... DR. C. MIACKAY'S POETRY. 1mi'fulS r -- t u -1 . n We promised our readers should renew their acquaint. anee with the poerms of Dr. Mackay. We redeem that ]promise now, by selecting from a volume of poems, ?? umsued from the press, entitled Egeria and other Poems, the following lines:- THE PROSPECTS OF THE FUTURE. 1. Friend of the People-if thy soul can see The (lawning splcndours of' ...

... (FROMI OtURt OWN CORRESPONDBN~b.j BFRWlCK-oN-TWE ED.-The wretched place here they bonour with tie name of a theatre closed its season on Wednesday eveling, April 24, after a fortnight's vain attempt sto dral alnything in the shape of an audience. BRISTOL.-On Monday evening tile house presented a most gratifying appearance, being very numerously and respectably attended. Thle performances were ...

... I th The eighty-second annual exhibition of pictures Ihunder the auspices of the Royal Academy I~ill open to the public oin Monday next. There was yester- day the usual private view. We think thle general verdict will he, that the present cxhibition is one of a more than ordinarily .ng satisfactory character; that the artists to vwhom we are accustomed to look with hope and con- fidence have ...

... COURT AND FASEION. BIRTH OF A PRINCE, On Wednesday morning, at seventeen minutes after eight o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Prince. Ingthe room witll Her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse ; and in the rooms adjoining were the other medical ?? James Clark and Dr. Ferguson-and the Ministers and Officers of State summoned on ...

... i 'EXHIBITION OF: THE WOREB OF- - i INDUSTRY AN 186.- ere Yelsterday a fall meeting of tbe General Commit- bi see of unerchante, bankersr and traders of the 8ofthe of ppblnteod to promote the proposal of his, o al hess tthe ['I.se Albert, took plasw at ?? onshuse 1Lor VE- the in the chair Of f Te Rev. Mr. CLr and Mr. D. W. Whioa, the ectrnoe rary ecretaries, read nte minutes of the ...

... ~eble~wo. THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS, I HISTORY, AND LITERATURE. Edited by G. JULIAN HARNEY. No. 12. May. London: J. Watson, 3, Queen's Head-passage, Paternoster-row. A mere enumeration of the articles contained I in this number of the Democratic Review will suffice to show the variety and interesting eha- 1 raster of its contents. The Editor's Letter to the Working ...

... UrViewo. THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLITICS, E HISTORY, AND LITERATURE. Edited by G. JULIAN HARNEY. NO. 12. May. London: J. Watson, 3, Queen's Head-passage, Paternoster-row. A mere enumeration of the articles contained in this number of the Democratic Review will suffice to show the variety and interesting eba- t racter of its contents. The Editor's Letter to t the Working ...

... [YE AR iT-A uNIloN OF LONDON. The fourteenth annual general mieeting, of the subscribers to the A, ?? was held YeSterday at thre Theatre Royal, Drury-lanec, for the purpose of receiving the report of the council, and of distributing the money subscribed for the purchase of %works of art. The attetidaneo, principally of ladies, wvas large, the boxes and pit being well filled, aud thle stage com ...

... THIE DRAAiA, 'AUSIC, ETC. DRURY LANE. '.fits eventful theattrical season at this theatre Is fast drawing to a closei. 'ft ahesticlipatiotis andl expectations w vhich wore formned ?? to its comnaitlenenient, leatve not seen realized. -Mrr. -Asidoreon has nut. satisfied iity party, eind lies conse- quently no'eylmpaolsisers with biemisfortmics ;, oeal canl only look back On what has passed with ...

... 01. . Riterari lac-bido. ? ?? ?? -- 1? suet Mfethodist eformt and its Originator; or a T28ue at, a 'offer .Estimate: of the Rev. AleXailder 'Kitlhamz and.his 'cift . rilciples. By William Cooke, author of4 Chris-. toe) B - + --:tian Theology, ?? Therotes,,&co; 18$0. London: orw Albany.. Creseceit, Albany Road'' and Partridge SEide - and Oakey. , . . t This is a temperate and able book, ...

... 'We have very favourable accounts of the dramia in America. In New York it is said theatrical mualnagers rire rapidly making their fortunes. This looks well, ilcasiuch as we ale led to hifer, that oar brethren of the sock and bIskie ave gaining golilen opinions froili all sorts of people, not only that they are represented as handling a migtlty wveight of the products of tha ' Californian ...

... FINR _AB TS. 3,1 TusaimtY-Th'a ,seCatuo~ of' lrenoe'' sof, 7t' tilt., sawysthat otto of lthe blaost ktiarent g6ms of itallasitf ait, apicture representing: St. Prsnotsal,15111he principal miracles 135 f his life, painted ort a gU4aiL groundacodn oheu. ftamor in tht early tine Pt the~lrss, havlsug underfb,fie ure of' The the sailat written 1Bonavreitura Be uitghiri 'do, Lucca, coal plnxit, ...