... Of3c ecurt timbf gaofjjoll. ITEM MAJESTY S LEVEE.-The Queen held a Levee on Wednesdlay afternoon at St. James's Palace. Her Ma- josty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, ar. rived from Backingbam Palace at two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Hor be, and the Groom of thle Stole to Prince Albert. The fo'lowir.g noblemen and ...

... OIITINA.L POETRY. REFLECTIONS tON TIHE FUNEIRAL OF TIlF LATI'a MARQUIS OF ?? AT ILI.LSBOUOUGH. BetouT and beautiful is the morn Tho opening bud and the bursting thorn, Clothed in their April robes of green, Are shedding their freshness o'er the scene; ''he violet turns her cye of blue On her sister primrosc mwet wvith dew; To eveiy blade of'grass is given A diarmoud from thE mine of heaven. ...

... 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 ...