... DRAMAI. A YMAgtKET. We are glad wvhen a manager bethinke himself now * nd then of reliving one ot our old comedies. Surfeited Se wre are with French fricandeasul sad regouts, it iz pleasanot to sit dowrn occasionally to a itxtle of the English fare which our forefathers loved. We went therefore to the Hay- . market On 6aturday evening with sn expectation of enjoy. meut w7hich, if not entirely ...

... COLOSSAL BRONZE EQUESTRTAN STATUE OF LORD HARDlNGE. . We shall not readily lorget a saying of Mr. Gibson's, the sculpwor. tothe effect that be was t.e roere ph s ed with St- , George's Hsll, Liverpool, fr nm the fact of the design having It been chosen lby a committee. Too well do the public, or f rather that very small section of the pubiic which takes an f | interest in such matters, know ...

... THE MARTYRDOM OF BISHOPS RIDLEY AND LATIMER. I PATOOTED BY SIR GORBOE HAtTER, PAINTER IN OUDI NART TO HER MAJESTY, Sir George Hayter, it is clear, is not one of those who rest upon the laurels they have gained: cn the con - trary, he is one of those who regard past achievements - as pledges Of future successful exertions. D.tervedly Lhigh as the reputation of the painter of the Trial 'of Lsrd ...

... L ITERB TUBE. Zaidee. A Rosnaswe. By MAacokuaT OLIPILANT. Black ' wood and Sens..9 This tale has already appeared in the pages of b .Dlackwoo'rs magazine. it is far more worthy Eil beh reprint than most ot the productions which are take bc from the flowing stream of periodical literaturefo ve the purpose of crystalisation in a permanent form. th We should have been glad to see a rigid band ...

... COVENT-GARDEN The rival managers of the two great theatres carrying on a ort of war of squibs agin each r. neither of them, we should think, with much good to b, self or much injury to big adversary; andcertainl w very little entertainment to the public. Druyoly Wt believ4 was the aggressor; Mr. Charles 3 ftbe0, h begun by personsting the Great Wizard of the Nirtb , 4 giving ridictlout ...

... THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJEUT AT HAMBURG. HAMBlURG, Dna. 29. | It is seldom that a more painful sensation has been created here than by the announcement of the arrest, and arbitrary imprisonment, of Mr. Julius Campe, the head of the well-known liberal publishing firm of Hofman and Canmpe, of this city. This gentleman is the publisherof aseries of works, written by Dr. Vetse, on the secret history ...

... LITERA TURE. Tile Illusirated Hand book of 4rchitecutre. By hi JAMES FEt1GtUSSON, Ml.R.I.B.A. John Murray, th Albemarle-street. el, This is a very instructive work, and throws great w light upou a vast and very important subject. Al- CI though anarchy prevails and has long prevailed in it, the ?? of architecture in this and most other se countries, yet the spirit of inquiry has set in respect- ...

... LITERA TURE. ?? l)oivAy: A Tale. J. W. Parker and Son. I Dorothy is nen of th se rare tales of which it can t ha said that vterT ne who reads it would wish it to de be longer. Not tla' it it r t complete in itself, but Ti ?? the mnatter is -o good that ve long for more of it. 1Ho w manvy Dorwihys occur in the e1w thou- t esand volunm a vi iii tigure in the catalogue of our a novel reading exm ...

... LITEBA TURR. ThwentlglishwornlZlson Arerica. Murray. dwe it is a pity that the 1pirit of candour and good yeni humovur which animates the au~thoresfi of this Work and bas not been more frequently displayed by former of travellers. Much of Aw.. power which the lower no, portion of the American preftexercise over the inha- tial] bitants of the States is gatied by professing a in- sympathy #ith ...

... M. AND MADAME GOLDSCIZMIDT'S CONCERTS A concert of miscellaneous music, the first of a . series, was given by M. and Madame Goldschmidt last aight at the Hanover-q lare Roomam. It was calculated to d exhibit Jenny Lind's vocal powers in a variety of styles, f and alea to introduce her husband to the English public in b the character of a pianist. There wau an admirable orchestra composed of ...

... LITERA TUBE. Aen and Women. B3y IofERT BROWsixa. Chapman and Hall. Mr. Browning has given his poetical friends some ir very difficult ' nuts to crack. Complaints have been Po made even by his greatest admirers of the tantalising .i obscurity which hangs over the entrance to almost Fe everything great that he has done. We grope aboutu in the dark. We hit our heads against all of manner of ...

... THE QUEEN AND DRURYLtANE THEATRE.' (Fromn the rEn, of Dec. 31L) A question of not very easy solution arises in the mind of the playgoing public as to the cau se of her Majesty's non-patronage of this old national theatre. During the masnagement af Mr. Mascready the Qlueen nevrer entered the portals, nor has she done so during the three years of Mr. E. T. Smith'^s lesseeship. H~er Majesty has, ...