... . ? Riteran) Extrado* I . ?? ?? 'jj ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? MATERIALI SM.-I would guard nyyou tgerauditors, and all 5- who are inexperienced in this kind of thinking, against any Of impressiouthat the Foul, the conscious principle within us, is ho id susceptible of any true, actual division. If there be one tr e- characteristic, which, more than another, may be said to dig. th er tinguish spirit from ...

... . T AT -'IH - SEASON. $ HEATlRE ROYAL.-'IHE OPERtA SEASON. - - . I i I Rumour, with her busy tongue, had been so liberal in - denying the probability of another operatic speculation at v y our Theatre Royal, in consequence of the almost universal s O3 failure, in. a pecuniary sense, of previous efforts, that the an- h s- nouncemeut of the present company, including the celebrated P r. basso, ...

... LITERA TUBE. ChkrleZ Auchester. A Memorial. Three VoI1. London, 1883. Unless vwe are much mistaken, this novel is the work of a foreigner and a lady. We have arrived at this opinion wholly from internal evidence, no ru- mour of the authorship having as yet reached us. The work is niarked by an extreme and thoroughly temicnie enthusiasm for enthusiasm's sake, by a loe of detail in description ...

... THEATRICALS IN CHaINA Our readers will learn from the following copy of a Chinese play-bill how they manage theatrical matters in Penang. Most of the strolling troupes in English coun- try towns used some years back to put forth descriptions of ethe pieces about to be performed, something in the same way, though rather less circumstantial than the an nexed programme, which is not only a ...

... . GUTHRUX THE DANE: A TALE OF THEHEPTlRCHY. rT DAL- Ia . blr. Robert Story has woven into an interesting and well- constructed poem sonme romantic events in early English history. An aged warrior narratesto his grandchild the invasion of the Danes under Guthrum, and the struggle that ensued in the days of King Alfred, till the country was by treaty divided, and the Danish rule was recognised ...

... THE DRAIA. NUSIC, &c. Dinuar L&Nr.-Shakspere has been eaperseded by Mir. Eato Sitone and his studofquadrupeds. Hor8es now prance where but lately Mr. G. V. Brooke deelaimed; acrobats and clowns twirl and grimace where solemn tragedy but a few days since stalked in ail its inspiring grandeur; and saw-. dust has supplanted green babie. Such is the mutability of human matters. Mr. E. T. Smith, ...

... I I _ THE GREAT EHBITION. We would wish to draw the atterttion of our readers to a very ntereatiiig additidito t'e olh cl tnit'0f th Exhibtlo-3 peceni of ea iu 0 ait caittle fAiF ?? ocpAU. which attrastad a royd of visitors yesterday. It laed in a glass vivarium, filled with-sa water, Vqsr the 'salmon1 fry. Tothe aintiquarian the 'animal -is ilhteretinghgaas in some old drawings of the ...

... THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM AT SADLER'S WELLS. Everv reader of Shakespeare is disposed to regard the 31idsuanmer Night's Dream as the most essentially unactable of all his plays. It is a dramatic poem of the utmost grace and delicacy, its characters are creatures of the poet's fancy that no flesh and blood can properly present - fairies that creep into acorn cups, or mortals that are but ...

... , FILNEB A-BTS. RE-OPENING OF THE MUSEUKJ' OF ORNA- -i MEN.T&L MANUFACTURES, MARLBOROUGH- H;OUSE.' On Saturday there was a private view of the Museum of ornamental ltlanufactures at Marlbo- rough House, previous to its re-opening, after re-ar- .ra'g~fffaeniand anugmentation duting ?? exquisite collection may be regarded as the quintes- sence of the Great Exhibition, of which it is an ...

... awnnwnW romm SECOND N OElcz. No. 1. The Parting of Lord and Lady Russell. I A D. 1683. a. Lucy.-A large and effective picture, and a great favourite with visitors. Ther ...

... AMUSEMES Iq a (P R . IH-T- RLS .- . Bucket COEBON5I5T) TusATRE ?? Buck~ and a sr.a taila hv rw fall houses during th ?? revival of The Green Bushes with Oalld - feature has been the cidents-a play which is alwysi Opuac g formed, but which could not fai to b& even when sndilferently cr Manchester when the author hime he lthusiaoticaiy received in rare accomplishments of Mrs Fit . enacted a ...

... TEAI OES t YIAL- THE GUAND OPERA OF J SAlLLLO-_UR. LEVEY'S BENEFIT. I ?? notion Innn ?? thn have, ill more tbau one prtvIoO5 nOtice, apprisoo toe ,f metl-dramatic opera of the rich treat preparing for them Of Aubers immortal opera of Masoiello. We did ex- It would have been' sooner produced, but now we have a Jrdd golreason for declaring that every hour of beet r..e O hav3 htbught delay has ...