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THE GATHERER.

  A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. 
  SHAKSPEARE.

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ANCIENT AND MODERN THEATRES.

It appears, that our ancient theatres were little better than barns, while those of the present day may vie with palaces in extent, splendour, and decoration; and nothing can more strongly exhibit the contrast between the present age and that of Queen Elizabeth, than the difference in the expense of a London theatre.  The Rose playhouse, which was erected about the year 1592, cost only 103l. 2s. 7d.,—­a sum which would scarcely pay half the expenses of a modern patent theatre for a single night.  Only let the reader think of the rush roof of the Globe, and the gilt-work ceilings of our present theatres; the open area,—­and the cloth-covered seats of the pit; and the magnificence of our saloons, halls, staircases, and corridors,—­all in the noblest style of architectural decoration—­Companion to the Theatres.

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Covent Garden was once the emporium of the arts and sciences, and the residence of the chief nobility of the kingdom.  Barton Booth lived at No. 4, Charles-street; Colley Cibber lived at No. 3; and Easty’s Hotel, Southampton-street, was Mr. Garrick’s; Mrs. Oldfield lived in the same street; Wilkes built the house in Bow-street, next door but one to the theatre—­Garrick and Macklin lodged in it.—­Ibid.

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At Kirlees, Yorkshire, about three miles from Hutherfield, is, or was lately, a funeral monument of the famous outlaw, Robin Hood, with the following inscription:—­

  Here, undernead dis laid stean,
  Lais Robert, Earl of Huntingtun;
  Nea arter az hie sa geud,
  Ah pipl kauld him Robin Heud. 
  Sick outlawz hi an iz men
  Vil England niven si agen. 
    Obiit 24 kal Decembrio, 1247.

HALBERT H.

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REGENT-STREET.

The expenditure of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in forming this splendid street, is stated to have been 1,533,582l. 16s. 10d.; and the probable revenue is 36,330l.

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STEALING PICTURES.

The celebrated Raphael of the Louvre—­Christ and his Disciples—­is said to have been, at some unknown time, abstracted from its frame, and a modern copy substituted.  The picture has been valued at L20,000. and it is surmised that it has found a hiding-place in England.  Harlowe’s Kemble Family is also missing at the present moment.

Literary Gazette.

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RAMSAY’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF, IN A POEM ADDRESSED TO MR. JAMES ARBUCKLE.