... PsoGnESS OF TMlE ARPLANG;EEYTS.-The hoardings and plain fittings on the eastern side of the building are norr nearly complete, anti an opportunity is affarded of forming an apptoti- mate ?? ate of the amonnt of the contributions received from foreign countries. Many of the compartments are, as Yet, quite empty. No arrivals from the United States have taken place up to the present time; and ...

... Tihe Quecn went in state on Saturday night to her MlIa- ir- jesty's theatre, and the event, a rare one unfortunately kt- for managers, and to the regret of the public, appeared to iL as excite unusual interest. The whole of the route taken by a the royal procession was lined by spectators, a large nuni- es ber of whom were ladies, and it required the exertions of ii n a numerous body of police ...

... SAILORS' HIOME. The Sallors' HoIo ! The 8ailor.' Home I a What heart would not respond, b To aid the calne of thoso who roam - Uniting in the bond Of Christian fellowship and love, U Our zeal in their behalf to prove? t A rofuge for the destitute, C A shelter for the brave; The Sailors' Homo and Institute From sin and want to save; Who could, with generous mind, deny To send for thib a ...

... TA . LAPSE -- TIME. THE L.APSE OF TIME. ti-sr. a. 5'' flY TIIE AMERICAN POET, BRYANT. th (Fromt Blackwtood's Magazine.) ta Lament wo0 will, in fruitless tears, Vf The spl311 with Which our moments fly ti I sigh isot ovcr vanisleod years, tt Dlit watch the sears that hasten by. ti Look howe theiy come-a mingled crowd tc Of bright and dark, but rapid days at Boneath them, like a summler cloud, ...

... FAHiiU2sb 'r un riMlIuavII. S1 (rFeorn Lt F6lcI.) Y. Aniong the mnany pretty toilettes that have appcalred i Iy*(Ilirin-i this weck at the fashionable sobraecs, our attention p1 h as been particularly attracted by a coiffiue equally novel tc IS and dtiojnqee. It was composed of three brow - velvet ai of bands crossing over the head. These were sprinkled with Iv T- small diamond stars, and ...

... THE GIEAV EXHIBITION. we hear that on Tuesday a meeting o f the Royal Commissiwj, will be held to settle finally certain matters onl which it is ne- cessary to coins to a decision before the Queen end the Prince leave for Bialmoral. As the public wvill readily' conjecture, thle1 principal questions thus about to be discussed. are, no doubt, the I exact date onl which the building should close, ...

... LITER AT U RE. Bibliothleca Sacra, and Biblical Repository. No. I. Edinburgh, 1851. Aberdeen: G. & R. King. Tiles is the first number of a Quarterly, published in America, and reprinted in this country. Time was when the Americans were content to be our courteous readers; but scow from reading thexy have got into writing, and are beoinning to set up a litera- ture of their own. This literature ...

... LITER AT U RE.I The Lily and the Sc-ani Alpologne of the Crystal Palace. By En, SAM;%UEL WARRLEN, F.B.S. Edinburghi William Blasckwood or & Sons. ele M1R. WARREN'S writings aIrc of a very mixed character. His bill Dayof at late Physleian is a work. of remarkable isower-bis Sp,' Now anti Then fall of practical religion -his 1Ten Thoulsanld full a, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~roe a -year1 more issrked ...

... I I fOn Mod1ay the numlbero visitors to the Crystal Palace was Csmaller, by several thouansthanl on tie two previous Mon- days. At eleven o'clock iillstlhe hrmnometer stood ait 78 dsgrses, 1,and at twelva SO degrees, at which it stood until five O'clock., To learn the immense activity which the Great Exhibition is now setting in motion, was apparent at the termini of the great railway lines. ...

... I THE GENTLENESS OF DEATH. Who that can foel the gentleness of Death, Sees not the loveliness of Life? and who, Breathing content his natural joyous breath, Could ftil to feel that Death is Nature, too? Anu, not the alien foe bis fears dictated, A viewless terror, heard but to he hatecl. One died that was beloved of all around And, dyin g, grasped a flower of early spring, To hold beside her ...

... History of Enoglandfor Junioair Classes: toith Questionsfor E'xa- mTIinatioss at the end of eaCh Chapter. Edited by HENRY - WHITE, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Author of History Af Great Britain and Ireland, &c., Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. THis ian attractively written and admirablygot up Sehool-book, on a subject of deep interest and great importance, with which it is most desirable ...

... rittratuxt. The Poetklo o W-ks ef sirWdareC S-t4. Bart., Autdor's Editiou. O witA Life, and nurnerous Illustrations. i The Histfry of Palestine, fromn the Patriarchal Age. to the Present Time. By John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. i We class these books together, because they emanate from the same publishers, are printed in the same form, and distin- 0 guished by a ...