... l6R. DICKENS'S READING OF THE I Christmas Carol. If a crowded antd fashionable audience, with hearty and continu- es* applaulse, is a proof of success-and few would be inclined to iisnto souch evidence as less than convincing-then assuredly Mr. Cli iriis DicIens's reading of his Christmas Carol, for the benefit Of ll,, ?? Jerrold and family, on Tuesday evening, at St. 3lar:iriS lIlll, Iwas ...

... BALATORAL, SEPT. 20.-Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and attended by the oa. Flora Macdonald, drove out yesterday. The Prince Consort enjoyed the sport of deer stalking- His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred attended by Lieutenant Cowell, R.E., arrived at Baloratl lat night, from Osborne. SEPT. 21.-Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort, and the ...

... THEl DRAMA IN AMEHIRICA. I (FoOr oUR ?? conissPoNDaONTs.) NEW YORK, FEIDAY, MAY 15. LAunA KeENs hao signalized herself during the past week by the pro. duction of two new pieces. The first is from the pen of Mr. H. J. Conway, and is a comedietta, is two acts, designated Noature and Art. Tils dia- logue establisles the author as a copyist, for the ideas bear a remarkably close !resemblance to ...

... r NVINDSOR, OCIOBEx 26.-Her Majesty and his Royal High- ness the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesoes the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince Aith ci, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, walked on the East Terrace yesterday afternoon, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting. The Queen, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode ...

... | AMERICAS DRAMATIC ITEMS. I (GATHEsRED To SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH.) LOLA MONTEZ is about to deliver a series of lectures at Buffalo, on her return from Toronto. The titles of two of them are Beau- tiful Women and The Domocracies of Europe, She has engaged .Chauccy Burr as ?? erection of a new theatre in Indianapolis is to be commenced next month.-E. T. Sherlock has leased the theatre at ...

... ST MAIRTIN S HALL, Mr John -IIalI re-opened ST MARTIN'S HALL last Wednesday evening with an excellent performance of Men- delssohn's oratorio, St Patutil, a work nor less remarkable than the ATlitjah fort poetical expression. A first hearing was given on the saine occasion to two or three new singers, and Mver Santley, who first obtained in these ?? his present high reputation, re-appeared as ...

... Ceylon: an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical, with Notices of its Natural History, Antiquities, and Productions, by Sir James Emerson Tennent, ?? ?? &c. Illustrated by Maps, Plans, and Drawings. Two vols. Longman and Co. In its own department of literature this is the book of the year, and one of the most notable works of our time. Supplemented by the same author's ...

... music. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. We have received from Mr. Lumley, who has j]ut arrived from Paris, the folio ving information respecting the ?? he hes made for the season. The ime donne engaged by him are Albeitini, Piccolo- mini, and Alboni, who re appears alter an absence of five years from London. Alboni vill open the sfason on the 6th of May. Piccolomini will arrive on the 10th, and will ...

... SONS OF TUB CLERGr. The annual festival of the Corporation of the S of the Clergy, which hbe been held every year dete a under the patronage of the highest authorities in the cdhn6 state, and city, took plece in the Merchant Ta-is.h Thedfternooa service in St. Pat's Catbkedral wu eetl i in due state by his Royal Highness the Duke of Camria the Archbishop of Canterbury, end severkl otherprea ?? ...

... LITE Aoge lTUR The Siuhotpffne Kingdom, or, Ezperiences and tudies lin the in Satoy, P-iedmont, and Genoa. BS BAYLE 6T. la JoaN. Chapman and HallI. Of thii MIr. S . Jobn'c wvork isa6 strfking proof of the tthe facul y some men have of talklnio by the hour, and won!o wiriting wvhole volumte3 on suhjects they knownv ?? mrse about. His ^Experieflce5, to judge from his ow lthem narrative', extend ...

... Last evenlicg about 400 gentlemen assembled atI th ,Iys~ Fela., Sydenihem, to celebrate the V'2od anni- I Jey,,ry dinner ox IhIS society. Lord Asunnro cp ed e the chair, and ArOmogtta oor itncihdprs r-a I'ent Ir, tte DMa' of Her-ford, C.-nel Sibine, 'Mr. i Ewant, my.P, Sr Charles F,~x, CO~Ionel Sykes, Dr. Boith (ve (Chirroan of the Ccuncil of the Snoicty), Sir Jcteph ha The Health of her ...

... SOUTH KENSINGTON 'MUSEUM. Ct P'RELISMINARIY NOTICEt. al Among all the places which have undergone great O alterations within the last ten years, the suburb of ti Brompton stands pre-eminent. The change there fil has been greater, and the improvements on a more extended scale, than in other quarters. Moreover, ti the external aspect of the place is entirely different; the narrow rural lanes ...