... O- am-db ?? Two YreaSa RESIDENCE IN A LEVANITINE FAMiILY.-UY B. Sr. JOHN.-Chopinenand He, Strand-There is some- thing so quaint and original in many of the custones of Musselmen, that we-the inhabitants of these unromantic isled zbannot but feed interested. andocurious in any fresh de- tails which are afforded us by eastern travellers,., Although ,there is but little in Mr. St. John's work ...

... ITHIE ZEXIBIION OF 18as. I Iiow-that*a -large proportion of the commiesioners of foreign cenlries ieave arrived int England and takes posses- eion of the differentt spaces allotted to them in the Crystal Palace, the public will be curioue to know how they are satis- fied with the arrangements made for their reception, and to what extent they are preparing themselves for the opening in May. In ...

... The period of the atinual cattle exhibition having arrived, the judges assembled on Monday morning at the usaal place in Baker-street, for the purpose of conducting their exami- nation and awarding the prizes. Their names were Messrs. Torr, Turner, Buckley, Webb, Grantham, and Burgess. About eleven oclock her Majesty and Prince Albert, together with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, ...

... LITERARY ISCEANEA. 'Ise true view of great. men is, that they are only examples and manifestations of 'our common nature; showing-what belongs to all souls, though unfolded as 'yet only in fewt The light which shines from them is, after all, but a faint reveli- n of the power which is treasured up in every human being. They are not prodigies, 'not miracles, but natural de- velopment of the ...

... THE DRAMA. EUsI , &e. D~ruE LANE. --Mr. Bunn has once ?? assumed the ,$seagerial reins of this magnificent theatre, which will re- open on Boxing night with the legitimate draa,. s Many a time and oft have the done of the professieon essayed to .hold the mirror up to Nature within its walls, and bank- rsptcy and ruin have ?? their reward of merit. Whether this will be the fate of Mr. ...

... LITERARY XISOELLANEA. GovEaRESSES.-What a strange and disgraceful anomaly iE it in Fnglish society, that the very step which ought to entitle a gentlewoman to additienal admiration and respect, on the eootrary, entails on her the loss of caste.. This is aa incontro. verltible fact, tkough one which is often reluctantly admitted. As a 0less, gevernesses may be cosesidered extremely estimable ...

... A T'4x pD, ma AS T 7B WlAj By TE REVc. ARsasrionaG LEn gmen BAtern6oLer 'row. ---Books 're ?? to1~nar'al ilitaryglory' are eegerly souikht, after and perused at the presentrtime anl'strange as it ma~yippeur, it is ne, ertheless true th4.elei gymen- men 'of prayer and peac-have aditberto beensforemost' by their pens in excitigg the 8varlike ardour of the rising gen eration for deeds.. of xblood ...

... LI0ERA, msy-ILAr1 ?? ?? .. ; _ : l ; i 89itR?T a EQ *-9erp~entsare, prictly sp~akin, to be classed as viviparous rather than Oparou& 'Tr ther you 'ar6'foi'med in a stit 'shell'o'r~ooe skin, and eor,- tiinue in the *eg~g . tate till't~ie' ,iine tof;ai ,u~itgon.butha erggs are, so to .Spsak,1i5±Obed internally, aned 'tbeyoiiu ones areabrought *orth like ?? viviparous 'ammal. The shells ae ...

... THE DRANA, IUSIC, ETC. Dinty LANE -A new comic drama, in one act, called A Lucky Hit, was successfully played for the first time on Monday. A Gaseon captain-swaggering, brave, auda- cious, and not over particular-arrives at Versailles whilst an intrigue is proceeding between the young Duc ?? (Miss M. Oliver) and a charming Baroness (Mrs. Leigh M:urray), the daughter of the Baron de ...

... LITERARY XISCELLAnEA. GREAT BIrrArIN ON THE WORLD' 8 MAP.-.W see two little spots huddled up in a corner, awkwardly shot off to a side, as it were, yet facing the great sea, On the very verge and lip of the great waste of waters, with natiing outside of them to protect them; aot like Greece, or Italy, or Egypt, in a Mediterranean bounded by a surrourd'ng shore, to be ceasted by timnid ...

... THE DRAXA, KUSIC, ETC. DRTUR LAxz -The opera revived on Thursday night- II Gluramrento, by Mercadaote-contains much music that is pleasing. Mdfle. Guarducci and Mdme. Weiker took the two princtpal female parts, and acquitted themselves admirably-the former lady executing some rather difficult mueic in the beginning of the second act with the consum- mate skill for which she is so remarkable. ...

... FAHIO>i FOR PNV£1WBkPl * 0 ~~[FSOm Le FOZ~et.j - A new woollen fabric, with patterns of flowers woven in, or brocheee, will be vary-fsbhionable this winter. Reps antique with black or brown ground, sprigged asl over with sm8all flowers in blue, pink, g een, lihar, &c., are also in great faycur. This material- is vary. thck, and is alse made in etripes. One of the prettiest of these designs is ...