23 AUGUST 1856, page 10

Parisian Theatricals.

A Merle in nine tableaux, written by MM. Siraudin and Delacour, and entitled La Queue de la Tale, was produced at the Palais Royal on Tuesday, with great successs. The size of......

Topics Of The Day.

THE CRIMINAL POPULATION. WHILE Parliament is in vacation, circumstances have contributed to concentrate our attention upon one of those subjects which within the last few years......

Ffidz Fid4tairto.

Hitherto the interest taken in Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams has been so apportioned that the greater share of it has fallen to the lady. This is natural enough. We had plenty of......

The Celebrated French Comedian Pierre Frederic Achard...

at Paris, on the 14th instant. He was born at Lyons, in No- vember 1808 ; and after a successful debiit in his native town, came out at the Parisian Palais Royal in 1834. Here......

The Results Of Competitive Examinations. 18th August...

an unintentional unfairness in your remarks on the recent examination for commissions in the Royal Artillery and admissions to the Woolwich Academy. You contrast Oxford and......

Ittins Fu Of Cant

THE HIGH PRICE OF BREAD. Kensington, 19th August 1856. Ste—Having been a subscriber to the Spectator something like twenty years , I am fully convinced of your desire to be fair......