... SEIJECTED POETRY. THE OLD FLAG. ONCI, more the (id Flag braves The battle and the breeze; Careering oer the wild red waves Of wilrfare's wreck-strewn seas, Whlere birds of terror shriek ALaove the fearful blast, And poisedi aloft, with bloody bcak, Mlark out the red repast, Wbere gallant hearts go down To death, for liberty, Or live to take the gloriours crown Of victory. Once morI the Old ...

... FAlShION ANI) VARIIFIES, ?? ?? ,na',E COURT.- Ii Wi~i~sa, fu~so r. 'fiediniier pa tv yesterdjay in- t cludled thle DI)(.Ies% Of' Ken1t, the Dk~iik U f C2IIIlJ rlidge Ig Lady Fanny Ifo wartd, Baroness de SpocthI, Lieu t. Co.I. l lion. J. M5l lIOl11lld, 'i Aut. Coloenl Ti'vrwhuitt, and I)1 Milotor Clifton. Tho Duke of Cambridigo took leave oft the Quceen T this morning, and left the Castle for ...

... THE COURT. LoSDoNq, TUESDAY.-The 4ueen had a dinner party on INonday evening. The company included his Se- rene Highness Prince Nicholas of N£sSaU, the Portu- guese Minister (Count De Lavradio), Earl Grey, Lady Caroline Barrington, Viscount and Viscountess Can- ning, Lord and Lady WVodehouse, Lord Seaton, and Lord G eorge Lennox. The band of the Coelditream Giuards was in attendance in tle ...

... ;F AlG-A-B ALL A G H. Tir doors were all bolted, the shutters were fast, For the factions had mastered in battle array, And through the streets swept, like a hurricane blast, That fearful, intolerant cry, Clear the way !| Then closed thO wild cohorts; their cudlgel strokes crash'd; Long, doubtful, the end Of that horrible fray; At last, like an avalanche, the colnqueriors dashed On the ...

... LONDON AND PAfIIS F.ASHIONS. Dnatss of lilac place with tlosweris of glace and white ]ace disposed allernatelv. The corsage is made light to the fiiire, andl is poliit ed in front of the waist berhie oa the siileimateri'l as tie dreiss, timined wvitil twil rows of lIceP. 'he hair is disposed in smail bands at each side of the face, anil in pl;its at the back ot the head; on oneosid',- just ...

... SEI1I~lTEJ'l POETRY. VOMAN'S LOVE. BEIc LD that trce-its (5V leaves gone- Its brauches fallen, o ne by one- Its crown ail bare- And yet 'tis circled rouintd with green, ?? base to ?? its boughs have been With erilure rare, Beiold that ?? a part of sortie vain troplhy, reared by art, To hulitau pridle 'Tjs ruined now-by time lefaced; And yet, 'with what rich drapery graced, Its scars to hide. ...

... FASHION AND) VARIJM'TIES. THiE COURT. Loittros, TrUiRSDA -Tire Queen and Prince Albert Icift Whird~.er Castl yi.esterdary iroirninrg irid ar'r'iveil tt Iici ri iePuiLOic. 'ihe 'arlai of Derbcy find arr audienice of'the Queen. The Du ke of ?? visited her Marjestyv. Hbr' Majesty and Prince Alberit r'erm-er'r to Windsor' iith tilly ari'rejor. A Coirerrittve ntf tire Lordrs of her Ilaiersty's ...

... SELECTED POETRY, LOVE. Ir Loye be our pilot, And Friendsihip our guide, The sky will grow brigliter 1lThe storilm will subside; And smooth o'er the current Of life we will dlide, And love, nid be friendly, for ever! Though Fortuna deny us Her subtle caress; Still our p)leasiures may not, Though her treasures be less; For joyv still are left ur Each true heart to bless.. Then love, and be ...

... B AL A L A VA. Vi VAT master banela sbal 5st Olt the right patl These, our blind glUitdes9 that vander to anld fro ? What pell slill writc the nation'6 helpless ,wrath ? What cry shall speak Its wee ? That noble arIny, that so stirred olir prideo. So stolat, so well equipped, so trimn arrived- lilelts like a snofw-1r5atli from a warrin hill-sidao And we can give n'o aid! That starving aresy ...

... it ill, V I E IV S. No. 20. POirTICM, WVoRMs Os JAsIrS TIIlOMSON. Edited by RIobert Bell. Vul. 1. London: Johot W. Parker & Co. TIaI value of this volume, which is one of the series of Belt's Annotated Edlitiori of thle ].nglish Poets, resides Chielly in tilh tnemoir prefixed to tbe test, which pre- ?? all interesting narratiye of ttie fortunies and( fte(l- ings of one of' the most elegant, ...

... SELECTED POETRY, oi011 WOULD TIHE WAR WERE O ol I would the war wero oer and pat As if it ne'er bad been, And peace long promis'd come at last, To cheer cach lovely scene, That all the ertth in brotherhood would join both heart and hand, And seek no fame but doing good, In every happy land. Full maniy a hearth is desolate, And child and mother mourn For one, wehose smile, whose kiss they wait, ...

... THE DEATHI OF KEATS. BY r. it. M. SCOTT. [KEATS W:is of poor parentrge. His Poems, which display sonme ?? flights of fancY, wvere assailed, on their ap- peairance. with tile most ill-iiitueid criticisms. Sotie of the critic9 even descedledd to personal abnse Th'se ma- lignant. ai1il no d ilt envious, remarks pryoed onR a too sensitive 1ittid, and it rapid consumnption setthig il nt thle sanle ...