11 MARCH 1848, page 13

The Theatres.

The opening of the Covent Garden Opera, on Thursday evening, was less brilliant than might have been expeuted, in consequence of a circum- stance which nobody could have......

To Tftr,,,bditor Of •the Erlyctaton.

Suit—An act of true heroism should not pass unnoticed, in any age. The Ex-Queen of the french, who in spite of the errors and unpopularity of her husband's governinent hasalways......

• Lines To The' Ex-queen. Of The 'french. , Gentlest

of methere! Unthat fatal day When Orleans, etilancrown'd, in bitter r doubt Was weakly yieldieg; thine wise it to slay Ambition's voice, and hush the maddening shout Of bad......

Some Kindly Author Has Written A Little 'french Ocanelly 44

en vets" for the company at the St James's. We thank NM InOihs:good. iatentions; but if Une Imprudence is a specimen of the..Frenek., pieoesettlas-are -to"'bei written on......

The Irrevocable Decree Of .fate, According To Which Drury...

is doomed after certain intervals to become a sort of Noah's ark, is again in full force. Mr. Bunn tried everything; and wound up with ti ; stack of elephants: N. Jtdlien starts......

Thalberg.

M. Thalberg, who has returned to England after an absence of several years, gave a concert on Monday evening, in Exeter Hall; not the best lo- cality in the world for exhibiting......

East India Shipping.

ARRIVED—At Gravesend, 5th March, Scotland, Ritchie, from China; and John Stewart, Martin, front Batavia ; 6th, Ganges, Bell. from Sydney ; Mkt Token, Nourse. from Mauritius ;......