... PRINCESS'S THEA TE. SABDANAPALUS. We have seen many spectacle dramas of more or less splendour and of more or less pretensions to correctness in scenery and costume, but we have never seen, and we be- lieve there never has been seen, in this or any other country, in any theatre or any opera, a spectacle play of sunh deep and perfectly novel historic interest, and presenting so gor. geous and ...

... THEE FASHIONS. [rROX TEK FRESSoN.] Bfsoques continue in great vogue for fill dress or untreos : light or heavy materials are all made with basques. For insturce :-A dress of embroidered muslins, the skirt trimmed with three filuncem, on, which is a runuing deRian, corm po-ed of spr~gs or the bend-wveed. The body is mace quite fiut. so as to show the enmbroidery shat surrounds it, the tasqaes ...

... .- i I: ,i RoiAL I*AULNOP!ERA. ; W Xis bV6 n `ahothe ?? at this theatre. .d~d~iine. 'MedtRri,%-whd se._i ae s inclnded in the : geneiaI pr'oppex.tus Uss ?? the beginning of the L season, app'ered on Saturday night in ?? di Bolian, with more success than any other singer who F has hitherto performed-this -part--inu--london. - Ma- R dam~e Medori has a considerable continental reputa- e tion; and ...

... 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 ...

... ,SOCIETY OF ARIS. Yesterday the delegates from the various literary, scien- tific, and mechanics' institutes ill union with the Society of Arts visited the CryotalPalace at:ydenhans, pursuant to an invitation offered by the directors of the Crystal Palace (om- pany. A special train was provided for theoccasioni and upwards of 400 gentlemen availed themselves of a privilege which enabled them ...

... LITEA.RY. ! tELLANIA. WOERS 'OF THETFLINT.-IR the littlo crevices of 'dlnts may often be detected one or more ohl;ters of minute round wvhite Spets, Whichl, when- eeu through a microscop9. appear like fiattish' bodies, witu a rising in the oentre and with a fringe; indeed, they appear somewshat like minute mush roors. If one of these granules be opened with the point of a needle, it will be ...

... 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, ...

... LITER A TUBZE. Geetho's Opinijoiia onth di ?? 21lanind, Lites'ature, car. Science, and Art. Translated1by OTTO WEN~OcTsERtN. bee J. YW. Parker. There can be no -doubt of the worth an4j -interest om of a publication. like this, and all. well wishe`isito ourODu, lieature will give it their mite of' encouragement. ri Vr eneksternk has extracted- honey, fromr--wide v in regions of Goethe's ...

... A1MUSEMElNTS At LIVERPOOL. I (FROs OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENe.) -1ThRATPE ROYAL. - Mr. George. Smith, formerly stage- m1anager of the Manchester Theatre Royal, has announced a dramatic perforrance to take place on Saturday (last evening) bya company of amateurs styling themselves the Manchester Literary and Dramlatic Society. The pieces ale Se Ladly of Lyoins and His Last Legs. If these amateurs ...

... 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 ...

... A Feew Notes on Shakespeare; with occasional Remarks on the Emendations of the 1Manuscript Corrector in Mr Collier's Copy of the Folio 1682. By the Rev. Alex- ander Dyce. Russell Smith. Since we last spoke of Mr Collier and his critics, the latter have greatly increased in number, and the tide pro- mises to set as strongly against his manuscript emendator as at first it went in his favour. Mr ...

... THEI.1IUMICAL UNION. ELLA gavc yesterday the 'Direetos's Union, in b usual, tile ordiuary programnme was extended, ,dpsible, the ordinary audienice increased in num- t rdillianice. The executants formed a brilliant 'icrilini X. VIEV.XTRITI -hiS last perfornuanee for ic;irv, ?? grealt artist meditatesr speedy excursion hiia - Herr GOFvFRIE, .Mr. H. BLAGtOvE, Signor 3A:1, M. WEILLE, M. ...