... LUMIEBY V. GYE. QUEEN'S BENCH-JuexE 3. This was an action brought by the former lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, agaiust the proprietor of the Covent-garden Opera, to recover damages for having caused Mademoiselle Wagner to break an agreement which she had entered into with the plaintiff to sing at his theatre. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff's declaration, on the ground that aol ...

... THE GRIEAT EXHIBITION. Tim oflicial catalogue has at length made its appear- ance to the delight of all wvhio have bieet and are likely to become, visitors to our Great Exhibition. The motto is- Thounart worthy, 0 Lord, to receive glory and hionour and power, for Thlou bast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.- Rev. i v., 14. An improvement has been made in the ...

... | FTeanh PlaYs.-Mdlle. Rachel commenced an engage- ment here last Wednesday, when was presented, for the first time since 1851,. Racine's tragedy of Thedro. Rachel's im- personation of Phedre is so generallywell known, and has already been so thoroughly criticised, as to render detailed cons- ment superfluous on this occasion Thle eminent traqedienie displayed all her usual powers of ...

... I , 'COIUjtrE fD 0FASHION. ; COURT A~~Th . St -- TursrDi.-The Queen and Prince Albert, accompaniedby the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended bythe Viscountess Jocelyn, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut;- Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, left Buckiingham Palace at ten minutes past three o'clock on Tuesday'afternoon fot Claremini (travelling by the London and South Western Railway), ...

... k.AkiLIjss 11'V at.! U ft. From Le Fo/lNl. oft It is nawe surmiised : pelisses are already obliged to give place to hb the ieharpes oantr?/?trs at silks, embroidered in open patterns, trim- I. h- eed with a fine and close net, upon u ihich are appltou5 leave of silk. xi ice The patterns are fa.stened on the net with thorn-stitch. This style 7. n is very pretty. It is also expected that white ...

... I PUBLIC ANEUSEMlBD7TS in MANCHESTER. (aROM.-OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) As a proof that the public taste for the Shakaperian drama has not altogether decayed among us, it may be mentioned that it has been illiustrated on our boards upon four different occa- sions this week. On Monday we had Romeo and Jlliet, with Miss Faucit as the heroine, in which character she fully sus- tained the reputation ...

... ITElg CABINET WORK AT GORE IlOUSE. Two exhibitions were opened to public view, on Mon. day, at Gore-house. The one is a collection of cabinet work of various epochs and several European nations; the other is a selection of the drawings and models made by the students of the schools of design all ever the country. Both exhibitions are under the auspices of the board of trade; which, as regards ...

... Ol iat ADE. opening markets of Dor aster and York re | impression that, at least for a period, wools ete be dear, and as the supply is not here, nor is there any disposition from the | country d ves to allow their stocks here held on cousigument to be sold at easier rates, the bnsiness deing is very inconsiderable, Noils and brokes are with a small supply stock. Yarns bear no proportion to ...

... READY RECHONEnS.-We had to trust to the guides, whose ideas.of time and distance were most provokingly indistinct: besides this they have no comparative in their language, sothat you cannot say to them, A which is the longer of the two, the next stage or the last one ? but you must say, , the last stage is little ; the next, is It great? The reply is not, it is a little longer, much ...

... I . , . . ?? 1 ?? T -- Cont I TheK Art .Tou~rnaR. George Virtue, London. at di l This periodical maintains its position as the best of tb conducted and most perfectly illustrated publica- num tion devoted to the arts. ?? A Visit to Mexico, by the West 1diui 18tandslselvi Yucatan, and the United States, 0ith Observa- mast tions and Adventures by the Way. By William sent' Parish Robertson, ...

... THEATRICALS IN AMRICA. (sRO3a One OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NrW Yoex, MAY 16.-It is but little news I have this week for friends in the old country. Things theatrical here remain almost ia state quo, the various announces for the week presenting but very slight variations from those of the past. As I have already stated the Alboni Opera Troupe have closed with, it is said, a loss of 6,60 dollars to ...

... I r' E GREAT 1NKSITRIAL X10B1TIO1. ?? - visitors to the Exhibition on Sattuday were more ntmo'ie, thanon any occasion since ijts opening, the num ber ?? 5,662. The price of admsisioa to-day will be roa 'ducedc to Is; 'Mlssic in great variety was added to the otber attractiona of tije Exhibition on Saturday.: fn the cour-e of the cay Miess Elliot ?? with brilliant effect on one of the splendid ...