... LXTWIAR VAnlETIES. IJoI TO CIVenrsE IREtLAlt14i.-Tllere is mlore to be duo e there than in any cornerrof thewsorlId. I h ad, at onetimle, a ntiottf (if going over there end taking Irnyu poilts, to try What 01te mital Could do towarld citsi ising the peopte, by trying t to ClViliSC end ChriStianise their gentry.-Dr'. Arnold. LEARNING A Niny SotNO-Thte young lady who, lear'ning bly hiersel f a ...

... X.ITERART VARZETUNs. ik GIGANTIC DoNBxYS.-I must ?? Omit to Mention, reference to Malta, the gigantic donkeys We constattly fe. meet with, as tbie original breed comes from thence, where the ,nt largest are still to be found. Those seen about the streets of an Valetta vary from thirteen to fourteen hands high. One was he bronght for us to look at the other day, bred at Gozo, fall four. be tcen ...

... Il it c e at it re. J T/e Br/itish Qtliarrrerly /Rtrrietr.-JTaeksoll & Waiford, 18, St.Paul's 4 Chulrchryard, London. The Quarterlies mriltiply. For it long period tire Fdilloi6rgh I rind The ?? Hyrl! lid ti h cid to thermselves is thc respective chamrrpions of, wlliggism anid Toryisrer. Then tile ITrstinirnter was coairenced, is the reprceeritativo of tile feelings and I OpillionIs Of tile ...

... I.ZTERARY VARIETIES. D CotncTSrIP. -Roehofoucald observes, that lovers are enever tired of each other's comlpany, because they are always ttalking of themsecles. 1 EFFECTS OF NEWSPAPERS ON ORDINARY CONVERSA- TION.-lIt is not to be doubtea that the conversational power, as well as the graceful craft of letter-writing, for which tise last centory was fatness, has waned. We believe that this ...

... o tlrp. THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE. In a late publication of L. F. Tasistro, Random Shots and Southerni Breezes, is a description of a slave suetion nt New Orleans, at which tile auctioneer recommended the wuoman on the stand as i good Chrivtian. A C gIIISTIAN! going, gone! Who bidls for God's own itnagc?-for His grace? Which! that poor victim in the miarket-pilace Ilath in her suffering won! My ...

... 13octrj). FORBIDDEN PLEASURES. TinE gentle moaning of tlic breeze, The distent 11lianlul1ing waterfall, The sighilg branchies of the trees, 'IThc cl apillt sparrows on the wvall; The whistlilg flUtc, the rattling drum, 'lhe murnitilillng of Mly native river, Thc busy bee's uliceesiug ]Im, I nc'cr shalll hcar tihcm-never--Cvcr! Tue holy soend of Sabbath bells, TIe licaling organ's solenin tone, ...

... IoTERARY VAT'UXM:S. In the formation of female friendship beauty seldom re- commends o0e woman to aoottter.-Fildirng. IADECIA A GENUINE WiNE.-The inhabitants of Ma- deira are seuch alive and justly jealous of the reputation of their wines, which are generally the engrossing topic of conver, sation, An amusing excitempnt existed during our visit. A London paper (Tite Times) tad nsserted that ...

... itera tu r e. Colburn.'s New Aontirt)y ,lagazinlne.-H. Colburn, 13, Great - 3arlboroughastreet, London, Diplomatic Doings takes us behind the scenes, and discloses notbreaks of temper and passion of a rather startling character when erenauting from the representatives of majesty. The following is a case in point:- ?? We cannot cite a toore remarkable instance of the personal positicn of anl ...

... vottvpj TIIE SONG OF THE MUD! YS' INIGO JONES. DEDICATED TO THE PAVING COtTllSSIONERS. t |The follocring smnart parody, which appears inl the Stwansea lta~lll will be founld peculiarly applicable to Bristol.] VITH features weary and worn- n With drippilg and muddy feet, d A lady walk'd, vith unlady-like skirts, Most wilfully through the street: n Splashl-splael-spilishi I d Through a deep and ...

... t ter at tt re. The Safetv qf Britain anet die Sasppreeeion of (Slaeriy. A Letter to the i Right Hopi. Sir ll. 1'f ec, oil the ?? of /Il isilpl oed siqlplyg of Cotton from Br'iftish Indif. Al/ a Cotsoln-.Spiioel,.-Simpkin, t Irarshall, & Co., Londlon; Simrciu & Dinllaltl, Manchester. t Some of our readers, perhaps, will be startled by the assertion of tue intelligent writer of this letter, ...

... I-Doctrp. THE MURDERED TRAVELLER BY Ir. C BR3YANT. W.'IIEN Spring, to Woods and wastes around, Brought bloom and joy again, found The rnurderd traveller's bonesweeon, Far down a narrow glen, The fragrant birch above him hung Her tassels in' the aky: And many a vernal blossom sprung, And nodded careless by. The red bird warbled as be wrought His lunging nesto'erlieatd, Adereonear the fatal spot ...

... On Saturdliy morning last a concert of a very superior character took p1lace at tile Victoria,1-roioms' The aurtites who appeared on the occasion were Signora Fabroii Miss E. Birch, Nliss Dolby, Mr. Calkin, Tlhalberg, anld Johu larry-a coinbina- tion of talent certainly uot often to be met with out of tile metropulis. 'TIhc selection of music, too, was good, with a larger infusioa of native ...