... 5i011ONISM.-A SAD TALE A few yeats ego a retired tradesman of this city, then scarcely entered upon middle life, was living comfortably upon a nice little estate of his own, a few miles from town, in a charming rural country. He married a respectable young woman,wi 'l whom he received an accession to his property, and we can scarcely fancy a position in life bid. ding fairer for stability than ...

... (EXCLUSIVE.) FOEREIGN.-Rossini's new opera, it is expected, will be produced in three weeks. The two first acts have been rehearse4, and the third act is nearly perfect. The departure of Mdlie. Faveo, for Drury-Lane, has been retarded by a slight indisposition. Carlotta Grisi will leave Paris on the 1st of January, to fulfil an engagement at Rome, previously to herjoining the troupe at Her ...

... I LIT ERAT U RE, A POET'S BAZAAR. From the Danish of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. By CHARLES BECK. WITH, Esq. Three vols. Bentley. The general reader is apt to suppose that the British world of modern literature comprehends all that is learned, imaginative, scientific, and intel- lectual; at least he (is likely to forget that our republic of letters is but one among many, some of which, like stars ...

... PROVINCIAL THEATRICALs. [Fsrtoel OUR OWN CORRESPON5DENTS.] i ?? season has just been brought to a close, tone illuminated by a succession of stars from its cli'h ~,v, oa name Flora Fabbli, the Ethiopians (rather , planets) Miss Faucit, Madame Vestris, Mrs. Fitz- ,9., sac. Yet, notwithstanding all these attractions, ithby a stock ctoany seldom met with in the provinces, be CI' g Messrs. ...

... A ruiarl Amazon, rejoicing in the name of Anne Fitz- patrick, was summoned to the Queen's County Quaiter Sesgii'ns for assaulting a rustic Lothario, called Mr. John Keegan. Aliss Flitzpairick, being called on to plead, declared she didn't assault the jintleino at aell. Ii r. Fingleton; Do you wish to take your trial I Mliss Fizpatrick: Whatever lie likes. I won't be dis. agrl-eable. Jidhn ...