... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... I __ STRANGE BURIAL9.-ALttIB, the Hun, died A.D. 453. He was buried in a wide plain in a coffin enclosed, in one of golo, Another of silver, and a third of iron. With his bd~~Y~5 nteredanimmense amount of booty, and that tiij'epot might he for ever un1knowin, all those who were probdut at the burial were deprived of life. The Goths noted nearly in a similar manner on the death of Alauic in 41 ...

... 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 ...

... I BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SHOW. I' T+. 7-ETINGAT WORCESTER. I t always rains at the Bath and West, so people all say, and certainly the meetings of late years have been very unfortunate in respect of the weather. The rain was very discouraging both on Wednesday and Thursday, and the mud nmade locomotion difficult and unpleasant; nevertheless, it was not so bad as it was at Exeter, and ...

... Fully aware that the rules and regulations laid down by both ?? and professionals for the proper guidance of their Itrosis are occasionally set at defiance, it was with no small lniiriit of trepidation we last Saturday attended the final per- finnarce of the season by the Strolling Plryers, at St. 1,.urge's Hall, for our card of admission bore in juxtaposition tie ?? Evening dress not ...

... CLIPPINGS FROM THE| WEEKLY JOURNALS. + - ?? PICKINGS FROM PUNCOH. CL BOoTS.-Cobbler William: A bad out, and poor Cgr Bull, but we must make the best of 'em I We 'tab the holes -and give 'em a new sole-and touch ops a bit! Meanwhile, we must get another pair p hsud I've the length^ of your foot/I . OF FIRST SEEING LORD SHEEHOOKE IN THE HOUSE OF (By Lord B.) How fearfull And dizzie 'tis to ...

... 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 ...

... 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., ...