1 OCTOBER 1842, page 12

The Next News From China.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Highgate, near London, 26th September. BrE—As your journal has frequently alluded to the injustice and great na- tional folly of the present......

Topics Of The Day.

PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH WAR-FACTION. IT is gratifying to see the utter impotence of the efforts of the War-faction to excite the nation's pugnacity, for its own low and selfish......

The Theatres.

Twis is an eventful week in the theatrical world ; but the two most notable occurrences—namely, the opening of Drury Lane, and the ad- vent of Mrs. ALFRED Snew in Covent......

Inn-charges.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. United Sen ice Club, 27th September 1842. Sue—Having just returned from the Continent, I was much pleased with the perusal of the letter of "An......

The Adelphi Season Has Commenced Unpropitiously. The...

and clean, and was well filled ; the old familiar faces were greeted on the stage, and two or three new ones; but the spirit that animated the whole—the genius loci was wanting.......

The Programme Of The Entertainments At Drury Lane Is Very

pro- mising; varied and excellent. The season opens with As You Like It; which could hardly have a more complete and efficient cast: it exhi- bits the great strength of the......