... HtURRAH FORt OtLt ELBM ! aY ELVA COOY. murrab for ?? I men Of tl nding; Who have sprung wkindt e Warst y branid, Bot willtg nor ager t brand eight oet burning. Buttegave bsrat rob tbey have fronts for a blow; Theyhav bm etfratd 5ee'how the'll win them; Show them lsure' a trigger, and eyes for a foe, They b0have 5d5 fgt roe Briton i in tbem. That WhiU prhe eGarey, and tbe Green, and the Bl*e; ...

... _tickUl front 4' l uncb, DARING FEATS OF EORBANSrHP. -The honourable member for Stroud has acquired considerable celebrity by putting his spoke in the wheel of the government. GivE IT 'EM.-Punch reads paragraphs stating that the savage Druses claim affinity with the Scetch. This is all bosh. But he is decidedly of opinion that the sooner the Druses are scotoh'd the better. A FAIR ATTEMPT. ...

... LiTrERARY EXTRACTS. l ?? FAnl;EaS .AND SPiRaRows- In St. Pierre's 'Studies of tt Nature,' we read of ann iucident that occurred in Prsia, or a s1 dir iSio:I f it. The farmers were much annoyed by sparrows, iV and sorght to eradicate them by a kind of poll-tax, the U authoritics allowiug part of the imposts to be paid in sparrows' neads. They succeeded; balt what was the consequence? In t twvo ...

... Gems of CDOIEPST)t. , I 0120~ ~charctes o a god u~hto dispense liherally. ad anoy atbsteaiously. the good lh ikllnouwt he miay lose, and T1hese six-the peavish, t ie gard, thoe dissatisfiod, the psntntlor thve srntpc'houand~ya' thosu who livo upon others' The ?? and most sats factory connections hi life are those formed between persons of co2'genial minds, equally linkei1 Together by the ...

... I MAGNESIUM WIRE.-The use of magnesium wire as a source of illumination for photographic purposes, &c., gives it a considerable degree of iraportance, and its rich and beautiful light during combustion contains actinic rays in abundance, and brings out every detail of the object to be photographed. Magnesium is, unfortunately, dear as yet ; but science will, no doubt, soon remove this ...

... MANaERs.-Tho first requisite to good mnanners, I am I convinced, is ease ; and that is never to be obtained by I dwelling upon self. Consideration of the feilings of others is true pohteness. To give a visitor a smiling welcome, a comfortable chair, seek for a footstool, drw down or raise a blind, so that there may be enough, or not too much light, undivided attention given to ?? they are ...

... TEN DAYS FROM HOME, WITH A PEEP AT THIE PARIS EXIIBITION. NoT --,t .NO. V11I. fl (Written fqr thse Chronicle.) ti a, Viilome Tussaud first operiod her exhibition in the a' P hio Royal, Paris, in the year 1772, and removed to Lon. g r,~182 onsequently it is now in the 95th year of its Mriee. For the sum of one shilling and sixpence each g sweeat liberty to examine the entire contents of the ~ ...

... 1?ottq. I SURNAMES. Men once were surnamed from their shape or estate, (You al may from history worm it,) There was Lewis the Bulky and Henry the Great, John Lackland and Peter the Hermit, And now, when the doorplates of misters and dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner's trade, figure aud calling, surnames Seem given by the rule of contraries. Mr. Box, though provoked, ...

... a- ietiro. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Life is half spent before we know what it is. He that would enjoy the fruit must gather the flower. WNe profit more by the faults than by the successes of other, Time is a travelliag thief, ever stealing, yet no man can catch it. Discreet wives have sometimes neither eyes nor ears. Be good-natured, if you can, for there is no attraction so great, no charm so ...

... GEMS OF IllOUGHT. Wiie mesrssorly urged aud lpressed I powr hic teythought they bud ntick lv0011 workfiltli to whom nIO material isworth- Nature Is telii,tinwlte luxboratorythere reno waste prodlrt~ ~ittd cose fertility Of invention is incea- ~o 'oAGAINST L's -Whbat inextricable conl- worldfor s-srhivebern in, but for the variety is-bt ,e- fu~ stod is te faicos, thle voices, and, the hand. ~~ ...

... ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? . GE MS OF THOUGHT. Innocence is lik~e polished armour: it adorns and it de. fends. He has a poor spirit who is not planted above petty wrongs. It is better to have nothing to do than to be doing neothing. Great works are performed not by strength, bat by per- severance. virtue consieteth of three parts-temperance, fortitude, and justice. The greatest part of mankind employ ...

... _. ._ . . . ?? ?? . _1 - _ __ A THE OLD HOMF. flY WlILL WALLACE IIAR-NiEY. An outdoor quiet held the earth Beneitath thoe vinter moon, The cricket chirped iu Cozr mlirth. And the kettle crsoned ulpon the liceart, A sweet, old-blfsiolled tulne. The old clock ticked a drovwsy ?? with tbe clicking of tile cricket, And red coals in the ?? P'eeped out, vithi many at rosy face, Like berries in a ...