... in 1684 for four years, and died some three years after he regained his liberty. Of his divergence from history we will not speak, as it was then a custom of play- wrights, and one not despised by a most successful modern author, but we feel justified in ...

... tsaitly to asslme that 'a actor or a-singer belongs to the rag-tag-andcbohial o society. People, s in. speaking of such persons, do notealwys speak that which they -know; or, if they do know that which is to the detriment of certain actors, they do not ...

... asthetical r ladies. But the brightness of these pleasant things is soon inter- 1l rupted by the hint at an impending doom. Speaking of a walk on :, the Embankment taken by Sir Keith after a charming evening party, the k author remarks:- What of this morning ...

... 1,1147-el ,Kusi? ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. --Since our last there has been no novelty to speak of at this theatre. Madame Adelina Patti has appeared in two of Verdi's most popular works, La Traviata and Ii Trovatore; and it is as hard to decide now as it was ...

... CHARITABLE AMATEURS. We confess to feeling a little puzzled as to the tone in which we ought to speak of an amateur performance which took place on Thursday night at St. George's Hall. The performers were the employes of the large City house of Messrs-J ...

... is Mdlle. Emilie Ambre, a lady whose very indifferent debut in the Tsavcsita at the same house last April I was unable to speak of in any but severe terms. It is with no little pleasure, consequently, that I feel myself enabled to say on the present occasion ...

... ves in London and other Continental diplo. matists. The author, whose English is very like that of a foreigner, though he speaks of England as his country, evidently possesses an intimate acquaintance with European, and especially with German, politics ...

... whole scene was revolting and a disgrace to the stage upon which it was tolerated. Of the representation generally we cannot speak in terms of praise. Apparently there had been no proper rehearsals of the piece. Hardly anybody engaged seemed to know when ...

... Vocalist and Dancer. February 17th, 1SS. MR EDITOR.-Sir,-Allow me to correct a utis ake. Your Halifax correspondent, inl speaking of my establishment, mentions Messrs Sivado, Cooke, ald Gerard, Clowns and gymnasts. They never pua in as appearance, after ...

... es in London and other Continental diplo. mnatists. The author, whose English is very like that of a foreigner, though he speaks of England as his country, evidently possesses an intimate acquaintance with European, and especially with German, politics ...

... Joseph Pearson, Esq., as his two literary friends call him, had been coachman to Sir Paul Methuen, as he himself tells us when speaking of Tom Paine as my friend Thomas (whom I remember with his gauge in his hand and his ink-bottle at his button-hole when ...

... harmony is evident. They hold opposite opinions on every subject, from Morris's wall papers to religion, and neither is slow to speak or moderate in expression. Henry, delight. ing in the pursuits and amusements of country life, condemns his energetic wife ...