... FINE AR TS. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS IN THE PORT- cal LAND GALLERY.al The second Exhibition of the season was opened to Pl1 private view on Saturday. The crowd of friends and otl amateurs attracted on the occasion was so great as to H render impossible that deliberate examination of any An picture which ought to precede criticism. We can op only speak as yet of the general impression produced ...

... Memoirs of Mrs Fitzherbert; wtith an, Account of her Marriage with H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, after- wards King George the Fourth. By the Hon. Charles Langdale. Bentley. . , This is a singular book, as being rather a memoirmn qu4 or apology for not writing a memoir-owing to the obstinacy, which some may think not ill-advised, of those who have the custody of Mrs Fitzherbert's confidential ...

... FIN GAZINES- ,UNI4TED SERVICE. CZBttl~tN'S Ephica~l notice of the late I ell writtenh in .hich the principal events -e j 'anw distinguished career are inrm~kable and .jstunticehis reir feld andin which equal justice is .i ctlerits'a'd his defects, is followed by III, the Royal Military Academy at ueer UJ'tls ecilative article upon the peace, 5iut in the Storm; a good account The l tillsellS ...

... HUhOBOU. m -- GATHELGS. GO ~onLRoo TF 8ea ;--nk A~greeing to Earl' Stanhope's proposal0 for the 'f1rnmationIof ?? Por- jtr;lG Uer ,lthe HEotihe Wf' Lsrds found it necessary to ater gthe t ei ! of She nob1 eiarrD: moton'aris. The reportitat&~th4 ;- The .resolutionwa thaetan agreed to, t~he words, 'sunch portrait' to cornsist aa falr &a poeelble, .of 3tbhe inost eoiinentpersos in lritish ...

... DESTRUCTION OF COVENT-GARD:E| Theatre.-Officiel Inquiry. On Tuesday, at three o'clock, Mr. Bedtord, coroner for the City of Westminster, assembled a jury at the Piazza Hotel, Covent' garden, for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of the late disastrous fire, by which the Royal Italian Opera-house was totally destroyed on the morning of Wednesday, March the 5th. The inquiry excited great ...

... THE LITERARY EXAMINEP, History of Greece. By George Grote, Esq. Vol, XII With Portrait, Maps, and Index. Murray, Mr Grote's History is now completed. Written throu11 out in high and noble sympathy with that union betae00 intellectual energy and refinement of which Someof the leading States of Ancient Greece were an exemplar to the world, a History like Mr Grote's must needs pause where it now ...

... MEETING OF THE MANCEIESrER EXECLTIYE COMMITTEE.a The Manchester and Salford district executive committee for the Paris Uttiversal Exhibition of 1855 met I ?? orciethe report prepared by the seecrettry, Mr J 0,Muniky.Several glass C55e5 On the table con tainednumertoos sabmples oif twist, &c._ of all counts. There were also.o te tale the grand medal. of honour, or large geld medal, awarded to ...

... I OUR NATIONAL SCHOoL1eRI S- - - Ia of coupeil.(n The late minutes for. the coolulilttO a education, 1854-t u ,ea train itgschoolse ?? were the pobes di the staquare o f the sixteenth conent some nt of law his-.. tory Namethgracomcilsaeftatg, an tate who -eeisgets ecatwiee end artisto be of her sttut ?? - Whet were the objct of the satutes of p ino and ofw P reftt t 94 Whatriea Aepartment o ...

... DR. .KAHS AENATOMICAL MUSEUM. A few years ago the science of anatomy and physiology were subjects, the study of which was exclusively confined to the medical profession, and a popular exposition of them, either by models or lectures, 'was not dreamed of by the most enthusiastic advocate of the extension of education. We remember the first occasion on which Dr. Birkbeok attempted to instruct ...

... EASTER A'MUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The experiment of English Opera for the Million at Drury-lane, which proved so successful last season, is again to be repeated; and, if we may judge by wvlsat we saw last evening, under the most favourable auspices. The theatre was crowded in every part by an attentive and hideed enthusiastic audience; and, although something must no doubt be allowed ...

... LITEBA TURB. S~yria and thse Syrians; or, 2trkey inth de De rect pendenccses. By GREGORY M. WORTATIET. Lou Tht don: JamesMadden. 1856. due The author of this book is an Armenian-the sonet of one of the ear'i-st disciples Of the American mission A ?? ht'mision was established at Beyront in the 1823; but ii, 1828 the missionaries were obliged tar a toa time to relinquish the field of their ...

... COURT AND FAS3HION. MorrIA.-Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, dined with her Royal Highness the Dochess of Cambridge at her residence in St. James's Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rode on horseback in the forenoon with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Roes and ...