... THEATRICALS AT WOBUtN ABBEYI The Duke and Dachess of Bedford's hospitality, which has extended over the last five weeks,at thae ancient decal seat in Bedfordshire, may now be considered over. It was arranged that there should be another grand gathering at the Woburn Abbey Theatre, to close the season, ?? week was the night fixed ; but owing tD the sudden illness of Mr. Odo Russell, the Duke of ...

... AMUSEMENTS ZN BMINGHA1L I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE TREATRE ROYAL,-Last night was the thirteenth night of the Christmas pantomime, Queen Mab. which has proved a great attraction among the holiday makers since the first night of its introduction. It is preceded nightly by a good standard play, and thus agood evening's amusement is guaranteed. The plays enacted during the past week have ...

... THER l-REAT EXHIBITION. r THE CUSTOMS IN THE EXHIBITION. p CUSToMs DEPARLTMENT AT THLE CRYSTAL Pa.iuoa.-The di Board of Customs have by minute appointed the following 01 gentlemen for special duty in Hyde Park during the ensuing Grand Industrial Exhiibition :-Mr. Rolls,of the Laniding Surveyor's office, as chief;l Mr. T. Fairman, searcher, comp- ya troller of accounts; and Mr. M. D. Cresbie, ...

... LITERATUBE. Foreign temiinisecnccs. By HENnY RICHARD LORD HOLLAND; Edited by his Son, H. EDWARD LOUD I HOLLAND. Longemtan. 1850. o This is a volume that every one will snatch up aad dive into. The noble author was one of the best informrd-men in Europe-; -had-travelled; -hadt-known- and been able-to form a ,personal judgment of every celebrated radn. And hefe ase those judgments re- cordA -fHi ...

... FN AR T S. MR MACLISE'S PAINTING OF MR MACREADY IN WERNER. There is now on view at Mr Hogarth's Gallery in the Haymarket a painting by Mr Maclise of which the subject is taken from Lord Byron's tragedy, and the principal figure is a most masterly full-length portrait of Mr Macready. A line-engraving of this picture is in preparation; and a finer or more fitting memorial of the great actor now ...

... After the very satisfactory replies given by Mr. Fox to the interrogations put to him at the Society I of Arts on Wednesday last, with respect to some of the principal objections which have been from time to time urged against the strength of the building for the Exhibition in Hyde Park, we apprehend there are very few who now entertain a doubt upon s that point; To such persons it may he ...

... THEIGREAT WE11h2ON, PROGIESS- oF .TXD WILDING. This great *oik, wfhezein tie cioi' st indstrial pro- ducts of the world will shortly be most beeomingly en- shrined, has novr been so far ?? towards comple- 4 tion tehat-itrmay almost be regarded as finished. It was, according to the terms of the original contract, to have been handed ever on Tuesday to the commission- ers, the last day of the ...

... LITERATUBRE RELIusous DECEPTIONS OF THE CHIURCEI OF ROMEs EXPOSED, By T. ft. HIAMPSON. Mitchell, Red Lion. ?? little work beaaigg the title given above, describes, by the aid of reliable authorities, the deceptions and frauds that have been practised by the Romish priest- hood during a period of One thousand years, for the pur- pose of secutely founding and increasing their temporal power ...

... THEATRES, &o. DapTyy-LANE.-Tie new comedy, entitled The Old! love and the New, bids fair to brighten the hitherto somewhat gloomy prospects of our national theatre, for a marked improvement has taken place in the houses since its production. This is as it should be; and if Mr. Anderson can but manage to follow up his present success with more novelties of an equally important mature, we may ...

... LITEA ETURE. The Bards of tse Bible. By GEORGE GILFILLAN. ain- burgh: James Hogg. The idea of this work is peculiarly infelicitous; the execution is still more so. It is one thing to study the language of Moses, Job, the Prophets, nay, of Christ himself, and compare it with that ot Homer, Dante, or Milton, in order to discover-the-oommon qualities of each, for purposes of critical ...

... Among the characters which Mr Macready has performed during the past week, for the last time, have been Iago and Benedict. Speaking of the latter performance the Times critic re- marks: 11 Were it not that the priority of rank assigned to tragic acting is a constant temptation to a histrionic artist to cultivate theserious rather than the comicnmuse, one might almost wonder that Mr Macready ...

... Th GREAT- EXHIBITION, T&NGS TO BE LOOKED FOR IN THE GLASS PALACE. agi The following is a list of articles promised for sen ,,hibitiofl, arranged under the headings of the Plaersthysd Art C ome from, and giving also the siamO of the exhibitors: ilt~t Faox BRIDrOuT. por Me1. Coppock-A liquid for staining woods-to resemble the ,,beahsgs Or rusewoo~;t The articles for exhibitioa, how. a ever, ~ ~~ ...