... I iFASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE . ' . TheJ Earl and Countess! of ERnaiskillen arrived in London last week, fromsFlorencecoiirt, Ireland, and on Saturday left for Brighton to pass a few days there. Lord Crofton, who bas been to inspect his estates in Ireland, joined Lady Crofton and family at Cowes Castle, on Thursday last.. . The Marquis of ElY, Lord Henry Loftus, and the Hon. Captain Lindsay, ...

... I BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL ?? -- .. T'nU1SDAY EvENitN.-Tlle miscellaneous concert this evening was well and fashionably attended. Theprogramme contained a selection of popular pieces from the stores of Donicetti, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Cirnarosa, Auber. Beethoven, and Mozart. Beethoven's symphony in C minor was admi- :rably rendered, and so great . was the sensation effected by the overture of ...

... I THE ASSAULT IN TIlE THEATRE ROYAL. le COLLIEGE-STREET OFFICI --EsTErDAY. to Immediately on the magistrate, Mr. Stronge, taking his , seat on the bench, the complainant in this case appeared to re prefer his charge aWnst' Willism -UitiresJ- Esq., a subaltern ,r in the 48th foot ,Xienk ,'Th& W tbred was, that 14r. at Cairnei, orf the mlkit ?? ofi the Theatre 4 iL~oyal, violently asanlted th a ...

... _ . _ Last evening the eminent vocalists, Miss Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. H. Philips, made their appear- ance-two' of them for the first time-before our musical public. The audience, we were glad to perceive, was crowded and highly fashionable. The merits of Miss Birch as a soprano singer, have been, ere now, fully recognised, and since her last visit to Dublin, the most brilu ...

... THE QUEEN-S VISIT-THE VICEREGAL MUSICAL SOIREE. I TO THE EDITOR OF TilE FREEMAN. 16th August, 1849. Sip.-Your Idler has certainly been busy on this sub- ject. His account of the musical entertainment given to her Majesty at the Lodge is quite true. Irish airs and all per- formers, save those of the right sort, were virtually excluded on that occasion. It is only fair to confirm what Idler' ...

... T - THIEATRE RlOYAL, It must be said that our manager has contrived. during the season, to afford to his patrons an excceedingly ?? selected series of attractions. We propose going sornewhiat into the details of the several engagements which have filled up the season in our review of it at its close. We may noly observe, that next to the pleasure afforded an audience like ours, by the ...

... | THEATRE ROYAL-THE ITALIAN OPERA.' F. ?? , ~ - - - La Sonnrnamia -was repeated oh last evening to, if not a crowded, at least a tolerably well filled and highly respectable aud-ience. .. There is, after~all, something peculiarly distinc- tive in the character of g- outs, be it musical or literary, which gives the impress of its presence, and demands our ?? of its attributes, in an appeal ...

... I . I (: I',FiNARTh; ai - : FESCOES 5 T.IE. NEW- HOUSES OF PARLIA ti-NT-, . One of tbe best experiment yet s ade by the commissio of fine arts for the revival of the application of fresco p inting to the decoration of the-senate houses has justbeen.brqught to a close in ?? of LordsOur readers ill retreinber that religion, justice, and chivalry being coneidered'tie'thre principal elementsiin ...

... ' .1 rs i - - - l C - A_ _ . ._ USBOSRNE, NATURDAY.-The Queen and Prince, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke Alexander of Wirtemberg, walked early this morning in the park and grounds of Osborne. Th6 rriuce of Walles, the Princess Royal, and younger mem-. bers of the royal family walked and rode as usual. Colonel the HTon. C. B. Phipp vwas included in the royal dinner party yesterday. ...

... OPERA BIANAGET)ENT-DELAFIELD'S BANkK- RUPTCY. - C I.A small portion of the following has already appeared in te this ljournal on the hearing of Mr. Delafield's case in the Court of Bankruptcy; but we find the particulars, 'with other ~interistin--' matter, so well grouped in an article in the T'ines '~and in ollser London papers that we copy them at tke expense of some repetition. ir Ti sy of ...

... II ?? T i -EAt .Y' Owing to the temporary indisposititofl t Mrs; kean, the play, of Spraw whichrw5as to have .dhed 'the prhici a : entertaininiif lkt ?? st ' XAnd there were many g *t 6e p f i ...

... , ,t Most commonly in operatic engagements the last evening's N performance is for the benefit of either the prima dosrua, the it prints usomo, or the manager; but it has not been so an- S nouced in this instance. The benefits are all over; e the theatre has closed till Easter, and the last night's performance (that of last evening) was under espe- ' Cial command for the entertainment of their ...