... LIT E R AT U RE. Classic and Hfistoric Portraits. BY JAMES BRUCE, Int 2 vols. i London: Hurst anti lac'kstt. , BroInArnIY is in Many respects More instructive than history; Ci and indecd, we bolieve, it is seldom that history affords so corn- Ott pitto at picture of the r~mannrs and customs of a time as is to PS he found in the lives of the men of various ranks who hav '. Iaoor. taken part in ...

... I BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND .: . AGRIOULTURAL ASSOCIATION. The second exbibition of tbisassociatiop, which e this (Wednesday) afternoon at Pennycomequick, a sio'G. distance from Plymouth, promises to be, both in extent and importance, one which cannot fail to be of great interest to those engaged in agricultural pursuits. The number of implements which have arrived is large, and comprises many ...

... rrs YSBRnD0oN ANUNa' gan Iorie,'tlb Glan AIed. I It There are four or five points which should never be l slost sight of in estimating the merits of any poetical a scompo ition. As poetry is a very powerful moral 1. agent, exercising great influence for good or for evil, t h and forming, as it generally does, an index to the , n moral condition of society, it is of the first importance tnto ...

... (From the Dublin Evening M1ail.) Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather the number of viitors to the Exhibition on Thursday reached nearly 6,000. But t s is a good way below the fgure to which the admiseio s should arrive, in order to extend the circle of usefulness of this-great enterprise to its Proper dimensions. The splendid munificence of Mr. Dargan has provided the ...

... C.EREMONIUM IN ENCLENIIS OXONTENSIBUS HABITUM. (From Punch.) j The Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, Proctors, ' and other Dignitaries being in their places, the Regius Pro- fessor of Civil Law advances to the Members of Convoca- | tion, and, first having bowed, readeth the list of those that are to be called to the degree of Doctor of ye Civil Law, in the best Latin that he can compass, as ...

... THEATRICALS AN) AXUSEXENTS IN | Dublin. (FROM OUR OWN CoRRESPONDENOT.) THrEATRE RovAL.-(MIr. John Harris, Lessee).-Handel's delightful opera of Acis enan Galatea, and Marston's fine play, entitled Anne Blake, were produced on last Monday evening, and repeated during the week. The opera was performed in a truly gratifying manner, reflecting the greatest credit on the management, vocalists, ...

... Yesterday the annual conference between the representa- tives of the institutions in union and the council of the So- ciety of Arts was held at the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelpli ; Mr. H. Cole, chairman of the council, in the chair. A large number of representatives were present, and amongst them many gentlemen who have distinguishedthrem. selves by the interest they have taken in the ...

... [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.I Among the articles exhibited, either in the. area of the Great Hall, or so close upon its confines as to form part of the picture presented on entering, are some fine specimens 9f Irish book-binding, especially articles contributed by Bellew, of Dublin. With these are some modern illuminations, exe- cuted with great finish and brilliancy, and in some cases ...

... 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 ...

... 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- ...

... 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 ...