ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE

... RoYst' DZ-AMATIC COLLE E, The foundatioft stone of Ithe Royal Dramnatic, College at Mayburna Woeing Fass'laid' on -Firday by' his UtylHgns~h i'ineConsort, 4nd in oonhoblonis ih ecrmoytreWAS a fancy fair, at whichpof oaldtr were amateur 'dealers. One account -pays r.Barkstone- by )holding out a faint hope of knvsthn't. wousld do anything but cut, at the rate of three throws a shiiling, ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... SEA SICYNRSss.-Some way or another the British mariner does not seem to feel as much commiseration for these un- tortunate persons as the real misery of their situations might inspire even into the most hardened hearts. ' He didn't ought to do it here, Sir, said an old sailor to me one night (I asl admit that on the night in question other feelings than that of scientific curiosity drew me ...

POETRY

... DEAD VXOLETS. They took them from the woodland glade Where they awoko Beneath the sprouting hawtborn shade- Before the chestnut leaves were spread, Long ere the buds burst on the oak, Or yet the lime was flecked with red- And smiled on spring with love-dewed eyes. They took them from the sweet spring air, They took them from the sweet spring skies, They took them for they were so fair- And ...

CRYSTAL PALACE

... 0 The second of the series of Grand Opera Concerts by the artiste of Her Majesty's Theatre took place yesterday, and attracted more than three thousand persons, whi-h number would have been largely increased but for the counter attraction at WVoking-common of the lay- ing the foundation-stone of the Dramatic College by his Royal Higheesa the Prince Consort. Madame Alboni sang attho ...

FASHIONS

... WASMIO1S. [From Le Follet.] At present, for out-of -doors dress, stil of a light shade have been mostly worn, and these generally mode with flounces. Dresses of stripes, alternately white and coloured, trimmed with a broad flounce of the colour pre- dominating in the material, are to be seen. The paletot is the mantle most generally in vogue, made with large sleeves and a pelerine. This is of ...

THE SCRAP-BOOK COLUMN

... I THE SCRAP.BOOK COLUMN, I ?? Tfm UNr~ovxD OVE.-I feel as if I am Under ground, and buried. LiFe, and tea, and clatter, and muffirls are going on, of course ; and daisies spring and the sun shines on the grass whilst I am under it Ah, dear me! it's very cruel: it's very lonely; ?? very odd ! I don't belong to the world any more, I have done with it. I am shelved away. Bat m. spirit returns and ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... There is a flatness in affairs theatrical this weak for| which it is impossible to account. That enervating ma- lady, the beat of the weather, which, until 1860, was. in the habit of taking affairs in general imti its ?? hands at about this period of the year, har quite ab- sented itself, and cannot be pleaded in extenuation. Summer, like small.pox, has lost allits terrors; it can be prevented ...

LITERATURE

... LJTERATUR.?. Unseen RealUieS; or, Gliuspses into Cite World to come. By tb the Rev. Woo. TRAIL, A.M., Author of The Christian lie Graces. Glasgow : W. Collins. hi ABOUT twelve months ago, we had pleasure in noticing Mr p1 Trail's book on Tue Christian Graces, and in doing so ft expressed our opinion on the author's manner and style. Ii' While according to bins snost freely many good ...

MUSIC

... E .At I . HER XJESTYS THEATRE. The opera on Saturday evening was to have been Don Giarni,; with the new Bas-o, Signor Ciampi, ii the c character of Leporello; but, in consequence of the indispeo - mition of one of the pinsipal performers, the B Raedt di sivigua was suhstte and Ciampi appeared agin as Doctor Bartholo, the part in which he made his veVrY pe- cessful dbut. He certainlydeserveas ...

Poetry

... vairg. TO GARIBALDI. ON with thy heroes, thou brave Garibaldi, Italia's champion for freedom and right, The great God of battles, Ills justice'shall guard thee, Though few be thy numbers and fierce be the fight. What though the hordes of a despot oppose ye, They arc slaves, and they fight for the e hains which they wear; They will fly when they see thy true patriots approaching, With Liberty's ...

POETRY

... p 0£ To u R Y. ( as17rorwscl franl tMi l'.}Ni'jf r lo1 *toss iC' of renta fe) cX 1. 1 nl On theo swift-giiding rivulet of fanucy I Let us lalunch our youith's harque for awhivhle, Leave the cold vorlil around us forgotten, And bask 'neatis the sunl's nloonday smdle.!vo 2. mtai For why should our spas~sione he shrouded tII In their anilenilil moaridixun i oh, wvhy To Should weo linger 'mid toil ...

Poetry

... - * oftrg. WHY SO SAD?-A SoXG Wny so sad? Does sunshine never Warm your heart and light your way? Do the clouds of winter ever Darken all life's passing day? Times of gloom must sometimes hover; Rains must fall, and tempests rave; Nliht must earth and heaven cover; Wild must be the wintry wave. Why so sad? Thel sun is living Still behind yon cloudy raek Stars their glittering llgnt are ...