... I f4#/u.NABLR INTBLLiGENCLE. Tilh Queen ba. a dinner party on Thursday at Bucking- i 'i T a.ce Ts e company included her Rloyal lighlness the F leof Rent, the Duches3a of Sutherland, thle Duke of fjliegtoen the Earl of Clarendon, and Lord and Lady John ig''o~ell al Higbess Prince Albert piresidiel on Friday lls D~0Iatoetiog of tile comnmission for promoting nnd sji dC atile filnealrt ilil le ...

... I FASHIONABLE iNTELLIGENCB. So Tler Majesjty wiil hold a drawving-rooma at St. James', Pulace on Thursday, the 10th of April next, Colonel Arhbthnot has relieved Colonei the Hon. Charles Grey in the duties of equerry in waitiug to her Majesty. 'Ihe Earl of Jersey, Viscount ?? Jocelyn, Lord George Lennox, and Captain Francis Seymour, had the hronor of dining with her Majesty on Wednesday at ...

... aiteraturC. SELECTED POEITR Y. H0 ME. eT THE LATE MAVARD KNICIIT, E5Q. TIE dearcst spot of earth to mno Is home, sweet homo! The fairy-land I long to sce Is home, sweet homs ! There, howv charm'd the sense of hearing! There, wchers love is so endearing!- All the world is not so cheering As home, sweet homnc! I've taught my heart tbe way to prire My home, sweet hones! I've learnt to look with ...

... THE MAYNOOTH GRANT-FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Our readers will be able to estimate, at their just value, any observations on the subject of the May- nooth grant coming from that long tried organ of Conservatismn..lras.r's Magazine. From the April number of that publication we extract the following portion of its political article referring to that ques. tion, and from its vaceilating tone the critical ...

... I FPASHIONAgJM INTELLIGkVCE. l The Dowaqer Marchioness of Downshire and the Mar. ehioness or Downshire have left London for East Hlampstead Park, Berks. Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, the Dowager Mar. chioness's eldest daughter, was safely confined on Thursday last. at Leamington Spa, with a daughter. Her ladyship and infant are, We are happy to state, progressing as favourably as can be expeoted. ...

... A ARHYMING REVIEW o, .111t. IKNEAL'SNEW WORI| BRALLAGHIAN, OR TW1E DEIPNOSOPIIISTS. They may talk till thevy're dumb Of t the Duke, and Tuni Thiiumb, And Picton, the bloody and famled Faugh.abballaghi man But give lip. the boy For Greek, humour, and joy, The Prince of all pipers, renowned Barney Brallaghall, The stout Duke of York, And the member bor Cork, The portly, the lusty, and ...

... FASHIONABLE INrELLjjW-C 'HER MAJESTY'S SECOND STATE BALL .TAh L Chamberlain, acting for her Majesty, issued cards of 2 an^i °rd on Saturday last for a second state ball at Buckinghain 'tPi on Monday, the 19th of May. We understand there gI- xao very little doubt upon the subject to which we atludedr days since, viz., that a bal costume of the weost lded a fe character will be given by her ...

... PRAlCTICAL FLORAL AND) HORTICULTURAL S UCIl;: . A _ . . - -. , . 1. ^ A private cxhibition of' flwerg Wa' yesterdav held, under inthe auspices of the a'bove society, in the Lecture-room, ltoal-Exehange. The specimens exhibited were very few in number, a~nd loosistod ex(,usiv ly of auriculas, poly- ant husee, hyaci~t hs, pansies, and anemronies. The folowieg is a list of the prizes as awarded ...

... ItLturatuar. SELECTED POETRE. A DIEU. Friend of my heart, adieu ! God keep thee in His care! Receive thi3 parting siglh; Believe this parting prny'r; And do not quite forget the few Bright hopes wc've known. Adieu! adica! Remember vanisli'd hours,- Let nietnory softly dwell On one who thiljink of thee With thoughlts too deep to tell,- On one whose love mere steadfast grew 'Mid c]ouds and tears ...

... S EL E C TE) P 0 EI T11 Y. Wily DO 'THEY DIE? BY WMt. FOR.SYTHt. Is the fn'sli glow of' beauty, Sthe first flushi of light, Shtould the dav-dawn be swathed in the Shadows of uitiht, A11a1 thle star ofthe morninz pass fruitless away, And break to the fair earth its promuise of day i Ali to ! Then whby ?? thtus the loveliest tlowers Oh1, NN lly do0 tlie Young Vand the beautiful (lie, Ere the'N ...

... ope erjurt IIiR MAJii'ST'vs DRAWINC1-lloom0_-The Queen held( a ?? ing6i'io (thie first this scason), on Thursday af- t(olit00, at St. James's Palace The suite of hler Ma- jesty and Prince Albert itieluided-the Duchess of Buc- clutieli (Mistress oftheRaobes), the Marchioness ofDotiro, the ?? Viscount ess Canning, and Visconintess jcylo, Lad ics of, the Iedelianiber' Among tile general company ...

... aiterattur. SELECTED POETRY. SONG. BY F. it. BuiL5Y, ESQ. Trr. ship that proudly leaves the shore, Aud dauces through the foam, Alas! may never visit more Its harbour's peaceful home. The hands that gaily furl the sails, The feet thlt tread thc deck, All-with the gallant bark herself, Nay soon berome a wrecok. And so too oft in life we start, Where every sceneo looks fair; The future scenes ...