... Speak soothing words and kind, Breathe tender tones and dear To the afflicted mind, In Sorrow's languid ear: Help sufferhig man across Life's tott'ring bridge of sighs Count all things else mere dross, But gain the heavenly prize. Speak soothing words and kind. Wear honour's spotless garb All through the march of life; Strike off the poison'd barb Of envy and of strife. The true reformer's ...

... SSELE CTEID1) POE'fTRY. TI 1' IIIiDEI WH1LA'T art thou buildill., buililig, So lofty to beoldll j'thl the silver luod the gildillt, The iv'b oy alnld the gold. And porpltvry colmiltis risttg ljike trees it, the forest old ? Wh1'I1y plice thy utinrble basements S eep lit the cold earth's veins And th! towcrs and windowl casements So higth o'er thte steeple fiaies; And why those ponderous ...

... L I T E R A T U R E. B1AZIL VIEWED THROUGH A NLA; GLAiL5* wit con- otes on Slavery and the Slave Trae ?? ition Wi~bert'orce, late of H.HI* Navy. Lond,'1: Lesglinan1 a~ I the and Co, w ure, caed iardly knsow !low to deal with a work wlihid bd~i- aI te ae to a young lady, at ho'i own request, and which may ood, have had the same effect upon her as the stories of othehs'O iu pil- produced upon ...

... COLOSSAL BRONZE EQUESTRTAN STATUE OF LORD HARDlNGE. . We shall not readily lorget a saying of Mr. Gibson's, the sculpwor. tothe effect that be was t.e roere ph s ed with St- , George's Hsll, Liverpool, fr nm the fact of the design having It been chosen lby a committee. Too well do the public, or f rather that very small section of the pubiic which takes an f | interest in such matters, know ...

... UJIJLL LITERARY AND PHILOSO- I PHICAL SOCIETY. I The lecture on Tuesday evening at the Royal Institution was by Mr. SOLLITT; subject, The Cor- rieation of Physical Forces, or the relations which Light, Heat, Electricity, and Gravitation bear to each other. The three first1, viz., light, heat, and electricity are called the im ponderable bodies; gravitation may be aescribed as that principle ...

... T'TEf LADY OF FASHION.1 ady of Fashion. By the Author of The' ;story of a Flirt, &oe. London: Hurst and 9 Cove), ?? by the authoress of The hich exhibits in a still more eminent bese taleut whicht marked the earlier greet uof the writer. It is characterized by ?? of tone, the same delicate 1sme6 ~ r the same nice discrimination of f~ooerp na Sae Inme skilfulness in the treat- Cbao ote ...

... OF JEANNE D'ALBRET, QUEEN OF o ilWF NAVARRE. E if Jea011e D'Albree, Queen of Navarre. By v Bfl1A WALKEft FRtEER. In two vqlumes. a London: Hurst and Blackett. c Oe admirable Life of Marguerite d'Augou- e ,hich a short time since was given to the ii ° Miss Freer, induced a very large circle of I worl to hope that at no distant period the se ldcr uthoress would devote her pen to the ss:tiof of ...

... On Friday evening, the 18th instant, the concluding Theatrical performance by the Officers of the Oxfordshire Militia took place in the Town Hall. There was again a large company of fiwlrienables, including a number of elegantly'dressed ladies and gentlemen resident in the County a!d City, as well as a goodly sprinkling of members of the University, who had that evening arrived, Seldom, indeed ...

... A. LAY OF ANCIENT nO.ME, FOR THE CONS1DERATION OF SIODERR F RUSSIA. (Freon Punch.) g Count Valentine Estorhazy, From his audienco out biath bow'd, Anid tie CMzr of all tile ?? llath left the courtier crowd. s Tight uniform for dressing-gown t liath changed, with thankful air, t Jack-boots for roomy slippers, t And throne Ibr easy chair. 8 ls't o'er the Austrian offer That be is brooding now, ...

... FA&SROIABLE INZELLIGENCE. l WiuDSOR, JAN. 24.-The following visitors ar- rived In the after n :-The Princess Victoria Gauromma of coorg and Mrs. Drummond, General Count Aiphonso Del la Mar- mora, commnanding Sardinian Contingent in the Crimea, attended by his Aid,.de.Carnp Count Avet; the Earl atid Countess of nhaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, Viscount Torrington, Lord Churchill, and ...

... mUSiC, &c. R0TUNDO.-MONS. J&LLIEtSg CoEtoaaus.--Tlle fifth and last of the Eeries of concerts announced by Mons. Jallien was given on Saturday evening. Accustomed as we are, and long have been, to witness crowded assemblages on occasions of great public attraction, we mnust say we have rarely seen col- leoted together an audience so densely thronged or comprising so large and brilliant an ...

... THlE FIRST STEP IN CHIEMISTRY. I A S iral Step in& Chemistry. A Neso Method fo 2eaching the Eletne,,ts of the Science. By RoBEat GALoWAY, F.C.S. London: John Churchill. The plan of teaching adopted by Mr. Galloway differs very considerably from the plans hitherto laid down, and the fact of a second edition of the work having been called for is a proof that Mr. Galloway's system is highly ...