... 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- ...

... ?? IAJFSTY'S THEATiB, There was another great musical performance at this Theatre last night, consisting of The Descrt, preceded by a Miscellaneous Selection, of a much higher character than on the previous evening, on which M. DAVID'S Sym- phony was performed. The concert commenced with BEETHIOVEN'S Symphony in C minor ; and we certainly never were so much impressed with the grandeur and powe ...

... FRENCH PLA YS-St. JA MES'S THEA TE. I RAVEL appeared for the third time last night In the one-act vaudeville of La Tante Mal Gazrde e. by Pracontel, anl old Maitre des Comptes (LfigNARD), of who has numbered sixty-thoree winters, has mar- I ried a young widow, Mfadame Praoentel (ELIOfi bu FoRGEOT), who is just entering her five and twentieth d summer. She is young, gay, and pretty; the husband ...

... Adventures in Nues Zealand, from 1830 to 1844. By EDWARD JERNINGIHAM M AIIEFUELD, Es{i. 2 vole. SiO. [ iMray. This work is the personal narrative of a gentleman whlo, at the age of nineteen or twenty, engaged in thie interesting enterprise of colonizing New Zealand. iir. Wakefield's eager devotion to his cause leads him, naturally erougit, into a narrative of the disputes between the settlers ...

... THE ITAIJAN OPERA., The Barbiere di Siviqlia, which went off with such admirable spirit and effect on Thursday evening, was repeated on Saturday ; but the perfornance was mnarred by the inability of MARIO to go on with the part bf Count Albnaviva. He appeared in the first scene, and com- menced his beautiful serenade, Ecco ridente il cielo, but wns so hoarse that, after an unsuccessful ...

... }fAYMAMKET THEATRE. It Iies seine tinies been objected to Mr. JERROILD that lie is too prone to satire, and we have heard it said that lie cannot write without dipping his pen in gall. It cannot be denied that he is a shrewd and attentive observer of folies and vices, and that lie describes them with caustic severity. lie is the sworn foe of cant, hypocrisy is his abhorrence, and lie ...