... LiTERATURE. The Life of George Brumaell, REq. By Captain *z JEss, 13 There is a great deal of pleasant, curious gossip in k these careless volumes. The disreputable old ghosts hi of the close of the last century are brought up from - limbo, and made to walk the world again. Fox hN and Sheridan, the beautiful Georgina of Devonshire, at the Prince of Wales (augustshade of sixteen stone!), ill ...

... Vie Practice of tlle M-sftrs' Office on the Plea Side in the Superior Courfs of' Commnan Law, WXeetwinter, 4 c., 4'e., By TnOMAa DAx, Esq., one of the Masters of the Court of Exohequer, &o. (Owen Richards, Fleet-street. The author of this volume ie the senior Master of the Court of Eschequer. He is very favourably known toboth brunches of the legal profession as one of the most expe- rlenced, ...

... Foraon Quarterly Revilew, No. 65.-We have observed with pleasure the progress of thie porlodical, now under able and every way competent direction, since its accession to the ranks of the Liberal party. We are happy to bear testimony that Its pages, under the present management, display a varied ability, rauge of information, and sound scholarship which were formerly seldom to be found in them ...

... THE WHITSUNTIDE FAIRS - THE RIVER AND THE RAILWAYS. There was a general turn-out of the workeing population el of the metropolis yesterday some on their way to the rail- Wi roads, others hastening to theo wharfs to embark, and many ju taking advantsae of other conveyances for the purpose of an reaching the subturban, faire at Greenwich, Stepney, and WI Wandsworth. In spite of the Lord Mayor's ...

... TI1E ANCIENT CONCERTS. The concertof last evening was under the drectiqcd of :ap kG ALB rFRT, a) Id the Ferlection of music was viha' might .;ZpetA fror bis RoyalHin Haighnes I ound taste iet keno yledge of the art. There .as m luch va. . , it wds ik varifety of excellence; rie ; pecitens of & ~b oth acietni uud. modern, aj' Italy, Germany, aLd E aglend, auni, arringecd in such a manner that ...

... INSTITUTE OF THlE FINE ARTS. - Or, Saturdayevenintg the nrnmbire of this institute held a general re-union at Willie's Roonts, *nd invited their friends to a sonversszioneo, W hich Wvvn tixc Ilently attemdnd. The works of art, both ancient and modern, exhibited throughout the Itarzs ball-roorm, Includsti soma of the H iest speoimens. Long ha e the modern artiste required eorno means of mieting ...

... JiTERATURE. A Selectiafi rom the Speeches and Writings of the late Lord Kingr, wtit/s a s/rwt IntroduCtori Me- flair. Bv Rarl FoRTESCUE, [Longmams. 'Ibis volune will fulfil the expectations created 1v itsannouincerent. It contains a judicious and interesting selection from the speeches and writingi of a nobleman who, by ability, consistency, and ho. nestv ot purpose, displayed througbout the ...

... I EXHIBITION af the ROYAL ACADEMV. Mr. MULRICADY'S pliture (128). Ihc Whistoriai , (Iontro very, from the '' Vicar of ; nkefiel(Y, i' One that is likely to rank, we think, among the liighest specimens of Eliglish art. t is wonderful in point of finish and cxecutioni, and of at brillinilit intensity of colour, such as one admires in VAN E1 CK. Nor is the humour showni in the treatmzent of the ...

... ROYAL ACADEMY OFr 3liJC. Tihe third concert of the Royal Academy took place on Saturday morning. l'he most remarkable pclurias wnich I it exhibited of tiH yrOficiencT Of the pupil) was the overtare by Miss BENDOK;PN, with wcbirh the parforutalrri corn* menee'. This youn lady has more than once did. tinguisheol herselI by her groerse' in vomp sirion, and thlo ovrcture is highly crediabl to har ...

... [F1t0Ai THE PENNY M&AGAZIN OP MAY 1, 1844.1 One of the first attempts, and it was a suooessful one, to 6stablish a- cheap book-club wae made 'by Robert Burns. He had founded a society at Tarbolton, called the Bachelors' Club, which met monthly for the purpose of discusslou and conversation. But this was a club without books; for the fines levied upon the members Were spent in conviviality. ...

... The concert of last night, under the direction of the Bail of CAWDOR, was more thinly attended than usual, and conuiquently went off somewhat coldly, though it contained much excellent muelc, exceedingly well performed. Several of the pieces, too, had the additional merit of being un- common. Of these the most remarkable were the air and chorus Qui preso al mic Geaii, from the Pastione of ...

... MiSS SEYT2ON'S LEGUREon, COMEDY. I- An entertainment of a highly elegant and intellectual character was given yesterday evening, in the Concert- room of che Princess's Theatre, by Miss CrLARA SHY TON. It conseisted of a lecture on Comedy, showing its rise and progress, its inluence on the human mnind, and the ad- vantages which would arise to society froms its legitimate cultivation; and it ...