... 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 : ? ;; ? afterarp Extracto. , p ?? . . . ?? ?? --.1 ?? -- TEMPLIRAXnC orl THR CZAIR-The Emperor Nicholas lhe breakfasts on a cup of tea and a, rusk; dines on a little fish, i Ve .a cutlet, or a chop, with a biscuit aud a glass of sherry al ad and water. In the evening he takes a cup of tea. lie fc ofsuffers from an internal disease, aud is obliged to be ab- stemijous. Then what is the, ...

... MR. JULIUS JEFFREYS' LECTURE S armI ON INDIA. The third lecture of Mr. Julius Jeffreys, on 1The wants and resources of India, wbs delivered'at the Town Hall, on ,Friday evening. Its subjget was, the art of agriculture as practisedaby the natives ofrIndia. He said the successiof his own attempts to improve, by the application of chemical and mechanical science, the useful arts of India, had ...

... ? .? I ?? I : ? ?? titerarg ? Extracts. - i I z ? a SAXONi Coccws.-There are a great number of coins extaut ~iI ,I with Alfred's stamp on them, but, in their execution, they II B aire far inferior to the coiniage of other Anglo-Saxon princes. 01 9 The image of the king is, in general, so rudely engraved, that at a every attempt to trace any resemblance in even a Single II feature must be ...

... IMl UUMULwU, flu U ?? -U-t. -. . .. . . X-l I . to (From Le Follet.) age i The adaptation of the fashion of past times to the coa- me 11 tume of the present day contributes to produ ...

... - S S rnr; TJ;, Pi'11pf \ : i. ?? virng I. :~ . - - *, - - w- . % I v;:neg- . Th * d ; S (From Le Follet.) o ?? adaptation of the fashion 6f'pas't times to the costumne rice. of the present day contributes to produoe -mot charming not models. Thus, the dress worn in the ?? century by t of Marguerite of Pikovenoe-the flat body encircling the hips-E to which is'addeil the, sleeves 'of the time ...

... e FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION h I ;BOTANICAL GARDENS. - a . AMeA+ LR I A Ahl x f -f t, _ -l C - - . 11 . . The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society held Aits second ordinary exhibition for the present season, on it Wednesday last, in the society's gardens at Old Trafford. The exhibition was on the same enlarged scale as the extra- yordinary one held a few weeks ego, and to this (as to ...

... 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 ...

... If yon bright stars which gem the sight Be each a blissful dwelling sphere, Where kindred spirits re-unite Whom death has torn asunder here- How sweet it were at once to die ...

... Harry N3r f ?? f SotihLf.By the fur~ Author of ~passages in the Life of Mrs. wa Margaret Maitland, lMerklandl Adam Th. Graeme, &c. London: ~~Hurst and Blackett, Ivit publishers, success ...

... LAYS OF THE TIMES.-No. IL - PROGUBS8S. When tbroujh the land ?? sped, ?? hlgfly from its vifid t.hink you then the evl Rod X To Liverpool. protected by dark Ignorance, B3ut trembling lest the bright ...