... century, Brougham finally gave way, and, as a great favour to his party, con- descended to become Lord Chancellor. We are not speaking ironically. Had he not done so he would probably have been Prime Minister. Of his demeanour on the bench a thousand amusing ...

... spiritual life and our relations to. God that is not in some way or another connected with it. In fact, Mr. Brewer is, so to speak, affected to tears by the very mention of the creed.. It is the spiritual food on which his soul is supported, and contains ...

... convinced when, in the most approved manner of Mr Chadband, we find ourselves thus interrogated: And is it not when all men speak well of us, that we are bidden prepare for woe ? Is it not, in all time of our wealth, when success and prosperity wait ...

... must be familiar with the charming perfermance of Miss Ada Cavendish as Mrs. Honeyton. The young lady of whom we have now to speak, Miss Nicholls, gave a meritorious rendering of the part, and having an agreeable figure and an intelligent face, together ...

... WVhittinlgton continues to draw, and too much praise cannot be accorded to Mr Chute for this splendid productioc. Neither cail Se speak too highly of the artistes engaged in its performance. Mr les- broske as Idle Jack plays in a style which wins for him eothusiastic ...

... banner ''tie cry is still they come, no eager Searcher after amusement has been sent empty away. WI'hoe we say sempty, we speak advisedly, for the Oxford dinners cad suppers satisfy the physical wants as weall as the entertainment nepplies Ind gratifies ...

... Hatton, Henry Smart, Arthur Sullivan, and many others scarcelv inferior, The English ballad is a thing of itself, and, so to speak, is a reflex of the national charater. It is altogether different from the French chanson, or the German lied, and its great ...

... stigma of vieme-iUe-ism, iwa, 7 ady who has no respect for either of the languago ' she emaploys. But when our authoress speaks of, ' an aris'ocratio, nobleman, she displays Bo, Jraw a an ignorance of the nice critical distsnetiw1sQ, f her own tongue ...

... its progress. was markeed by'fre- quent signsof fGA tlne n ubrtso nscoa l~aughter. (f h cig srgretealspnend we are able, to speak with almost usnqualfiled praise. 'Miss Mattis Rnlnhardt, who makes her lirt a anes at this theatre in the character of lone ...

... Erie so far as MIr. Adams gives it. We have left ourselves little space for comments. nor are they necessary. The history speaks for itself. At least, the Erolish shareholders who are agitating for relief may learn from it the nature of the difficulties ...

... enabling it to 61 escape from the thraldom and illusion which reign in the world of mere words. The knowledge of which I speak, he adds, must be a know- ledge of things, and not merely of names of things; an acquaintance with the operations and p ...

... and is-if he has so much as read his own book since it appeared-by this time sorry for it. He probably is also sorry for speaking of two very estimable gentlemen almost by name as asses. A man who believes in spiritualism is an ass, no doubt. But ...