... 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 ...

... THE PERIODICALS HEADS OF THE ProPLE-Tyas, London. These Picture of the English, are still as interesting as ever; their colouring equally fresh and pleasing to the eye. We extract the following graphic sketch of the The Baaket.Woman. 'God be wid ould times! Sure it makes altogether an ould fool of me to see yer honour onc't more. Och, mnusha! musha! God be wid ould times! whin the masther ...

... BY W. H. FORMAN. GEOFFREY C HAUCER. We now approach to the life of the father of tle English poets, and the first great improver and reformer of our language. Hde flourished in the fourteenth century, justly obtained the highest admiration among his contemporaries, and has beent handed down to us from generation to generation, with increased lustre as the great luminary to whom we are indebted ...

... POOR JACK.. By Captain MARRYAT, C. B. With Illustra- tions by CLARKSON STANFIELD, R.A. Parts I. and 11. (Longman: and Co.)-The now thoroughly.established system of publishing works of fiction in detached portions, renders it very difficult for a reviewer to avoid one of two errors-he is likely either to form an incorrect and immature judgment, or leave his readers in ignorance of the character ...

... THE PLAY-GOsR. Daurny.Lsae .-Barnett's opeta of The Mountain Sylph was pt.iformed at this house on Weunesday evening. Itvas powerfully cast-Mr. Frazer playing Donald, Henry Phillips eled,, and Mrs. Alban Croft Eotia. ihe subordinate parts were also judiciously disposed of: and the opera, on the whole, proved a rich treat to every lover of music. Frazer sang very sweetly, and, as we thought, ...

... COVENT-GA RDEN. On Saturday night last, a series ef scenes, each of the lowest description of melo-dramna, wedded to some music of an order that is certainly not calculated to imnottalize its comnposer, were presented to the visitors of this theatre. Tae inniue of tbc novelty is ' Mlabel; or, the (ipsy's Ven- geance,' and its plot is as follows:-A young lady belong- ing to the wandering tuibe ...

... . LITE ARy ScRACS. DESCRIPTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN.-This cathe- .dral is a most astonishing work of art. It is built of white marble, and cut into pinnacles of immense height and the utmost delicacy of workmanship, and loaded with sculpture The effect of it, piercing the deep blue with solid groups of dazzling spires, relieved by the depth of this pure Italian heaven, or by moonlight ...

... (N) VENT GARJDEN 71IIMATEIt, Wi' have tnoil i Antbotie-a diistingu) ltbod ond ol n bsnoourc ill'.Tl- -t hI I list O.0 Fr SIICL'eF'iclilItt ilitil' po thait Cfi ilT' '''ii, Wi 'Iiri1 I O I 1F n1 4Cli i.hit It' FF 0' g.TOrd IIll- fvlb e ?? ~~in ':iii r, tn'. joiviig oirjial orit-rs '3l' 1)1.FF tleA- O1 KNFMiW1.51, TAT,'OURD)1, iBULVEiF, I!~ii~nd HUNT-, to ,Ly 'ilijlltg A sv.ia ii 5, like the, ...

... d BY BARRY CORNWALL. (WITaGUT.) IC r The winds are bitter, die ?? are wild, di e From the roof comes plunging the drowning rain: WVithout,-in tatters the world's poor child Sobbeth aloud her grief, her pain! a No one heareth her, no one her headeth; 0 But Hunger, her friend with her cold gaunt hand, a Grasps her throat,-whispering huskily, n ' What dost thou in a Christian land1' d] d (IVIIN.) ...

... WHO ARE THE INCENDIARIES.i So thlere haa heen another insanen exhibition of ' physical Force during the past vreek, the object o the instigBtor5 beilng, as we doubt not, to furaibh the Coverniment with a pretest for the ?? of 51r. Fros t d fellow-prisoners now under jseutence of dcathl. We stated Inst week, in our third edition, that pre- parations were making at Monraouth to put Our friends ...

... FACTS- AN SCPAFS. LINES ON TIHE DEATH OF JOHN SKELL ags WRO WAS KILLED IN FRONT OF THE WESt- to GATE INN, AT NEWPORT. of i 0 gather around yourave fallen chief, Cio Profound be your sorrow, and deep be your grief; i hei let the 'requiem be sung, let the blood-furrow'd plain I pu BAe-echo the dirge of our brave comrade slain! i La 'The mighty are faIl'at! the bravest andabest I Have gone where ...

... M1?. LEIGH RUNT'S PLAY. Albeit there is quite enough said in the preface to Mr. Leigh Hunt's delightful drama in the way of com- plifnent, to the actors, &c., he has not gone so far as to dedicate it to any one of them in a fulsome strain of affected gratitude. He has made the publication a means of honestly paying a debt of private friendship. Much as wct enjoyetl the performance of the ...