... IV14Et1r~o -SONG.-TO A NIGEITINGALE. WHItTHEi dogt thou wving thy flight, 'Warblersof this woody vale I- In what moonlit grove to-night - Wilt thou tell thy tuneful tale 7 O.0 t t-P. could fly with thee, Mid thy airy voyago guidd'; Far awty l soon would be, And iny lady sweet beside. To mny love, fair warbler, fly ! Win her praise nnd wvake her smile; Sweetly sing her lattice nigh, And her ...

... 1,ITERATURE. Eacyclopxdla Britainncef, seventh edition, prejfa'ce and inde.r. A. and C. Blneck, Edinburgh. This great work is now completed by the publication of the preface, general index, and list of contributors. The preface contains an interesting sketeh of dictionaries of knowledge, from the earliest times to the completion of the undertaking now un- der notice. The index, a work of ...

... jaoctrp. THE PRAYERI OF POVERTY. 1P AV pity onl the poor, We know that thoul art kind, Whose waants and woes oppress; And good anthou arteire; Lord, hear them offinrup once more And we would borw ith patint Their prayer of deep distress! mind 0! hear thens when they cry When God our prayer 60nics, Tor daily bread to 'I'hee! Bist not in anger. Lord, Look on their woes with Mercy's Agolist thy ...

... .LDZUSEZVZLNDS. The holiday folks have had no lack of amusements during the week; indeed, the proprietirs of the several public enter- tainments seemed to vie with each other in their efforts to produce something worthy of the public patronage and sup- port. aT'HE TuEATE.-The winter season at this establishment commenced on Monday night, with a domestic drama called I Susan Hopley, founded on ...

... Li tr a tit r r Vie Book'q-'l-,',9i altlads; Part/ . Edited by S. C. fa II, ?? ,15,,.-IHowv & Parsons, London. Willh thle sioe Lxc,, tia of 1 Lockhart's Spanish Ballads, Vi pesth thchlee ?. s~spi, ' pictorial publication of modelrn timles. EIach vlagc comtil h sketch, drawn and ontgravcd in the first style of, art ifitts ' * of the text. Profuse alti ornate, lawrCv'er, ats are thillustss itv ...

... REVIEW OF THE . BRITISH CORN- TRADE.I FProm 'he Mark-Lane Brpress, Dec. 5. Although thle wheat trade still remains extremely dull, some- thing like a stand seems at length to have been made by holders at least the decline in prices submitted to at the principal pro- vineial markets held during the week has been trifling, and much less than might have been expected, considering the very ...

... p)oetryi TO A RUlNEV CASTLE. Hats,, tatt'rioig rclic of ieyseprteil stntc!-~ Thou once~proad ?? Orf the hliaghty greet ! Lonag hait thou stood the storm of eges liast, Aml Thne o'er thee a sombrc hue has enst; Yet heaeeen.searsl 5till thy aseteicnt palalce rears Its grey old head, the little ofr other yeare While the ermol ivy on the inoulierhigl wvalls New freshnless 'gives to thy slesertel ...

... . IDOOrn. SON NET. Tun leaves upon the woods yet linger, but each winld That whispers scatters to a lowly bed The faded foliage; flowers their laflets shed, And In the dust a sepulchre they fledI 'The sear, the vellow leaf 1-emblem of life Fast failing from the feeble grasp of age: I read my destiny in that withered pafge, And all in vain I wage uitis Nature strife;- 'Thee. loak I back upon my ...

... W)ottrp. tFOnTuE ItlISTOL MERCURe.3 THE EARTHQUAKE, AS related by an Eye-witness of ltat terrible eatastrophe w hich overtlrewe Lisbon on All Saits' Day, Nov. 1, 17X55. Alonw, woke in beauty,-not a cloud Was seen through heaven's vast expanse, And the bright suIn, with aspect proud, Seat fax around his amorous g ance; And Earth seem'd in a blissful trance, So still were all her trees and ...

... SO oCIET OP FLORISTS' MBZHZZTZXO. h TIe first exhibition for the season ofthe Friendly Society , of Florists, which we understand to be a revival of the old Florists' Society, took place yesterday, at the Montague t5 Tavern, Kingsdown. is The room presented a remarkably animated and beautiful id appearance, as the attendance of visiters was exceedingly - numerous, and, in addition to the ...

... MIT-MRARY V-flRXETXES- BrlTER REanAD TIIEDI.there is a celebrated rleply of air. Curron to a ?? of L ord Clore, who curtly exclainwe( ?? ol0e or1 lislegal poSitioni, ! if that lihe flulw, 5jpr.i Crran I muy bhorn nmy ?? hooks ! -- Better relld them, my lord, was tile ireaustic; ed I ?? ejailnder. 'I'elI BEA UTY OF VIILTUrE.- very body loves IIke virtu- nus, says Lord Herbert, of Clharh ...

... 'Woetrn. RURAL SONNET.-OCTOBER. LBY THE AUTHOR Or 1$ REGULUS. Tun woods assume their robes of russet hue, Amberld or bronzed, or sanguined in the sun,- The falling leaves the moisten'd ground bestrew; The pheasest drops, and hunting is begun. Again the healthy ploughmen turn the soil- The thrashers wield their cheerful.sounding fiail- The thatchers crown the stark-the hedgers toil- And ...