... LITERA TURE. Vih Roman Question. By E. ABOUT. Translated from the French by H. C. CoAPE. Second edition. With a New Pteface by the Author. London. W. Jeffs.tb urpn A year ago the Roman Question was tbe Enropean question ot the day, and it is so more than ever now; and M. Edmond About's wittv and incisive boo is par excellesuce the book of The Roman Question. We are afraid to say how many ...

... I ,. ?? -- - . . JOHN BULL GUARDS HIS PUDDING. John Bult he bas houses, John Bull he has lands, ID He has beef, he has mutton-bhee pudding and pelf; He no doubt feels It hard, as he stands upon guard, Both to pay his police rates and watch for himself. id But them sneaks,1 says the cook, 1before one can look, to They whips down the area, all of a sodding. to so. to keep what be's got from ...

... IVEW O- O 'KS Fa'aff~q~pea rs'L-o' aed/on, 2&and. -4i' Con- cerning Disappointment and Suocess, the opening paper in Fraser, is an essay, the perusal of which we earnestly commend to the young. ad- to the old. -The former WI17 learn therefrom that etalth adfdamd-drai. as often acquired by plodding mediocrity as brilliant, dazzling talent ; and elders,.who started in life with bright ...

... There are at present being exhibited in the galleries of Messrs Smith and Philpot, 79 George Street, a large number of remarkably fine paintings and engravings-the engravings to be sold to-day, and the paintings to-morrow. Among the latter are many highly valuable specimens ef modern masters; so valuable, in- deed, that the wonder is how some of them can have found their way to a public sale. ...

... TIHE GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT. Notwiihstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the first of the four Grand Sub- scription CIoncerts given last night was most triumphant. The house was crowded in every part, and the enthusiasm reigned from basement to ceiling. We have sat out many concerts in Edinburgh ; never before, however, have we been led by the magic of sweet melody to feel ...

... | p n 'I I ?? rp_- I . : _ . IUI SUl the ?? good people of Beaunmaris have enjoyed many nageir d in pleasant evenisgs in the Town-hall since the establish. ments un ment of the above Society, but scarcelv one moie so notbe ing than that of Tuesday last. willbi *th Randsl Leche, Esq., of Chester, bsing on a visit to fremrnt e pfriends in the town, iad having with him some excellent p .fo tee ...

... W-INTrERI ALI( AT NOON. Thle nigh't Was, Niiuter in his ?? Ilood ;o 'T le -riltiilg shiarp aiid clear. Bult HOW at noon t'pon thle SOouthern side of' tc lan hilitlfls, Andt wier'e tile woods I'mice Otr thle northe~rn blast, T1hc season smilles, resignhue aill its rage, ,And hals thle warmjiti of May'. T1'li vault is blue Without at cloud, and white without at speck The dalzzling 5lplendtomV ...

... 7 I, 4Ah',I go;l . L | MR;f. 31IN VUC$tARDiSi CONCBI T; j This keg, place at St. J=a )~ ?? nigh, wa i t wI drc-metasees A chtiq pi fail to create a etiton In the musical world. The de - Rtounutdia the siae of Mr. Richards, was- preratory for an extenilve tour in the provinces arranged by Mr. Willert Beale, and embracing a groat arbount of vowa and fnsten- mental talent. For this tour, to ...

... [From Punch.] SHORT AND (NOT) SwEnaT.-John Arthur Dogtear'em Roebuck, Esq., once a Bath Chap, and now a Sheffield Blade not always of the best temper. CHRISTMAS WAITS. Europe this Christmas waits to see What's to be done with Italy: Whether the despots mean to free her, Or sornewhat farther first to see her. The Pope, too, wailts, with visage grim, To learn what's to become of him ; Whether ...

... THE COURT. WINDSOR CASTLE, TUESDYY.-IHer Majesty~s dinner- party yesterday included their Royal Highnesses the Prinee of Wales and Princess Alice, Lady Carolinc Bar'ington, Major-General thu Hon. R. and Airs. Bruce, Colonel Parker, commanding officer 1st Life Guards; Colonel Bradford, commandine officer 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards; Captain Grey, and tht Earl and Countess of Sheibourne, who ...

... ,.11 ? ?? C!& . li..Ittrary i '10? ? et ?? ?Iil ., g 17 ? j Lrcr Cxorrou. By the Author-of 5Margaret Maitland, Adam GraemeoA The Days of my Life, &c. London: Hurst & Blackett. ONLY at women's heart and hands could have etched this wonderful picture' of wommans gouile -a picture so startling in its bues, and alike o. subtle and so bold in its delineation, that it seems to reveal a new; ...

... HUBIO. 11~ ~ -_ == I I -. TBS. G-LAGOW KUBIOAL PBBETIvA1 T. e anapa Istw tigbi; W# wileB4 a rucom achIeved, though in a different vsryu o the z - ?? evening. There was ouly one drswbak to tbe un- mibdl gaia oftbse ultos. Mr. Latabeth having at .IiYjaA metwitha alight Sooildat to his hand;, Sir MXinhW Shaw Stewart, the pildent of the metng, s that Mr. C. E. Horaley would supply h plan W man ha ...