... TO THE 3DITOR OY THE REA. Sir,-As a constant reader of your journal I am aware that you take an interest in all that relates to the dramatic art, using that term in its highest signification. I am, therefore, induced to beg a short space in your columns to express, as one of the public, my feelings with regard to the outrage committed upon truth and common sense among a certain class of actors ...

... ?? NATAL: An Account of the Characteristics qui Cnd 0~ablties of this British Dependency, published hol ji#ide theauthority of the Government Immigration ?? tuder the the - :d4ance and information of emigrants. die 3Board, for the gu-- etJmsMnL., r Compiled and edited by Robert James Mana, M.D.1 Hi ?? Superintendent of Eduac9i.°n - Natal Lou- }l1 ,don *arrold k Sons, 47 St. Pauls Churchyard. ...

... 94614-f Wit The Epigrams of Martial. Translated into English Prose. Bohn's Ctassical Library.-H. G. Bohn, 'London. MAROTIAL is celebrated among scholars for the witand purity of style of those uumorous books of shortpeoius whieh havegiven him a lastiu~r name in literature, but these produetions, while throwving a good of light on the manners, morals, and modes of thoaght of a mostdebased ...

... * .0 ?? Bengala; or, Some Tzme Ago. By Mrs. VIDAL, a author of Tales for the Bush, &c. 2 vols. London: J. W. Parker and Son. We confess ourselves not very partial in ge- v .ueral to Australian tales, for the simnple reason that a the field has been either overworked, or that the f sympathies of persons here at home who have no 0 t relatives in that colony, or entertain no idea of emi- ( ...

... ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, C0VENT-GARDAN. The season proper of the Pyne and Harrison company terminated on Saturday evening. The operetta of Romanee preceded the Lurline of Mr. Vincent Wallace. This latter work hai not only sufficed to fill the theatre each evening since its production, but has decided the manage- nent on giving nine additional representations. On Satur- day night the opera was ...

... REVIEDWS. SI3iP-BUILDINIG ox NEW AND ECONOMICAL PRINCI- rLEs. By Capt. A. MACGREGOR nEIt, R.N. CAPTAIN A. MACGREGOR SKCINNER IIas contributed some very valuable information on the subject of ship-bllilding in the form of a letter to the Presideut, Vice-President, and Council of the Institution of Naval Architects; and he has also proposed a new and economical method of construction, the merits ...

... I IAAdI2 Trarels in reru and MeoitV. By S. S. HUa Longman. The merits and defects in this book are pretty equally balanced; but at least it may be said for the author that he belongs to a school unfortunately on the decline; or he may be more strictly, though negatively described as being free from the peculia- rities of a school which is rapidly on the increase. There are very few of those ...

... TH E COURT. OsBonRN, MARCH 12.-The Queen aud Prince Con- sort wialked out this morning. The Prince and Prin. cess of Leining-en will arrive to-dav on a visit to her Mvla jesty. The Archbishop of Dublin, Mrs. Whately, Miss Wliately, family, and stuitOehave ar rived at the Angle- sey Aims Hotel, Kingstown, from the Palace, Dublin. - Watson, Esq., Mrs. Watson, family, and suite, have taken their ...

... AMERICAN TdHEATRICALS. NEW YORK, MARCH 3. ACADEMY 0F Music.-The past week has been a brilliant one at the Academy of Music. On Monday evening Adelina Patti sang in Lucia di Lammermoor, the opera in which she made her first appearance. The house was crowded with en enthusiastic audience, and the prima donna eang as perfectly as ever, giving full force to the gems of the opera. Stigelli replaced ...

... OSBORNE, SATURDAY.-The Queen, Prince Consort, and Royal Family walked in the grounds yesterday. SUNDAY.-The Prince and Princess Leiningenvisitedberiklsjesty yesterday. This morning her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur attended Divine service at Whippinghamn Church, where the ...

... I 0 (W FY NGHALON. Vy gh51oD ddwys, bydd imi 'n dant, ,j1ain chvareu 'i miwrig arno; IA misial ,el, sibrwd nant, yen chyddo 'n beraidd arnat eto: P s aro y bydd mudaurwydd bedd, ye selio 'monwes i rhyw driatwch- Al anian flwr o'm tylch mewn hedd, Yn cacl ei goglais i ddifyrwch I o or per alawon sy trwy 'r wig lawr y dolydd yn ymchwyddo- Dan yabryioliseth -se pob pig, Nes denu anian fawr i'w ...

... K - OKTR I ?? , Y. ,- :- I., - BE AU T IFP UL ' W O R'LD!I- .BY P'ItFESSOB' DLACKIL : Beautiful world! E : Though bigots condemn thee, My' tongue finds no words I For the graces that gem thee I Beaming with sunny light, Bountiful ever Streaming with gay delight, Full as ariver ' * Bright world I brave world I Let cavillers-blame thee I I bless thee and bend, To the God who did frame thee! ...