... I TaE PFOTUoE GALtERY-BuIT5EE sCHOOL (CoNTINUED.) to The Rent Day, by Wilkie (No. 88), is the most re-li mnarkable, possibly the most original, picture in this gallery. w' It bears date 1807, and was painted for his great friend, mi Lord Mulgrave. Although Wilkie had distinguished him- an self previously by his Village Festival and his - Blind de Fiddler,iboth remarkable works for ...

... I I * --The numbr of visitors to the Exhibition on Saturday amounted to 7,873. The attendance swas very fashionable. The performance of Dr. Stuart on Telford's organ was highly appreciated. An Ave Maria, from Schubert, elicited the warmest praise -and the effect of 0 rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn), was triumphant. The receipts at the doors exceeded those of any previous 2s. 6d. day by ...

... LITERA TURE. A Sekcltion from the Correspondenc of the ate- Tho-iss|; Cha/,laers, D. D. Edited by his son-in-law, the lle,. VILLUAn iltxtNck, LL.D. Blackwood. This selection from a correspondence, which must have been carried on with a great majority of the notabilitics of the day, is scarcely so interesting as, mighlt have been expected. Chalmers in Scotland vas, ,even more thaa Arnold ixl ...

... I| PRjF> 7'HB SOCIETY O ARTS. I On Fridoy, the ldcturenroom of the Society of Arts was thronged to suffocation, by the members and their fair friends, and a powerful contingenttfrrm. the provinces in the persons of the delegates from the various mechanics' institutes throughout the United Kingdom. Prince Al- bert, as president, was present. The secretary, Mr. Solly, read the report, which re- ...

... LITER AT UR E. A 'VISIT TO MIEXiCo, by the 'West India Islands, Yucatan, and F nited States, with Observations and Adventures on the 1aA y. 1y WVmr,. Parishi Robertson. InI 2 vols. London iljnkin, MMarshall, & Co. WfR . I'AI:ISIH ROIEaTSOX, and his deceased brother, are slr(lqtjy well known to ill interested in South America, and to a - eiderable extent to the general public, by their ...

... docttr. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. P EFLLYCHIAD. b 0! Dduw ein HargIwydd da, t Cadw Victoria, t! DOW cadw hi;i Bydd iddi 'a dyner Dad, a Er lies a Iiavydd ein gwlad ; Rbag y derfysswal gad Duw cadw hi. p A'th ddwyfairj waewffon e Chwfll ei gelynion, P Na chlyw eu cri a Alltudia 'n chwyrn o'n gwladt Bod camwedd, lhid, a brad: d Ein trugaroccaf Dad, a Duw cadw vhi. c Teyrnasedi hon yn hir, I gynal ...

... LAYARD'S MONUMENTS OF NINEVEH. ,A Second Series of the 1Monuments of Nineveh; including Bas-reliefs from the Palace of Sennacherib, and Bronzesfrom the Ruins of Nimroud. Froml Drawings made on the spot during a second expedition to Assyria. Bv Austen Henry Layard, M.P., &c. Seventy one Plates. Murray. The pencils of Mr Layard, Mr F. C,. Cooper, and the late Mr Bell, backed by the perfect ...

... I PICTURE GALLERY-BRITISH SCHOOL CONCLODEID. Although early in the fifteenth century landsecape began to be introduced and painted with much care as background to historical or portrait subjeets, it was not until very late in the sixteenth century it was treated independently, and assumed the imlportance of a distinct branch of art. From that period it has taken a high rank in all schools, and ...

... | FTeanh PlaYs.-Mdlle. Rachel commenced an engage- ment here last Wednesday, when was presented, for the first time since 1851,. Racine's tragedy of Thedro. Rachel's im- personation of Phedre is so generallywell known, and has already been so thoroughly criticised, as to render detailed cons- ment superfluous on this occasion Thle eminent traqedienie displayed all her usual powers of ...

... I , 'COIUjtrE fD 0FASHION. ; COURT A~~Th . St -- TursrDi.-The Queen and Prince Albert, accompaniedby the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended bythe Viscountess Jocelyn, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut;- Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, left Buckiingham Palace at ten minutes past three o'clock on Tuesday'afternoon fot Claremini (travelling by the London and South Western Railway), ...

... our libratp Zable. 1TAIT'S MAGAZINE for June contains the 1 usual number of articles, and there are two clever littll fictions now continuing in its pages.-, A Chirist- g1k inas Vacation in Jutland, and Joe -Loclksart's Sal Dreams, by Will. Carlton. The article entitled. ihe South African Repu~blic;-hsow to keep. a Colony, o contains some valuable information relative to the pie, Cape ...

... THE DRAMA, USIG &ao. DaRurY Lu -On Menday Drary Lane Theatre opened foci short season; ballet being the principal feature of i2 entertaInments. A new ave.actn play, byigr. Wilkins, the author of Civilikationr,. was prbdueod. The Idgubrieacf character of the prior portion of the performances wss cer- tainly a striking contrast to the ligrt, agreeable, and .thoroaghly French stile, provided for ...