... ROY'AL ACADEMY OF MdSIC. S The second concert of tle students for this sea'5, took place on Saturday, was, in one respect, prefdrable : first-there were more original contributions fre tile Pi and without something of the kind, indeed, tee UNroc' j possesses little attraction for the patrons and ?? the establishment. Mr. O'LEARY supplied slcfe~oa1: a MS. opera, The Spanish S!iudeat, eousistirg ...

... jlar?ticnt allb Farittirs. THE COURT. LoNDo\., Tnunsmi-Y.-The, Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince AlFred, and the Duchess of Kent, at- tended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the rri- vate chapel of Bluckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday. ?? -mAJESTy S OR.ATINGlO The ...

... TRINITY MUll1@ Cattle Tryst was held on Thursday last. The solow of cattle wvas rather below thc average of previous eats. and f-ia th.lrs being la good attendance of deailers sales commenced brisk. but did rot long suetain this chararter. The absence of rain, which is gtnerally ulctitn waitted for cre)ps of all kinds. tetded to ?? sales a considertlla degree. I Inimately bargains were mna.de ...

... EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY FRENCH ARTISTS. The first annual exhibition, says the title-page of the catalogue of this very interesting collection: may the words be prophetic! We cannot conce ve a greater service to the fine art of England than the affording its professors an opportunity of keeping themselves easily aufait of what is being done by the artists of France. The comparing (or ...

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... ROYAL ACADEMY OF The second concert of the Academy, on Saturday morning, produced several satisfactory exhibitions of proficiency on the part of the students, both in com- position and performance. The overture entitled The Tempest, by Miss Ann Baird Spratt (a pupil of Mr. Lucas) is a composition of much merit, showing invention with knowledge of harmony, and the means of producing orchestral ...

... FIRST ANNUAL BXHIBITfON of the FRENCH SCHOOL of tU FEANS ARTS ih LON- DON, at the GALLERY No. 121, PALL-HALL. is l We remember some four years ago having read, u with the utmost interest and delight, avolume pub- i- fished by Murray, and entitled An Inquiry a into the Chronological Succession of the Styles of h Romanesque and Pointed Architecture in France: D- with Notices of some of the ...

... ?? - t @STha-Z IVOb-EN AND CFLILDREN. Oul ! if nto faces were beheld on earth, But toiling manhood, and repining age, No wvelcome eyes of innocence and miirth To look upOnI us kindly, who Would irage The gloomy battle for himuself alone ? Or through the dark ofthte o'erbanzinn clcud Look wistfnlly for light ? who would not groan Beneath his daily ta:sk, antd weep aioud? But little ?? take us ...

... - , - NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCI-ETY. * Tbisv:uociety.a third conqert of the season took 'Place I last, evening. The ?? was. made upi of. a small number of pieFfxa, mrst of them being of great l'length. Te openiig piece was Mizart's overture to the '&?cha'spiet-Director, a little musical farce in one act, quitet unknown ?? this counitty, though it is still occasionally brought on the stage i ...

... 'Tis the Queen of May advancing, O'er the greensward gaily dancing,- The Queen of May, In Spring's array, I Beautoeously entrancing. On her brow no golden crown Weighs her auburn tresses down; Dlow is pearl and sparkling gem In that flow'ry diadem. There the hawthorn flow'r is seen, Mingling with the leaflet green; There the pansy lands its blue, Vying with the lilac's hoe; And the primrose ...

... .SECOND NwOTICE. In the general sketch which we gave on Sa- turday morning of the character, and also of the component elements, of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, yesterday opened to the public, we were necessarily constrained both to restrict our observations upon particular works to a few| words, and in some instances to leave certain! other eminently meritorious works without any ...

... ffa5biaii am[ Fariftics. THE COURT. T'Fs Qneen visited the Duchess.of Glccester or, Satur- (da y afternoon, at Glocester House. Prince Aibert visited on Saturday morning the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, in Pall-mall East. In the afternoon the Prince went to the Roval Institution, in Albemarle Street. Her M13jesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, honoured tie ...