... elevation from the level of a house-pain- ter's apprentice, with an interval of noviciateship spent as a scene-painter in Drury-lane Theatre. Mr Ruskin coquet- ted with the brush before he took sip the pen, as vigorously as Bishop Coluso attacked algebra ...

... the 'Upper ci Ten, related to the Marquis Londonderry, lhes resolved to e take to the stage, and will make his debut at Drury Lane C after the run of C'omus at Easter, t ART Gossir.-We are informed tllat a new art union is ti in coerso of formation here ...

... 1795, wisile yet quite young, having herself p end her snubber to provide for', else inace her first appearance ciss ant Drury Lane, ais Lydia Languish. She caused mocha stir or de. during the next tweicty years, albeit Mrs Siddono was then in alive and ...

... mending Mr Buctlan's book to the attention of all who are liit engaged in Meteorological pursuits and studies. offo ofer Drury Lane Theatre will open on thle 26th of Septemberfo 055l with a dramatic version, by Mr Andrew Halliday, of The at du-' Fortunes ...

... Paris. I Anthony Trollope will publish a new novel, in weekly ^ parts, on Oct. 3, to be called He Knew He was Right. Drury Lane opers on the 26th Sept., with a drama founded on Scott's novel, The Fortunes of Nigel. The author is Mr Halliday. Edmund ...

... cannot greatly surprise those who take an interest th in operatic affairs. Whether the new company will be th housed at Drury Lane or at Her Majesty's Theatre is not co certain yet.-Pall Mall Gazette. co EDITORIAL AMENITIrs IN CEY1oN.-The Ceylon papers ...

... and leave Her Majesty's Theatre unoc. cupied. There will, however, be an opposition, as a con. paoy is to be organised at Drury Lane. THE BYRON ScANDAL-There is one useful lesson which we may all learn from the controversy-it shows that the beet mode of ...