25 DECEMBER 1847, page 9

Church And State.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. Hampshire, 20th December 1847. Six—The dispute among Churchmen respecting the appointment of tte Reverent Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford......

The Theatres Generally Are In Their Usual State Of Activity

to furnish holyday entertainment for Christmas. At Drury Lane, we are to have a pantomime by Messrs. Alfred Crowquill and Albert Smith, called Friar Rush. The Lyceum has removed......

Mademoiselle Lagier, A Very Young Actress, Who Came Out At

the The- atre des Varietes last year as a performer of juvenile comedy, has made a very successful debilt at the St. James's. In a little piece called Une Filk Terrible, she......

In No Case Does The Proverb " Fine Feathers Make

fine birds " hold with such force as in that of dramatic spectacles, when not burlesques. Trust- ing to his scenery, or his moving diorama, or his dissolving views, or his......

East India Shipping. Asztvird — At Gravesend, 18th Dec.,...

from Singapore ; Sarah Charlotte, Dunnett, from Batavia ; Lady Clarke, M'I.ean ; Windsor, Gregson ; and Maid of Julpha, Gardner, from Calcutta ; Providence, Hicks, from Madras ;......

The Theatres.

Balfe's new opera, The Maid of Honour, produced with great success on Monday at Drury Lane, is calculated by its own merits to raise the re- putation of its composer, while the......