... Ioottip. THE ?? MISSION.-By W. J. LatiTON . The Poet's mission Is but prophotic vision: To hims the darilla heart is granted- Not the ?? t(he ,es inan of Jflerregsh. 1EAstN higher apprehending Ot the Poet's task! To him are God and Nature lending Ore of mnighty thought, That. fir such use as the world's need may ask, Fit iron may be wrouight. The passionate Imtpulse furnaced lit the Poet's ...

... The flatery of others would not isljure us, if we (lid not flatter ourselves. SOLITUDE.-Little do men perceive wbat solitude is, and how far it extendetlh; for a crowd is not company, and faces aire but a gallery of pictures, and talking but a tinkling cymbail, whsere there is no love.-Bacon. If everything liars below happened as thou eouldst wvieh, in every particular, even the most minute, ...

... LITERARtY VAlUEP L'1h. TASTE AND ELEoANCE, though they are reckoned only among the suniller and secondary morals, yet are of no mean import- sance hi the regulation of lilb. A inelial taste is not of force to turn vice into virtue; but it recomlnends virtue, with something like the hlaisdishsenats of pleasure. -Bfrke. CAPTAIN BUNSe3Y ON PRoBABILITIES.-If so be (returned Banisby, with untusnlil ...

... laottv-P. TO SABRINA. LADY, I thank thee for thy diatribe: yet thoughli myl rivytino thoughts may often err, The boloe that s9 wlthilln seema to stir A selotle answer. All the empty tribe, Who love absurd romances to mbibe- Whnso bearts are set on crochet, must to her Tmnmonsely yiold, Vhose ?? is loftier, Tree knowledge on her thoughtful mind t inserlbo. Yet is there one more hlr still, vsho ...

... Rittrature. Dublin Usiversity Magazinee.-Orr & Co., Paternoster-row, London. The opening paper, Fireside Horrors for Christmas,' is not at all to our taste. Such stories do much harm among the weak and nervous, who are probably most disposed to read them. Now, one oannot but smile at the bombast which cha- racterised Napoleon's addresses to his armies; nevertheless, they are properly ...

... Ioetrp,. NO MORE. No more I What pain and anguish lie Within that simple sound, What wither'd hopes mnd faded joys May in those words be found I iNo more to see tho form I loved- No more the voice to hear That fell as balm upon the mind- As music on tho ear. No more to watch the buoyant step- No more with him to rove- No more to see the soft, bright eye Beam on tne looks of love. ...

... Duxi: OF WELLINGTON.-No Man so little beloved was ever o well obeyed: and there is not a mnail in Eagland, of either party, citizen or soldier, who would not rather me than see him disgraced. His firmness, his moderation, his probity, place him more opposite to Napoleon then he stood in Itle field of Water- loo. These arc his lefty lines of 'forres Vedres, which no enemy dares assail ...

... AteTiTErTOTAL SLrETCIrr,-Tf fyoncontinue to drink cold water much longer, my boy, your timbers will perish of the dry-rot as sure as yon are born. You look as yaller ad a pond-lily now; and it is all owing to living like them, on bad water. Man was never made to drink water, or natur would have put him onR all fours, with his mouth near the running streams, like all ani- mals intended to use ...

... jRoctr-P. _ A MOONLIT STROLL. IN the merrv moonflioht, when vows are ligh!t- IN-he, the pieaqatlt breeze sweet love tales heareth- When thle ?? s ?? high speak poesie, 'T ts thee tile young heart dareth I IT is thea that the tremulous whispers tell Tile heil ried story of Love's strong spell; Tile time of thc eloelenrt glance and sigh, Wills hmidden lips ?? Bind reply. Rultling hetweern the ...

... Eltterature. he BritEis Quatrtely Rev'iew for May..Jackson and Waliord, IS, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. The British Quarterly fully maintains the high promise crekted by the ability displayed in its earlier nambers. Indeed, it seems to gather strength and confidence as it advances in its literary chreer. T'he subjects this month are of fldit-rate inter- est, and are well contrasted one with ...

... 1I resolve, Says Blishop Beveridge, 1 never to speak of' a man's virtues before his fasts; nor- of his faults behind hits back; a ole rule! thle observation of which wocld, at one Stiroke, banish flattery and defamation from the earth. TnE RUST oF LirE -If ?eoplo live without an object, tliey stand as it wereon theouts s~of active life, whieh givesstreogti to thle iitward occupation, even ...

... ?? alto. EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. The pressure of other avocations has heretofore prevented us doing more than casually drawing attention to the exhibition now open at the Royal Albert-Rooms, College-green. The col- lection contains pictures of various degrees of merit, includ- ing specimens from the pencils of many of our local artists- Branwhite, Badham, Burbidge, Curnock, Hewitt, Horlor, ...