... THE COURT. LONDON, FRIDAY.-Her Majesty the Queen held a levee in St. James's Palace yesterday afternoon. Her ?? and Lth P'ince Consort,atteiided by the ladsies and gentlemen in waiting, arrived from Buck- inghamn Palace at two o'clock escocted by a detneh- ment of Life Guards, and were received by tile great officers of State. The Duke of Ccubri'16e was pre- sent at the levee. The Queen and ...

... LITERATIURE. ScOTLAND IN THE MinDui AGE. Srnns OF EARLY b: ScoTrc HISxoRY srNDSOCcA PROGnSS. By CosToo Imnes, Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. o: Edinburgh: Edmonston &Douglas. 1869. a Si Tus delight and deep interest with which Mr. Chambers's v Domestic Annalsof Scotland werereceivedby the public, t might have been taken as a hint that any further explore. t tions in a ...

... or THE debate in the. House of Lords, on Friday t, evening, was of sufficient importance to demand more mn than a mere passing notice. The problem of how to at reach the lowest classes of society-or even classes at considerably above the lowest-with any means of re- of ligious instruction has long been a question of deep at interest, and of great difficulty to a large class of persons. Year ...

... I11 ? . I .1- ; --.t y:n - -In ? 'It i i 4 i , ittra ?? ' .0 its. j -4 Tig RELIQUES OP FA THEP PROtUT, late P.P. of Watergrass Hill, -in the county of Cork, Iret land. Collected a-nd Arranged by OSxYERa YORKE, Esq. (Rev. Prancis Mahony). Illaus- trated by ALFRED CROQUIS, Esq. (D. Mae- lise, ?? New Edition, Revised atd largely Augmented. London: H. G. Bohn. It would be difficult to conceive ...

... LTrBa rTUR of jiel: a raig of ferns in the Days ?At Lo, From an unpublished Ianuscript I t '8 c A5ADO- NI.D., leceased. 3 vols. .1 Slaunders, Otley, and Co. Londl' fiction to the circulating libraries VIf HPtive operatio n, and at this season of zelaturally look for some of those better tw ichs while they signalise in them- dr~uct; t of their authors, cast into the ca' anld trashy effusions ...

... I uara. BIOYAL ENGLISH OPERA4 COVENr. GARDEN. Xr, Y090n4 W94090S new opera, Luritine, as we have already mendoned, hl been produced with great and well-duerved success; well-deseend as regards itsmusio, whichisentitlea to almostunmixedpraise; and s regatds its getting-up and performwane, which are admirable in every respe*, and do bonour to the company and the management, The libretto, however ...

... LITERA TURE. ?? Mfan; or, the 8tory of our Old Planet a and its inhabitants, told by Scripture and by A, Science. Londonn: Saunders, Otley and Co. en This is a fatherless book, and we cannot but ex praise the discretion of the author for not owning M his own progeny. le might, however, have done w one thing better, and that is, not have published it. pe If he preserved it for the tea-table, ...

... POE'T'RwY. TO SPRING. Return. 0 Spring! Depose stern Winier from his gloomy reign; And with thee bring The feathered songsters' melody again: Return! return! for. 0 I pine to feel Thy soft sweet breathing o'er Aly forehead steal. Come o'er the woods, Which rock and moan 'neath Winter's harsh control; Release the bieds, Arid witjh thy gentle hand their leaves unroll. Again Inspire the insect's ...

... THE FREEi LIBRARY OF THE WEST I London Anti-Encloaure Society. We have had so frequently to draw public attention both to the provisions and bona fide merits of this Free Library for the poor man that we question, unless there was a special reason for it, and a course marked out, whether we could by any possibility say any- thing new on a subject over the merits of which we have so repeat- ...

... ANNUAL FESTIVAL DRAMATIC, EQUESTRIAN, & MUSICAL SICK FUND ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday evening the fourth anniversary festival of this admirable institution-the only one, as its sup- porters are emphatically reminded, that aids the dramatic and equestrian professor in sickness and distress-was celebrated in the elegant hall at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, under auspices that gave a more than ...

... Civil Correspondence and Memoranda of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Edited by his Son, the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Ireland. [From March 30th, 1807, to April 12th, 1809.] Murray. The Life of Field-M1farshal Arthulr Duke of Wellington. By Charles Duke Yonge, Author of 'A History of ' England,' &,c. Two Volumes. Chapman and Hall. History of the Life of Arthur Duke of Wellin ton. ...

... MONDA Y POPULAR CONCERTS. A very novel and highly interesting programme was presented last night to the visitors to St. Jaroes'e Hall, and commenced a new series of the concerts for the present season. It consisted of a selection from the Italian masters, including names dating as far beck gs the middle of the seventeenth century, the only name of aliving composer being that of Ros- sini. ...