... THE? PORTLAND .GALLERY. The private view of this exhibition took place on Saturday. These who remember what the Institution of the Fine Arts was five years ago, or even two years ago, will have reason to be satisfied with the present result of the labours of no inconsiderable portion of British artists, who have at last raised it to be one of the most interesting among the many pictorial ...

... I .. _ - . PRINCESS'S THEATRE. (SECOND NOTICE ) Perhaps the most noteworthy thing in the revival of King- Benry the Fifth is the perfect training of everybody concerned in the representation; there are no supernume- raries, each man or woman, though the mere component part of a crowd, is en artist, carefully elaborating his or her little share towards the perfecting of the grand whole. This ...

... - PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Last night witnessed the last and grandest of those Shakesperean revivals which will for ever be associated with the name of Mr. Charles Rean, and with his manage- ment of the Princess's Theatre. In a few weeks the end of Mr. Kean's farewell season Will have arrived, and an era in the annals of the drama-such as, from all outward seeming, is never likely to be again ...

... FINE AB&S. INSTITUTION OF FINE ARTS, F PORTLAND GALLERY, REGENT-STREET. We are glad to observe that the proprietary members have suppressed the term National, to which we took exception last year as applied to this institution, which excepting that of the female artists, is the youngest of our exhibitions. We are still more gratified to find that with lese pretensions there is a manifest ...

... I . HAYMARKET. Last night a performance which had been organ- ieed by a committee of gentlemen, headed by Messrs. Area- decekne and Maykwell, was given at this house for the benefit of irs. Macnamara, and was in every respect successful. The performances consisted of She Wonder, in which Miss Eleworthy susleined the principal character; a concerti by Miss Ransford, Madame Anna Thillon, and Mr. ...

... HA YMABEiT TBEA RE. The friends and admsirora of 3flss Amy 5edgwick con- ferred on her a most warm ovation on the occasion of her taking her benefit at this theatre on Saturday evening. The house was crowded in all parts, and the hearty plaudits of a 1 numerous audience testified their admiration of this already ! popular actress, who was called forward between each act, and received a shower ...

... SOCIETY OF BRIT1'SB ARTISTS. SECOND .NOTICE. The landscapes in the exhibition form, as usual, its chief, though perhaps not its most attractive feature. The principal landscape painters of the society have been more than usually active. In the front rank stand Messrs. Boddington Pyne, Clint, and Shayer, all of whom exhibit works of im- portance. Two of those of Mr. Doddington-his Sum- mer's ...

... PROVINCIAL THEATRIOALS I (FROM OUR OWNf CORRESPONDR14ST) ABERDERN. TlirsATRI BiOvrL,.-Proftseor Wiljalba rleikeli has opened his nartfolio atthil place of amusemtent, and nightly gives hlo 1Two Hosars of Illusion with great success. Hi trcs r moat wonderful, and the audienes, which are numerous and fashionable, are perfectly bewildered by the novel tricks he introduicee. Ilo is by a long way ...

... D1RURYLANB. THEA TE. W'hen there are four encores in one opera, the ecene- a painter is summoned before the audience, the composer is e called for at the end of each act, and appears at the close astounded, apparently, at the audience's appetite, and a national hornpipe is rapturously redemanded after the fall of the act drop, it may be concluded a success has been t achieved. Certainly ...

... ICB UN THEA ITRR. F ;i I - I . The annouronement o0 a new aspirant for Shakaperian honours drew a crowded house to this theatre this evenin..' The gentleman who thus %ttr~acte l a numerous and friendly audience was stated to be Mr. James Bennett-his first ap' pearance in London-a palpable Misstatement, since we recollect seeing ?fr. Bennett more than once performing in our City theatres; ...

... FASHIONS FOP APRIL. The Turkish veste is the fashion of the preseflt moment. When made in black or coloured velvet it is cembroidered in a shaNVI pattern, either vith gold, silk, or jet; when of cloth. it is generally braided in a hitlberent colour, but not too bright. Thi.s veste, without beiii. long, reaches sonme ditatllee belowr tfle waiis, and is cut up under each arm and laced together. ...

... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23.-J. B. Smith, Esq, M.P., in the chair. The paper read was On Cotton in India; its Present Growth and Prospects of Future Supply to this Country, by Dr. Forbes Watson. The author in endeavouring to illustrate the capabilities of India for the growth of India, said that two kinds of inquiry naturally presented themselves. In the first place it was necessary to show that ...