... 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 ...

... THE SABnATI.-The great Dr. Johnson on his death-bed Sl sent for his friend Sir Joshua Reynolds, and required of him, ti on the strength of their friendship, that he should promise three 1 things. The first and the hardest to be observed was, that Sir P Joshua would promise him that he would never paint again on o the holy Sabbath I V Music or NATURE.-Gardiner, in his Music of Nature, has put ...

... ?? poorest being that crawls the earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.-Burke. A very fool is he that chooses for beauty principally ; his eyes are witty, but his soul is sensual; it is an ill band of affection to tie two hearts together by a little thread of red and wbite.- Jeremy TayJo-. TuE PLAINEST ROAD.-Choose ...

... poetry0i SONNET. now rosy fair my Ilody was to see C1,11of by my uancourtly wvorsd, ho told; Bather a 1hoping borrower let ia be-.- A debtor to the lloaster minds of old. Of golden wires, or capture I susbeams made, Hler lovely locks fell o'er her neck of snow; Her arched hro'vs Inelosed, in fringed shade, Two nurplo violots thlt slept el own .f rcddet cornl were her houeyed lips (anrdig the ...

... LZTE1aARY VARIETIES. GOLD. -Trust not to the omnipotency of gold, nor say unto di it, thou art my confidence; kiss not thy hand when thou be- PE holdest that terrestrial sun, nor bore thy ear unto its servitude. be A slave unto Manimao makes no servant unto God; covetousness Iu cracks the sinews of faith, numbs the apprehension of anything st above sense, and, only affected with the cortainty ...

... IL it er ature. e Tales if the Great end lirave. Byi A. F. Tytter.-Tait, Edinburgh. An attractive book, especially for the rising generation, and P admirably calculated for a new year's gift, combining, as it t does, instruction with amusement. The great and brave selected are, John Sobieski, the famous king of Poland-once the barrier between Earope and the Infidel; Peter the Great of ...

... - i~t rat u re. c/hia, I11etratoed: Parts 1. lo 11:-Fisher and Sot, LoItdo1. 'Ihis is aimost attractiveiwork. Ittocoalpies entiroly nowground, andl thc execution is svsrthy oft tho boldnless of ithe desig ai nd ofthte importance of tho sabjeot. 'I'be euriosity w'liot lhas so long lain dortetantt in reopect to the hitherto telrinutical ly-sealeod empire of China is fairly awaklaetd, and is ...

... foctrtv. ON READING SOME LINES IN THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON.) BAsD, in thy rich and cinseoi rhyme The groas of Poesy are shrined: They shall be valued long as time One lover of the muse shall find. But to this simple page belong The records of anection past; Not the vain breath of Fiction's song, But words on Reason's basis cast. A soul like thine, 't were woman's joy, And woman's triumph, to ...

... 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 ...

... li tca atit 1l¢a s5''mlum otl/lmml 'lt ?? Ogactl th Jaymoarket, London. 'Tme mm lilmg9 sof Sit- Wal ter Scatt awakened an interest in the breamsi a t e t 'ouilrieOU I t empert ms Seortish ?? mnd suba jecms Olmit 1msc tieser mie' slitinbered. Work after work has teen .uce'il ' pu' esard mith the view of presenting to tile eye tihe localitivi rendm'red mnemnoraxble by the events of ?? )r the pmn ...

... Ate Drama. On Monday last Mr. Macready, whose engagement has been continued during the past week, appeared in Shakpere's tragedy of Jrcbe~ll, as the hero of which it must, we think, be generally conceded he has no successful competitor. It was gratifying, if only as affording evidence that the love of the Shaksperian drama is not extinct in Bristol, to witness the crowded attend- ance: the ...

... 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 ...