... -0a CONCERT AT THE ROYAL AQUARIUM. The weekly concerts at the above institution have hitherto afforded little opportunity for critical comment. It istruethat the list of works performed at them comprises many important orchestral compositions, but these were generally mixed up with other works of such doubtful standing as to somewhat lower the artistic character of the concerts themselves. We ...

... a4bint 4i .. i*iB I THE~ PRINC* *OF WALES. His Royal 14h s the Prince of Waeq WMU arnie at Malta O'D Thurs ay next, and ?? ogain on the following Worning. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, . . . - :. \ . l .a, )2ondna Tho Duke of a dnbrgb wgo arrirca here : by the d n- mail trom Paris t in Jotrey to A ad, t 1.%e -thtootternoon. ' ' 4w . THE 3BpHE$S QF 5TZWRIA. ! ETh ers f Austrfi left Diver at 1.30 ...

... AMessrs. Ludlow, Daniel, and Roborts sold, at their suc- tion rooms, yesterday, a large and importmnt collection of modern oil paintings, numbering 138 lots, including twelve high-cl ...

... . a GEMS OF THOUGHT. KNsoWLroOn.-Avail yourself of all your knowledge without making a display of it. That machinery works best that is hidden from view. WRoes-DOING.-TOO Reany persons are far less-ashamed of having done wrong than of being found out. HURRY AND CUNNING} are the two apprentices of despatch and skill; but neither of them over learned their master's trade. TnovsLES.-A person is ...

... THESE sketches of Australian life and scenery have been taken in the flourishing colony of Victoria. Their chief interest is as reminiscences of its rapid progress in the last quarter of a century, and of the changes that time has wrought in the conditions of colonial society. The anonymous author professes to have had some literary experience, although he has let it rust through a long ...

... .1 Teas - -1 FU'. SIOAL SOOIETY. There was a time-asome twenty years ago- when Dublin was strong in its choral societies. It vihs a treat to which all looked eagerly forward when the Antient Conoert Society (as chief atmouget them) snnounced a concert to be given under its auaspices. 'It is true there was not about thesco ciety. tbat breadth d liberality that would hove gone far to populnrise ...

... I On the evening of Tuesday last the Theatre in connection with that marvellous establishment in the St. Pancras-road,the raison ?? of which is the development ofnmuscle, was filled to reple- tion to witness a performance, by the members of the English Dramatic Club which has been organised, of M1r H. T. Craven's admirable comedy-drama entitled Coaes of Fire. Judging by the laughter and ...

... I F-AHIONS FOR APRB. (J}oe L! loUu.) The fashlons of this saoso win, we think, he much adnilred by all whose artulate taste and just appreoiatior of the qualities oentulg til 616ganoo render their opi ...

... 1 , 7 ! A b ' A lP) II THE COnRT. Bsd'enpBdOn, Sunday. rnv~ ~k. ~asp. eforsed thi's moihiin at $li~litk - ?? before the Queen, PrNncess'ea etiffO, ?? tbe~lseiiseholl , i ev. Aiiald Whit., Englibli= ghpli a adn officiated. 'The Queen 111 s taelk quiet drives in the Ineighbour-hood. A visit wa pidt tbe tomb of her Majesty's imutnntel sister, Princess Hoheiolhe, on the nrtt morning after the Quee ...

... LORD MACAULAY.' [FIRST NOTICE.] THE two volumes in which Mr. Trevelyan has given us the life of his celebrated uncle possess one great merit: they are an honest attempt at genuine biography. When we consider the boundless field for disquisi- tion, both political and literary, which is offered by the life of such a man, and the strong temptation to expatiate in it which must be felt by the ...

... m cyottru. THE QUEEN OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. Oh, the Queen of the Orkney Islands, She's traveling over the sea; She's bringing a cuttle-fish with her, To play with my baby and me. S oh, his head is three miles long, dear; His tall is three miles short; And when he goes out, he wriggles his snout In a way that no cuttlefish ought. S Oh, the Queen of the Orkney Islands, , She rides on a sea green ...

... ?? [P- !I) I ~i i SH2N TiE seeds of ?? taste sown by the School of Art Needle- work are already bearing fruit. The extravagant toun of last ?? has merged into graceful folds of drapery, the straine ...