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THE TEATRE

... THE THEATRE. Mir Rang-er ?? an ?? for twelve nights on Mortday evening, and .wes most xvarrnli wvelcomed bV an ex- tremely well attended house. Tue character chnsen for Iris delzta on the present occeasion, was the Marquis St Croix in the two r.ct comedy nf the Romantic Widov. A produc- tion, we believr. of his own pen. We do not know an actor at prcsent on the stage more oasft to all the ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... EXMIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTIISII ACADEMY. j Notvithstanding ?? unfvonarable state of thce weather on | Sceur day nmrid g, the ns w Galic~ies of Art were crowded at an early hour %with anxious spectators, evidsntlt highly inte- he rested and delighted with thc pictures which covered the w1- walls. We have to congratulate both the public and the nl Artists upon the increase of accommodation ...

Literature

... ?? sit tT at lfrt. on' GENlts. By ;. W. JACKSON. Edin- burgh: Maclachlan & Stewart., -mniearkable work professes to throw an entirely 1:liht upflu the biography of emineutmen The ,no of the disciples and professors of the meomerism andf phreology, about which lerned men, both in the departments of letters 3 of sIciece, have expressed themselves sceptical- O-ltnOurs to prove that the great ...

Literature

... CnlAMRB7aS' INFOBMATION POn THE PZOI'Ln. New ( and Improved Edition. Part XXL Ediuburgh: E iV. & RI. Chambers. E ?? the peculiar province of the Messrs Chambers G to provide Instructive reading for the masses. The N S work, of which the twenty-first part is be ore us, is R well-known as containing an invaluable fund of S &nowledge, and as eminently suited to the compre- D thension of the ...

Literature

... a X t c r t t t t. TnE WIFE's TEMPTATIONS. A Tale of Belgravia. By the Authoress of The Sister of Charity, &c. Two vols. London: Chailes Westerton. WnETMER this novel will or will not sustain the re- putation of its fair author, we do not pretend to say, the simple fact being that, not having any special interest in purely imaginative light literature, we have not read more than one of the ...

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER

... E ASHlONS FOR NOVEMBER. Data.sses. -Several for the wvinter season have just appeared, mnade of rayel Pekin, or black damuask, trimmed with two] broad flounces of Cambray lace, each volant having for a heading e. triple row of narrow genze ribbon, toated ; these rows are placed close to eachl other, and form a very rich style of rcache, about a finger in wridth. Instead of a corsage, a petit ...

OPENING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE

... OPEINING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE. On Saturday night, this Theatre, as remodelled and deco- v, Irated by the new lessee. Mr Wyadbam, was opened for the sea- he son ; and, of course, the attraction of the nee house-the new re company, and the feeliwg bf sympathy which is so generally Pt entertained, for Mr>lWyndbam, crested an excitement which may have been equalled; bht certainly was never ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... Her Majesty and the royal visitors came to the Crystal Palace on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and, as some 400 or 500 exhibitors had been formally requested to be present, more than usual interest attached to the occasion. The por- tion of the Exhibition marked out for inspection was the south gallery on the west side of the transept. Hitherto the royal visits have been made in a very ...

LITERATURE

... LITER AT UR --. MARarm, and other Poems. By Henry Inglis, Eso Blackwood &Sons, Edinburgh.1 1851, - 'Beantiful-so says, almost sings, Thomas Carlyle,- Beautiful is the union of -wealth with the love and further- ance of literature, like the costliest flOwer-jar inclosing the loveliesit amaranth. Quite as beautiful, say we, and infinitely more marvellous, is the union of the practice of ...

FAIRS

... FiAlR&S. BENFEV Awlual F'air wvas held en F'riday. The day w3s sise, and thete was a good turn Dut of cattle of various Icicds, although not quite so large as the nucmber shown last monith. lilk cows were in good demand, and pnres a sliarle higher than at last fair. Those newly calved sold at from L.S9 to L id and in one or two instances as hligh as a .i S. Farrow cows of good qiality sold at ...

Literature

... it £ a r ]3LAC1;eVOOD. A!N entire absence of political discussion is the dis- tinguishing feature of this month's magazine. For this deficiency, however, ample amends are made in the mor-ethauusnalvigour and freshness w hich charac- terise the nutmber. As regards '-The Athelitigs, we may just mention that the plot bcginls to thicken. We arc carried very pleasantly through twenty-four ...

THE ORCHESTRAL UNION'S GRAND CONCERT

... A series of three concerts are just now being given in Edinburgh by a number of the leading instrumentalists of the metropolis,- under. the di- rection of Mr Alfred Mellon. The first two lkave; alreaidy taken place-the first on Thursday night; . and tbe. second last night. The concluding con- cert. will be given to-night; The orchestra com- prises twenty-four performers, many of them in- ...