... zie e*lile -arto. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS. [Conlinuedfroe our last,]I No. 21, from thle colleclloos of,1r. W. ilortimer, of Clifton, is A FrUit Piece, painted with great beauty and truth by 3Spaeckaert. Nothing oan'be more lite-Ike tban the grapes 2ned peaches they bloom in all the freChness U nitoreure ad seofi ' is it but ant jour plucked froin thcir parent trees. Some ...

... STAN ZAS, ADDRESSED TO A LADY DURING A PROTRACTED ILLNES5. 'T is SWEEr-'t is sweet, when sorrows come, To batten on the cheeks' soft bloom, To quench the smile in rapture's eye That swells the breast and prompts the sigh- 'T is sweet to know, mid grief and That hearts which love us still re-,min. IT is 8,6et-lt is sweet Ufknel sufferings shed Their influence P' iI'nl When dro' r t Isl weary ...

... P OETRY. I A GOD SPEED TO THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS. BY MyARTIN S. TUPPER, ESQ. Queea of the South I which the mighty Pacific Claims for its Britain in ages to be, Bright with fair visions and hopes beatific, Glorious and happy thy future I see I Thither the children of England are thronging, There for true riches securely to search Not for thy gold. California, longing, But for sweet home, ...

... *ttawtttre. An Faster Oferinrg. By ,ed,'ika Briemer. Tninslated froes tho Unpetlisehed Suedish Manuscript. by Miary Hou'itt.-lenry .Colburn, Great Marlborough street, London. This work is not, as a composition. of seoh.artistie pretension as some of the other productions which have Inade the Swedish novelist a favourite in this country. Its contents are of a very light character, written ...

... PERSECUTIONS Or THE PaEss.-When Anne had been ten years on the throne she sent a message to the parliament, which, amongst other things, stated that great license was taken 'Il publishing false and scandalous libels, such as are a reproach to any government;' and recommending the parliament ' to find a remedy equal to the mischief.' In their rdply the commons pro- mised to do their utmost to ...