... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ?? 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 ...

... 'fittraril T'lotim. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW FOR J ANUARY. The place of honour in the new number of the QUARTFRLY is assigned to a paper UpOfl Canada. The distinction is well merited, for the essay is a very able one. Brimming with carefully-collected and well-arranged facts, it abounds also with acute and forcible reason- ings, and points out with sagacious forecast the glowing future that awaits ...

... ESSAYS AND iRE VIEWS. Air 'd(ward Miall, the -vell-known editor of the NA'o2onoajriit, has phlishled a third and cheaper edition of his *' Bases of Belief, with a prefaci relating almllost exclusively to 'Essays and RC- viewvs, the su)eculations, criticisms, and reasoa- ings of which are similar to those which his vol- tlme was written to combat. Mr Miall occupies a position which favours ...

... gitralry THE GIRL FROM THE WORKHOUSE. We extract the following from Dickens' X11 the Year Round :-What have we to show for the thirty thousand a year spent on theteaehing of the young in workhouses? Instruction with. out education, Next, to nothing in the case of boys. Worse than nothing in the case of girls. There the young girls are-not young criminals as in a reformatory, but simply ...

... An eminent statistician has just prepared a very elaborate report on the subject of vocalists' salaries, in which he calculates the value of every note they sing, and gives a table showing the cost price to the manager (roulades and floriture apart) of the best known phrases in the tenor and soprano parts of the most popular operas of the (lay. The tenor's salary is put down at £4000 a year, ...

... The editor of the SicCle forwards to the poli- tical secretary of that journal a long letter narrating his first experiences in London. A man of broad generous views, he is entitled to be heard; and since he has great influence in France we give from his letter some of his criticisms on our na- tional feelings. He says:- *1 had hoped that the old antipathies which have been so evil in their ...

... FASHIONS; rF:OR OCTOBER.. ,. - Aqo* LEO roaLrT.): Now that the autumn has decidedly made ita appearT ance among us, all our toughts and energies must' be directed to the study' of~hemoi becoming and appro- priate styles of dresses and materials for the season.- Te'npw skirts are made from five and a-half to six and a-half yards round the bottom, and are trimmed with ribbon, braid, ornaments ...

... Mr Sydney Hodges, Secretary of the Royal Polytechnic Society, communicates the following heartrending narrative to the Times A circumstance so horrible that, but for the evidence of my own eyesight, I should scarcely have deemed it credible, has just been brought to light in a village near this town. For some years past rumours have been current that the brother of a mason ramed Porter, living ...

... The Sultan attended a representation at the Italian Theatre, Constantinople, a few evenings ago, an act quite out of usual custom. The Levant Iferalel gives the following account of the visit:- The usual hour for the performance is eight o'clock; but the Sultan keeps early hours-he wanted to return in fair time to the Palace; and he, moreover, had brought his little son and nephew, and did ...

... -hE etejan4¢ alttt; 5alc%. - 1] F O R D P AI R. . his annual TUESDA17, OcoaroB 4. T~his annual 'fair for the Fale of cattle, sheep, and horses, wals held to-day at Gifford. Saving a few drops of rain'in the morning, the'weather wais * ry througbout, which gave the proceedings a pleasaut ad cheerful character. 'The sheep market, as usua!, was held on the ,village common, while the cattle and ...