... Taz DuxE. A Novel. BY Ma.S. GREY. 3 vols. Bentley. We believe this must be classed among fashionable noveCs inasmuch as the leading characters are placed in high life, and almost all have titles and fortunes cither in positive pos- session or delightful expectation. But ttie story is of more stirring interest, and deeper feelings are unveiled than one is accustomed to find in works of this ...

... LOVE'S LABO.UR'S LOST!1 The season opens I rare, oh, rare I What a gallant show is there ! Now for gems that flash and sparkde, Now for rays that bid them darkle; Eye-beams darting hither, thither, 'Neath well-set cap and jaunty feuther i Now fur silks and velvets gay, Brave attires of other (lay; Draping forms whose curving mazcs Many an eye-deep lover crazes! Now for palace and pavilion I ...

... FASHIONS ' FOR a OBER. 0' [Prom the London And LdiesW Magzinetf 'Pashiorn.3 Is Very pretty materials for autunmal dress. are the hi chiia' and broch6 silks; but plaids, both in poplins, wi leeantines, and pros de Tours, are much in favour. h( Velvet spencers are again seen with the autumn toileltte. be Generally speaking, skirts of dresses are very much TI ornamented, some with bouillon8, ...

... ARTS AND S N=AlSd IPRODIGIOUS McaRosooriC P3OWER.-One of the greatest optical curiosities that we have met with is a lens, invented by Earl 8tatbhope, whose name it bears. The invention was communicated by that nobleman to Mr. West, of Fleet'stkebt, to whose ingenuity the scientifc world is indebted for some valuable improvements in various optical instrdnments, The magnifying power of the ...

... (From the Lady's Gasette of Faehion.) Morning Dress.-White satin hat, a shallow best very broad brim, and horizontal crown; the brim is bordered with folds, and edged with a curtain veil of Mechlin lace; purple ribbon, arranged in a novel manner, encircles the bottom of the crown, and a gerbe of field flowers descends from it upon the brim. Avenlurine groes de Naples pelisse robe; the body is ...

... NiA NEPRS DED AMiUSEME N;TS. COURT AND FASHION. crNODAY .-Fier %iaj!-sty nid suite attended divine service it St G(teorgeos Cl ?? tc the Royal suite were, the Conn- te-, of Sandwich, tsie Hon.l Mlss Sprinlg Rice, Hon. Mrs. G. C3U13 o l 3 Lord Tvron, the Hnt. Major- KeoTpel, and Colonel een. -Tflt Queen promnenaded on the East Terrace of the Castle, attended by nearly all tice visitors at the ...

... LITERATU RE. ROBIN GOW'S WIFE. HIS WOOING, WEDDING, AND WIDOWHIOOD. To know M-n a dozen years ago, was, of necessity, to know Robin Gow, the best story-teller and trencher- man, and the most undoubted follower of Rip Van Winkle in the parish. And who did not know M -n then, and who does not know it still, dear pleasant para- dise ' of all things that be opposite and contrary?' With a gaol that ...

... POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, '09, Regent- street, OPEN daily from Half-paet Ten till Six ?? foilowing lo the programme of the Exhibition: Half-past Eleveu o'clcek, The Diver nnd Diving Bell. Twelve, Magnetic Experlmento. H1alf-past Twvelve, Pneumatic Telegraph. One, MeIroscope. Two a Lecture on Experimental lhiloss~hf. Chemistry, or the Chemicaf Artb. Halt- pat Two Pneumastic Telegraph. Three, Tc ...

... A fair is held annually at Barnet, on the great nortis road, it' tile vicinity of London, for the sale of cattle and horses collected in the north of Euigland anDI in Scotland in the enrly part of theeason. The F fair for IS3D, concluded last month, was well attend- ed by purchaners-upwards of 45,000 head ofcattle 1 and 10,000 horses having changed owners. Since c the introduction of steam ...

... VARIETIMB. RECOLLECTIONS OF BOYHOOD. 'There stands the pear tree, no temptation now, And lo! the filbert, still with drooping bowl Thei-e blooms the Iatuvel hedge, .cho~lItie bounds; The mud.pond, too, was gaged on in his rounds: L All were to him fond retnories. Where were they, Friends at' his youth! companions of a day! Some he still knew, and years had but entwined r In firmer bond the ...

... LITLRARY SCRAPS. PuBLIC BUILDINGS OF SYDNEY.-It containstwo Episco- palian churches, and one building; one Scotch church, one Seceders' church, one Roman Catholic chapel, two Wesleyan chapels, one Indepeudent chapel, and one Quakers meeting-house; five banks of issue and deposit, with a capital of 1,720,0001.; one saviugs' bank, two assurance companies; one agricultural company; one gas-light ...

... . . IAS ION AND VYABVIPtS. WINDtSOR, FRIDAY. This afternoon her Majesty took her accustomed airing in the Park. The Queen rode to Virginia Water on horse. back, and was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Surrey, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Honourable Miss Spring Rice, Colonel Weinyss, Major Keppel, Viscount Torrington, Lord Byron, and Baroness Lehzen. The Countess of ...