... NA VAL AND MILITAB Y. TROOP SHIPS ARRIVED AT CALCUTTA. Nov. 11. Barham, withRifleBrigade, 13. Nub4 with Royal Engineers. 14. II.M.S. Melville, with det4s& ments of the 23rd, 82nd, and 93rd Regiments; John i (es), with 38th Regiment; Victoria (Es), with 82nd Reg. ment. 16. Alawick Castle, with 19th Regiment; Adre. ture, evith detachments of the 19th and 12nd, and 6l, Rifles; Octavia, with ...

... TiE FASHION TO BE POOR. The Par's St'cle contains the following amusing romarks: ?? The weathercock has veered round ! At this same period last yearnnothing was to be met with but millionaires. The goddess Fortune went through every street dispensing I her favours. When by chalice a can was met who was inodrat eoniugh to avow that he had not yet deposited a millions in the Bank of France, he ...

... music. ly HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. le All that we have got to say about last might's It performance of the nwacata is, that the house was crammed th ,r from the orchestra stalls to the cailing with an audience, a 39 large portion of whom probably saw for the first time the e. It great stars of the evening, Piccolomini and Giuglini, and 5 It were accordingly most vehement in their demonstrations ...

... Tile Sepoy Bevolt; its Causes and its Consequences. By Henry Mead. John Murray. 1857. This is the best and fullest account of the Indian re- bellion which has yet appeared. The author's opportuni. ties for information have been, ample, and his abilities equal to his opportunities. The last ten years of his life have been passed in India, where, as a journalist, he edited at Madras, Delhi, and ...

... L17 A TUBE. I Cambridge Essays ; contributed by M3embers of the University. Parker and Sons. 1857. This number is bareful, meritorious, and pains- taking, but withal a little heavy. People catering for the tastes of even the most select public should remember that solidity may be overdone. The gen- tleman who rushed into an hotel and ordered a dinner of six courses, three of boiled beef and ...

... HOLIDAY EKNTERTAINMENTS. There is an unusually wide range of amusement offered to us in these present holidays. We may begin with the Christmas course of Professor Faraday (on static elec- tricity) to a juvenile audience headed by the heir apparent, at the Royal Institution, and we may end with a Punch and Judy show at Sydenham. Even the Opera keeps Christmas,, while at the theatres every ...

... Fpurgeon's New Tabernacle. A bazaar, in aid of the funds for the erection of a tabernacle for Mr. Spurgeon, opened on Tuesday at the Surrey Music Hall. The hall was tastefully decorated with the flags of all nations and various specimens of needlework, jewellery, and fancy articles were arranged upon stalls on the floor. A platform was erected on the spot hitherto occupied by the orchestra, ...

... I Time-New Years Eve. Se ?? Rome of tse -Dranma in the .Yinydov& of Inagiina. tion. The Drama is scated en her Twrone of State, and on each sizlc are ra-aie;d Lee Ministers, Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, ]31rst'1 e, Farce, Ballet, Pantomime, and 32elodranze. Tie Drama. Another year is waning to its close, And very soon will gathered be to those That lie in the abyss of time. Another day, And ...

... (An Echo of Old Holiday Reading.) Come, said Xfr. PweLc to his boys, I have a new game for you. I will be the founder of a new Cabinet, and you shall alitake suh offices as you like. Now then. What will yeu be,Lewis2 Lewis. I will be your Chancellor of the Exohequer, sir. Mfr. P. Why do you choose that post, my boy? Lewis. Because I am very well read in classical history. Crey. I will bo ...

... BazWsiO:J BOOKS. SPORING SC.E;XS AONGowSr TAB KAEiIRS. By Capteiitn DiAX6oN.;? PUtledge, Farringdon-street.- Captain Drayson's narrative of adventures in Kaf- fraria makes a lively and agreeable volume. His sport- ing feats constitute, perhaps, ...

... Mr. Lumley, with his accustomed sagacity and enterprize, has availed himself of the presence in London of Piccolomini, Spezia, and Gioglini, and opened Her Majesty's Theatre for a brief series of Italian operas, at, what is technically called, play-house prices. That the notion wase a happy one was proved by the abundance of the attendance on Tuesday evening, when the Trovsatore was per- ...

... (FROM OUR OWN COORRZlONMDEyS.) NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMEBR 12. Tir business at the ACADEMY OF Music has niahtly improved since Carl Formes made his debut, and Manager lilman has thus been enabled, in no slight degree, to repair his shattered exchequer. Robert le Diable, Traciiata, and Flotow's opera of Martha have been performed this week. BUJITON'S has been crowded during the week, thanks to ...