... E B L I J3AL S. ?? .- ,i ED IjNBURPWPM.G p ?? .-t °: tlbee Mudetpf'ertr Co>o .voledij .} hint ?? .en~;d3 of'wsalbke itxiiteiet§ ...

... WINTER HYMN. By WILLIAM R1OSS WALLACE. MWE hear the trumpets of the great Wind blow Through many a mountain-pass and column; We seo the banners of the storm-clond flow, Broad, dark, and solemn; The sea is ehantigi legends stern an(l old By darkling strand and leafless promontory- Gone Sumlier's wreath, gone Antuoni's robe of gold, Cono all tile pomp and glory. FatIler, be with usl An endless ...

... T H E CO UR T. LONDON, MONDAY.-The Queen and the Prince Consort., accompanied by Pr ince Arthtiu' and atten(1ed by the Countess of Desart, lon. IHoratia Stopford, Lord Charles Fitzroy, anti Lieut.-Colonel the I-Ion. D. de Ros, went on Saturday afternoon to Lincoln's Inn hall and library. Hlis Royal Highness presided on Saturday at a mneeting of the British Association, held at Buciglhiarn ...

... I GRAND CONCERT AT THE viCTORIA-ROOMS. A ?? concert, under the auspices of Mr. Harrison, of Clifton, wasgiven at the Victoria-Roomis, on Monday evening, and it was ?? to fnd that, notwithlsanding the uniro- itious state of theweather, the large room was well-nigh filed n audience Which comprised the lead musical families oftthe neighbourhOid. The performers were mdie. Fiorentini, Mdnc. Badia, ...

... ITtALY IN 'rTll NIlrnEIN'rH ClNTURity. By the light lloni. JaMEs WHIl'l'ESIDNw, M1.P,, LLD. London: Longinasn, (Green, ?? Co. A new edition (if Mr. Whiteside's Italy, ' abridged and revised, would be a welcoelo contribution to omr literature at any time; but has a peculiar value just now when the Italian question engages the at- tention of the world. When the three volume edition was ...

... Original Papers Ilustrative of the Life and Writings of John Milton, including Sixteen Letters of State written by him, now first published fronm MSS. in the State Paper Office. W'Vith an Appendix of Documents relat- ing to his ?? with the Powell Family. Col- lected and Edited, with the permission of the Master of the Rolls, by W. Douglas Hamilton, of H.M. State Paper Office and University ...

... The DEMORALIZA-TION of the DRAMA.D- Married Ladies acting under their Maiden INames. In a former article we expressly observed, that however stringent our remarks, or outwardly pertinent to individuals our reflections might appear, we disclaimed the most remote intention of per. sonality either to actors or managers, and while confining ourselves to what we considered legitimate abuses in the ...

... tPUBLIC AMUSEMEXTSl LYCEUM THEATRE. The great theatrical event of the week has been the representation, on Monday evening, at this theatre, of Mr. Charles Dickens's Tale of TwO Cilia, dramatised by Mr. Tom Taylor. Many of the literary celebrities of London-editors, sub-editors, critics, wits, and Templars-were in attendance on the occasion. Even the dull scribbler of the Smnash-and-Spatter ...

... The concert arranged by our townsmen, Messrs Philipson and Hare, particulars of which had been so long before the public, came off on Tnesday night. Hopos had been raised of an unusual musical treat, in having two of our most famed singers, and a band of so much excellence; and the cone-ert fully realised the high expectations which had been formed. The assemblage of fashion and beauty was ...

... W: PO L HLL, OVENT- ?? ~ G BDE . AT? * HEVO U~IEE' BALL. 'is now compilitcdso fDarS theinsin srcueicnend The building, ,*vhich is, formed almotntrlofroad glasais, i'ii..what may vbooe ale -the.CytlPlc tl, 'btte.ti~s ir ilnobh more oraetladtehl of Hye Par an4 ydenam.. e to hl~.aleve toreceep;the officers, of outes*mal twf~tb p~p 'f te ujihal, ad I poldtake in the whol squfr feet, in dlfyrogv o ...

... LTrBa rTUR of jiel: a raig of ferns in the Days ?At Lo, From an unpublished Ianuscript I t '8 c A5ADO- NI.D., leceased. 3 vols. .1 Slaunders, Otley, and Co. Londl' fiction to the circulating libraries VIf HPtive operatio n, and at this season of zelaturally look for some of those better tw ichs while they signalise in them- dr~uct; t of their authors, cast into the ca' anld trashy effusions ...

... mt THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY. 1i- This society, the oldest Heical association in Fng. lic land, and probably in Europe, goee oi icm way rijoicing , b and we may add, virea altyurit tueldo. Founded in 1741 by the worthy lawyer, Jobn lmnoye, who, by to doing, has to. gained a perennial name in musical Dlotory, it Uas, from that he day to thii, pursued the even tenor il ha cway, torough eWI ay the ...