28 DECEMBER 1861, page 16

Madame Iteca.mier. 'twee Not Her Beauty—though...

wide empire—goodness, sweetness, truth, Unselfish clinging to the friends of youth, And that celestial patience rarely seen In worshipp'd idols. . These, and that serene And......

Tan Gloom Cast Throughout The Country By The Death Of

the Prince Consort has pervaded the musical world during the past week, and though the juvenile saturnalia of pantomimes commenced as usual, on the evening after Christmas-day,......

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MEMOIRS OF QUEEN HORTENSE.* AN accurate and outspoken life of Queen Hortense might have some interest for the world. The fate of all these Bonapartes was so re- markable, their......