... jacett'r. THE SAILOR'd DESTINY.-BY LADY Dfl1FFERIN. ?? offcer who hid dlttiungnlshlc ?? van twice refused the oommanud o a ship-1to firt time ol ?? ground that hoevas too young; the second tile that he was too old.] RtCcl In hops. the brave heart goes To dare the stormny vave, And to IIhs, from England's foes, Either glory or a grave In that roey dawn of litle by poets sung: oie wio ...

... The Frenchman loves liberty as his bride; the Englishman as his wife; and the German as his grandmother.-Keine. SELr-FEDUCATION.-There are two kinds of education-school- education and self-education; the first is desirable, but the latter is indispensable. I Tun MICHAAL~mAS DAisY.-There is scarcely any flower which more than the Michaelmas daisy seems identified with autumn. The chrysanthemums ...

... STATION.-Station carmot confer honour on any person, un less his character reflect honour on the station.. NIrVw RooT.-Mr. Gesuer, of Prince Edward's Island, has made a discovery of some interest. During a geological exami- nation of the colony, he has obtained from the Indians two kinds of ferhinacepus roots IIas promising In their appearance-as were nous potatos f Virginia, carried to ...

... poetry$ THE MOTHEW4 FAITH. Mo lf TIE ENGLXSlVWO1MAN'S IAGAZINE.] IIARn how tlh whid i1 Whistling, mother, List to the driving rain;, Aias I to think tiat m1y gentle brother Is ?? oin the stormy maln. The mother raised her nimok blno eye, From the holy book to the stornmy sky, And a nionilt's tfush went o'er ner brow As she thoeligt of tho hoiling flood below inut shl cheek'd hter buhmal ...

... LTrERARY VARIETIES. RussiANq AGRICULTvnE.-The skill of the Russian eppeI6 in agricultural operations, when I visited the country, could not be considered otherwise than in a very primitive state, and the implements in general use were of the rudest description. The s land is cultivated chiefly by women, children, or old men. It e is not an uinusuai sight to see one hundred women at plougli, ...

... vottrp. R U T 1.-FROM floOD'S rognis. SRtE stood breast high amid the corn, CIasp'd by ?? golsei light of monr), Like thle swe-etheart of the sun, W~he manay a glowin~g kiss haid wonl. On her Cheek anl Aotulmnf flush, LInIvits horn, Like red IMPeslll5goniil on It lna bar eves lher tresses fell, WVIch, ,ereblackest hone could tell; htetlonglushs vell'd a light That laid else beel all too bright ...

... Oul annual September fair commenced on Tuesday, in the new Cattle Market, and wes the briskest that has taken place for many years. Thle supply of fat oxen was moderatc, and they were S0011 caught up at full prices. Fat beef sold generally at from 54s. to 5Ss. per cwt,, and superior animals realized G0s. Lean stock and sheep also went off well, on account of the abundance of keep in the ...

... | FoLLY.-It was a favourite saying of Sir Walter Scott; that the wisest of our race often reserve the average stock of folly to be all expended upon some flagrant absurdity. CEaRsSTIANITY.-In the view of an intelligent and honest mind, the religion of Christ stands as clear of all connexion with the corruption of men, and churches, and sects, and ages, as when it was first ?? Foster. NEAT ...

... Though a man without money is poor, a man with nothing but money is still poorer. An upright minister asks what recommends a man; a corrupt minister, Ypho.-Lacon. The freedom of licentiousness is like the freedom of the herd of swine, which ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and were drowned.-Jar. ENGLISH MEADOW ScENERY.-Our beautiful meadow scenery may, pelhaps. be called ...

... L THE REVELATIONS OF ASTRsONO.'ii.-.HoW few men really of believe that they sojourn on a Whirling globe, and thnt each ci day and year of life is imeasuared by its revolutions, rtgulating the labour and repose of every race of being. How few believe that tile great luminary of the firmament, Whose restles ati-c vity they daily witness, Is an inmmovelable star, controlling, by its solid mass, ...

... r e Brama. Madame Celeste' to combine with whose imme any com. mendatory adjective has become a work of supererogation, together with Mr. B. Webster, lessee ofthe Hlaymarket Theatre, commenced a short engagement at our theatre, on Monday evening, in Backstone's popular drama of Phe (keen .Bushes, a piece which, despite much of improbability, in the story, pos- sesses considerable romantic ...

... vottrp. HONOUR TO THE PLOUGH. TOouGi! clouds o'ercaet our native sky, And seem to dim nls sun, We will not dows In laugour ie, Or deem the day Is done: The raral arts ?? loved before No less we'll cherish nowr And crown the banquet-a8 of yore- With H Honour to the plough. In these fair fields, whose peaceful spoil To faith and hope are given, We'll seek the prize wills honest toil, And leave ...