... THE RHYME OF T1F D1ROWNED CHILDE. Froml tihe Enquirer. TTwas ane childe sat latfin on ane banke, Eke ase merrie childe was hee; M ?? the daffodils and willows dlnk, ' Thit growe by theriver.Dee. I-tI plaeed'ane foot in the crystall Wave, - And anothir oswthe lea; For. le longed hi6 snowy limbs to lave Iin the vaters of the Il)ee. Ah t heedless childe-lhis desperate skrene, As ane in jeopardie, ...

... PARTY POrl'lly. I1h' TMfr RIINAIIKADI CIRCUMSTA,'NCES -AITEND- INOe TIIF QUeEF N. JWIhen GCifhrd coni m-nced his attack on the C)ueen, Loud ra rled the thunider, red liglst'nllgs verr setnt Whne Copffy *uurntesl ti all he proved bgld been done, ?? I'war alwost -a ruteal eclipse of tbe r ilu; t1: the svio2le of the case we may clearly remark, Accusatiun in thunder, and proof itl the dark ! ...

... TT4rP . O;Nr. V F' \ATOR. Fr.o 05 Ad~oic, t, foli; tt Letter ipi PUs.n. And nowe, with no deiignt to quiz, co! I'll tel-l y:an What this husines' is. cm.i 'fibis route, inglorious toil and ?? Thiat weari tlhe body, not the brain.- li M ichi state in many ca~ei,-itere WI) Much Wes is meant than roerti the ear, i Jistt listen, and you'll find a knack 'tis c oomatered by a little practice.de Tlo ...

... H-IIGHILANcD SOCIETY'S SHOW AT DUMNFRIES. r- , _ I - -I I ?? - - ?? - - - - - - o +h.o - -4n The first meeting of the local committeeappointed at the county meeting on 30th April last, and by the Highland Societv, for regulnting the details connected with the AgricultIral AMecting at Diniftries in October next, was hiel at Dunfries on the l1th inst., andwvasniinmerouslyattended ?? proprietors. ...

... CANADITAN SKETCHES. (From S~ir Francis fhead's 1En-riqrani.) IMajE T HE1! S A S oys. N'orf Tin the sumnrner. the excessive heat-the violent paroxsrens of fl Xed thunidir-the parching droughlt-the occasional deluges of rain- L aj e The sight of bright red, bright blue, and ether gaudy plumaged agair birds-nt theO brilliranrt humiming-bird, and of inunmerabledire-flres some tiliac -at ?? ...

... TE FfNV -ARtg. L A. - , 1, - . A . - _ .- - A . I j I We lidve 'o dan tteali ?? attention of oir readers te a larger W l numnber- of first-ratta works of art titan usual. It is cot very w frequenl tihat we have to speak, in one' paper of two pietures 7 E6 by Lnndseer-o. e 1t4 Mr. Fa.3stlue, andt one by Coant Dtrsav. to Is Such, howerer, is our good fortune tiis mowrning. 'ETie two first ...

... MIE kRNS CATTLE SHOW. On Friday the annual Cattle Show of the Mlearns Agricultural Society, took plance at MIearns, when a large and excel~cltt stock of cattle Ns erc exhibited for competition. The jildges wiere, Messrs. George Paton, Bankhead; James Strang, Bonnington, En-l-esharni; Alexanider Rerr, Dunlop. The jUdges, after agreat deal of discrimination, awarded the prizes as follows:- ]. ...

... TntE -TATUrr frl.On. Stanasizi, sarlposed to be rikeetd bq an FEnd.'. Once miore, tah !tulrn, nd totich the lyre,0 ity AndI wake that wild impassion'd stra in; it- I feltedelirating'hirie eeyv 1iq, Yes! evcr y swell, arid every word, ?? ?? a ilympattleuic chord, C. Anid conjures Otip with viewless' wand,( MY early days, roy native landI ir Tis sweet, unutterably sweect, Upna tar andi foreign ...

... EAST KILBIlDE CATTLE SHOW. This show took- place onl iridav its Milth, on sthe usnil shiowi grmlitit, inl cite' inns diuts viclioiity of the vii 'ace of East Kivtihice. ?? siC: titer ias so ch, that Ii'sI clyrothes Nier's wiit req iii red toI ti pr' teet rteli sleek skii tied cmiipetijug animlus ; foc t le heust iv aso cc great thajt, befoire being bro iht irin) thieir stalls, the cattle were ...

... AMATEUR PERFORMANCES AT ST. JAMES'S THE ATRE. ua' There was an imimense house, and hundreds of disappointed nav who could not get tickhets at this theatre, on Saturday, to witness ~ th~e repetition of Ben Johnson's Every Alan in h'is Humnour, by the gentlemen amateurs who performedl the same play a short tim Sinc atmiss Kelly's Theatre. ThelPeformances werefo W the benefit of. a nes ...

... ENuG.LSH 'rIE'T.U',CA1.S IN PAIIS 11 r . 1- Io K -)i -miayi last zh.- I>icli-h c aipiti ftcmy lat p i. hi ariitlat ite ?? i Dpi)r::. in Paris, arit~ ive aire glal ti) that, ti itw i ,II aI- it he- .Iitiidiitcr titro lwitt opi a 1 Mr.A \'i1l I -I titt It Ii i L~ - rt1 ;niz' t i at roi.! -I L ie 'it xi ci 1 hit. ftcneve' ilr l Nop-. wi' iinjriL-riii3'ii. ,i) ltrilliaini act ?? ot fmir ?? ~IVT ...

... LIT E R A TURE. C. BELUIG THE RTHE leE[SWTZLAln, AND HOLLAND: AN AUTUrTNsL Tour. Ir 2 vols., 8vo. J. S. BcC!1[;Tff. London : Peter Jackson. Angel Street, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Isa work which takes for its subject the above European States, which are now not much farther removed from London, if we take into consideration the time necessary to reach their confines, in these days of railway ...