... . trature. ;rlze Pres ent Age,; an Address dellvered before the 31ercantle .Liberist~smsanpf~iiladephsis, Ia t , 1841, byg Wiflalla -E. CsoncsssgD.B.-epeited b Pislp & vans Bristol. Chanin isoneof hes wrter wh dohonurto any age an~.any ounry t whih tey blong an whoarehonioured in ll gesandin ll ounrie log atertho proudest contens- ;poarymatria prdacionof kil orartshall have fallen a yicim o te ...

... DAR78ZA SHOW. Tile annual show of the Bristol and Clifton Dahlia Society e took place on Alolinday last, in the large room of the Fa'll AlMoo I iTaern, Broadlstrect. r The show of blooms was remarkably good-tildeed, we heard , it stated by judges to lie the best that has taken place in this i part of the cottatri. The room was decorated in the usualt eancer, %vith devices ingeniously ...

... 1Ot e at It r e + Poeftr; by Josseph Jaines.-Bristol: Alirrar-office. It affords us much pleasure to aid in drawing attention to the lmerits of this ?? volume. The author is ccrtainly not, locally, ounkolnown to tfume, for the eifusions of his muse have, from time to time, been widely disseminated through the columns of the provincial press; but this, we believe, is tho first tinq they have ...

... f t r a t u re£ Fox's Book of Martyrs, edited by the Rev. John Cumming, . - ~Part 1.-Virtue, London. Itis nov drawing fast towards Owed certaries sines Foax's Book of Martyrs 2 arst mnade its appearance, 'and,: during that long period, perhips no other work has been more extensively poirased. i'ts popularity, though varying in kind, is seomething on'a par with the famous Pilgrim's Progress' ...

... P'ASHIONS Po1m SB1PTXNBzR. BomNeras,-Drawn bonnets of apple green poen do soie, with the exterior ornssamensted with a demi wreath of velvet foliage, ii vcarioes shades of greeu, and the interi(trof the brimntrimnsed witb roass rnse bads, and rose coloured ribbon brides are faslsi- enable. Lace retains its vogue; it is adopted for bonnets of every difl'erent material; thus we see those of ...

... :H: D A A. The regular:seasonp at our Theatre, closed on Monday even- ing last, -uson which occasie h the pd'i~naildes were for tbe benefit of Mrs. M'Cready. Tie house was bath fully and fashion- ably attended-a compliment justly due to the manageress, and one which we could wish to see more frequently paid to her. The entertainments commsenced with Sir E. L. Buluwer's last new comedy of Money ...

... xXXZTWEL: VAIZETIES. Of all thieves fools are the worst they rob you of time and temper;-Gotrtke. A Spanish proverb says, that the Jess ruin themselves at their possovers, thle Meors at elicit marriages, and the Christians in their law;-suits. Loan WILLIAM ILUSOELL.-It was a fine saying of my Lord Rasell, whos was beheaded in the time of King Charles the s~eond ; when enl the scaffold ho ...

... Dr. W. B. Carpenter's Museum Lectures. LEcTURE; xxxi. The first part of this lecture consisted of a general description of the class of Insects. Nearly the whole of the insect tribes are produced in the state of eggs; a few are brought forth alive, the egg having been hatehed within the body ofthe mother. One pecaliarity attend- ing the eggs of insects is, that they frequeitly increase in size ...

... L iterature. aVe Colonial A/lagazinefor.January.-Fisher & Co., London. It gives us sincere satisfaction to learn from the editor's ad- I dress at the coxmnincemnent of another year, that this valuable and important publication is rapidly attaining a most extensive circulation. Too much of apathy pervades the~public mind with -cspeot to our colonial possessions and the political and social ...

... z.ITZAAAW VAILIETZES. Martin 'Luthrr said-' Wealth is the smiallest gift of God -what is it to be compared with his word or corporeal gifra, such as beavity, health, and activity ? What is it to the gifts of the-mind--such as intellect,'soieince, and taste? And agai'i he said as truly-' God commonly gives riches to gross asses,, to whore lie can affo-ld nothing else.' PUEACHINa.-I iove a ...

... ,3ottrp. SO0NNET. - THE PAST MONTH. LBa WV. H. FitIDEAUX.] IT looks but yesterday, to mortal sight, The cold, dew ycar was baili; and yet'one age Of its round twelve is added to tbe page Of other times, and slcepetis with their night; A aecond nose Ibegun.. sasy tve invite New courage, aod seith error stoutly wage Slow conflict on our farther pilgrimage. Living as moen with Reason's steady ...

... laortrP. SACRED LYRICS.-I-MOlaNeG. WnIIE soft the light of morning breaks, And Nature from her slumber waikeso And field and forest, vale and grove Are vocal with the songs of loe- Oh! then, how sweet from sleep to rise And roam beneath the sow blue skies, Ard feel the early zephyr bring Freshness and f'agrance on its wing. Yesl sweet it is to watch the flovwer,,, Unfold its beauty in the ...