... SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE DUER TO| 1 : -y - as i ~ A . -~ .- I . I From tongue to tongue the rumnour flew Si All ask'd, aghast, is't true ?is't true ? d But none knew whether 'twas fact or fable; , And still th' unholy rumour ran, . t : 'FBrom Tary woman to Tory. man .t Though none to come at the truth was able,- b Till, lo, at -last, the fact came out,. ti The horrible fact, beyond all ...

... COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene Higb- ness Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg Gotha, with the ladies and gentlemen of the household, attended divine service on Sun- day morning in Buckingham Palace. The Queen held a Court on Tuesday afternoon at Bucking- ham Palace, for the receition of the congratulatory add ...

... BY W. H. FORMAN. GEOFFREY C HAUCER. We now approach to the life of the father of tle English poets, and the first great improver and reformer of our language. Hde flourished in the fourteenth century, justly obtained the highest admiration among his contemporaries, and has beent handed down to us from generation to generation, with increased lustre as the great luminary to whom we are indebted ...

... THE PERIODICALS HEADS OF THE ProPLE-Tyas, London. These Picture of the English, are still as interesting as ever; their colouring equally fresh and pleasing to the eye. We extract the following graphic sketch of the The Baaket.Woman. 'God be wid ould times! Sure it makes altogether an ould fool of me to see yer honour onc't more. Och, mnusha! musha! God be wid ould times! whin the masther ...

... PAPER THE riFTH. THlE STORY OF MICIIAEL MELKSITAMl. jify worship of the female sex has been like that of my predecessor-a polytheism, although I must say that be- twreen the manner of our attachment there exists a great difference. Perhaps equally fervent in my adoration for women, my passion was more beneath the control of reason, Under whose guidance it went through the appointed stages, ...

... This performance having concluded, and the amount being settled by the usual process of ' odd man,' between every couple, the expedition again started. They were not long in meeting with a shop for the sale of eggs and cheese, with the accompaniment of bacon, and the usual routine of a chandler's wares. Huggles was -deputed to purchase, and accordingly banged his donkey up to the shop. Now the ...

... ADBLPIII THEATRE. The new nautitoli drama by BITCESTON it, under the title of l)oor Jack, ano founded upon a tale ealled tie ltiride of Obe dubll, was comipletely ?? last night. 'I'br ulithor was our, of the principul actors in it, ndll e was auseited by T. P. COOsNu, YATEs, iitt'D flRD, Mie IOtRTESCt'U], Mrs. livIT ItY, ac., o0 that as liale woie wanting int the p-rrlorn- UIIce as in the ...

... Kitaargy Waticto. GILBERT'S MODERN ATLAS OF THE EARTH,. with de- scriptive letter-press by Henry Ince, M.A. London: Grattan and Gilbert, Paternoster-Row. The first part of this beautiful work is now published, and fulfils all that was promised of it by its proprietors. It comprises two elegantly-engraved and coloured maps, on superfine paper, as well as four pages of descriptive matter, ...

... POOR JACK.. By Captain MARRYAT, C. B. With Illustra- tions by CLARKSON STANFIELD, R.A. Parts I. and 11. (Longman: and Co.)-The now thoroughly.established system of publishing works of fiction in detached portions, renders it very difficult for a reviewer to avoid one of two errors-he is likely either to form an incorrect and immature judgment, or leave his readers in ignorance of the character ...

... Viscount Melbourne had an audience on Monday of the Queen. -The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Monday evening included the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, Lord Leveson, Sir Joseph Copley, and Mr. Rich. The Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party on Sunday evening. Prince George of Cambridge has been appointed to a supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 12th. or ...

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... THE SCOTTISU CHRISTIAN HERALD. January 1840. Edinburgh: John Johnstone. This publication, through the judicious and ex- cellent management of its conductors, has now ob- tained an enduring hold oln the public favour. The original essays and discourses in the part now before us are by eminent divines, of wvhlom it is unnecessary to saymore tban that their names are sufficient guaran- tee for ...