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... iortru. GOOD TEMPEr. S Y C It H A L ES S IW A I N . T'HEUE's not a cheaper thing on earth, Nor yet one half so dear; 'Tis worth more than distinguish'd birth, Or thousands gain'd a-year. It lends the day a new delight; 'Tis virtue's firmest shield; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield. It maketh poverty content; To sorrow whispers peace; It is a gift from Heaven sent ...

Public Amusements

... Ptblic AltUFMIMttI, MARYLEBONE. 'I'e enterprising un;lnager of this place of entertainment Prvided a rich treat onl Monday night. for tile lovers of novnlty, in the prioiuction of two new pieces. Tbe first is a i :iee-act driama, from the pen of Mr. II. Coleman, on- titied Lelia ; or, tho Betrothed. The scene is laid in It ,!y; and tile plot chiefly turns on two rival counts (Mr. Li ghain ...

ON HEARING THAT AN UNOFFENDING ANIMAL HAD BEEN STRUCK, FOR NO OTHER REASON BUT THAT IT WAS A CAT!

... ON HEARING THAT AN UNOFFENDING ANIMA HA BEEN STRUCK, FOR NO OTHER REASON B THAT I IT WAS A CAT! Is the merit thine that thou Art formed man, and not a cat? Nay, but think if God had pleased ?? might have made thee that. Where, then, was thy justice when Thou gav'st the cat a blow, Because thy God saw fit It should be fashioned so? 'Twas an insult to the King, Whose dwelling place is heaven; ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lesseoe end Mxanager, Mr. rarren. Greeti Success of the two new dramas The Advocate and his Daughter, and The Last of ?? the last nix nights of Mr. Edwin Edwards and his wonderful dogs. tO-MORBow, Tuesday, and Wednesday. the drama of THE T ADVOeATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. Louis Rambert, idr. Farren: Baron, Mr. Diddear; Herman, Mr. W. Farrar, j un.: Duvernay, Mr. MoEkins; ...

LITERATURE

... I Is Tua IIRISH QUARTERLY REVIEWV, No. 6.-Dublin, W. B. Kelly.-This new Quarterly, which has so rapidly I, drisen to a high place among the first-class periodicals of the I day, commences it' second year and second volume with a is number of unquestionable excellence. Its conductors seem I to have discovered the happy art of combining, in the papers which they present to their readers, ...

SOCIETY OF ARTS

... ,SOClET1' OF ARTS. A most interesting lecture was delivered at the Scieo rooms, last evening, by Captain Washington, R.h., oR boats and the means of escape from shipwreck. The Lecturer observed that the vast progress thet lb been made in the art of ship-building was well deiaoeg in the Great Exhibition, where the coracle of the andB Briton and a line-of-battle ship of the present day uere bc ...

THEALTRICALS, ETC

... SUtREY.j-Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick carry on their eamypaign with that energy and spirit which, in nine- teen cases out of twenty, are alone sufficient to command success. On MondaL evening, they produced two new dramnsa, both of which met with merited success The drst, which is by far the best, is entitled The Barrister; or, Moral Courage, and certainly, if a story of much in- terest, ...

Public Amusements

... publict alnussnento, AIARYLEBONE. The enterprising mnanagea of this place of entertainment provided a rich treat on Monday night for thle lovers of nov-ity, in the production of two new pieces. The first is a tiree-fact drama, from the pen of Mr. 11. Coleman, en- tit!el Lelia or, the Betrothed. The scene is laid in Italyv; and tiue plot chieftly turns on two rival counts ( M1r. Ljiuitiein ...

THE DRAMA, MUSIC, &c

... ' THE ')RA DI XUSIC, -&c. .. , .. : . - . . I DRUnY L 'I.~st night,: Mr Balfe' oermar of The SiiinBrId6` WAS produced;~ but theolatte hou-r 'atWhich the courtain fell upon Its perforninemd~hzpeltd s 7entering ulpon afull criticism-of ate merits. We':caunot he-' lid's -it deslined- to is tong iu, or acquaire thatpbpularity former -works by' the same -composer 'have' achieved:' The overture ...

LITERATURE

... LITZRATURR ?? -0 TAIe'S MAGAZIteN. No. 219. March. SirMpkis, Mar. shall, and Cc.-VarieLy is the order of Tait for the month of March. The first article, entitled On Pre- ventable Death, treats in a comprehensive, although cursory way, many subjects deserving a longer and more thoughtful handling; and it shows how bitter is the terrible sarcasm upon our existing social arrangements which ...

Poetry

... 9 ?? PROGRESS. n of reason-rouse thee up; This 11s ?? thgea .egid thy' loins, ubr hfeam Aind for the righ engage nehep Born duty's voice dem n hi e p, Arouse thee for the strife, 33e up and doingf rithe.wrl With mighty change is rife. Though knaves should scheme and rogues combine To thwart your honest aim, Maintain your ground-press on, press on- Add fuel to the flame More and more yet, keep ...

CHURCH MAGAZINES and PERIODICALS

... CHURCH MAGAZINES and PERIODI. CALS. 1he Theological Critic, edited by the Rev. T. K. Arnold. London: RivingtOns.-We always welcome with pleasure the periodical recurrence of this really valuable contribu- tion to oar theological literature, edited by one whose name is a sufficient guarantee for the ability and orthodoxy with which it is conducted. In establishing the Theoeogical Critic Mr. ...