... ?? ?? ?? 9. ?? - A . l --X1 - ?? ?? ' 'I . ?? A.A ?? Z w 1 Report on tlhe C(re of Cataract. By John Not- (Ti tingh1am1, Esq., M.D., &c. Liverpool: Deighton poi and Laughtonl. eve This is a remarkable pamphlet, giving the particu- eov lars of an operation by which blindness from cata-no ract had been removed after a duration of ten tioi years. What renders the case peculiarly inter- of esting ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... I ~~ POETRY. I , ?? A CALIFORNIAN LYRIC. BY JOHN GREET. (Fol. the Preston C/inonicle) 1. Oh ! come to the diggings, away From yonder disconsolate isle, Where sorrows and trials beowray Your kindred enfeebled by toll. Ah ! boast of your clime if you will, And comforts which to it belong, But give me a mission to nil1, Along with the gold-getting throng I 11. Oh! come, let whatever oppose Of ...

... THE FIRST OF MAY. The usual and time-hoisoured ceremony on the top of Mag- dalen tuaver took place on Saturday last. The following linse admirably descriptive of this ceremony are, we understand, froni the pen of the Rev. J. W. Burg-on, Fellow of Oriel college What do wye, op so early, this Mav morn ? Hath Health, the huntress, from some neig-hbouring hill Bloesn such a blast of her enchanted ...

... .,Sri attq. -Y STANZAS.--BY ELIZA COOK. TuloIJuG, like the marble rook of old, This heart may seem all hard and cold, Yet, like that rook, a touch will bring The water from the secret spring; Let Memory breathe her softest tone, With magic force it breaks the stone; And forth will gush, all fresh and bright, The living tide of love and light, That pours in uVain. Though like the cloud of ...

... Vaceca. -The external beauty and interest of VenIce lle In the prospects f1rom the lagoons and Canale Grande, and In the Piazzot San Maroo-and Ito immediate vicinity. From the top Of the Cam p anile you have a bird's eyeviewof thepilace crowded Gland with itslhttenidant satellites~-the broad' driatid to the easit, the range of inlanidAlpsto the west, and a single .1ne of risti, otraigct as a ...

... THE ROYAT ACADEmy EnIBITION. We see marks set in our catalogue against one or two pictures which we have omitted 'to name in the preceding notices. Mr Webster's cottage interior, with a child studying the A B gC, is one of them. It contains a suggestive figure of an old man, who sits by the wall reve- rentially silent while the study is proceeding. There is a pleasant rural scene by the late J ...

... lER IIASESTY's.-Tle popularity which Cruveli baailjbed in Norna induced the rnanagers to announce s repetition on Tuesday last, but from the sudden indis. pl ition of the heroine, it was found necessary to find an opera substitute. Ceaccotilo/a was selected, and passed er'admirably. tlhursday brought a repetition of It Barbiere di Sivig- lia, irb the same cast as noticed last week. The house ...

... arebitW. No. 85. Tusi. Inisa Touiser's ?? IHANID- Booli, for Visitors to Ireland. London: Office of tie Ieational Illustrated Libranry. Dublin: 111'Glashan. IN anticipation of the arrangements for some time in progress for rendering Ireland during the coming summer a centre of many attractions, this very elegant volume has been published, and will, doubtless, super- sede all the other Irish ...

... IRELAND AND TIHE IRISI.-A HIBERNIAN I I NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT. l 'Vemin. is a stor'y I often heard my poor father tell, when he was livin' in Mr. Arthur O'Donnell's family: at Kildimo, a great many years ago. Be it known unto you that ould Captain Healy-he was in the marines of the time, and mighty handy at jewehin', and takin' a man's share o' the bottle, besides other accomplishbmints was ...

... t )ctr. __ THE FLAX FLOWER. TxNY blossom, unpretending-, Waving on thy slender stalk, To each gentle zephyr bending,- Oft I've watched thee in my wvalk; Thinking how the fairy flower, Which a breath would seem to blight, a, Holdeth wealth, and fame and power, Filling homesteads with delight. W Making pictures, life-likle; showing- * Bright as fancy ever dyed- Brows, with earnest efforts ...