... CURIOUS THEATRIC 4 I -in~nnlo^ uiorresponuence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-The following curious correspondence, which was passed when a league was once proposed betaee, the theatrical potentates at the Lan an t Garden, which I have met with in an oldp r, perhaps, amuse your theatrical readers: m ay, Drury-lane, November g Dear Wild,-Pray lend me a couple of conspirat0 for to-night. ...

... AT= EXHIBON SURPLUS lie secon'd report ot lileucommissio0015 of 1i51 beet isstied, by which it appears the ctOliS. i ave Ire p urchrjyed 1110 Groe 9l5u1s estate, at H1-Ide Palk, containing twenty !Keuncs and a hallt for which they have given ii Thd 1'ltoV have also passed a resolution au- ;tl outlay of a suml tot exceeding 150,000 I the iurplus in the purchase of laud, on the condi- that ...

... 7J53O AND TIRE DEAEVXA awT Mtanchester.| (lt'r.At OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) '1tt ATl, R1OYAL.-This establishment being cloned rtbe (halia until the beginning of September, Mr. lruadin, the celebrated magician, hats taken tbe ' atle let a few nights, and gave the first of his magic on Thursday last, aid if we may judge Ii l ytlucess of his previous visit to Manchester, his lobeldlrary ...

... 1U C A D T E DR.AIA AT Blanchester. (FROs oUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Miss Glyn's engagement is proving Successful, much to the unnoyance of her detractors, of whick the lady has undeservedly many, We should com- it an act of injustice if we were to omit to mention, in terms of commendations the Tobias of Mr. W. S. Foote, in The Stranger, on Saturday. It had many affecting touches ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... looettv. L I NE S. BY WILLIAM CULLIN DBRYANT. The M;ay sun sheds an amber li.1;ht On new-leaved woods and lawns between; But she who, with a smile more bright, Welcomed and watched the springing green, Is in her grave. The fair white blossoms of the wood In groups beside the pathway stand; But one, the gentle and the good, Who cropped them with a fairer hand, Is in her grave. Upon the ...

... looctru. STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT'S HOT! Ir a project you've in view, And would mould it firm and true, Be decided-dally not! Push it forward with a will, Let not aught your ardour chill- Strike the iron while it's hot! While cautious Fear stands idly by, Making up his mind to try, Wav'ring 'twixt will and will not, By some sudden swift surprise Boldness carries off the prize- Strike the iron ...

... -- 10 actru. THE PEASANT'S PRIDE. SHE left her father's busy home- A lass of eighteen years- She heard no more her sisters' laugh, Or her brothers' blithsome cheers. Beneath the household holly trees, No more at noon she listens To the hum of her mother's honey-bees Where the hire in the sunshine glistens. Her cot is on a dreary moor, Where sound of human -life For hours at time will never ...

... (From Le Fellet.) IT is impossible to imagine anything richer or more beautiful than the present style of dress. The appear- ance of our fashionables atthe theatres or balls is quite dazzling. NWe must attempt to describe some toilettes we have seen, in order to give an idea of the magnifi- ceneL and taste of tho present fashion. A lady, whose hair was remarlsable for its blackness, had a ...

... (From1 Tire.Dodd FamWily Abr'oad, bry Chacs. Levrre.) HrRE we are, hyving another kind of life from our old existence at Dodsborough! 'We have capital quar- ters at the Bellevue-a fine hotel, excellent dinners, and what I think not inferior to either~, a most obliging Jew money-changer hard by, whoil advances 1mode- rate loans to. respectable psrties, on personal security -a process in ...