... 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 ?? tban the grapes 2ned peaches they bloom in all the ?? U nitoreure ad seofi ' is it but ant jour plucked froin thcir parent trees. Some drols of' dcw ...

... pillourp. THE CHILD IN THE WILDERNESS.-By S.T.CoLERODGE. ENcINomTnan in a twine of leaves, That leafy twine his only dress, A lovely boy was plucking fruits, In a moonlight wilderness. The moon was bright-the air was free, And fruits and flowers together grew, And many a shrub, and many a tree; And all put on a gentle hue, Hanging in the shadowy air, Like a picture rich and rare. It was a ...

... : @oPtrMP NXELROSE ABBEY.-BY THE LATE REV. JOHN MARRIOT. THE Moon, o'er Eildon's eastern height, Serene in cloudless azure rollid; Nlot pale and silvery was her light, But glowing rich like burnish'd geld. With pausing step the hallow'd ground Of fair He rose I wanderld o'er; Stirr'd not the slightest breeze, nor sound Was heard, save Tweed's incessant roar. Through shatter'd arch and creviced ...

... 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' ?? When dro' r t Isl weary bed; ...

... *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 ...

... HINT TO PEDESttRANs.-In marching in hot weather the soldiers swallow a great deal of dust, and stop at every well and streana to drink. What is the coutequence? The more they drink, the more thirsty they are * the water, which they swallow in excessive quantity, frequently gives the fever to many of them, and the hospitals are filled, to the detrimentof the army. This serious inconvenience may ...

... I TrE ARABIAwN loasE. -Elsewhere, individuals of this species may be more showy, and even more powerful, but it is only in Arabia that the horse is found in a state borderingon perfection. HIere he is remarkable for a small head with pointed cars, pecu- liarly clean muscular limbs, a corresponding delicate slender shape, rather small size, and large animated eyes; expressin that intelligence ...

... I.-TERARY .V-ARIETIES. - UvniN ttSTY M~t XrW SOUTH WALEs-The creation of a I university to- New South Wales is a striking expression of the 'rapid development of the history of a colony founded in times l , coiarativelY recent, vith the Worst materials of civilization gre new institutionwetforms of barbarism existing on the earth, Ille new institution is to be at Sydney, and a sum of £30,000 ...

... : Ei)' Bfte R at. EXHIBITION OF FAINTINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS. [6Ceududecdfni our lait.] The previous notiees have had reference to such of the pictures as are hung in the body of the exhibition-room: those alluded to in the following remarks will be ibund in the gallery.' Generally speaking, they are small in size, but they are replete with interest. N os. 36 and 40, from the collection of Mr. ...

... AtntratUrve .Tile Beok of Nsrt/e lSte~s, Scescry, Antiquitiee,, Hlighways and B21eivaps, Lakes, Streamis sard lRaitivals. .Bjy Chaurley Frederickc Cliffe.-Loeegman & Co., London. Mre. Cliffe's '1 Book of South WVales. published some three or four years ago, is known to all excu rsioniels who plan their rambles with the least intention of becoming acquainted, in any systematic mannier, with ...

... The two grand festival ormolstre concerts announced by Mr- H. Smith, the coming il of whihellih sme incredulous persona ventured to doubt, took place on Wednesday last, morning and evening, at the Victoria-Roomse t as was the un taking, we must do the ?? thejustice to say that hS kent perfect f nith ovith the public, and brought iortad oil the singrsannounced by him, viz., Miss Dolby, Miss ...