... become the subject of so much general conversation, that we have taken some pains to ascertain what they are like, and wherein their claims to popularity consist. As they are annonneed to appear at the Waterloo Rooms very shortly, it may not be out of place if we condense the resuls of our The Aztecs investigations for the benefit of our readers. come from Vera Paz, in Central America. It is ...

... Travellers to the Continent know to their cost the annoy- ance now-a-days given on every frontier respecting passports,— and as the slightest irregularity leads to detention, vexation. and disappointment, the following remarks, founded on recent experience, may not be out of place. For very many years, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in the capacity of Admiral of the Firth of Forth, has issued ...

... “A Gusese or ax Homesteap.”—* His Grace | Tae Deke or Avpxessinc tur House or Peers.” Tus is a very interesting clever painting, by Mr J. F. Her- ring. an animal painter of very considerable merit. It con- sists mainly of a group of those animals usually accumulated about a farm. At all events the rest of the composition is of inferior value, and does not seem to have received the same amount ...

... at a quarter before one o'clock. Cuarr or tor Norrn-West Passace.—Messrs W. and A. K. Johnston have very promptly published an extremely clear and well-arrangsd chart of the Arctic Regions, distin- guishing the routes and discoveries of the various explorers in search of Franklin, and having special reference to the recent discoveries of Captain M‘Clure. So minute is this chart that the ...

... ENGLISH OPERA THEATRE RO L. On Thursday evening, Miss Pyne and the operatic com- pany, now in the Theatre, performed the opera of Fra Dia- volo, by Auber. On Friday the Bohemian Girl was produced. The plot of a ballet, designated The Gipsy, written for Miss Fanny Elssler, was taken originally from Guy Mannering. The Bohemian Girl, of which the libretto was contributed by Mr Bunn, and the music ...

... NEMO ME IMPUNE The formation of the National Association, leagued and bonded together, for the viudication of our Scottish Rights, is assuredly one of the most remarkab e events. of the present day, If we cousider the rapidity with which the noble flame has spread from town tv town, from man to man, and from heart to heart. Conservatives, and Radicals, Free-Traders, and Protectionists—the | ad ...

... HIGH ART—MR LEITII. In the pages of a contemporary a few weeks ago, our atten- tion was directed to a collection of paintings by the early We masters accumulated by the above-named gentleman. have since, to our very great satisfaction, subjected them to a careful inspection. They are very well worthy the attention of all who are interested in the advancement of genuine art, or who are anxious ...

... ‘OTTISH GRIEVANCES.—NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS. of the complaints of the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights is, that the whole of the Government works, patronage, and encouragement, are reserved for the English people, to the or almost total exclusion, of the Scottish nation. In no case is this more forcibly exhibited than in the matter of the Dockyards and great naval ...

... (eda nie tre wry. EDINBURG mm, HUI SDAY, OUTO! ER 20 A SECOND EDITION of the MERCURY is published every Mon- day Afternoon, containing Reports of the London Corn and Cattle Markets of that day, the state of the Funds and all other intelligence received by Telegraph. The Second Edition can be forwarded, in instances, to any part of the Country by the Mails of that Evening. THE question of Fence ...

... Miss Glyn, whose tragic impersonations created so decided an impression here on her last visit, commenced an en- gagement of twelve nights on Monday evening. This gifted lady now the first place on the British stage, being second to none in the delineation of the heroines of the tragic drama, and especially such characters as Lady Constance and Lady Macbeth, that demand alike the rare physical ...

... ARTS PROCESS. Two of Turner's productions, executed in colours, as tran- scripts of the eriginals, have Mr been published by Hogarth, Haymarket. The public are indebted to the in- genioas chromatie process discovered by Messrs Leighton Brothers, of Red Lion Square, for those vivid similitudes of this great master. The one subject is “Grouse Shooting,” and the other, or companion print, “ ...

... The first general meeting of the shareholders of this com- pany was held at Crieff on the 13th inst., Sir David Dundas of Dunira, Bart., the chairman of the directors, in the chair. | The after stating that the present meeting had been called in compliance with the requirements of the act in- corporating the company, laid the act upon the table, and called upon the secretary to read the ...