... THORNBITRY FLOWER SHOW. Thle summer shlow of the Thorabury Horticultural Society '~took p ?? on Tuesday, and once morewaB the-wonted quiet of 10the old town disturbed by the, doobtiess not unwelcome, pre- ~'senee of gaiety and bustle. The morning wag cold end lowering, ;e wvith fitful gusts of wind, seemingly portentous of a coming storm, and certainly giving promise of anything but the bright ...

... woetr~+ ISM sMOUNTAIN STREAMS.-By CIHARLES MACRAY. WUAT time the fern puts forth its rings- 'WV hat time ?? early throstle sings, I love to fly the murky town, And tread the moorlaeds, bare and brown; From greenest level of the glens To barest summit of the bens, To trace the torrents where they flow, Serene or brawling, fierce or slow; So linger pleased, or loiter long, A silent listener to ...

... slaottp. EVEN ING. NVENINGl! thou prophesiest liut whilst we drink tile sadness The rest of tho silent land; or thy weary, drowsy air, wily sighs, ere yet thou diest. Wedreatnofmorn'scsnlmfragranCe Steal o'er me where I stand. And of hier sunrise fair. Sad wart thou, fairest eve, So ol y we dream Nsheot dying, If t hadslnt noanght beyond; In1 lifebs dll eventlino; ,Yainly might nortais grieve, ...

... TnH GREAT LA.WSUIT BETWEEN TilE TALnOTS AND TIlE BEraIELESS.-The loegest lawsuit everheard of in England was that between the heirs of Sir Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, on the one part, and the heirs of' Lord Berkeley on the other, re- specting certain possessions not far fromlVotton-under-Edge. in the county of Gloucester. It commenced at the end of the reign of Edward the Flourtin and ivas ...

... A DAY-DISEAM. I XEVEO heard, nor is it important, vhy omy fathmer, Major Von Dagen, all old officer of the king's German legion, resolved to bave me educated ill ills nativc country. B3e that as it may, at au early age I was sent fron England to at town in the nortit of Gerumay, wehere I pmtssed flour years in the house of' a worthy and kind-hearted protbssor, and which I quitted at the age ...

... vatrt1I CLOUDS AND THEIR SILVER LININGS. DEAD LEAVES, but yesterday, along the lane Were rustling drearily, or soddened lay In drifted heaps around; as ii in pain, The Earth's old face grew furrowed with decay. T'e orchard boughs with brittle moss were wrapped, The ruby berries withered on the thorn, With clogging snows the village roofs were capped, The mill-wheels tast in ice were yester ...

... rittratuxt. The Poetklo o W-ks ef sirWdareC S-t4. Bart., Autdor's Editiou. O witA Life, and nurnerous Illustrations. i The Histfry of Palestine, fromn the Patriarchal Age. to the Present Time. By John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. i We class these books together, because they emanate from the same publishers, are printed in the same form, and distin- 0 guished by a ...

... . ittraturt The Prose Works o~f Jobn Mfilteu. VOi. IV. Containing the flrst book of a Treati-se Ons Christian Doctrine, comspikle from the Holy Scriptures alone. Translated from the original by Charles R. Sunmner, DD., Lord Blishop of Winchester. New Edition, sre- visen and corrected. (Bohn'e Standard Libraryf.-H~enry G. In te yer 123 ?? te Od State Paper-office brouht o lghta lst orkof iltn, ...

... JULLIEN's CARE WELL CONCERTS. M. Jullien being about to visit the Niew World with the delt of his justly-popular hand, and hot liking to cross the Atlantic. without saying a word of adieu to his many patrons in this country, he on Monday evening gave the first of two farewell conderts, at the Victoria-Rooms, Clifton.. Thebuilding, we are happy to say,~wae crowded from~end to end, and ...

... WORCESTER; MUSIC FESTIVAL. 'WoacEST.15, Sept. .-If the first day may be accepted aspi ?? criterion, all that has beeii ~foretold for the, festival forfe 1854 will~be verified to the'ie~ter. The street%?.JWere busy at tW an early hour. The carripge visitors tote -brfadt 'even those who went on fjo~ti wretl~e- obe 0~o elrl'P curiosity. -ManY ofters0 )ts1vgnte -keep, opehoisose. At the jai55e ...

... BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESIVAL. Since the Birmingham Festival was instituted, there has never been so successful and brilliant a performance on the first day. Tuesday dense crowds lined the Immediate vicinity of the Town-hall, the interior of which, forming one of the finest music-rooms in Europe, presented a moet imposing coup-d'wil. The orchestra, filled to the extremities with 600 performers, ...

... Voc0 tr ,D. __ _ _ _ THE SKELB TON A.ND.-BY J. G. DUNN. BAr TAr I Rap tap I at the door of the heart; Rap tap, with a loud dexnand I Oh, who is it raps at the door or the heart. Crying, matter and spirit shall surely part- 1'Tfe one to tihe dust, for dust thou art, The rest to the spirit-lauid ? IT is I1 It is 1, who kuocketh without, With a bony arm and a knuckle stout- IT is I of the ...