... ITHIE ZEXIBIION OF 18as. I Iiow-that*a -large proportion of the commiesioners of foreign cenlries ieave arrived int England and takes posses- eion of the differentt spaces allotted to them in the Crystal Palace, the public will be curioue to know how they are satis- fied with the arrangements made for their reception, and to what extent they are preparing themselves for the opening in May. In ...

... THE DRAMA. EUsI , &e. D~ruE LANE. --Mr. Bunn has once ?? assumed the ,$seagerial reins of this magnificent theatre, which will re- open on Boxing night with the legitimate draa,. s Many a time and oft have the done of the professieon essayed to .hold the mirror up to Nature within its walls, and bank- rsptcy and ruin have ?? their reward of merit. Whether this will be the fate of Mr. ...

... LITERARY XS ELLAiiEA, :. , .II A - A TRAITOR has fear for his. bedfellow, care for his cam .panion, and the sting of ?? for his torment. HncnREDsTaBY TniTs -Thie absiurdity of descendit bonours is not a mere matter of philosophical opinion iti capable ofM nathematical demnonstrtion. A mea-s oi tor instance, is but ialf of nis family, the other half beloain2, fo the family of his wife. Hlis son ...

... PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The entertainments at this theatre last night con: sited of ,The First Part of King Henry IV., and a new afterpiece, called Tender Precautions, or the Romance of Marriage. The play was strongly cpst. Bartley's Fasft was an excellent and; successful performance. It was, perhaps, a little too elaborate. He seemed studiously desirous to make I points; and his anxiety not ...

... I I There was no incident worthy of special notice on Saturday, unless it were another visit from the Duke of Devonshire, who was accompanied by Sir Joseph Paxton. 1 in a promenade through the foreign departments. The I activity of the parties employed in the work of removal is now especially conspicuous in the Sardinian and Italian sections generally; but as these comprise many articles of ...

... - &ngs of FrantO. - Composed by CIHARLM3 GouroDU zE .The quality of th'ese 'ga, 'nd' ,theiir recoption i iboth in Paris and London, have settled the question started by some of our musical critics as to the young author's 1- e character as' a tobmaposer. The cold reception of 'his' Sappho at thQ Grand Opera, and (in its Italian drqqs) a . at Coveixt-gariednwa4' Lndeniably owiing to tbe, ...

... ROYAL ITALAN OPERA. The wlanapement of thi3 theatrt has a1t no, time since the arrival of Madame Garcia Viardot in reproducing the 'PrbpheteYt This great' opera was 'peaoredonSx a- turday eveningv with 'all i'ae magniacenee ofprenouw seasons. 3¢adsiuno Viar4ot 'ireeivedwith loudl and lting.continued: ?? fronm every part of the house, er pexfdrmance of~tho part of Fldes-.a partwhiioh she has ...

... 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, ...

... The Derby day made little impression on the; ap- pearance of the crowd in the Crystal Palace. There were people enaogh in London bor the Derby aud the Exhibi-i 1 tion, and it surprised foreigners that a concoursa of eleganceO and fashion could be found in both places. In the after- noon the navy was, as usual, the scene of favourite resort,'! and in the promenade we noticed several leaders of ...

... On entering the building yesterday, it was satis- factory to find that the daily complaints of the public and the press on the subject of ventilationhadnot been left wholly unattended to. The whole of the glass in the east and west galleries has been removed, and such light airs as generally blow in that direction have free ingress and egress. A similar change is contemplated with respect to ...

... 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 ...

... Daughter of Albion! thou Last not The lesson of thy sire forgot; Listening at times to Power or Pride, Readier thou turnest to attend On bleeding Valour, and befriend Him who can hope no friend beside. Long ere the patriarchs of the west Lands, three vast oceans bound, possest, When all around was dark and wild, Adventurous rowers rowed from Greece, And upward on a sun-like fleece The maids of ...