... LITERAILY VARIETIES. I VLS ONcE AN, ISLAND.-It is impossible for any thought- ful man to stand on any of the outlyinig hills of the Cotteawolds, and look downuponl the fertile vale ofxloucester, through which the even now broad Severn winds its tortuous course, without inquiring was this always so, or if not what are the changes through which so mueh of beauty has survived, what circum- ...

... I Dresses of every-day wear are made in various materials this season. In Valencias the patterns are very pretty, whether striped or checked. The mousselines de lame are no longer in such various colours, but plain grounds, with spots or stars, The foulards are of very dark grounds, with white designs; and in Plaids for young people. The toiles de Chine, ecrues, and toiles de.France in every ...

... LITERARY VARtIET'EiS. POINT DE GAILE, CEYL.ON,-On our arrival at the hotel In t he centre of the city we were besieged by a host of natives some of1 whom offered precious stones and 4ewellery for sale, -others had ornaments made from the tusks of the elephant, and Ianother set were money-changers and must anxious for English :1sover'eigns. This coin Is of more value here than in England; 1and, ...

... A NEW ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE OCOLERA.-There has been 'discovered on Mount Olympus in Asia Minor, a plant, of which the botanical name is unknown, Theatol alid leaves resemnble thyme, the ilo,vver6 those Df lavender. Alter a numlier of exe- rimbeitait hexs bten f'ornq that adscoctlon'of tbis plntbas .tuct powvecfof pro'dting reaction ain Lie stage ofo ollapse in cholera- ito arrest the disybose ...

... MATERNAL SOLICrruDc.-Mary, Countess of Orkney, was deal and dumb, and married, in 1753, by signs. She lived With her husband, Hurrough, first Marquis of Thomoud, who was her first cousin, at his seat, Rosteliun, on the harbour of Cork. Shortly after the birth of her first child, the nurse, with cous}- derable astonishment, saw the mother cautiously approach the cradle in which the infant was: ...

... 1VocttP. STANZAS.-BY D. B. DUGGAN. y,, I have sat and witeh'd for thee. I k ram icy is nly lattice pane , sa Tnemarnes' ?? strain. Cram wki tile deep, as a crtdled adwild, And tdimroil beit alnda bai ty smiled, ?? er as drew thatlidea ?? ighe Tihe lmr.Stiflf teing quick reply. IT Iatcile in I that oe wieng wndger.t Ltike tlahp elnir eu it beauty terno d to , The line ring sineot fore tt whr ...

... pe edjn alrto. EXIIIBITION OF TiHE BRISTOL ACADEMY. [ECOrNTNUED FROM oUR LAB.T) No. 27. Comnpstion: )D. S. WiLmoT.-T'his, like its companion, 47, is a pleasing bit of landscape composition, the scenery being selected from the nelghbourhood of Bristol. Both are cleverly painted, as also is No. 42, a View at Knowle; and it ia as credi- table tothe public as encouraging to the artist, that all ...

... pottrn. PORTRAITS OF POLITICEANS.-FROM KING ARTRsuR. LORD JOIIN RUSSELL. Or these was Cynon of the high-born race, A cold but dauntless-calm but earnest man; With deep eyes shining from a thoughtful face, Ande, light fernm, for ever In tbe van Vend M ting victories crown'd laborious deeds; Reaper of harvests-sower not of seeds; For scarcely hbi the quick far-darting soul Which, ?? Apollo's ...

... NuAe1enus Or LONDoiD STREETS WITH TiE SAME NAMES.-- With builders and their employers, or whoever take the office of sponsors to new streets, we must, however, on behalt of our country cousins, do a email battle. To find the varioue localities would be difficult eriough-from the prodigious naumberof streets equares, creecente, lanes, courts, alleys, roads, terraces, and place-if allthefirst ...

... bpetra. MYSTATUEAD RESSED TOA FRIEND. s' d silo entl: ,pople here, l i I DWIt amongn t a NOl,1notun ofe~ human h1er ?? I laungug tile ?? Gladdens n7 fires str Falls dimnaceclipse 1 ~Sand rouahidll khes. adpar Id ?? Thro 55im d ore a nymph peers ot O the; ?? id, ias seared by 50015 ?? shoqet; 2~ h at There. fom'neatll thunderoanbrows, with eolrmll stress, 11'tolil ?? a r recess ; d Or ...

... 'fje ?? Art%. co ExaIBITION OF THE BRISTOL ACADEMY. di [CONCLUDED-] ieo. Buiy Mg Lav ender; and lGIi. Genitle Seej2: J. FIsHER.- Su5 These are two spirited sketches, the production. of one of I our most talented resident artiste. The first is it portrait of an T itinerant vendor of the odlrou flower, whom sonme of' our read- ers may perchance have fallen upon in their summer rumbles, n and the ...

... poetrs. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.-BY PsioFEssoUt LoNaFLLOW. WnEN the hours of day are number'd, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumber'd, To a holy, ealm idelght; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And (like phantoms grim and tall) Shadows from the fitful ftre-light Daoue upon the parlorr wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved the true ...