... ARTISTS GENERAL BENEVOLENT IN- I STITUTION. The annual festival of this highly valuable institution was celebrated on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern. About a hundred and fifty gentlemen were present, among whom ve observed,.Sir N. E. Ross, R.A.; C. R. Cockerell, Esq., R.A.; D. Roberts, R. A; Lewis Loyd, Esq. ; Jones Loyd, Esq.; E. U. Eddis, Esq.; T. Baring, Esq., M.P. ; V. Etty, R.A.; T. ...

... 1101-?jTRY. - ?? [tlls wer to c rotrde ill list wee'ks ittroiticl - St IT A GAlULA D). it ( WI'r itea ui, the A Ihoot or a y(II9 Lauldy.) ti 1 love thee, Siow-il rop -sillltle hewr-- a Ie U)pillt cil! Co' llsow, slililitng pistr 1w 'jIlkxt !iOLAI Shtl~ll bJ6llL- 1) The souiniy islean- thle fr uitfal shoow - v Tlue birth of srlitig. a ?? pliill rosc-lovoly Ioos-battlis' qucen, a Alid liC of ...

... lqrbirw5i 'EilE ILLUMIj3NATED MAGAZINE-APRIL. Tl'e contents of this month's number are varied and entertaining. Travel and Talk, by LuIKF llsv, contains a severe castigation of tle homooopa- thie. quacks. The Past, the Present, and the lossible, is cleverly written. The Adventures of a Setallp, if wve correctly unolerstand thle writer, arplcar to be likely to be brought to an abrupt, ...

... IIVSTITUTE 01 B lif'B IS'.l A 11TIS7S. A very numaerously a it-fned meeting' of this society was held on Satulday evening, at the Adelphi, in the ?? room of the Society fbr the Encouragement of Arts,Viscount Palmerston in the chair. ViooenIiut PAIMEniSTON said lhe felt niuch ?? at tfhe high honour a hihi then society hond done him in elifling upon him to preside at their ineting, on that occa- ...

... 1ROYAL DUBLIN SOCtETY -PRING CATTLEI PI,.o ?? SHOe. W, &C. , I e- The exhibition of black cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, to farming implements, &e., for 1848, commenced yesterday ieon the society's premises in Kildare-street. And we feel r the utmost gratification in having to state that never on to any former similar occasion did the yard present a display 10 to be at all corpared with the ...

... ASIHION.4BLE IlTEL*GENCE* I The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Counteal of Chalrlemont, the lion. .Miss ltamilton, the Earl of Hard- wicks, Colonel Arbithnot, and Cflon-l Btluverie. henoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Itoyal Highness thle Duchess of Kent and their Royal High- r(sves thle Du'l- and Duchets oft Cambridge, and the Hereditary Granwl ...

... ulterarp JAottCro. The Irnprvisatore; or Lif¢ in Italy. From thc DIIIsIL of HANS CHiatSTIAN ANDjLisLN. Trail- slated by MAR.ny luewi'r'. Two v'ols. Bentley. 1815. ViESUVIUS IN A SUND.Y IlNIiOU1tr. WE au re not to asecid VsOuvius till evening, ?? tha glowing lava and :moonlight would have krcat eflect. We took asses from IRecifla, .ad rode upI tic monlitili ; thle road lay through vineyards ...

... EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR . THROUGH BELGIUM AND UP THE RHINE IN THF AUTUMN OF 1844-NO. X. Now a stentorian voice shouts, Biberich is near, Who lands ? We do. And we. Then, get your baggage here ! The steamer stops three minutes, not an instant more, Therefore in double quick time one has to rush on shore. As soon as one has gained the little landing place, The fuke of ...

... I - 'SHIONABLEIN CONTEIPLtATED ROI'AL BAL COST1.1E.-Considetina the depreastd state of the West end trade It is lvith great pe sure that we hear of the increasing rumour In the higher circa, of another I.raud Bal Costume at court. It is there generail asserted that the Queen, taking Into consideration the 1ossey experienced during two successive seasons by trade in 1ns thtiroi!.ih the happy ...

... The Child of the Islands. A Poem. By the HIon. Mrs Norton. Chapman and Hall. The subject of this poem is the condition of the labouring poor in England. We observe impa- tience in some of our contemporaries, that such subjects should be dragged into works of imagina- tion. The objection would hold, if amusement were the only drift of fiction, or if such stuff as dreams are made of were not ...

... CONCERTS OF ANCIENT MUSIC. Second Concert, Wednesday, April 16. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRINCE ALBERT. PART 1. The National Anthem Overture (Gabrielle d'`strges) . . . Martini. Chorus, 0 the pleasures (Acia ard Galatea) Handel. Aria, Madame Caradori, Chi vidi mai (La Famiglia Svizzera) . . . . . Weigl. Recit. and Aria, M. Staudigl, Ardo d'un cieco amore (Faniska) . . . . Cherubini. ...

... ,5ructo vottrv. THE VIOLET'S WELCOME.. Tur, world hath a %welcome yet for thee, Thou earliest born of flowers!- Though many a golden hope was gone, And droam that lighted her rosy dawn, Ere the toil of these latter days camc on; Arid her weary children' stcps have strayed From their first green dwelling, in the shado Of Eden's blessed bowers, Too far to find on our earth a track That vet might ...