... =E C O PU. PE;FORMlANCE, OF ST. PAUL. rj'ssp. pel forifltta1Co of this oratorio caine off in the Music Pr1on1i iday evening, and. formed the last of the snookt qf tile Choral Unless for thle season 1869-70. A more 'ts-irsacol 1ierforinance, onl the whole, has never been, A is i Is bcd oii ny presiions occasion. The artistes Di remiT' '1 Ocie Madae Corri-Gilhiec, liis IHarrisonl, Mr tli i' ...

... AKERICAN THEATRICALS. (nrain OUt ONYN CORRESPONDmENT) NEW YOIRK, MAY 7, 1870. Ore Monday evening the new drqms, by Alexandre Dumas, entitled Mosquito, was produced at NIBLo's GARDEN, with Miss Lydia Thompson as the heroin?, and a number of prominent actors and actresses in the lesser parts. As thle plot of the play is thoroughly worthy of the author, and as, I believe, the piece is now ...

... COURT -AND F A S H I O B. -i OSBORNE, SUNDAY.-Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Rev. J. Prothero preached the sermon. APRIL 25.-The Queen walked and drove this morning, accom- panied by Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. ...

... AMUSEMENTS AT MADRAS, (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MARCH 29, 1870.-This presidency is always referred to by its sisters Bombay and Bengal as the benighted presidency, and perhaps with aome truth, for although Calcutta and Bombay have each a public Theatre, we are as yet unable to boast of having one, although its desirability is moat strongly felt by all classes, of the community. Still, for all ...

... (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE Or TUIE ERA.) BARCELONA, APRIL 25,-The Italian Opera has resumed its sway at the magnificent TEATRO LiCEO of this city, and the various artists have successfully gone through their debuts, the opera selected being Verdi's Don Carlos, which is now an established favourite here, although not generally considered to be a very high work of art. The production of this ...

... vottrD. LIMILE BLOSSOlX She is like me, you say? Well it may be: (Come to Grmtivy, and look ait nel pot!) But I am so vrlinkled, an i aged My old self I am forced to forget. I feel a soft cheek as it nestles A ainst uins, that is seamted by care Aliflinst I ?? shake is it ernoottleos That tangle of golden hair. Ali mer! but those eyelids are closing, And sleep settles down on her brow: Shie ...

... Portraits. By Augusta Webster. Macmillan. Mrs Webster achieved such a decided success in her translations from the ancient Greek drama and in her English poems that we looked forward to another work from her pen with considerable inte- rest. We certainly are not disappointed with the contents of the little volume now before us. Her 'P ortraits' prove that while she nourishes her mind with the ...

... I . LiTEBRATJB. ENnLANnl) TO DELII: -A Narrative of Indian * Travel. By John Mvatheson, Glasgow. Ldo- don: Longinano, Green & Co. (Pp. 539.) Tiues bulky volume is the work of a business ;man, and its appearance at sa tiple when the question of infusing more of the commercial ole- ment into the Government of our Indian empire is receiving so large a share of public attention is peculiarly ...

... MR. DISRAELFS NEW NOVEL- LOTHAIR. Lezgues poet intercallum, the author of Con- I ineby and Vivian Grey has launched another barque upon the crowded waters of fiction. Lao- ttair will puzzle many and disappoint more. t Stories were currant as to its political character, E and some of Mr. Disraeli's contemporary legisla-t tors must have felt not a little nervous when it was boldly announced ...

... OLYMPIC. MiSW Bateman made her reappearance last even- ing at the Olympic Theatre after an absence from England of ton months, The character chosen by her for the occa- sion was that in which she was last seen in London-Matr Warner, in Mr. Tom Taylor's effective domestic drama of that name. Those who take interest in dramatic events will remember that Mr. Taylor's play was produced at the ...

... Ff 3i c IV inv. G I I EMMANUEL.-Bythe lev.W. REn, D. D., I (GwcIYx r HIRADTOG,) [The following review of the 'Eneanue7, published by Mr. Gee, was kindly sent to the Editors by a literary gentleman of considerable abiljy, and they have moch pleastre in publishing it in the language in which it has been written.] lN every household throughout the world which appreciates and encourages Welsh ...

... ?TAIAiN OPERA, 'DRURY LAtNE THEATRSL The first appearance this seasom of Mdlle, Christine Nilsson, postponed from Satprday in consu. quence of cold audhoarseness, tookplaceonTuesdaynight, when the accomplished Swedish vocalist represented the heroine in Donizetti's 2aeia di Lammermocr. It is not quithree years since this excellent artist first sang to an English audienee, her dehbt having been ...