... FINE AR TS. BRITISH INSTITUTION. et [SECOND NOTICOF.. 9- This exhibition is so rich in noble pictures, that it is almost with regret that we pass over any of them. 1e It is long since we have seen so select and thoroughly satisfactory a collection of the same extent. t, No. 61 is one of Both's inexpressibly touching rg landscapes, in which every object seems Absolutely to feel the sunset, and ...

... THE MUSICAL UNION. In addition to the regular series of subscription concerts, the miusical director of this sovis!y has the privi- lege of giving annuaily an extra performance for his own benefit-a privilegejustly due to the great exertions and valuable services of Mr. Ella. The Director's Matinee, as it is called, is of a more varied and siscellaneous charac- ter than the ordinary ...

... MEARNS. This show took place, oni Friday the 20t ullitimo, at Newton, and proved a most eucefsful one. The jadges were Mr. John Morton, Cleughearn, East 1l0bride; Mr Robert Hamilton, Gallowhill, Car- munnock; and Mir Robert London, Hairlaw, Fenwickl, who awarded the prizes as follows e- Class 1. Best Cow in Milk-Ist and 2d, Mr Robert Young, Rys- land; 3d, Mr Arthur Rather, Nethorplace, 4th, ...

... .. - I- 1. ?? a . .. FLOWERS, 'LOWERS are the brightest things which oarth On her broad bosom loves to cherish Gay thov appear, ais children's ointih, Like faidialg dreams of hope they perish. In every elioe, in erry .ge, oaniosid have folt their piessing esay - Andi lasvs to those have dec 'd the page or mosilolt-and meinstrel gay. By them thoe lver tells his tale: Tlhey reya his tOpes, his ...

... Having brought our remarks on the Exhibition of the Royal Academy to a close, we shall endeavour to give a general review of the works of art which have been exhibited during the present year. For the purpose of distinctness, we shall divide the sub- ject into three branches-the oil paintings; the water-colour paintings, including miniatures; and the works in marble, or designs for sculpture, ...

... cb igrtle. No. 89. 'Tlrt: EARNEsT MIINISTERi; exemplitieid in the Li~e and L.ahours of till! Rev. Fussey Tackahutrir. Bv tile R1ev. ube-rt I lustoen. BeIlfas I t: .1 G /i. s' ogidonU: Mutiot. 1)Dubli n: lreit' ott PrilIted bV J.fe~s Alex.. IIcidersont. THE menmoriaks or one so emittent in the Wlesleyan Methodist Conielxion as the late Mr. Tackabvery, car- not fall to possess a deer inlterest ...

... k.AkiLIjss 11'V at.! U ft. From Le Fo/lNl. oft It is nawe surmiised : pelisses are already obliged to give place to hb the ieharpes oantr?/?trs at silks, embroidered in open patterns, trim- I. h- eed with a fine and close net, upon u ihich are appltou5 leave of silk. xi ice The patterns are fa.stened on the net with thorn-stitch. This style 7. n is very pretty. It is also expected that white ...

... LITER AE U HE. Z&h History of BEnglish Literature. By WILLIAM SPALDING, A.M. For the use of Schools. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd.t ]553. d Itt SPALDNsene divides his work into three parts-let, English s, iUter-ature during the middle ages-2d, Origin of the English langurage-and 3d, Modern English Literuture. The first ti pert gives a very interesting view of the subject treated of. f It is a ...

... JDRAM.A. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAM3ES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Rachel, during her present visit, has almost entirely thrown aside Corneille and Racine, and re- ?? to the dramas of the present day. A single perform- ance of JAhedre, and another of Polye)ote, are all that we have had of her former s epertoie. And she has done well, for she finds that the London public, as well as the Pari- sians, ...

... ITHEATRICAL AND MUSICAL EXAMINER, The ADELPHI THEATRE has wisely returned to that class of drama for which its resources are best adapted, and to which the liberal additions lately made to those resources by Mr Webster may help to give a higher and more legitimate character. The boundaries between legitimate and ille. gitimate drama, indeed, are in these days very difficult to distinguish. The ...

... 7 The Harmonic union, Exeter-hall. Iridolin, adapted from Schiller's ballad, ier, Gangsch demn Eissnhialfliir, by Paigrave Simpson, lisbenarct to music by Mr. Frank Mori, and- onl Thlsurday the HamI i Unlion performed it, we beliets, for the first time at Elxeter- ball1. 13y an Oversight with reference to the hour of commenee' insit a great portion of Iridolire Was over by the time we found ...

... CENUINE COSSIP. I BY AN OLD AOMhIESS. CHAPTER XIV-CURIOUS CHARACTERS. 11r. Meggett was the leading tragedian in Mrs. Baker's cotn- pany. He was an actor of considerable dramatic power and effect. Cumberland, who lived at Tunbridge Wells, frequently witnessed his performances, and pronounced him to be equal in ability to John Kemble. Meggett obtained an engagement at the Haymarket Theatre, ...