASHIONABLE tNTBLLIGBNCR. Their Majesties the ying and Queen of the Belitan, attended by Madamne la Conitesse Vilain XIV., Duke du P l it and Major A. A. Hanins de Moerkerke, Officler ?? landed at Woolwich, at two o'clock on Monday afternoon fron the Garland steam-packet, from Ostend, and in a few minte entered one of tile Queens carriages and four, and proceeded to town on a visit to her ...

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

... in THE 313RUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. nd HALEVY'S celebrated opera, of Lea Jnive was given of last aight at Druiy-lane Theatre, for the first time in this be country. We oeed scarcely remcind our readers that the ek gorgeous spectacle put upon the stage by Mr. BUNN, in It. 1835, under the title of /ic Jene.mss, was nmerely a two act adaptation of the five act opera, and that HALEVY'S mUSiC .ee was ...

SCOTTISH NAVAL AND MILITARY ACADEMY

... .SCO-rISH NAVAL AND MILITARY ACADEMY. The annual cxamination of this national school Cook place -&n Moldra and Tuesday week in the Academy9 Lothian road. The appearances of the pupils on this occasion were ecil as to attest the high talents of the masters, and to call frah the warmest acknowledgments of the directors. On Mon- dl' the claosss ,f Laiin, German, Arithmetic, and French, -crc ...