... A GLOUCESTER C IEF.JusT1CE.-. He (Chief-Justice Saund-ii es) was at irst, says Roger North, no better than a poor beg- v gar-boy,i f not a parish foundling, without known relations or b parents. There can be no doubt that, when a boy, he was die- v covered wandering about the streets of London in the most de- b stitute condItion-penniless, friendless-without having learned s anytrado, without ...

... u.octrv, TE1E JEWISH PEOPLE. flow ereat the semblance between human life Alld latlolal cxistellc! ScoNVling raoge And suiloing peace, repose antd deadly strife, Prevltl by turns ol earth's uncertain stage. Mtianl rises. olourishes, succumbs, and dies, And nations for tle meost part do the same; The difference only, that fewi ycars suftles To close the llue`of ma1l, adla shroud Ills name For ...

... ttterature. 1ne History of Pendennis. By W. AIl. Thackeray. No. VIII. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, London. There is much good writingin this numsber. A great portion of it is devoted to an account of Miss Blanche Amory, lithe muse whose exquisitely fine feelings ooze away in her poetical effusions, leaving her a tyrant to her lady's maid, and hard and selfish in the concerns of ...

... iltteratUrc. The Autobiography of Gaorhe. Truth and Poothrfrom oryoloi Life, 4c., Tiansotated by the Rev. A. G. ITV. Morrison, M.A., Vol. IL.- l Bohn's Standard Library.-Henry G. Bohn, York-street, Covent-garden, London. This forms the second volume of a prrIjected edition of tile whole of Guethe's works in an English dress, with which Mr.v Bohn intends to present the readers of the - Standard ...

... pear)). SONG.-By CHARLES SWAIN. So mournfully she gazed on him As If her heart woald break; Her silence more upbraided him Than all her tongue might speak ! So monrnfully sie gazed on him, Yet answer made she none; But teara that could not be repressed, Fell 8slwly, one by one. I hoied, she said-but what she hoped In blushes died awa Y: I thought, she said-but what she thought Her tears ...

... LARCH Sour-We chose a healthy young larch tree, peeled off the outer bark, and then out the soft inner bark into small pieces, which we boiled until the surface of the water in the ket- tlie became covered with a resinous scum, which was carefully removed. The broth was then seasoned with salt and pepper, and in spite of the remaining particles of turpentine, it tasted well, nnd filled the ...

... ZVI 0 et rp - THE FLOWERS. L[Y w. If. PRIDFAUX ] Tiun owrb that deck this earth of oura, lhowm eloquent are they! iYsst'Vessusns to the human heart they snlijiagly convey i And jt how pgrent :tle we to plsso their oire mninitions ily, Aldlitgazo %with listleisness of heart and inadvertent eye: To Childhoo, arce tiley tlot as hsopes Whlieh faoscinate the mind, And. Ieads1 thc yanolg hesrt gaily ...

... jDortrv- OLD ENGLAND.-By MARnY HOvITT. OMD England I thou ibast greea and pastoral hills Fanit'd by delicious gales, And living voices of harmonious rillis Sound inL tby sylvas vales. Ujnder tile shadow of primeval trees, 'Mid whispering of green leaves, Stand cheertul groups of whito-wall'd cottages, Flowerrniantled to the eaves, And thou hast lovinig hearts, both h;ig and low, And homes ...

... L it t atu r t. The Westminster Realewfor Jurae.-Clarke, London. The improvement iii the writing of the Wfestminioster Review appears to be acknowledged on all hands. The present number commences with a slashing attack onl Sir James Graham, in which the cbnges aand shiftings of the bon. baronet, as exhibited in )is acts and speeches, ore laid bare. The handlin6is severe, but can scarcely be ...

... titt r a tit re. Geology; a Poem, in seven books. By the Rev. J. S. Watson, t .B.A.-Pickering, London. t This is a work which bears the impress of originality-a quality G5 which can scarcely be overestimated in these book-manufactur- ing times. The author has selected a topic which, at the first glance, would appear to belong to the domains of science rather than to those of poesy, yet it is ...

... patt.rp. - SO N NE T. CLOSE, close the book-the book of the old year I Enough I 've read- -enough recorded there i Sorrow, and death, and sin, on many a page (In dismal characters) mine eye engage. Bright names now carved on monumental stone- Names of the wise, the kind, the good, the gay,- Who were my joy on the year's primal day, Here, as my loved associates are shown. And thou, old year, ...

... POMPttJ. A SONG FOR MAY. jogictc-rojoice I It is the Spring of theyer And the p aute, 0adthe flowers, and the blossoms appear 0, this is the tine to be happy and gay, For this is the beautiful mouth of May I 1eflect-reflect 'It is your life's sweet Spring, And your early tribute of virtue bring; 0; walk in the ways of wisdom and truth, And remember God in the days of your youth I Prepare ...