... COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene Higb- ness Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg Gotha, with the ladies and gentlemen of the household, attended divine service on Sun- day morning in Buckingham Palace. The Queen held a Court on Tuesday afternoon at Bucking- ham Palace, for the receition of the congratulatory add ...

... ITALIAN OreRA.-On Tuesday evening Mile. Emelina Toso made her first appearance in England in the character of Norma. To come after Pasta, in such a character as this is like coming after our own Siddons in Lady Macbeth-quite as difficult and almost as impossible to prove satisfactory to those to whom every note of this delightful opera recalls the dignity-the tone and that fulness of feeling ...

... BENTEzY'S MISCELLANY.-We pursue our extracts from the facetious pages of Bentley for the present month, and certainly after reading over our extracts, no one who opened them on the first oftbe month witha hope of entertainment, will have to cons- plain of being made an April fool. However, proof is better than assertion, so we dive at once into the fun of Peter Pop- 3C M. l{HI, a young ...

... | -4--I THE STAGE, BOTH BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN; FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN, ON THE SPOT. By ALFRED BUNN. (Bentley.) This long-promised book of Mlr: Bunn's has at length made its appearance, and a most extraordfnary book it is, displaying some of the most extraordinary details of dramatic life that lsdve ever been given to the public, and better calculated to open the eyes of the public to ...

... I - - 0 SUNDAYT.-Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite, and Prince Leiningen, attended divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent was also present. Her Ma- jesty, Prince Albert, and Prince Leiningen, took an airing in the Parks in the afternoon in an open carriage-and-four. MonDAY.-Her Majesty held a Privy Council at BucLing- ham Palace for the purpose of considering ...

... (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) There are many new materials in silk; amongst others the Paein, with satin stripe, brochd or chine, Levaneines, doubles, foulardsde Chine, satins d' Orient, d'lspahan, cochemire d'Ecosse, and foulard de la-'e, with Persian, Turkish, and Arabian pat- terns, &c. The dresses for the approaching season will be made with tight bodies, and the ...

... I The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clocL- oil rze'do afternoon at Windsor Castle. It was attended by his Rovai Riligness Prince Albert, the Duke of WvellingtonP tle i erd President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secrctarv sf for Foreign Affairs, the First Lerd of the AdmiraltV, the Pre. sident of the Board of Control, lhe Paymaster Generajl the Lord Steward, and the Master of the ...

... FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL I INTELLIGENCE. From letters lately received from Paris, it appears certain that Fanny Elssler, instead of passing a sear at New York, as was- reported, has resolved on returning to France, to set aside, in the Court of Appeal, the judgment pronounced against her in favor of the direction of the Opera House. The sister of this- celebrated dancer, Mdlle. ...

... FOREIGN' I CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. We have already made mention of (he monument cons crated, to the glory of Moliere. The edifice will sooll be terill. nated. It is fonmed entirely of free stone, and reaches a fotrlh storv in heijlht. In the interior a space is left s0,$. ciently lerge for the person charged with its superiutendeice to lodge itl. The statue of ?? is to ...

... FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. (EXCL.USIVE FOa THE ERA.) We find an account of the progress of the Italian Opera at in, in one of the best critical journals of the capital, in nalsy ?? fllowing terms:- LDysucceeds to dav and in sad monotony they resemble each Cr Tbhe repertory offers no variety, nor the singers either; and the 01 the public remains the same. Never were the ...

... THE CASTLES AND ADBrEYS OF ENGLAND. BY W. BEATTIE, Af.D. (,Mactimer and H seldine, Wigimoreestreet).-This is the first part of a work intended to illustrate the castles and abbeys of England, both by historical records and engravings. Fvery Englishman ];nows and feels the legends and events con- nected with these great fixed landmarks of English history. Our castles and abbeys do, indeed, ...

... FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. (ExcLusIVE FOR THE ERA.) The second representation of the Lucia, at the Italian Opera at Paris, has justified all we said of the first. The im- partial press profess the opinions we have advanced, and de- plore, as much as ourselves, that the repertory, as well as the performers, are identically the same as before. The only difference we can ...