... ?? I SONGS FOR TIIE PEOPLEJ.. NO, xi. [In announcing our recent Feast of the Poets , promised to give a notice of the poems and songs of ROBURT NICOLL, and that promise we had intended to have performed this week: certain cireumstances hasve, howev~er, so occupied our time asb to prevent us fel Ilisig our intentious. The promisied notice okaU ate e* shortly. In the mteantime wve give ...

... : i= = Metingb LAYS OF THE LOOM. A SELscTIoX OF POETICAL PscaCS av JkYES Gow. Dundee: G. and J. Taylor. This unpretending collection of poetical pieces is another evidence of the mind and ability existing in the ranks of the working-class. To one of the most unfortunate sections of that class JAmrs Gow *balongs,-he is a handloom weaver. In his short and simple preface the author remarks, ...

... - Metargo Jt 1~ -- - - It to BEAUTIES OF BYRON. th :NO. 1*1351. c gu ~of This tile is not a favourite of ours, although it con- |T. tains several passages of great beauty. We confine ourselves to thb following extract tsa TttE RSISING. Within that land was many 4 malcontent, li Who cursed the tyranny to which he bent; Si The soil full many a wringing despot saw, Who work'd his wantonness in ...

... THOM.S . . aZA.TI'S I o g I THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES. A Prison Rbyme. In Ten Books. (one Vol.,w%. 6d:) The most.w6nderful effort of intellectual power pro- duced within the last entury.- The Britannisae. I ,Here we have a genuine poem springing out of the spirit of the times, and indeed out of the heart, and ex- erien of one who has wvrestled with and suffered in It. It is no other than a ...

... Rtbirivo. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL-PArT I. London: Artisan Office, Wellington-street North, Strand. We hail this publication as well worthy of its title, and well deserving the people's support. We have looked through most of the articles contained in this Part, and have perused them with much satisfaction. The object of the People's Journal, as stated by its editor, is the combining amusement, ...

... 3Rtbttb)!5. TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE UNDER ANY CIRCUM- STANCES; AND IN EXPLANATION, AND DEFENCE. OF THE MISREPRESENTED DOCTRINE OF NON - RESISTANCE. By THOMAS COOPxa, the Chartist. London: Chapman, Brothers, 121, Nevigate-street. We perceive by the notices quoted in Mr. Coorsa's advertisement, that several of our contemporaries have awarded to these orations their praise ...

... The food riots which have occurred in several dis. tricts of Ireland, are a melancholy indication of the extent and severity of the calamity which afflicts that unhappy country. It is creditable to the Go- vernment, that, according to the means placed _at their disposal by Parliament, they are ?? themselves vigorously for its alleviation. The land- lords, too, appear to be loused into aOtivity ...

... Rtbfto. TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - MARCn. Edinburgh: W. Tait, Princes-street; London: Simpkiin, Marshall and Co. BuRTo.'i's Life and Correspondence of David IHume is the subject of the opening article in this month's number of Tait's MIagazine. Judging by the extracts given in this article, the philosopher does not appear to great advantage in this work. We gather from this review that Mr. ...

... ?botrpI ?? BEAUTIES OF BYRON. me. xXXIx. tKAWRD. l.ow cometo BYRo1's dramatic poems, the first 0 stlbeing that tatcnfe wild, wondrous, beau- ,estionganfrtd. This. poem, has won the h iprsise ofsuch princes of criticism as JZPPRET, IIytr WILsoN, and GOaCTn. S Psse'hax and jtor- rot matched, are at least nearly ap- fibeda in many parts of this composition. GONTrS 10N Manfred was to me a ...

... Iloarp+ o lE Thy ANNEXATION OF CRACOW TO AUSTRIA. eave much pleasure in giving insertien to the ollng spirited lines and also to the author's pre. fol.inar5 remarks, with every word of which we licttiljy concurkd. N. S.1 iwth IeanrilY pinion, the annexation of Cracow is, with- nt txeption, he most barefaced combination of l ence and tyranny, recorded in modern history. ins. is a question of ...

... Crtt ?? MY DADDY 1 (The follewing capital Parody is from a forthcoming book intended to be used as a Primer for the children of the People.] Who was it, five years since or more, Came poor and lone to England's shore, To wed a Queen and gold galore ? My Daddy. Who, from John Bull, upon these grounds, Has yearly thirty thousand pounds, And fine new kennels for his hounds e My Daddy. Who was a ...

... 3Ult Zi-o - - clft-tsi e ASTLEy's AMPHITHEATRE. An equestrian drama called Le Cheval du Diable, which has been played with great success at Franeoni's, has been adapted to Astley's, with the title °d 'tlhe Demon -lotse. The human hero of this drama to a young miller of ambitious views, who, by a compact with the powers of evil, becomes poszesse of a deoan liorse, on co0dition that every ...