... IPAM PM ON PUBLIC AprAs.-India Reform. INOs I. to VIIU (Saunders and Stanford London.)- This is a series f papers by Dr. Buist, of Bombay Mr Dickinson, and other writers, containing numerous facts and argu2nents, intended to prove the necessity of a change in the government of our vast East Indian poe- s~~ss~ions- ~Usque 4oeo, by an lonian. (Saunders and Stanford.)-Certain letters addressed ...

... I SiONDON ALLU~JMYEiRPOULTBYSROW- ' The private view of the first summer collection of poultry took place on, Tuesday at the Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square. The poaltry.show, which formed a revailing topic of canversatiornlast Chistmas, having caused a laudable emulation amongst the dealers in these firmnyard productions,inany specimens were exhibited on this occasion which must be ...

... REVIEWS OF BOOKS, THE HoRsa-BuYrI's GUIDe. By COLONEL BOUVErE. DickS, 7, ,W6elngton-Street North, Strand.-This little work shows, as the title-page expresses, the tricks of deailiers; the parts of the horse to be specially examined by the purchaser; the laws relative 'to purohases, War. ranty, 4.; . and the mode5 of formbing au estimate of the .capacitieS, qualities, and tempers 'of horses, ...

... 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 ...

... LTERATURE. i. ' ?? a- T,-, HE CASTLEREAIGHCORRESPONDIUNCE.0 The Marquis of Londonderry is, we have no doubt, a better band with theasword than with the steel-pen. His md is not of the most logical order; hence, the Cor- respondence' is given in a twist and tangle well cal. culated to exercise the patience and ingenuity of the reader. The work, however, will be of great service to ...

... INORTd'H LINCOLNSHIRE AGRI- CULZI2URAL bSOW AT GAIN SBOROUGH. The annual exhibition of the N ,rtb Lincolnhire Agrloul. n bural Society took place at Galnsbro', on Wednesday. The at. a tendance which greatly exceeded that of former years, proves n the increasing interest that is felt ia ageicultural Imeprovements. One gratifying feature was ths numnber of farm servants on the grounds. These ...

... The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso. Translated by Alex. Cunningham Robertson, Captain, Eighth (the King's) Regiment. With an Appendix. Black- wood and Sons. Captain Robertson's is the eighth translation into the English language of The Jerusalem Delivered. The seventh translation, that of Mr C. L. Smith, published in 1851 and noticed at the time of its publication in these columns, did ...

... THEATRICALS AND AXUSERENT8 M I Dublin. (nox OUR OWN CORxESPONDNnT.) TInEATRE RorAL.-(M1r. Jno. Harris, Lessee.)-Artaxesxe Acis and Galacea, and The Son and Stranger, have been the operatic portion of the entertainments during the week, with the tragedies of Isabella, Pauline, and Wallace, in addition to which The Corsican Broteers, and the farces of Fast TWaiter High Pressure-Fnpress, The ...

... THE GREAT EX-I-TION. The number of persons who visited the Exhibitirn yester- day amounted to 8,942. The receipts at the door were above the average; and the attendance was most fashionable. So pleased was her Excellency the Countess of St. Germans with her visit of the previous day, that sbe paid another visit yesterday, and remained for a considerable time. Amongst the other visitors we ...

... EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. The Sculptures. The close of a successful and extremely interesting sea- son reminds us that we have not yet paid the debt of criticism due from us to the sculptors. There has been so much to engage our attention in the world of flesh and blood that we have not been allowed to let our thoughts dwell quietly upon the world of marble. Nevertheless, we should omit ...

... jpoeltv. THE HONEST LABOTJRERWS RESOLVE. What! tho' the world may deem me poor And strive to keep me down, Mv heart's still happy at the core As alny man's in town. I envy not the rich man's lot, I'll walk while others ride: I'll pull the oar to reach the shore However strong the tide. Is honest poverty a crime ? Is lahour's lot a stain ? Has wvealth the right from time to time To treat it ...

... | ROYAL SOUTH LODNDON Floricultural Society. On Tuesday the third show for the season of this society Was held at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and was attended by a large con- course of visitors. The show, both of flowers and fruit, was remark- ably good both in quantity and quality, and reflected great credit on all the exhibitors. The chief out-door flowers were roses, prcotees, fuchsias, ...