... TO THE EDITOR OF rTIER BRA. Theatre, Port St. Martin, Paris, Sept. 10. My dear Sir,-Perhaps at the present moment, when all are so enthusiastic in the cause of the Rifle Movement in England, you would like to hear some account of the secret expedition undertaken by the Royal Princess's Rifle Corps to show the French nation a specimen of their abilities and discipline. We started on Sunday, ...

... T- E TASTE: FOR MUSIC. I Evinh ,aglish and Italian operas in the east, two operas west, two English operas preparing for the amusement of the English public in October, the Casin in Windmill-street giving selections from operas, ta St james's Hall, the Floral Hall, Exeter Hall, the the rbhri Hall, and Music Saloons (with excellent per- e ) the St. Martin's Hall Concerts (now no more), the ...

... COUJRT ANuD FASHION. I BALMOPAL, AUGoST 3t.-Her MUPjeSty, accoriproird by tbe Princess of LAiningei', Priecess Alice, ane Prirnce Artbur. went yesterday to t*'e falls of Gorra WRlt, and then rode to Crasi t'lnnie. The royal party afterwards drove to Castletown. 'iTe Prince Consort went ont deer.-talking. The Prince of Loiningen went out grouse shooting. SEPTEMBnE 1 -1er Majesty, with the ...

... FOOTFALLS ON THE ,BOUNDARY at ANOTHER WORLD. By I ROBERT DALE OwEN. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. We have been pleasantly disappointed by this work. Its origin in America, the land of wild spiritualism, and the notices which it has received from the press, led us to anticipate strange doctrines, theories that would not hold water, and mere extravagant assump- tlion. The contents, ...

... I LITE ERAT U RE. BLacicwoon For September. William Blackwood and Co., Edinburgh. The opening article will strike most readers as being somewhat out of date, especially when it consumes not less than thirty pages, d Sietcs of the Life and. Oheracter of Sir Robert Peel, being a condensation and cunning commentary on Sir Lawrence Peel's lately publishbed work of the ears name. The Romance of ...

... AUSTRALIAN rTH:MA LRICALS. (FRot OUB OwN CORRESPONDENT.) MELBOURNE, Juty 26. TErS usual wet and dulsnes of the season has, to some extent, affected the fortnes of our theatres in this part of the world, and when, in addition, infllenz'a gives its direful aid, you may suppose that our managers have something to contend agaiust. Neverthe- less, the battle has been bravely fought during the past ...

... I (rucm oUB OWNe CORERESPONDBNT,) AUGUST 20h, 1860. Friend EaA,-The few theatrical iteios in Calilornia ?? be interesting to your readers, so I give themr:- AT THE OPERA flousie, Bourcicaults sensation plays, Cofleon Bawni, The Ocirooen, and Jeannie Deans Occupied the bOId, for one month, and were played to houses crowded to sulI;chitilii. They were produced under the direction of Mr. Chns. ...

... FIRM ARTS. TEE RESiE oF Lucwsonw. Painted by T. Jo7nEs flvsrea, Esq. On view at Messrs. Hayward and Leggatt'e, 79, Coruhill. We possess so few really good bistorical pictures, that when a newr one arises in the artistic worli it is no less a ?? of justice than of patriotism to meet it and give the work a cordial recognition, No nation in Europe posseses so many glorious and memorable episodes ...

... FINE ARBT. Thg Pja~sENTATIoN IN THETML. A morilorious picture, by Mr. R. Dowling, bearing the above title, is now bein' gratuifiusly exhibited at Messrs. Betiemian's, 28, xfordAstreet, where we had recently the gratification of witnessing it. A very brief-examination of this work of art convinced us that the artist is a painter of no ordinary powers. It contains about twenty figures, the most ...

... LITER A TU IRa, Io TO OSDEn. By FREDEnaiCo GBRRTABCoBB Ront. A TdgeWerU.. and Routledge, Farringdon-street, London. d go t Gerstfecker justice, the bloodthirsty Malay who figures To I o the cover of his book Rives a very false impression riardereusg German love story. Those readers whose interest of is3 P b. Stimulus of horror may be disappointed to find even leqwrceb t eleeet than is ...

... THEATRES, &o. Haymarket.-With this week the engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews has terminated for the present, together with the protracted run of T7he Overland .oute, as originally cast, which reached its 1221 night on Saturday (this) evenine, when Mr. Charles Mathews took his customary periodical benefit. IJ con. sequence of Miss Amy Sedgwick being incapacitated from per. forming ...

... I When Parliament gave the man of letters a property in his worls,and dramatic authors united themselves into a guild for mutual aid and protection, literature rejoiced at so just a recog. ?? of his claims, and au illunsed body of men became thankful that their labours would be protected, and their talents, under honest husbandry, rendered serviceable to themselves and children. But it never ...