... TsONDAY.-The Queen and Prince Consort, with the Queen of Portugal, the Prince ofHohenzollern, and Prince Leopold ot ?? zollern, went at ten o'clock this morning to the Royal Acadeny and were conducted through the Exhibition. After viewing the Exhibition of the Academy, the Royal party inspected the Natioral Gallery, and returned to Buckingham Palace soon after t'slca o'clock. Prince Alfred ...

... THE MUSICAL DNION MATINEEU Mr. Ella, the enterprising and distinguished director o tile MuAlisical Union, for the performance of chamiber in' struniental Imutlsic, yesterday provided lis subscribers, the is elite of the fashionable and of the artistic world, with the %t following programme:- o Quartet, God preserve the Emperor ?? Haydn. t (.rand Trio, 13 Hlst, Op. 17 . ?? Beethoven. c ...

... ST. JAMIES'S HALL. GRAND EVRNING CONCERT. Last evening a most attractive programse was provided for one of the fullest assemblages of the boau monde. The conductors were Mr. Land and Mr. Frank tlori. Part the first commeinced with a march, Vive l'Angletcrre (on English airs), performed bythe Band of the Paris Garde Nationalo. At the close of this part the band gave an operatic selection ...

... The great artistic event of England is the open- ing of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy. We may fairly say that no institution in the world, at this moment, excites public attention to the same degree. This day the Ninetieth Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts will be opened to the public for the season. In Great Britain both the art of painting itself and the taste for it have ...

... f An art exhibition, of a very interesting character, was held at the Clarence Hotel, on Monday night. It might not probably be known to many of our readers that a society, t with the above title, has recently been established in Exeter; the objects of which are to encourage the science and practise of photography, and mutually to instruct and amuse the members, by holding periodical meetings, ...

... pft (fnomi m vurwb. Ors'sxssgn NtsnEs.-.It mnay be all vr well toch out aia~a confiscation In Oude for. those who Imagine that any proper Oude haa been unjustly confiscated. But Justic as wells Cha . rty, should bgin at home. Does not confiscation exist in tills great (pgOa of a) country, in the shape of a partial and nneqou -income-tax ?? e A Cno bON CanonqoLu..-Mr. Reiseaberg. continues to ...

... SWALLOWS. Now, o'er the harvest meadows green Their arrow-headed forms are seen; Now, o'er the pool they skim, As if they wished to dive below, To those far-sinking skies which glow Down through the waters dim. With skilful wings their white breasts lave, And oft the smooth translucent wave, Records the daring feat; Until they shyly dart away To where the severminig insects play, In some calm ...

... Her IYfajesty's.-The new Ballet, Flevor des Champjas, pro- duced on Saturday, consists of two tableaux, the centre figure of each being Mdlle. I`occhini. The scene, to quote the words of the oflicial handbill is laid in the sunny south of France, at the time when mortals rejoice in the festivities of the harvest, and the (Goddess of Plenty herself appears in person to sympathise with thcir ...

... *Rlk ? V ktrg- , dr I- THE TWO M1ARGARETS. IF'nOMI DEATH SCEVJES 0F SCOTlTIU MARTYRS, BY 11. INGLIS. On! take me in your arms, Willie, Oh! bide ilc in your heart, Or ye'll tyne the w;ife ye lo'e, Willie, For all sae loving as thou art; And bar the door, oh! bar it, Willie, There's footsteps on the lea, And cerie voices ohl tile shore Of walillg spirits from the sea. There's bloodhounds on ...

... X i t ra t l 1 t. TIEE HISTORY OF THE BRuITISH EntPIRE IN INDIA AND TIHE EAST. By Dr E. H. NOLAN. London: S. Virtue. TiE first division of this valuable work, just issued, more than justifies the favorable notice we gave of the earlier numbers, and the high opinion we formed of the ability likely tobe displayed by the author in the course of his performance. Our empire in the East, little, ...

... LITERATURE ASPEOTS OF PAUTS.* Nuch.hasn been written about Paris of late years. Its streets, its msrbets, its bariamres, its parks and palaces, and rag.pickers, have been presented to us in many picturesque forms in 'Household Words, and in the pages of Mr. Bayle Bt. Johns Purple Tints, Therefore Mr. Copping had little new groand to pass over in the external world of the French ca- pitaL He ...

... BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. IBeniteY's 6iscellany for the present month con- tains several salient articles of interest, The GiimpIses Of ?? Life, froUI the Asie Mi- nenre et Syrie, Sol'vellirs do Voyages, kc., of that ?? adventurous lady, the Princess Belgiosa, is particularly amusing, bult it utterly destroys our ancient, if not chelisthed, illusions on the romantic subject of Oriental ...