... Saturday last was appointed by the borough magis- trates as a special sessions day for granting of theatrical licenses, and the following justices were upon the bench: -The Mayor (J. Bateson, Esq.), H. Hall, J. Holdfortb, T. Hebden, T. W. Tottie, ?? Carbutt, C. G. Maclea, J. H. Shaw, J. R. Atkinson, D. Lupton, J. Clapham, D. W. Nell, and John Cooper, Esqrs. Mr. C. Naylor, solicitor, applied ...

... L I T E R A T U n E. I THE LONDON CATALO4,GUE OF BooES PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN, with their Sizes, Prices, and Publishers' Names, from 1816 to 1851. London: Thomas Hodgson, 13, Paternoster row. This work is one of the literary wondersof theage. In addition to its being an undertaking, of intense personal labour and great outlay, it is, without one single excep- tion, one of the most useful ...

... TuRF CHARACTERS. THE OFFICIALS AND THE SUBALTERNS. By MARTINGALE BENTLEY, New Burlington-street. Under the above title, and as one of a series of works intended for perusal by travellers on rail or river, we have an admirable little work by Martingale, who has previously achieved no little celebrity as a writer of Sporting Magazine articles, which will be enhanced by his present contribution ...

... TKEATRE$, 40. 1 I ,oYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-CLOgS OP TdkE SEASON. _An ounusually long and prosperous season was brought. ID a close on Saturday evening last, when Meyerbeer's pera of Les Hugruenots, with a cast including Gridi, lri, Castellan, Angri, Tamburini was given for the last time as a valedictory performance. All the artistes engaged in the representation exerted henselves to the utmost, ...

... gPORTZNG ITERA~tU . I nt g5 W vol Fee RumtY.-This agreeable periodleal, ce ti n of the article by Craven. entitled The P4,hio. e~e jhi ?? less than a farrago of affected ,o t, wbich' is 0tii ,rdlY ?? the printer's Ink or compositor's time, a fair quantity of entertaining matter. The New yrox is pleasingly narrated by Colonel Napier, and ay ' ip end Areesureas will be read with interest. in his ...

... BALMORAL, SUNDAY.-Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove yesterday to see the Burn of the Vat. Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral yesterday, and remains on a visit to her Majesty. BALMORAL, MONDAY,.-Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended divine service, yester- day, in the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. A. Anderson. The ...

... AMENICAN 'THEATRICALS. (Prom Peabody's American Chronicle of January 1st.) BROADWAY THEATRE.-The dehu46f Madame Alboni in Ceaerentola, at the Broadway Theatre on Monday evening, was a triumph. A crowded house anxiously awaited the appearance of the debutante, and when the curtain rose, exhibiting the great artist to the audience, the theatre from pit to dome echoed with the deafening applause. ...

... QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRP.-(Mr. J. C. Joseph, Pa- tentee and Manager.)-As the present season terminates in a week from hence, tne greater portion of the company have been availing themselves of the opportunity afforded them to test the kindness of their friends and the patrons of this favorite theutre by announcing their benefits. On the other evenings the tragedies of Othello and Romeo and Juliet ...

... LUMIEBY V. GYE. QUEEN'S BENCH-JuexE 3. This was an action brought by the former lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, agaiust the proprietor of the Covent-garden Opera, to recover damages for having caused Mademoiselle Wagner to break an agreement which she had entered into with the plaintiff to sing at his theatre. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff's declaration, on the ground that aol ...

... K r i 1, ) ?? : : fix tgaw AF IT ,gKP#~4Qp * (?UO( qua QOF 9 QBREkSOwD5N5) 'E~T o74~.-7`isi Glyn bpn ~re oni Mondiay eynip i .iEi. -Her enftring'of Bianca i* powerful and impressive,'bubt the ieet ?? in the:same oha'racaertpiddabid an impresiibn'whiohi Mis. Glyn scareelyrealized, lt i9 not'ourintea. timtnstooifarsge' the'achuowledgedab iljties of an actreas who bh ?? heraglf . peqrmanept ...

... : x iAXUSEMBNWBTS IN DI131GEE TAiaizARhsix,-4On WednesdayS,the 7thinst., M'r. Wright appeared ?? Wvecand Deaf a;,. e ..P2et0 Ou. Thursday In Paul 6ry andbi Di.2f You ves Semd !our Wife to Casmeerwell? On Friday, being Iois'beisfit0 inkt l .: ethort 74n4d Wives and Love, .Lao, andf Phyiic. And on Satnrday. being I isast appeairance here, in The Wreek Ashore and 3fy ,,'~clous.~ete. Wlle are ery ...

... (now ova owireciaVntiom5.) AvnoN.-Gi Ila~ was produced last Saturday week to a crowded house, Mrs. J. Harding appearing In the part of the Robber; Boy. This lady is rising in public estimation. Baa TON.-'heatre Rbyal.-(Lessee) Mr. H. E. Nye.)-The Sea5 of Ilco has bieon, the principal attraction during the week, and the ocncfets surpass anything of the kind hitherto produced at this tbeatre. ...