... LITER AT RE, I The Modern, HousetWif, or Menagere: comprising nearly One Thousanad Receipts for the ?? aind Judicious Prepara- tion of every oeoal of the Day, and thase for the Nursery and the Sick Room; with Huintte Directionsfor Pamily Manage- meaC fin att itd Branichteg Illutrhatedl wyith Engravings, includ- fty the Modern Houseie'Jos Unique Kitchen, and Maygic Stove. By ALEXIS SOYER, ...

... The Queen nnd 1Prince Alert, wirtn tne rrince oi the nriecess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an air- ?? lltall opel carriitge and four. ; 1(Sr.11,1 yr BNTlB1.--._VQ (Pri'7lttOtI ' , 1Ipeilre to anltivulitV the arrivel ol satr- (j t . if tbe x.i-x tv)g and Queen of the French, and of the d31x 1fl~ts ibcil> .f .emours, and tleir intereqting offsprih'.- ] v a lplda d* t ioer. 'The ...

... = V&Ntwy : .-stp t6 you or I have aent a letter, boo-swrd IV . * - r 0! on 4i,.t_.ts ;It ?? If' * Rt5ZZOTR 0? or Ca*e do 6f --eurtainly not 0o its proper destination, which thl turned out to, be the 1Amphsitrite_. Valparaiso,: or thi elsewhere. Who' but the lsnwk-eyed gentleman de 'vvwho presides at tie Iblind tzble,,.would have of to' found out that arnodtisr boy in her Majesty's naval r, ...

... MEETING OF WORKING MEN. hi On Thursday evening last, a meeting was held at the tB Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge, to consider the propriety of calling a public meeting of the working classes, h to assist in carrying out the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, to be held in May, 1851. James se German, Esq., Mayor, and S. Cartwright, Esq., attended fr as a deputation ...

... 1MY MOUNTAIN HOME. Composed by Mr. Palmer. D4Almsaine and Co.-This is a beautiful ballad and reflects great credit to the composer. It was sung by Mies Sarah Ann Harris, for the first tine,;on Monday last, at Mr. Wilson's concert, and received a hearty encore; we prog- nosticite with conjidence it will be highly popular. UNIVERSITY oP LoNDoN.-Oa Tuesday. a special general meeting of graduates ...

... HiER MAJESTY'S.-Rossini's beautiful opera, It Bar- bierr di Siviglia, was given on Tuesday evening, with cite following powerful cast :-Rosina, Madame Sontag; The Count, Signor Calzolai ; Figaro, Signor Belletti Bartolo, Signor Lablache; uasilio, Signor F. Lablache. From such a concentration of talent it will readily be imagined the ensemb/e was perfect and complete. Rosina wras the character ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENITS.) ASnTON-UsnDEs-LYNx.-Notwitbstanding the talented and respectable corps dramatique of this theatre, the season is progressing very unfavourably. Mr. Watkins Burroughs took his benefit on Monday last, and his exertions were badly remunerated. Miss Goddard com- menced a short engagement on Tuesday last. On Wed nesday Othello was performed, and gave great satis ...

... LITERA TUBE. Life of Malsonet and of his Successors. By WASUING. TON IUVINO. Murray. 18050. There are two or three ways af writing such a life as that of Mahomet. It might be undertaken with a philoeophic view, or in a merely critical and his- torical one. Or again, with merely the research requisite to render it Accurate, the story might be told iD a lucid, striking, and picturesque manner, ...

... DBAMA. DRURIY -ANE. ThePassing Cloud, which was produced last right at Drury-lane, by no means desorves its title. It has too much merit to be so ephemeral, and yet it is long-its chief fault. But it contains very many scenes of very powerful interest, right well acted by the Vani'enhoffs, Mr. and Miss by Cooper, and especialiv bv Andersoii. A H1aase Towns merchant had once been settled at ...

... - TIa a&Ls, ETC. DRURY LANE.-A dramaticplayin two aets, called I The Pasi Cloud, wras pepformed, for the first time, ocn bM day a n tiht tib written by MrU Baiyl Berreid, aegintleman already known to the public as the author of hany successrul dramas, and of severalliterarywors *r great ersit. ino The Passing Cblou, MeW. Becrnajt hu hrnished us e with a why iore rfemarkable m er oc atonal ...

... LADIES FA~SION6 FOR APRIL. The designs of the newest eillbroilered silks are not so heavy as thitse heretofore worn. They are embroidered with small filowers, either inl dt taiched sprigs, or in very light running patterns. Dresses of plainalidglacesilk will befashiurrableiiisprirng-walk- ing costume. Manyyof thuese dresses tire made with a inog or tronces of piliked silt. fhe sleeves of ...

... P O E TRY. SABBATH EVE. A Sabbath eve-I stood and thought Of days long past and gone, Of earlier dreams by menm'ry brought When brightness o'er me shone. I stood-twas near an old churchyard, In twilights dreamy hour, No sound the deathlike stillness marr'd To chase its mystic powver. I mus'd-methoueht those quiet graves, In that old churchyard spread- The tall wild grass that o'er them waved, ...