... lbrtr)). SONG. llri~ol. I AIl NOT WH-AT I WAS. mIilstt have ve fysown, my spirit's early dreams That robed ife's distant osettes sit colour'd light ? llounitd mse io more sour ratlairo gladness gleams Back on your pinions bright, Thou dream of deathleis Lore' the deep-the true, Alt, thou dost show a prosipect -seiling fair, Yet t'tlse as tite msirage' oel nearer rae ihe colours melt its air. ...

... VoetrMv. LONDON IN THE DOG DAYS. Tnou burning sunll! in sky that knows no cloud, Shining with beams that strike the curs with madness, We wretched ones, who kinow no country gladness, Love not thy ardour. Where the woods enshroud The roamer with a shady verdurous crowd- Where, in tle summer breeze, the elm-bough quivcrs, And minnows revel In Uth lucid rivers, People may love thy heat, Intense ...

... Efteraturt. Tie Ch/ur/chGoers-Ruatl Rides; or Calls at Countsry Churchs. c Hamilton & Adams, London: Ridler, Bristol. o Our old acquaintance, The Church-goer, again makes his t appearance before the public-not, as of yore, in humble pedes- v trian guise, but, in the pride of his heart, mounted on a superb, s1 £22-sterling animal, bought for his especial use by the fair to members of a ...

... MUSICAL ENTERTALYMENT. Mr. IT. Phillips, the eminent bass singer, and Mr. Land, who has been long and favourably knowni in the musical world as the accompanyist of Ar. Wilson in his illastrations of Scottish Song, gave two entertainments on l'aesday last in the Assembly- room of the Royal Hotel, Mall, Clifton. That in the morning consisted or a selection from the sacred music of Handel, Haydn, ...

... T'ilE ToNGuE.-By examining the tongue of their patient, physicinl dIico-er the diseases of the body; and philosophers, the disv:iwes ou the mind.-Literarj Extracts. CONVERSATION.-To speak wvell, it is requisite to have a great deal of Mlt, and an excellentjudgment. Some who do not talk mnuli, listem with so much attention, that it is plain they under- staold what Wit is, and have a good deal ...

... poetry. LINE S OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OFTHSE RflV. JOHYN FOSTzit, As rivera to the swelling ocean tend- As glowing sparks towards the sky ascend, So man to trouble is on earth an heir, And enters life exposed to toil and care; Around his barque the storms of Sorrow rave, From life's first downing to the quiet grave. Oh I can we not appreciate this truth ? Yes: for the stroke of Death now ...

... ?)oetV?._______________ THEI LAST FRlIENDS. E~~MTUE ATI5ONE05 J tOne of the' United Irishmen, who lately returned to his country, after maoy y'ears of exile, being asked whlat had induced him to re- visit Ireland wvhen ail his friends were gone, anowered, 'I came back to oee the mouetoine.J I come to my country, but not with the hope That brighten td rmy youth like the cossvd lighling how, ...

... E it ea 1tu Rt. An EhJiient Remedy for the Distress of Nations. By John1 Gray.-A. and C. Black, Edinburgh. The ': Remedy of Mr. Gray merits grave consideration, from the striking and original manner in which the author deals with subjects of the first importance to the community. The I work has been commended by soond authorities, and will be found well worthy the attention of political ...

... Riterature. RusWi7 Records ; or GliMnpses of Village Life. Py Jw=neo Stndth. Longman & Co., Paternoster-row, London. A series of sketches descriptive of rural scenery and village life. Alost of the papers have already appeared in a popular periodical, and one or two of them have, we believe, been trats- ferred to our columns. The sketches are pleasantly drawn, but the author has evidently read ...

... Ile that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must lhimselfipass, for every snan Ixath need to be forgiven. MUSICAL SouNDs--It is ai curious fact in the history of sounds that the loudest noises perish almost oil the spot where they were produced, whereas musical tones will be heard at a great distance. Thus, if we approach within a mile or two of a town or village in w hich a ...

... IZTERA3T VARIETZIS. Professor Royale has determined that the caper plant is the hyssep of the Bible. .-CARICATUcRING THE CLERGY.- I believe, said Lord Eldon to Mrs. ~Forster, 1 have preached wlore sermons than any one who is not a clergyman. My father always had the church service read on the Sunday evenings, and a.eermenm after it. Harry and I used to take it ia turns to read the prayers ...

... WASHXONS POP IwAy. The newest and most fashionable material of the season is the caneadilon silk, deriving its name from the ever varying shades it assumes in difllerentlights; this with taffetqs nacri, Pehin Bengal, Ecossaisgitana, bartdges of many'styles, fou. lards, miosselinem cachemnire, &c., are now replacing the thicker materials of winter; all shades of grey and violet are fashionable. ...