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pecuniary speculations. Industry is too slow and podding for it. Accordingly, 

 this is the age of reckless adventure. The spirit of the Lottery is still upon us. 

 ' Sink or swim' is the motto of numbers, who are ready to stake their fortune 

 on a speculation ; and evil indeed must be that project and perilous in the 

 extreme must be that scheme which they would hesitate to adopt, if it held 

 out the remotest prospect of gain." 



It is to be hoped that trie success of the prize essay may induce others 

 the more successful of the competitors to comply with the desire of the 

 adjudicators, that they also may be published. The subject is not yet ex- 

 hausted. 



THEATRICALS, 



OUR notice of the drama this month must of necessity be short, 

 the two great houses being closed, and there being little in the 

 shape of novelty at either of the other theatres. 



Mr. Bunn has in some measure made up for his losses in the 

 earlier part of the season, by the crowded audiences which graced 

 the performances of Malibran ; but he is understood to be still out of 

 pocket to a very considerable extent. 



Mr. Osbaldiston, it is said, has not either gained or lost much by 

 his Covent-Garden speculation. He is already making active pre- 

 parations for the next campaign. If report speaks true, as to the 

 amount of histrionic talent he has already secured for the approach- 

 ing season, we may safely say that, not only will he deserve success, 

 but he will ensure it. Mr. Farren, Mr. Macready, Mr. Sheridan 

 Knowles, Mrs. Glover, and several others of great popularity, are 

 said to be retained. 



At the English-Opera house, a new musical opera called The Rose 

 of Alhambra has been brought out. It is a piece of considerable 

 merit, especially as regards the musical part of it, and has met with 

 decided success. 



At the Hay-Market several of the most popular comedies have 

 been acting with much applause. Murphy's Way to keep Him, 

 Sheridan's School for Scandal, The Rivals &c., have severally been 

 performed to respectable houses. 



Next season something superior may be expected at the English 

 Opera-house, Mr. Bunn having become the lessee. It is one of the 

 most beautiful houses in London, and is sufficiently large to admit of 

 the effective representation of almost any piece. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



THE LORDS AND THE COMMONS. When we were just going to 

 press last month, the collision between the two legislative Houses 

 took place as we had anticipated on the 27th of June. The 

 amendments of the Commons on the Irish Municipal bill were 

 negatived by the decisive vote of 220 to 123. We need make no 

 remark on this bold measure of the Peers. To the Peers and 

 the Clergy with equal justice may we say : Quern Deus vult perderc, 



