... LADIES FA~SION6 FOR APRIL. The designs of the newest eillbroilered silks are not so heavy as thitse heretofore worn. They are embroidered with small filowers, either inl dt taiched sprigs, or in very light running patterns. Dresses of plainalidglacesilk will befashiurrableiiisprirng-walk- ing costume. Manyyof thuese dresses tire made with a inog or tronces of piliked silt. fhe sleeves of ...

... GREAT EXEIIBILLON OF \VORKS OF ART I OR 18 ?? Jolmg Baslz. The following well-known gentlemen have already sent in articles for next year's show:- Mr. R. (obden-A Tiale of Fiction-very un- adorned.' Mr. B. Havees-A packet of soft soap-not fit for colonies. MAr. F. O'Conuor- A monstrous cabbage from Snig's-end-sule product ol the estate. Lord J. Russell-A curious Mosaic cabinet, full of secret ...

... :STONY EXTRACTS1 A 1?AUGI5TER'5 Loovis.lThere is no oneso sl w to tnote the follies, or sills of n father as a dntfhter. The. iife of hikbnspmn may fly in 1o0;ror from his embriae, but hlisfair-haired child cleaves to ham in ,1 boundless charily. . Qtuiek.ened ibythe visitalton of I' pain' td the paternal dwellirg, her .prtymrs are more E brief, bhut smo. earnest-her efforts doubled and t ...

... LITrBRAIY EXTRACTS. Tar WnAsar---This animal has courage to attack, nnd'strongth to master, a' much'larger animal than a kmouse. Wlile seated with a friend on a stile at North- s broolc, a'largc ittt came bustling downii the hedge before us, 1lpinging withl him a lot of, loose: earth; my friend ts j'as iust on the point of jumping doiva' for a stone to at whirl at himt, when a little weasel ...

... POETRY-ORIGINAL AND SELECT. THE CHAPEL BY THE SIHORE. (From the Dublin Uliversily Magazine for April.) ?? the shore, a plot of ground Clips a ruined chapel round, 13 cttressod Withi a grassy mound: Where Day, and Night, and Day go by, And brizig no touch of human saoil;(n Washing of the lonely scas- Shaking of the guardian trees- Pipuig of the salted breeze- Day, and Night, and Day go by, To ...

... I PFOMt SPtING TIDE; oIL, THE ANGEL AND I1J1 Fnu1Ers OwId Grumbleton was a terrible Turk, As I've yeardpcople zay, And 'a swore in an hour a'd do mworo wvork Than his wife wou'd do in a day: I Wi' ael my heart,' zays the good owld dame, . I'm agreeable, any low; f o thee sha't bide atwhoan e to-day, o And I'll gwo driv' the plough, 3 dI But thee must veed the brindled zow, And the leetle pigs ...

... TESTIIQON[FAL OF RESPECT TO, MR. JOHN CONNOR, LATE OF THE LIVIERPOW, MAIL. l' On Tuesday evening an entertainment was givei;, p. at the Brunswick Hotel, flanover.street, to Mr. (onnor, who has for many years been connected, es 9_ ainger, wvith the typographical department of the N ail office. Mr. Connor being about to transfer his, labours to the metropolis, i party of:f4ienda, ipclud-, . in~g ...

... ne ENoLIsIr COACumCtE O0 TIM LAST CEN'ruay.- .he Some years since the writer was travelling through ain Dorsetshire ol the Exeter mail, and on stopping at a le town to change horses, a very old man was pointed I :he oat to him by the coachman as being an ancient ICe whip nod a rather singular character, and having en some peculiar notions with regard to driving. 'Ihe ay ancient Jehu was ...