... MUsiC. 6at~ FRENCra tHR-iE T AMSS they Mr~~w tth~ M.Mitchefll has resuniedW b14 cegant entertain-' me ts t~ t anW TI~jtk.c. 4 las ybar, h6 h0 eq the ?? with a1 rausic4Iompany, for the ~-R Performance of favourite Productions of.- the Operaj k!%e Cmi~e.The,~ theatre opened -.last. evetiing ,with .te1 ?? ihef fHl, pI iece which, though originally brought out alittlo more bat !a twelve matbeo ...

... KEX{T1H.-TOWN aTERARY INSTITUTION. I lo l t evening the fist annual meeting of this in.! u utitution took plece in Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town, on d wbioh occeaon there was a numerous assemblage of the most respectablo inhabitants of the district. The immediate busi- n ness of the evening was preceded by a soi-d, during which the visitor were supplied with tea, coffee, and other refresh- m ...

... .. OLYMPIC THEATRE. a to A five-act comedy, entitled Fashion, or Life in wn- New York, by Mrs. Mowatt, the actress, was per. the formed at this theatre last evening, for the first time Dity in this country. It was produced at New York four are or five years ago, and has had great success in all am- parts of the United States; and the English public, )art by its reception laet night, have ...

... OLYMPIC THEA TWE. ill A five-act comedy, written by Mrs. MOWATT, and bhought n out successfully at New York in the year 1845, wvas last night to re produced at this theatre. It comes to us as an exotic; and, or as a genuine specimen of an American dramatic piece, S- written by an American lady, ?? adopted by the applause id ty of audiences in the American metropolis, it bespeaks a e. special ...

... SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Mendelssohn's St. Paul was performed at Exeter HSall lst evening, for the first time mince the musical direction haa been confledto Mr. Costa. We bad not heard Woratorio since the production of Elijah, .nd were more than- ever struck with the expansion of the author' mind duing the interva1 between the bompoeition of the two wo*rk. In St. Paul we And the votary ...

... Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, and some Miscellaneous Pieces. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edited from the Author's MSS., by H. N. Coleridge, Esq., M.A. Pickering. Notes and Lectures ubpon Shakespeare and some of the Old Poets and Dramatists, %with other Literary Remains of S. T. Coleridge. Edited by Mrs H. N. Coleridge. Pickering. It speaks well for the dispositions of the existing ...

... I ST JAMES' THEATRE. Mr Mitchell has recommenced his spirited performances of FRENCH OPERA with a company in a great measure new, but well-selected and excellent. Madlle Charton, returned with unimpaired power and popularity, is supported by M. Chollett, one of the principal ornaments of the Paris OPERA COMIQUE; by M.I. Nathan, also a member of that delightful theatre and an actor of merit as ...

... IPINA1 iTS. I . t THE NATIONAL GAELRRY-.PIQTURE CLEANING. t When Rubens presented his brilliant allegory of i Peace and, War ' to Charles the First, the great a colourist probably as little thought of raising a a spirit of future contentionj as of raising the civil war 8 Which was even then slumbering in the land. Some r illustrious correspondents and valiant critics, unmind- v ful of the ...

... T'1ILE DIGNIXTYXl oil ,I''EI?Ad'TURE. To ruEF EDITolR 08 T1IE M^RNItN1G CHRtONICLjE. mi Slyn-In a leadinlg article of your journal of }bo Thursday, the Ed instant, you comnmented upon of literary pensoitnS andl the status of literary menial in this countryv, and illustrated your argument inil by extracts fromn the story of ' Pendennis, at be present in course of publicatioll. You have re- ...

... THE Music OF A HAPPY CTRISTUAS. No. 1. A Prayer for the Ill-at-Ease. Written by the Earl of CARLISLE. the Music composed by JOHN STENSOS0 MAJOR. R. Cocks and Co. 1850.-This Prayer is the first of three sacred vocal pieces, composed by Mr. Major -one Fl T., Esq -and' M. Jules Benedict. Tliey are 'i Offerings of love for the benefit of a distressed lady for whom a happy Christmas was ...

... Among a certain section of enthusiasts the above are considered to be incompatible, and for the rather potent reason that these individuals, being brought into so little intercourse with the masses of society, mixing only among their brethren in opinion, know nothing of the beneficial effects of cheerful recreation on the mind and body, and being so blindly furious against the very word ...

... WINDSOR, TAI. 9.-Her Majesty and big Royal Highness Prince Albert with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Marchioness of -Douro, Hon. Miss Lennox, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, drove to Frogmore this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the gentle- men in attenlance, enjoyed the diversion of skating on the ornamental water in Erogmore ...