... Tar IlISTORY OF LEICESTER. Ily James Thompson, Member of tie liritisih Arclueological Association-Loudosn: W. Pickering, iacstcr: 7. S. Crosslcy, antd Thompj'son and Son. There is a famous Eastern store which tolls how the prophet Chidbar, who litl obtained the gift of eternal youth, arrived in tilc course of his wanderings at a certain town, surrounded with gardens and groves, in one of which ...

... I S ARDIS. BY JOHlN GREET. (For the Preston Chronicej.) Lo ' Sardis, by the foot of Imolus, Wnere old Pactolus laves his golden sands, Inurned in desolation, cowering, lies, The shame and glory of proud Lydia's strands. M here now her line of moiarclihs satraps hoar, And armaments the mighty Cyrus dared, That stretched from Xgeia to the Euxine shore? Gone, ever gone I her citron-groves are ...

... I HEBE.-MIRANDA. {Oripinal.) T'adition, the first Morning Chronicle of gods and goddesses' Intrigues and pausiorl8, of prodiaies the most incredible, olympian parliaments, levreso and fashions Siags tlat imperial Juno * danced right well_ of course the polka, firig deep sensationas. At Jhve's court banquet where purs nctaore ,fowed And goddesses in lace etherwan glowed. SIpernal Juno, to ...

... The first exhibition for the season of the Preston Floral and Horticultural Association took place on Thursday last, in the Exchange rooms. There was not so numerous and fashionable an attendance as usual, which was, no doubt, owing to the unfavourable weather of the morning, and the still gloomy atmosphere of the afternoon. There were, however, many of the leading families of the town and ...

... - LITERARY EXTRACTS. - l,1j' ?? a lecture in New York, on tole To f thO Far WVest, the lecturer said the Indian's Idea of a Ilares ata was this :-As soon as he threw off thlefleshhe would fltur ?? on the bank of a river, the current running flr'eat rapidity. Across this river was a slender pole, strippedt with 9rRand lying close down to the surface of thle water. The has lived a good life then ...

... I WHAT CAN HARM THE CHRISTIAN? LFt051 Z. M. Thornton's Poems for the Domestic Hlearth.) you take away his earthly store- His treasure is on high; You cast him from his native land- His home Iz in the sky. You haste to bind him fast in chains- His conscience still is free; Destroy his body, lol his soul Beyond your reach will be. Even his dust shall rise again, And soul and bodv share All ...

... TALLTS & CO.'S PUBLIATioNs.-Parts 23 and 24 of the History ,il4 Descriptioa of the Crystal Palacc have for their illustrations, ' The otpcning of the Great Exhibition, a splendid aud striking likeness of the Queen, and fac-simailes of a monumental cross, syandril from Hereford Cathedral, two magnificent pianos, the jcwel pases of Her Majesty and the Emperor of Russia, and two beautiful ...

... FRASE's MAGAZINE.-Politiclans will find In the opening article of this able periodical a first-rate exposition of the state of the French navy, showing its strength in saling and steam vessels of vcor, which, though small at present as compared with our own, is engaging the unbounded attention of the nation, and Is intended, .ays the writer, but as a means to another end; her army Is to ...

... W.qr tTT.EX IN THE ABBEY CHURCH, BATH, Li4E JULY ler, 1853. ,,poe'5, for the Doestic HcCarth, by L. l. Thornton.) lFrof, flgasten Thy second advent, Lord; Give to Thv saints their rich reward; Break up these tombs, and let us see The sleeping tenants rousd by Thee. Beneath these stones how many rest Whom Thou wilt number with the blest; Soon let the glorious gathering be, And its caught up to ...

... LILERARY EXTRAC'S. =, ?? _ _. ?? I ?? OF WALES AND THE KING'S BIRTHDAY BALL.-For Of scandal I promised, it is of marked importance as to Iterof those whose character must have leading conse- in this Country; and, in fact, It is no scandal, it Is a truth; otherwise tales of this sort are not such as I like lay paper with. In the first place, on the ball given by Club, at the Pantheon, the ...