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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS &c., THIS DAY

... PUBLIC AmUsnlsf U., DiAY I ?? 310Tore ~~sys: Mo~h.Th-guY. MR.edyad rs. from Ten alm. till dusk, OnTfuesday for (ec ostudents) for vleftmu& arrar1ging &c. .Dul ued daily, excpt n CrismasDay. Brow.street.,Open daily, frm en a~li ?? P.m .,excceptonSaturday, %vhen it is cloE at Tep.m or clea'0iae ?? daily )IayerS Egyptian Iduseum, CColquitt (irst and third Monday in the mon~lth of iret. the a~sl ...

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... BOORS OF THE WEEK. IISTORY.-'A Literal Extension of the Latin Text, and an Euglislh Translation of Domesday Book in relation to the County of Surrey.' To Accompany the Fee Simile Copy Photo-Zincographed under the Direction of CGo]. Sir H. James, R.E., ?? at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. (Imperial 4to, pp. 60.) Vacber and Sons; Longnarcs. LITERATURE.-' The Art of Conversation and ...

SPIRIT OF PUNCH

... BEN THE TOUT; OR, L0OKINGO OUT FOR A VIN{ER. It's wery 'ard, and so it is, To arm one's bit o' dinner, A lookin' hout, upon the tout, To find a Derby vinner. But here I lies and skins my heyes, Watchin' the Derby lot- To giv' the hoffice to my pals, And help put on the pot. The time have been, I'd thought it mean To take a touter's place, When, togged in silk and leathers clean, As jock I made ...

EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH

... ,XThACTS PROM.PUNCW ; BEN .HE TOUT st~f OR, LOOKING OUT FOi A VINNER.| Its lwery 'ard, and so it is, . To arn one's bit o' dinner, A looking' bout upon the tout, i To find a Derby vinner. r But here I' lies'and skins my heyes, . :-Wataohir.' the Derby lot-- To giv' the hoffice to my pal;, And help put on the pot, , e : The time hiave been I'd thought it mean To take a touter's place, -: i ...

THE MUSICAL TOWN COUNCIL OF BATHGATE

... THE MUSIOAL T WN C'OUNCIL OF BATHGATE. I; i Our readers will remember a paragraph we a quoted from the Glasgotv Ilernal, appropos of the I Bathgate Town Council being stung out recently by a member to the strains of ' Roy's Wife of Aldivalloeb. If we may judge from this report, compiled from the same paper, that circumstance has been the source of considerable annoyance to several of the ...

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... THE ' EMPEROR NAPOLEON - ANiZD THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. I The Mo.idsw, of 4monday, contai s a report of the speech delivered by the 'Erheror Napoleon, on Sunday last, at the distribution of awards to tbe French exhibitorsi at'the International Eihibition. The speech was preceded by an address from Prince Napoleon, as President of .the Imperial Comnission, in the course of which his Royal ...

EVENING CONCERT

... Last night, Signor Cnio gave a concert of pianoforte music in the Masonic Hall, George Street. There was a fair attendance. The pro- gramme, which was somewhat long and agreeably varied, comprised several attractive pieces, among which we may notice Goria's Nocturne, La RE- veuse Etude, and a grand duct for two piano- fortes on airs from Verdi's Opera of The Sicilian Vespers,in which Signor ...

AN AMERICAN STAGE SCENE

... A writer who hag travelled extensively says that he witnessed rather a strange scene in Shak- speare's beautifultragedy of Romeo and Juliet. It was at one of the Western theatres. The piece had passed off well without interruption until the last scene. The character of Romeo was excel- le-ntly enacted and loudly applauded. The very model of the lover was before the tomb of the Capulets, ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... A notice has just been issued by the Commissioners o the International Exhibition to those of the exhibitors wiu obtained honourablo mention, informing thorn tlat their certificates are ready for delivery, and ce. ?? them to call for them at tlic offices at the Exhi. bition lluilding. The certificato is an insposing-looking tdocument. At the top is a group of emblematic figures, iniong ...

EDUCATIONAL BOOKS

... EDUTCATIOINAL BOOKS. The first of wise teachers in this country was Roger Ascham, whose Schoolbaster (1) contains, with a delightful picture of the life of his own day, more liberal and wise counsel on the bringing up of youth, and on the way of teaching Latin, than in three centuries our schools have mastered. There is still life in his book, and here it is-a few days ago somewhat scarce, and ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... 1 FASHION AND VARITIES. Viscount Castlerosse and Suite left for Eng- I on yesterday, tta Holyhead, per royal mail atllfnt er, ]D, C. Grattan Las been appointed bee Mdaleatya sr. nsul at Teroriffe. The Qs,, een has appointed commissionera to Isquire into 0it, nealtion of the Royal Academy in relation tO the DDi neb atsv iaI tnto the conditions under which it oc- a p o National Gallery, and to ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, &C., THIS DAY

... PrBLIc A.MUSEMINTS, &c., THIS DAY, I Prince of Wales Theatre.- Romance after Mariiage, and the Burlesque Extravaganz Ivanhoe. Theatre-toyaL - The Loan of a Lover, and the Oliristimas Panitomime. ?? Ampblttbeatre-;Thle Corsican Brothers, and the Pantomfine Tim 3 hibbis ii a NewN Adeiphi Theatre. -The Dumb Man of Man- Chester and the Pinteomime If11op-o'-ray Thumb. Bmgal Colosseum ...