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FASHIONS FOR APRIL

... - The bright days of early 8pring which we arenwejyn create a demand for somecthing hetween the frtimdbr none of the winter and the light nmantelet of summer; conge. qnentiY, we have noticed in one of our fdret housee several patter~na Of Mantles, closed In front and high t h het mn., *h- - . o th throat Among them we may recommend the mantelet tulipe and the mantelet a medallions ; these, as ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBE. I Ch~risti unity in China, Tartary, and Thibet. By M. L'AnutE Ruc. Vol. 111. London: Long. mans. -r This volume of the French Abb6's researches will ?p qual in irterest any ot'its predecessors. It carries 1858 thehistory of the Roman Catholic missions in China at tE from the establishment of the Mantchoo Tartar nect, dynasty to the commencement of the 18th centu ry. I an We derive ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TURE. I ?? Memoirs to Illustrate the History of my Timc. By of F. GUIZOT. London: Richard Bentley. m That we love to hear the actor describe scenes di and dangers in which he performed a part is a truism certainly, if we are to believe the geologists, ul not as old as the hills, but nearly so. Not a village s' alehouse exists in which a mob will not collect to th listen to a Chelsea ...

THE DRAMA, MUSIC, ETC

... THE DRAXA, EUSIO, ETC. E&STER ENTE~RTANKENT&. What were known to our foretathers, as, indeed, t the 7niddle-aged of our own timesae ' Easter efrteaitmentse have had their day,. and fifzhbd with great-cost, stage- coaches, watchmen, prize fights, Coriuthianisoi, and obie lories of the past. Greeawzcli air, put down by ithe stern Land of parochial despotism, Chalk Farm built over and asquared ...

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION FOR 1859

... ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION I FOR 8599. g - A public meeting, convened by the lord lieutenant of the e county, was held at the judge's house, Warwick, on Tuesday, d in furtherance of the views of those gentlemen who are 3, anxious to secure the country meeting of the above society e, being held at Warwick in 1859. L The lord lieutenant (Lord Leigh) presided, supported by S, the ...

THE LADY OF LUCKNOW

... TIUE LADY OF LUCKNOW. (OS THE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND OF LADY INGLIS.) BACK from reddest fields of carnage, Back from darlkest hours or pails, Now the brave old land that hore thee Takes thee to her breast again. Never hero scarred and trophied, With the laurel on his brow, Did she hail with gladder greeting, Than the Lady of Lucknow. 011, the lonely, lonely vigils! Oh, the stern and stubborn fight ...

MUSIC

... muSIc. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. All doubts as to the opening of the new Covent- garden Theatre at the time originally annaunced are now removed by the regular prospectus of the approaching sea- son, which has been put forth by the lessee. Its sabstancr like that of the programme of Her Majesty's Theatre, which we noticed a few days ago, may be comprised in few words. Mr. Gyp announces that the ...

MAGAZINES FOR THE MONTH

... MAGAZINES FOR -TBE MIONTHl.l ?? S EAfilAST ~LADY ?? Car ' .1 ~ 1nas k Bustk-Iasd boute, Waye I would Ladye;: busk end bouine? ecsn For here comes a brew, gllat since *Ridmn through the tousre: whicl Rdng t rough the touoac, ladye..re el id all in crasmoisie, 'With thy colours in hi- barret-cap, that]I For he comes a-wooing thlee persml * d wny.hs utnth;o thini Ibolitetrt ?? nesse.s d SwV * ...

THACKERAY, BUCKSTONE, AND DICKENS

... I The thirteenth anniversary of the Royal Theatrical Fund was celebrated by a Tinner at the Freemasons' Tavern on Monday. Mr. Thackeray from the chair, and Mr. Dickens and Mr. Baskstone, made speeches, according to the annual custom. The society has in thirteen years acumulated £10,000, and expended many hundreds a-year to the widow, the orphan, and the distressed. The subscrip- tions of the ...

THE FALL OF LUCKNOW

... Who so well deserves high fame? Who so nobly earned a name? The world resounds with loud acclaim- 'Tis brave Sir Colin C(ampbelL ,Who amid Crimean storms Bravely stood fierce war's alarms, With Highlanders 'gainst Russian swarms? 'Twas brave Sir (,liin Ca-Pb)ell. When Indian strife brought panic fear On British hearts, and many a tear To British eyes, men far and near Cried, Seud Sir Colin ...

POETRY

... rOETRY. TWO GRAVES, (From the Eiglishiteomean's Journel.) PERcYlBYssnE SIHELLEY, drowned July 8, 1822: MABY.WOLSTONECRAiT SHELLEY, died Feb. 1, 1831. In death they are not divided. Two graves within one year I saw, Where sleep, a thousand miles apart, Husband and Wife, whose living law Was but to Inow one soul, one heart. He sleeps beneath thl Roman rose, Anid violets, like his verse divine ...

Borrowed Crifles

... 11 I_.. ~ .. ~Uorrowtb .rifel. T*oTO - 'ONEWhat In the difference between a ship and a hen ?---Tie'hen lays otie egg, and the ship, lays to. lnever complained of my condition hut once, wben my feet were bare, and I had no money to bu) shoes; but I met a man without ?? contented with my lot.secd. . John, said a Yankee father to his son, when he caught him -shaving the' 5dovm 6ff his upper ...