... What should have been a promenade concert, with all the attractions of a celebrated band, a llrst-class vocalist, fresh air, sunshine, and a pretty view, was wondrously translated. hle rain being pitiless and the day darksome, there was a wise altera- tion made in the arrangements. The pianoforte, which had already beon deposited in the Parlo orchestra, was removed to the Great Gallery; and ...

... In Saturday's Journa we gave a short notice of the rich and glorious-addition which the Poet Laureate has mado to our literature, We do not propose to give any further analysis of this four-fold string of pearls, but merely-to call here and there a few of the exquisite, noble, and pathetic pa3sages with which the poems abound.. Such glorious utterances as are contained in this volume ...

... A PATRIOTIC ODF. O England! I oeuld be so very poetic, And use such long adjectives-two in a line- And spout in a vein that would seetn quite prophetic, Whentelling the glories that yet ehall be thine. But no! rbll e satisfied simply to tell you I think you've a decent old home for your sons- They're not every moment in fear of the bellow Of stark Revolution and thunder of guns ! You have some ...

... The Leisure Hour; a Family Journad of InstrUc- certi tion and Recreationr, or This is a new literary periodical of great promise and and merit. It is well got up, is neatly illustrated, .. and contains a great variety of instructive and to t amusing reading, and is cheaper than most of the give: weekly publications of the same standing and Inde size. shou land Yational Force. Economical ...

... It is generally understood that a new bill for the better wI regulation of savings banks in this country will be intro- Ot duced in the next session of parliament, containing various clauses similar to those in the bill introduced by Sir C. Br Wood, the chancellor of the exchequer, in 1850, which, an at that time, were considered by many persons as ques- tionable in their expediency and ...

... Tihe Quecn went in state on Saturday night to her MlIa- ir- jesty's theatre, and the event, a rare one unfortunately kt- for managers, and to the regret of the public, appeared to iL as excite unusual interest. The whole of the route taken by a the royal procession was lined by spectators, a large nuni- es ber of whom were ladies, and it required the exertions of ii n a numerous body of police ...

... SAILORS' HIOME. The Sallors' HoIo ! The 8ailor.' Home I a What heart would not respond, b To aid the calne of thoso who roam - Uniting in the bond Of Christian fellowship and love, U Our zeal in their behalf to prove? t A rofuge for the destitute, C A shelter for the brave; The Sailors' Homo and Institute From sin and want to save; Who could, with generous mind, deny To send for thib a ...

... ?? ?? ?? 9. ?? - A . l --X1 - ?? ?? ' 'I . ?? A.A ?? Z w 1 Report on tlhe C(re of Cataract. By John Not- (Ti tingh1am1, Esq., M.D., &c. Liverpool: Deighton poi and Laughtonl. eve This is a remarkable pamphlet, giving the particu- eov lars of an operation by which blindness from cata-no ract had been removed after a duration of ten tioi years. What renders the case peculiarly inter- of esting ...

... FROMS THE QERMAN. U Oh, grave I Oh, grave I l There ia a spot on earth, a Though but a narrow bed, I Where all that aire oppressed, And weary and disqulieted, And struggling since their birth, Mlay lay their aching head, And find at length a rest. Sorrowfal-heavy-hearted- Here ye shall be at peace; Here all the world's departed Have found their sufferings cease. Oh, grave! oh, grave I Gate of ...

... Wellinqton, as Warrior, Senator, and Mfan. By II T. Binney. Third Thousand. London: Hamil- Is ton, Adams, and Co., 33, Paternoster-row; I Jackson and Walford, St. Paul's Churchyard; at II t and Ward and Co., Paternoster-row. f The intention of this sketch, to turn to the ac- it I count of moral and religious instruction the life t( of Wellington, is very effectively fulfilled. U ft ...

... (er CHARLES MACKAY.) You're rich, and yet you are not proud You are not selfish, hard, or vain You look upon the common crowd With sympathy, and not disdain You'd travel far to share your gold With humble sorrow unconsoled; You'd raise the orphan from the dust, And help the sad and widowved mother Give me your hand-you shall-you must- I love you as a brother. You're poor, and yet you do not ...

... TU1Lj GREAT PALACE OF GLASS FOR THEIS GREAT EXHI1BITION OF 1851. i - I We present our rcader3 to-day with an authentic sketch . of this resnarlinbie building. As affording an excellent id:a of the probable appearance of the structure when t c :ipleted, we doubt not the engraving will be gladly and eC vrly w(lcomed by thc e mmumity. The following par- tiulma- will be perused with irtercst :- ...