... A ?? SCHOOL. TO RNa DITOR O 01d HEX An Sir, -tast week I wns silent upon theatrical reform, that I ighat ]ave,'he advantage of seeing what others hadt a nrfrnet tlse sbject before I proceeded further. Bat 1 perceive nothing in thewayof rigncs ougetion, which, In ryhml pn~,po mises the emproveislt at which we are all aim Iv desire is to aid, nott to lead; and, although we m sarewell to tbes ray ...

... T]IBATRIcAS TAND AM[USEMENTs IN I Sbeffield. (FaaOl M 51 oURW Soaass oND5FNrT.) TOEaTSE RotAaL-(tUndor the lanagement of Messrs.Coleman. sed Johnson.)-On Monday last a domestic dramoa, entitled Old Adorn was put upon the boards at this house. Mr. Coleman assumed the ,ld man, and, although we think the character totally unsuited to this gentleman's abilities, he went very creditably through the ...

... I AMUS}IERTS IN EBRIIINA. I (aoa on owR cosM Cfr*oXDr.) TaxTnE RqOYAL. -'Lessee, Mr. H. Simpson.) - The theatre during the past'week has been, with one or two exceptions, poorly attended-the mnajority evidentl reserving themiselves for the mercy makings of Christmas ligg Edwards, the leading jlay of the estai- lhshment, and who is n clever young ictress, Eoieted the attention of her friends ...

... LITEBA TUBE. CHRIST MAS BOOKS. Aki Elegy Wrirtzess its a Country Church'ard. By TnOxIAS - GR&Y. Cundall. If any one needed a stimulus to read one of the most perfect of the smaller poems in the language, he would find it here. This edition of Gray's a Elegy is printed on the most delicate paper, en- closed in the most luxurious binding, and ornamented with exquisite illustrations. ' Parting ...

... T HE BIRMIAGIH{AM( CATTLE SHOW. B1omixzGoHAm,, TzsnDAY. ' This show of cattle and poultry was opened -for the private view this morning, and a very successful exhibition it is pronounced to be, excelling in. many important essen- tials all its predecessors The show is already in its fifth year only, yet ia most respects it is considered to be quite equal o that of the Smithfield Club. The ...

... (wROonar owew corRxPxroxoDXr.) Tiaran RoYhL.-(Mr. Jao. Harris, Lessee.)-The operas of the llfeoitain Sylph and ltwayiiello have been repeated this week; and the 5nly change in the ueual programme for the past month found requisite-which speaks well for the seleetiens of the Manager, and thc manner they are got op by his clever stage-manager, Mr. Granby- have been Dr. Young's tragedy of the ?? ...

... HIGHILAND SOCIETY'S WINTER SEOW. The first winter exhibition of fat stock in con- nexion with the Highland and Agricultural Society of l Scotland, took place on MIonday in the Edinburgh Cattle Market. Similar in principle, and with much the same objects as the Christmas shows of the Smithfield Club, the exhibition-the first ever hold north of the Tweed-re- fleated the highest credit on the ...

... ANNUAL WVINTER POULTRY SHOW. Next in importance to the cattle show is the an- nual winter exhibition of poultry projected by Mr. Tyler, the proprietor of the Surrey Zoological Gardens,- and held at the New Horse Bazaar recently erected near the Elephant and Castle. The building itself is admirably adapted for the purpose, being of great interior extent, and furnished with spacious galleries, ...

... ?? SAist HOUSE. An Historical Romance of the Time of George I. By ADDLESTONE HILL. Two Vols. George Routledge and Co., Farringian-street. 1853. It is impossible not to feel that this interesting, well written, and well principled novel is the work of one who has both read and admired Es-noscd. Not only the period, but in some degree the plot, and even the characters in Savile House, seem to ...

... DRAIA. HAYMhARKET. f A new comedy was put on the Haymarket stage on Saturday. The author, Mr. Sterling Coyne, introduces us to Sir Henry Melville, who has made a 2nesalliance, a i great calamity, which is mitigated by the timely death of 1 the wife, wbe, however, leaves her son in this world, As a the boy would iatcrfere with a new and more ambitious f match his existence is carefully ...

... OUR CARPET- BAG. 77 Taxs RU8SIAaX NAVAL VIcTOIOY.-GiRes (a great politician): Hey! dang it! Turks be done this tome ''st'ad' o' un's tak'n urn, um'S tak'n um.-Psnck. COMPLIM'ENTARY AYD SELF-DENacm.m-Tbe Duse 1rs-k fsrsememn's Josssal, in announcing the 'election ofMr. Peter Dawson, the democratic memsber elect to the Asseixbfy for the twalfth district, says, We congratulate Mr. :Igson o- ...

... | OUR; UCARPET 0 BAG. A L~vwxa's NARE.-A lawyer wrote rascal in the hat of a brother lawyer, who, on discovering it, entered a complaint in open court against the trespasser, who, he said) had not only taken his hat, but had written his own name in it. i Bonnico-Bonowinf is one of the most ordinary ways in which weak men sacrifice the future to the present-and thence is it that the gratitude ...