... b_ ?? THE THREE SONS. I ha'e a son, a little son, a boy just flive years old, With eyes of thoughtful earnestne3s, and tuind of gentle mould; They tell me that tuosual grace In all his ways appears- That my child s grave aund wviso of heart beyond his childish years. I cannot say bow this may be, I know his face is fair, And yet hlsi sveetest cotaeliness Ia his mild and serious air; I know his ...

... ?? P-0 E T R ?? THE PRISONER'S ADDRESS TO HIS MOTHER. During a visit to the Massachusetts State Prison, some time since, the Warden spoke with deep interest of a prisoner, whose talents as a poet had excited much at- tention. The following is from his pen:- I've wandered far from thee, mother, Far from our happy home; I've left the land that gave mne birth, In other chunes to roam ; And time, ...

... THE BUCKET. Hlow dear to this heart are the secnes of my childhood, When fond recollectiou presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew; The wide-spreading pond and the mill which stood by it, The bridge and the rock where the cataract fell; The cot of my father, the dairy-bouse nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket which ?? ...

... I TO MARY. COME to the shade of the old elm-treo; Colme to the forest, love, with me. rll twine thy hair With wild flowers there, And sing old songs to thee, Mary, And sing old songs to thee. Come to the shade of the beech-wood glade; Come to the wild wood walk; And I will twine My arm in thine, And we will sit and talk, Mary, And we will sit and talk. And thou shalt tell of the fairy den, And ...

... MASONIC FESTIVAL-PROVINCIAL GRAND 1o MEETING FOR EAST LANCASHIRE. The Provlicial Grand Lodge of Freemasons, for the Eastern Division of the Province of Lancaster, was held in Bolton, on Thursday last, and excited an unusual degree of interest. The weather in the morning was very wet and unpropitious, but, notwithstanding this circumstance, the attendance of bretihren from all parts of the ...

... This theatre ?? re-opened on Monday night last with three pieces which had never before been performed in Preston, The Ship on Firo, a melo-drama, a Wiich is my Love 2 a vaudeville, and a second Inelo-dranla, entitled ,Thc Arab Boy. The large attendance in all parts of the house exhibited the interest which had been felt in the town for the encouragement of dramatic entertainments but we ...