25 MAY 1844, page 12

The Sugar Question.

THE way in which the Sugar-duties are about to be settled, for a time, is any thing but creditable either to Ministers or the public. This measure, apart from its important......

Catullus's Address To The Peninsula Of Sirmio.

0 Sirmio, gem of all those specks of earth, Upheld by Neptune's power in lake or seal Relurn'd, how willingly! from Thynia's coast, So great my joy to see thee safe once more, I......

The Lyceum Has Produced This Week A Very Li G Ht Trifle,

The White Feather ; which Miss WooLcan. wears in her cap triumphantly as an im- promptu Colonel—dreadin g a duel.......

At The French Plays, This Week, Mademoiselle Flessy And...

VOLNYS have been repeating their previous performances ; next week being the last of their engagement. Seen together, these two accom- plished and elegant performers exhibit the......

Topics Of The Day.

BANQUET TO THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. " Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." THE Duke of WELLINGTON ' S position at the East India Directors' dinner to Sir......

Miss Clara Seyton G Ave A Lecture On Comedy, At The

Concert-room of the Priectss's Theatre, on Tuesday ; and ac q uitted herself of the arduous effort uncommonly well. The lecture—the lady's own composi- tion, we believe—evinced......

"the Prize Comedy" Is Proclaimed At Last. Quid Pro Quo,

or the Day of Dupes, is its smart and si g nificant title; and the author is said to be " a lady not unknown to literary fame "—perhaps Mrs GORE. It is remarkable that out of......

The Theatres.

THE first performance these two seasons of Ii Matrimonio Segrito at- tracted a good audience to the Italian Opera on Thursday ; and buffer the modern practice of " farming "......