... - UWIjOV DE,,S ART,. The fifth concert of the present season took pilace last nighlt. It wvasnullmerously-and faslhionabl3yattenided. T'le chiof bhrden of thu eveniog, fell on Messrs, or as they In;ure properly call theiiselves, ?? L, and M. Ganz. | T tey i ctrod d a duo for the violin and violoncello of their joint composhtioli, clever throughout, and which ob- I tamied the just holnour of an ...

... LITER A TURB. T2s Po7iitcal Life of Sir Robert Peel. By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY. 2 vole. Smith, Elder, and Co. This is a painstaking, but somewhat ponderous, ei work. Mr. Doubleday has no adequate sense of the merits of condensation. He forgets that we live in post-diluviau times. He has not profited by the ad- vice of the wit, to gaze on Noah and be brief.' Mr. Doubleday has, moreover, a finance ...

... r Yesterday afternoon a meeting of gentlemken e whose names aprear in a list of arubicribers to a guarantee fund for an exhibition of the art treasures of the Unoited Kingdom, prop -sed to be held in Manckls.ter in 1867, tooka o place in the Mayor's parlour, at the Mancbester,.To~wzihabl. Mr. James Watts, the mayor, presided; and asuongtbOsiD preentieee r. Heelis, mayor of Saitcrdti Mdr. B. N. ...

... PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The fourth Philharmonic Concert took place last evening. The following was the programme: Siaret i D MDinor (compomea expressly for, and dedieited to, the Ph ilbarmonic Stociety) ?? Spohr. Scena ed Aria, *Ah ! parlate, Mtad m~e Clara novell o tI 6 Saorlo dAbramo) ?? .. ma Coneoeto i. ,. piinotorte, M. Otto ?? .. Heetaoved. SDine at Air, Iuvoctilen M la ide, Madamo ...

... THE THEATRICAL EXAMIINER. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mile Piccolomini proves to be an artist young and spiritual, after the manner of Madame Viardot or Signor Ronconi. As an actress on the lyric stage she may live to display rare perfection; and her voice is at least sufficient for her purpose. It is good inasmuch as it is subservient to her genius and sufficient to mainta in her due position in ...

... L I T E R A T U R E. BIACKWOODnS MAGAZINE. The May number is not so varied, nor quite so attractive in its contents as usual. .hnsqlasd's Political Future is an article which will be read with deep interest, touching, as it does, upon the elements of our national existence, and pointing out the essential conditions of our permanent greatness among the nations. The recent work of Count de ...

... TER DRAMA ZUSIC, ETO. IIEF MAJIrSTY's THECATRE-The reopaning of this meg- niuicet oetaltishmeut has crested intense interest amongst ennsical circles. Tke great fact .of its portals being once more thrown open has dissipated, we shonld antici- pate, any wild scheme that might have been contemplated for the erection of another great lyric theatre. The old house is as sonnd us ever, and ...

... I|-- , COURT AND F'ASHION. I MONDAT.-The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Waterpark, Lord Alfred Paget ...

... (ratOa OUR OWN CORUESPODESTES.) LIVERPOOL. THIMATRE BoTAL.-The opera troupe have terminated their present engagement, and although the attendance was not so numerous at this week's performances, it was sufficiently good to prove that a really good operatic company will always find a hearty welcome in this town, Bldme Gassier is immensely popular, and the agreeable vocalization and vivacious ...

... A new Star has arisen above the horizon of our musical world-a bright particular Star-one that shines anL sparkles with a light of rare pureness and brilliancy-a %tar (we predict it with confidence) that will become fixed in our firmament. Of one thing the reader may feel as- t sured, that neither in the reputation nor in the talent of - the Signora Piccolomini, nor in the thoroughly ...

... . I ?? XORE ) 5oEssaj ?? J1 ,LordJohuRssellhas fulied .biet~ak; as it ap- pas to Us, not a very V'.dodme one, Assuedly lit Pided more tims and care~ta perhaps were permitted; X the prinme msiniter of Buglend :and the V7ieinna ne-i jgotator, to make the s[emoirs, Jouirai, and Oor- ,respondence' ef Thonsa58EI0re whit they might have been. Theyshonkhave;beelloreftilypickd1 en d well' boiled ...

... PROVINCiAL THEATRICAL& (seoao owa oure conaisesemmessi.)e- XlAfYCHESTflEB. TonATne ?? are always significant of a close of the ,eascn, and the repetition of appeals to the supporters of the drama during tlje present alid past week has proved no exeeption to the rule, as, on the ?? of Whitsunwceek the services of the company will be dispensed mitll for the present. Mr. Charles Mathews makes his ...