... llr Birser's benefit tool; Place on vloudey ;igit, annd was well attendedel we think lie will have no Cause tas complain of his second reception in Edinburgh, where he may be said to have made lhis debott. We were a liltlo surprised to hear that, upon this occasion, more than one of last year's box ticlelts were presented and passed. These must no deubt have been paid for; but we would r wisb ...

... TIIEATRE ROYAL, Mrs Biashe's return to the Ed4inburgh stage, and to a professional lire, was oil 1Monnay evetiilg bail. edi with aill the warmnth ard ki:illincss of fecliugi which could possibly be evine~d by a brilliaft antit crowd- ci] audience. Amr Bushe, durinjg her residlence here some eight or nine years ngo. wYa3 n tirdrremal favour rite, andi thle burst or welcomie jiinlurcd by the re- ...

... MOAYRMNR SONG. ?? Malefenw Poems.) The grass Is wet with shinirg dews, The sliver bells hang on each tree, While opening Hower and bursting bud Breathe Incense forth unceasingly; The mavis pipes in greenwood shaw, The throstle glais the spreading thorn, And cheerily the biythsome lark Salutes the rosy face of morn. 1'%s early prime; And hark f hark ! hark I His merry chime Chirups the lark; ...

... IMPROMUPTU, a' On,% recent Marriage, announced in last week's Mercury. t ol U'hen tynmpathetzilcatst their Fates unite, c hlow rew have Prospeces that appear so brighl-t . . g. Or promise more conlnubial Delight 9 J What time thia earthly Pilgrimage must cease May Heaven reward them with immortal Peace r Dtield, Feb. 22, 1836. 11, = - ,-11 ...

... THE MISS-NOIMERS. BY MRS. BARON WILSON. (From the Comic Offering.) Miss Brown is exceedingly fair, Bliss White is as brown as a berry, 'liss Black has a gray head of hair, 3 Miss Graves is a flirt, ever merry E Bliss Lightbody weighs sixteen stone, Miss Rich can scarce master a guinea, f Aliss Hare wears a wig, and has none, a And Aliss Solomon is a sad ninny! ( Miss Mildmay's a terrible scold ...

... TO RER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, r H{ER eoRA- .. - ?? A DO I WuhhIN VICTORIA, ON IEk CORONATrIO IN WESTMINSTER ABB)CY, JUNE, 28-9. (FOHGEtMr..mNOT FOB 1840.) t The orb and sceptre in thy hand they placed, I Onthine anohited head a crown of gold;- Apurple robe thy virgin form embraced; Enthronecd thou vwert and glorious to behold: Before thee lay the Book of God unrolled; Thy tongue pronounced, ...

... Flow on, sweet rivulet ! th Love-lit by the moon; Laughing still, and dancing yet, And singing thy wild canzonet, As if the vales should ne'er forget Its mellow merry tune. w I would I were a fay, Frolic-child of Night; B Thy pearly path should be my way, Thy jocund song should be my lay, re Until the sky-lark's shrill good-day th Peal'd o'er the mountain-height. bb Who loves the night, may ...

... TMx @ONDR~mVhTIVE'SBSONG. Britannia's Bark Is on the wave, Her track is o'er the troubled water, Behind her yawns the whirlpool's grave, And distance shews her scenes of slaughter. A middle course fair Bark be thine, A middle course, and that will save thee, Where brighter sunbeams forth will shine, And silver waves more tranquil lave thee. A Pilot brave it at thy helm, And noble hearts are up ...

... BY A TEN-POUNDER OBJECTED TO. Sanctarum insciria legum.-HOR. I'm quite amazed ;-twelve months and more I've taken monstrous pains I To rouse my friends from shore to shore, I And make them break their chains: i And much I've plotted, much I've planned, 4 With energy and skill; And yet I cannot understand The clauses of the Bill. The Patriots in the Papers wrote To say the fight was won; Yet ...

... z, .4NE mhS I :.~i BY iBHMAS DATRES RAYLY. f1~.s~~in Z'mvw Mifoaty. i Lrldoss X sing for Mlay., T' EY tel ume twenty years are past Since I haive look'd upon thee last, AnI ihlought thee fairest of the fair, Wit sth, ,ylpbAile feor and light-brown hair I I can remember every word That from those smilingps { heard: Oh! o ?? it appears LiV *e lapse of ;lenty yeatirs I, Thou art changed I In thee ...

... -, ?? , f(:iom Ae.Specqtcor-.) |, to Ta1t MUSICAL 7ESTIVALS. re have often expressed our opinion of the importance .of these provincial meetings as connected'with the advance. ment of our national taste. London is the schopl.in which ,our eminent artists, both vocal and instrumental, are trained; but London is not the place in which their powers are most advantageously hqard. Here is no ...

... I Mln. li,'rcisii.'s interesting story of THlE GAME OF LIFE has been compared, with great truth, to Dr. Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, This is the charm of ' The Game of Life.' says the Reviewer- real life where people feel and suffer, and struggle, and triumph: it is a practical exposition of Providence-a chronicle of moral and social illestrations ; and it displays that more ...