... IRELAND BEFORE AND AFTER THEo UNION.R* A third edition of Mr. Martin's valuable work, entitled i' Ireland before and after the Union, has l just issued from the press; and the all-absorbing interest of the topic it treats of; more especially at the present moment, calls for the most careful and patient analysis of its contents. His is, in truth, an Herculean undertaking; for the results it ...

... ST. JAMESKS THEA TRE-THEA TRE IHZSTOlQ UN. The second and concluding performance of the ie- torique company took place at this theatre on Saturday evening. The house was only moderately well attended. The second part of Attonte Cristo is as dull as the first, and as undramatic as it is possible to conceive of anything put upon the stage. Imagine a select family circle, reading a long, doll ...

... Last night MEYREBi.n 's opera Roberto il .Dinvolo, condensed into three acts, was performed for the first time this season, and attracted one of the fullest audiences that has ever been witnessed in this house. Every box was oc- cupied, and there was scarcely standing room in the pit. Her Majesty end Prince Albert and the Queen Dowager were present. M1llle. JENNY LtND'S performance of the part ...

... ?? ->PRR}' TBIEA7TRE-LORD JOIJN JR bUSSELL'S T'RA GED Y. *; .rv'vnd S'D NET SMIto1, in his haste to Polish au hi .e rrultrrcruriug Lord JohN R ?? various a, . ts cc :1 politiciutl, weas induced to overlook , .1 rc ccr ii l rics cpcity as n dramatist, and thus pos- .; -ficr reivd ol it valuable criticism. The .- o:, however, could hardly have anricipated, when L ord JO.II! cN o 0 r01 dlin thi ...

... Last evening Mr. PAsR Ry,the favourite comic si8tier, gave his annual concert at the Ilanover-square Rooms, which were so crowded, that for those who arrived after the corn- stnencement of the performance, there was scarcely standing room to be obtained. The programme was a most abund- ant one, including some of the first talent, both vocal and instrumental at present in the metropolis. The ...

... LY7CLEU.M] THEA TRE. ?? ?? little ?? wiIB produced here last night, i bd.l'r~ir;iyf~ a Ckcange. The characteristic idea r 1h, I ,ro, lr. S/rorrrpji??toa (ilfr. C. AIATIIEVVS), is * I ' 1; lie is at gentleman who always takes a hnrv l, Ih is nat hisown, or what he may not have, 1' wivi indiflerencc upon that which he may legiti- ?? t1y a saly. Aware of this peculiarity, Mro Pael El ;/I e! (Mr. ...

... IA iMAvRKET THEATRE. iendrans in three acts, entided Onzens and Odd Coin- produced at this tbentre on Saturday evenring, to rar113te success. The author's fault appears to be .30 PI beriO hinnnelf with too many characters, who orrer all, nothing very striking in character to dis- i rbam, and to have totally disregarded the ne- bir plot. Character there was little, plot there was therefore, ...

... ON THE MPANS OF FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF LAND.* We have here, in the form of lectures delivered early in the present year, under the auspices of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, an able and highly interesting treatise on a subject which we rejoice to see attractsan increasing amount of attention. Among those which may be called the secondary public questions of the day, ...

... [FROM PUNCH.] Come, all lovers of sedition for its own delightful sake; Come, all disafficted rascals, a disturbance let us make; Come, at midnight let us meet, ye revolutionary crew, With no purpose in particular but rioting in view. Whilst in almost every capital of Europe there's a row, Brother vagabonds, slhall we alone continue quiet now? What! of rapine, pillage, massacre, and all that ...

... ENGLAND, THE CIVIlIZBR.- To all those among our readers who affection hig words, and new words, and new meanings for old words, and eurious contortions of the parts of speech, and grammatical innovation in general -to all who ?? ambition to become 'facilely learned in the science of civili- zational rivalities, ' intercivilizational rela- tions, civilizational cataclisms, ...

... FRENCH PLA YS-St. JAMES'S THEA ' RE. Last evening a completely new scbeme of performances was commenced at this theatre-the compact little com- pany of the Palais Royal, the moat laughter-moving I theatre in all Paris, bavine been bodily imported for the purpose of performing a selection from their extensive repertoire. It is a long lime since we have witnessed anything more successful than ...

... SFi(JIZE 2ArT THE? MOZ.4MBIQUE CIIA NNEL. ' . tX jieyol tile measures adoped by England li - iol of the slive trade, especially as i ut aimiimg tile last tew years, is bf-inning :aukn, doubts to its wvisdotn even among i t 'pirlters. The enormous sacrifice of %i h s t iieb hlts hithierto attended tlhe en- I ; the t nicasures-the reckless daring of iliil Inaen engtged in its pursuit-tbe aggra- ...