... ?? . .LITERARY VARIETIES; LORD LX7NDnUdST.-It ?? be newi to our' readers to hear that Lord Lyndhlirst is agooy ;Aechanio. It is a rare instan'ce for a lawyer thoroughly to muster a case of machinery; and, among otiers, .one is mentioned which particitlarly redounds to Lord lyndhurat's honour. In the famous patpnt dispute about thbe lace machines of Mr. Heathcote, of Tivetton, Lord Lynd-` ...

... f1je ?? ArtfI EXHIBITION OF THE BRIISTOL ACADEMY. ICONsrsNsEnI ?? Ova LAST.] 64. View iii Ashdovn Forest, Bussex: COPLEY FaHLING.- This is in all respects-in composition, chiaro Fsuroi colour, and execution -the finest landscape in the collection, and presents new points of excellence to the eye upon every examination of its ricndant details. Tue view fromnrich and picturesque leregrdund is ...

... MORAL TnovIGHTFULNEss.-When I look round uponboys and men, there seems to be some one point or quality which distin- guishes really noble persons from ordinary ones; itis not reli- gious feeling, it is not honesty or kindness, but it seems to me to be moral thoughtfulness, which is at once strengthening, and softening, and elevating-which makes a man love Christ instead of being a finatic, and ...

... 10oetrp. OUR OLD CATHl.DR&L. i Lovy our old Cathedral, When the morning sunbeams shine Through the ricbly.painted windows, Above the altar shrine. I love our old Cathedral, ' When the evenin lamps bur ?? And throulg *hpe I-4y arches stream Their rays of softest light. I love our old Cathedral, With its organ pealing high, Wbilat the choristers are singing, And the vaulted roofs reply. I love ...

... . 4ottrp. UTIIHTARIAN SONNET. WuAT are vain verses, flil of war Sitd love, Ble skies, and misty Idlls, said gentle g des, Anld dovwbeasprllkled elowers, ad grassy vales, And swaiis, love.wounded, phiing in a grove? T'ley are not poetry: tho fools, that rove In lilton's limbo, ract their shalalow brains To rave to ovory wind souh pullng strains; Not so those bards whos1e song is heard above. ...

... I WEs WERE EARLY RAILWAYS CiRcurTous.-A history as interesting and extraordinary as a romance might be written of the difficulties encountered and conquered by the early projee- tors of railways. Nothing less than golden arguments of the purest mint would induce noble and gentle landholders to gile assent to roads which trebled their estates in valse: and vast loss of money and of time was ...

... Octrvq. TIP SONXET.-COMFOSED AT PARIS'. AYE I 't Is a mirth ?? sight, and I Join li the laughter glad, not less to see And hear thc pateantry aned festive glee, Than to think, u ye sots of Gellia, why-, Dupes that yl are, ye gaily shout, ayd sine, A Fd hell (with lusty lungs) your Citiem KiTIg- WAho, from yota falr pavileon, smiles sereno The liny showgman of that tittering scenae1 Evend roe ...

... HAPPY HEx.-The happy man is always the happiness-giving man. NinaoWMIe'PDEDNrss.-Narrov ness of mind is frequently the cause of obstinacy: we do not easily believe beyond whiat we see. -1?ochCfoeUalUt UNEiNDNEss. -More hearts pine nway in secret anguish, for unkindness from those who should be their comforters, than for any other calamity in life.- Young. TIE GRim.T A1. ?? Breugham, in his ...

... TiHE SOLDIER AND THE MINISTER.-The exploits of the sol- dier are performed in the light of the sun and in the faee of day; they are performed before his own army, before the enemy; they are seen, they are known; for the, most part they cannot be denied or disputed; they are told instantly to the whole world, and receive at once the meed of praise which Is eo justly due to the valour and ...

... DM~SION oF LASourt.-The number of workmen employed to finish one article of chinaware is almost incredible; a single cup Is said, from the kneading of the paste, to pess ?? seventy hands, before it is ready for sale ; each individuild in its progress performing aslittleas he possiblyCafortheromunera- tion he receives. the Chinese decorate the exterior of their dwellings, and their pleasure ...

... The leather fair commenced on the 6th instant, with aboat the usual supply of'resh leather. The attendance of buyers was not largc, and t IC busilcs; transacted consguently limited. The present state of the leather trade appear healt er than for many years Pio but there Is nothing to warrant the expectattoss of any decid advance in prices beyond the present currency. Butts: Prime beasy aced ...

... A CONQUEROR OF THE Wotw.-One evening a Spanish tra- veller from the coast arrived at a ratber largerancho on the bor. ders of Segovia, and asked shelter for the night from the owner who was in charge of a herd of about two thousand cattle, hall wild; the greater part of them were safely ensconced in a vast natural amphitheatre of steep rocks, with only one entry, and that very difficult of ...