5 JANUARY 1856, page 16

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Madame Goldschmidt Lind's performance in The Messiah on New- Year's Eve gave us an answer to the question which had been raised in our mind by Clara Novello's singing in the......

Parisian Theatricals.

In some of the French papers devoted exclusively to the drama, it is the custom to commence each year with a complete list of the novelties produced in the course of the past......

The Queen entertained her guests at Windsor Castle on New-Year's Day with a musical performance of an interesting kind. It consisted of Mehur a Joseph ; a charming pastoral......

The Russian Habit Of Falsehood.

Belfast, 31st December 1855. Sea—Every one has by this time been amused at Colonel Shaffner's trans- parent falsehoods about Russia. It appears uncertain whether his statements......

G4t T4ratrrs,

Of the Christmas entertaiments two are especially prominent, through their difference, not of degree but of kind, from the rest. One of these is the ffierie at the Olympic ;......

Certainly, Professor Anderson Is The Pet Of Fame. When He

leaves off covering the walls with announcements of his own greatness, he finds his glories still celebrated by—a rival manager! A farce, called The (great Gun Trick, produced......

Trittrs In Ton £hitnr.

A CASE FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Travellers' Club, 2d January. Sin—Will you obligingly give insertion to the few following facts. A cler- gyman of well-known high......

The Rugeley Poisoning Case And Horse - Racing.

SLR—The evidence in the Rugeley poisoning case affords some remarkable indications of the manners, customs, thoughts, and feelings of the profes- sional frequenters of the turf.......