... . ottru. 'HE LOVE TEST.-By SIR WALTEIR RALEIGIH. DoEs, i1l thy mind, some blooming beauty reign, Whose sironsg idea mingles joy snith pain P When she appmeals before thee does she sipread O'er thy pale fading checks a saudden red ? Press her soft lips or touch her illy hand, Does thiy heart flultter-docs thy breast expand F Frot hcce b a real passion you may prove; wittiout thvae syamptoms ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... it. itcrat u . (oAii(- tut P.1 't .t'It'u 'otj' v~it'. 21 vols. St'o.-Londrin A etck cit ?? itt ro, tho, thuh thitit tittdt whtttich fooriitsy titettit- otto - tl~ ?? it tutlttil w tioittt rendt Iiiittujuly poottt Milti ito-ilt itt Dhittl,, Jorrotldut ' Caliuti & Alt.'' Th't,' tork is lik ht to hi' otno of thle iiavotritesof'( tite seaottot tittd ?? tinen ?? qrlttot to aet ooit ?? tit ...

... !.ZT11RA1I.Y VARIETr3SE. ANECDOTFE o A CLOOMGYMAN.-WVhen iin the aet of corn- posing i sermon, he made use of the termu ostentatious mall. Throwing doen his pen, lho wished to satisfy himself, re lhe proccefedd, als to whether a great portion of his congrogatioll inighstenmprehend tile meaning of thosaid term, and be adopted thi following method of proof. Ringing the bell, his footnaen ...

... T E :2 S L T N T Z x P Z R. (FI)roii .lrs. J101s'. Ir-t-Man ) I., N our younger ttoyso uery disteict itit1 it~ owvo appointed and Pot ticutial muitiltui:ioti klly (ito pipot' holeoniced exclusively to thle sweet ?? of liittiow te ?? Atndy the' fiddler'' to tile sooty hill-v iltogo of Carrick o nd -1Tim Lacy'' to the towivland of llIt1ytnitty, Fl',,t4i'njstrumenr't wvoo not speofiidl, for lie ...

... Z.XTERAPY VARTUZETS. FEAMALE DEVOTEDNESS-A butcher of thp town, having been convicted of the flagrant crime of stealing two oxen from an upon pastore near Reval, was now lying in the dungeons beneath us, ?? to commeecing his dismal journey for lifo to Siberia. Thih man was engaged to be married to a young mantua maker,whose pretty looks and wsays had often divided our attention with her ...

... PMoPtr. FORGET ME NOT. FenRGT me not-tlough years And distance sever: Forget iot sighs- ard parting tears, Whisper'd lore oad promised truth, Hopes and fears and dreams of youth-_ No, never!-neverl Oh l by each word, and look, aud tdne Of kindly thought; By pleasures now lor ever flown, The walks swe trod-the flowers we rear'd, And every scene to love endear'd, Forget me not! Still let my ...

... Toottrp. THlE DAYS WHEN WE WENT GIPSYiNG. A NEW VRILSLON OF AN OLD) SONC. 44 IN the slays when we went tipsying, W r badc farewell to care; Tbe wv s anribIght,. t1e groves were green, And we were leed cc air. We laugh'd atnd toldl the jocisd titale, Wtlll bosoms full eitglee:' WVas ever secn a social linuid uS glad and gay as wet' And Chess we spjent the plea ant time, : Nor thought sif ...

... THIE TUrI? SHOW. (By soi~las Jerrold.j 2 'itt tlawnit dl .Aly ftodl A Skeltoit at ?? wornk, labouring' ill ti little :;mrtlccu ?? intteiotd fetiti it wild aud blirren waste ci' the WVest itrlig' RThe Spinnerts, Summonsted to thuir talsk by thle dustiot setr'bill, c ept ft io itheir' htscel, anti, S~onc Casrryiing their c Itild ret oil their tacks,, Switireld altieg tite road. 11What !Still it ...

... t LAY OF DEVOTION. Bow downt, 0, LAW 'ts one, thy eon', Abd lktetl t il U0 ( 'l vi With1 silent ?? ontomno foot', lo thee I lilt InineO cye. Vhile, gazinlg ol tilhe ?? nlows, I roo(t that gorgeous boolt, 0, ?? is moao, greot God, thilt than0, 01) stIel, 1) olne shoals! look I To ?? toy's I bld idaroewell, Fronl etilt I gaill releise; Nigh to tily glorious 0tne`nee I dweell, 0 loril, sithI thle ...