... l Ie Dvrama. fr. and Mrs. Charles Kean commenced a short engage- iaent at our Theatre oui Monday, in Shakspero's admirable play of Mlelh adoe about Neothlig, in which they sustainod the oharacters of Benedict and Beatrice. The lady (who, it may be scarcely necessary to mention, long enjoyed *a high re- putation in the theatrical world as Miss Ellen Tree) acquit- tod herself admirably; her ...

... Vo0ttrV!J. Wh b or Ca ?? beyond the present see,- Whoelo ngdinulsmcl eyes the light of reason isliads, Whos# makes themselves all boadmen, bu, orfe: ThgUs bis lot whol fainiw voold make maon great, TO he the partner of a higher estate. To he for ever scorn'd for virtuous deeds- To be condemu'd whoa rmost his thoughts are pure- To he the victim doozn'd to toil and blood, Yet stilt the world s ...

... MITERAST V.AXETZES. GENERAL WOLFE'S PltESENTItMESNT.-On the night previous to the battle of Quebec, after all the orders for the assault were given, Sir James Wolfe requested a private inter- view with his friend; at which, saying that he had the strongest presentiment that he should be killed in the fight of the morrow, but he was sure he should die on the field of glory, Sir James unbuttoned ...

... Iotr-P. THE VOICE OF SPRING. 'T is the voice of the Spring I and the birds are come forth To mingle their songs with that soul-stirring voice; At the close of the day to hear them is worth All the music that o'er made our bosoms rejoice. 'Mid the leaves and the blossoms of beauty they sing Their anthem of joy to the God of the Spring: They lift their sweet voices in hoart-thrilling lays, And ...

... LiWEARY VARIETIES. Lmeaxlcv WoiiEN-The fairest thing in Limerick, how- ever, is the fair sex itself. Thle Limerick lasoes are as ?? in Ireland, as are the Lancashire witches and Welsh women in England. It is rem arkable that both the places renowned for tho beauty of their woumen lie to the west, and, indeed, to the more Celtic west of both islands. Is it, perhaps, the greater mixture of the ...

... o?tr?y. S ONSE3T. TnB nmemories of long years came o'er me W~hen, 5liock'd asod sad, I hleard thsat thon wast gene; 1 seemu'd awh~ile ats if I were alone, And that, in future days, less bright wvoeld he Thle wsorld thlat thou a ndot left: for whD that knewv Thly eloquence, thly sense, thy wit's bright play, Blint felt that from ius one had pass'd awvay Who over life freshl light and gladness ...

... MITERARY Vh1U3TZES. Montesquiet observes, of the orators of his time, that what they wanted in depttr they gave you in length. He that suffers his difference with his neighbour about the other world to harry him beyond the line of moderation in this, is the worse for his opinion, even though it be true.- William Penn. THE WAY OF THlE WORLD. I'm sick oflife I 'Tie one against the million, So ...

... 1?TERA1?Y VARIETXES. Thle rate of mankind Would perish, did they cease to aid each other. Fromt the time that the mother binds the child's head, till the Iomemeut that some kind assistant wipes the death- d amp from the brow of the dying, we cannot exist without mutual hells. All, therefore, that need aid, have a right to ask it of their ftslowv-mor tels; eno one who holds the powver of grant- ...

... Woetrl'y. THE CHILD'S DEATH-BED. IT 'Was a pretty cottage-room, No costly art was there,- No vain parade-no curtaiu'd gloom- No menial's loveless care; But by the casement, open'd wide, Tbrough which the roses stray'd, A mother knelt a bed beside, And wept the while she pray'd. For in that bed an infant lay, Her youngest, fairest boy; And life was ebbing fast away, With all its promised joy. ...

... LaTERA61LT VARIETZES. The following days of the week are set apart for public f worship in different nations:-Sunday, or the Lord's day, by the Christians; Monday, by the Grecians * Tuesday, by the Per- .sians; Wednesday, by the Assyrians; Thursday, by the Egyp- .tians; Friday, by the Turks; and Saturday, by the Jews. TIOUTH AND FALSEHOOD.-I{OW venerable does a lie be- come by length of years ...

... 11 f t Vrat Ur t + Ahu,,eiv-th's 3regez/ee.cuuininglsaen atoi Co., London. 'lis chapters of W1indsor Castle' are this month motre thou usually interesting, particularly the scans !in which Hlenry the Eighth, Catherine of Arragon, and Anne Boleyn bear at part. 'riseillustrations by Cruiikbsenk are full of elsaracter'. IARail- road Adventure, by Camillsa Toelmin, is %well told. The great. est ...

... I?oetr?. L OVE. Wrso to thee in lore is nearest- Whese smile boldest thou the dearest- Whose form seems to thee the fairest 1 Lover, say 1 Is thy love of noble birth- ls it for untullied worth- i 18 it of the minid or earth- Deep or gay l -Soon the richest robe-bloom dies: So, like this, the charms ye price- Lovely features, sparkling eyes, Blut the perfume left hehind Sweeter than the bloom ...