... Zristol Annual Exhibition of Pictures. ( Continued from our last.) 57. Viewon ?? G.A. Ficip.-Adelight- fully quiet landscape; its great breadth of light is managed in the most admirably effective manner. 58. Portrait of A. Alexander, Esq.: .J. CURNOCb.-This is a very faithful likeness, and is besides an admirable painting. We congratulate Mr. Curnock upon the skill he has displayed in this ...

... I walk'd slth my love throgh theD meadows of morning, When light wfas frst startling the nation of bees4 -A starlet of clew every Icatf was atlorning, And fragrance distlll'.d from the wing of the breeze. We enter'd a grove where the jasmine was braiding Its arms with the nlghtshade, and twined with-the thorn, And paused near a iholly, whose branches were shading Each cowslip beneath from the ...

... LETTRa L Dear Mister Bright-I'm grieved to see The League has been abusing me. The League is wrong, and I am right; Echo me, do I dear Mister Bright. It was the Chrosncze that said it; Bist there, of coulse, I never read it: 'Twas in the Quarterly Beiews, Which, as a Liberal good and true, I of the Clironicle take in lUen. Write by return, and say there is no room, Dear Mr. Bright, for ...

... I!TERARY VARIETIES. Of all employments, luarrelling about religion is thoe worst, HI- that quarrels abliut religion las ion religion worth quarrelling about, I re9olve, says Bishop Beveridge, never to Spealk of a mlan's virtues befote his lace, or of bis faults behird )i, back, a golblen rule, the observance of wlicl* would atoneblow bauish ilattery and dlesmadniao ?? oi the earth. ...

... LFROOI THE SUN. I 'T IS odd how, in slumber, one's Fancr strays And what queer, unsccountsble pranks she piays!- T' other night, as I sate in my attic, intent On the coming Avrshire Tournament; Its Knights and Squires, in armour dight, And its Heralds and Dames, a goodly sight- As I dwelt on this theme I began to feel A gradual sleep o'er my senses steal; And scarce had I sunk into still ...

... *LZTEAB . VAILZZTZUS. INFANT Ss7zEs.-Somne admliring Wlmotives to mirth infonts meet with in their silent and solita.*i% ehoyeresolr- ed-how truly I know hot-that then they converse with angels, as indeed such cannot among mortals find any fitter companions.-Fule-r. DzrovomiTr-Break not those 'Ahot' God hath bowed before.-Ibid. . : I LEARNING AND GASTTOaNoomY.-There is one of my tenants' selos ...

... BRISTOL lINSTiTUTION. Dr. W. ?i. Carpenter's 1?Tuseiwa Lectures. LtttiiitC ti. ifrec a tirief 1'eeapiteiatic'n of the subjects of the preceding lecture. Di. 0. marie some remarks on the eei'c'espoicdence bi. tn-ecU lice nicti I ot the lissuon Iseitig it dillececit periods of its ilovetopiceict, sod the perinascent characters of the ititelleet of tiit' lower eninists. lie then reictarkect upon ...

... t t C V t? U ?* ),'cacd; its 'cody, fjhai'as'trs', de. PA.' Air. react sIb's. S. a flail. Part X V.- ilisic & Parsons, London. 'Ilse 1s'escsst part contains sonic incerostiiig isifoisnatico con- oseetod with tiso Wickloxv gold soisses mci the peat bogs of ire- laud , i sts's'snixeul wit Ii in agiecahiC prepostion of anecdote anti leg'cisd.ss'x' lore, Tsixvss'ds the elose of thu naniber aro ...

... JIRISTrOL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. AXANNUA7Z. EHXBZTXON Or' PAZNTiNGBS- IN OIL AND WATER COLOURS, We last week offered some remarks onl the general merits of this year's exhibition of paintings, and we now propose to coo- muence osiritsual reviow, confining ourselves, on aeccoittt of the great extent of the collection-which comprises neerly three* hue dred pictures-to a notice of slah subjects as ...

... IJTERAR.Y VAYAZZ.TXS. AUSTRIAl, LITE1LATUiE.-T1tSeAustrian govertimentiihas just published a decree for facilitating the importation of books and objects of att into its dominsions. Custom is the god of ignorance; and'there will always he the greatest horror of ijonvation fin the most barberou~s and. un- infor-med miinds, that is, where there is the greatest need of it. -Hazlitt. There can bea ...

... 1)Ofttr2 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Sonrtct ittl t h eclaiohik less nh tr d.- Of truth aiid libserty ! No ?? my death less soul eriel hind; ?? &oe I thoul iradest ce Irec! Shall strait's rlosiatir sway' M~y freo.horn inrai cirilavo ? First. shall the glnriuus sun udecay Or set on ?? grain Chains roay my betdy bind, Those ?? all fctter'd hb; Bat thraldomcrcrmint reach the mind: It must-it wvill hc free ...

... That highly talented and fascinating actress, Celeste, has been performing at our Theatre during the week, and has been aided by the combined talent of Mr.Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, and of Mr. Strickland, wvlio, ih his peculiar line of character, stands almost with- out a rival. Among the novelties produced has been a clever little piece fromn the pen of Mr. Webster, called the ...