... AN ENBitlRTAINMENT' IN THE TlOMB2S. MeeST peoplo are awanre, says fho ThvI~ning Fftendard, that one of the largest American prisons its called The0 Tombs, but they are not awabre what a sinunlarly benevolent governor plresides over this penitentiary. P'risoners naturally get a. little dunll at times, esp ecially if they are undelr sentence of death; and the glood governor of Thle Tombs ...

... S.- . V, ottrp. I CIRCUMSTANOE. By W. L, COUITEY., In vain thou strivest, thou coust not be froe, Poor captive, whom the dreary bonds of Fate, Closing in narrower fold a, incarcerate WVithin the prison-houss of Destioy:- :Fate of thy parents' blood, too strong for thee, Fate of thine acts, repented of too late, Fate born of joy and grief, and love and hate, Doomed long ago to this catastrophe. ...

... ?? MESSRS. WEEKES AND Co.--The clever young composer Louis N. Parker, ?? has taken a bold flight, and not without a due amount of success, in setting to music a poetical Idyl called Silvia, by Sewa ...

... PUBLIC A.MUSEMENTS. IMPERIAL ¶TIHEATRE. The enthusiastic Dutchman, who, in admiration of his native language, once wrote a book to endea- vour to prove that high Dutch was the language spoken by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, would have rejoiced at witnessing Monday's performance at the Imperial. A complete dramatic company had been transferred from Rotterdam, and appeared in a ...

... MUSIC AND THE DRANMA. (FROM ofrR OWYV COQRZSPOYDEZS. London, Sunday Night. AT the Royal Italiaa Opera, Last night, a lady made her dcbut, wo unless appearances are unusually deceptive, bids fair to make a great name on the operatic stage. Frau Sembrich, a German prima donna, at present attached to S the troupe of the Royal Saxon Opera House at Dresden, is reputed to possess a tire muaical e ...

... s. EA.'rT RitLtexO-The annusl exhibitio1n Of live stork Orid a, dairy produce held in runnectiose withl the East.. Kil:bridl wa emr oseosthsa y0:tefr er tly rs, andt ~ .teirlrl h ult ft1 tc a qute t h noied.Wirtehre wi l c ol thfac Usldec were ceopicuou foe jality, s siel os rthe t~howlst, thu. 0 th. cls wa agrtha at any1,E o tIte ou' i West- iagwieu -thls se-emoe. Consdecahie Sit-rest wee ...

... PUBIJC AMUSEXENTS. DUTCH PLAYS AT THE IMPERIA. We have seldom felt more interested in any dramatic ?? tha Vwith that wewitnessed on Mouday night At the Imperial, under except.oral and not altogether xdvantageous circumstances. There was a small, but what in fashionable phraseology is termed a select, iudience present, composed of the upper crust of the Diutch residents in England, and a ...

... THlEATRICAL MEMS, . . _ . . . _ .- The Our Boys Company will have a five weevks' vacation from Saturday next.-Mr. J. L. Tojle an. nounoes two provincial companies with Upper drust, -Mr. Walter H. Fisher is playing at Belfast his original part in Madame Favart, The popularity of ibis opera in the metropolis is unabated, notwithstanding the 400 representations which have been given, and ...

... Miss Eleanor Bufton (Mrs Arthur Swanborough) has been the victim of one of those outrages which occasionally occur in Liverpool and other large towns, and illustrate the perils of the streets. Miss Bufton is a prominent member of Mr Chas Wyndham's company, now playing at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, in the town named, and fills the role of Mrs Birkett, in Betsy. On Friday night, 4th inst., ...

... FRA NCZS DEA K. * THERE is a certain propriety in the fact that the first formal biography that is something more than brochure, panegyric, or newspaper article of the Hurgarian statesman Francis Deak appears in England from an English pen. Various historical causes which have often been referred to have produced striking and real analogies between English and Hungarian constitutionalism ...

... THE GRASS-WORLD. (BY MAUY MAPE3 DODGE.) Ob, life is rife in the heart of the year When mid-summer suns sail high; And under the shadow of spike and sper, In the depth of the daisy sky I There's a life uninown to the careless glance And under the stillness-an airy prance, And slender, jointed things aslir, And gossamer a ings in a sunny wbir- And a world of work and dance. Soft in its throbbing ...

... JUNE MAGAZINES. SECOND NOTICE. Young England, the Sunday School Union's illustrated paper for boys and girls, appears to be making well-merited advances in popular favour. It contains the opening of two new serial tales, one called Steeple Jack, and the other A Scene from History. Partcular attention is given to all kinds of indoor and outdoor amusements, and prizes are offered for the ...