... POE TRY. THE NIGHTINGALE. FRIOM A POEM 13Y C11ARLES DONER. Lilie the wooing dove, Breathing an air of tndoernoss around; Anon then changing suddenly, as though Some store of joy at length hod found a voice And fast and cager gave it utterance so, Ere the full heart had finished to rejoice- Thine scemeth not one voice, but manv, flowing Like welling streams escaping from their thrall, Stopped ...

... jf?lccfcd ?!Oftrll. THE TRUTH DOTH NEVER DIE. Taouoll kingdoms, states, and empires fall, And dynasties decay; Though cities crumble into dust, And nations die away; Though gorgeous towers and palaces In heaps of ruin lie, W hich once wvere proudest of the proud, Tb'e truth doth never die ! Wc'll mourn not o'ei' the silent past, Its glories are not fledl; Although it4 ilmen of hiigh renown lie ...

... LITERA T7RE. BnowNsoN'S QUAIRLraeY RiEveaw.-(London: C. Dot- ia -ao; Dublb: G. Bellew.)-The leading characteristics of b, Dr. Brownson's style-lhia good logic,-critical acumen, and .11 forcible writing-are eminently displayed in the current er number of his Revkstu. In the first article, however-the 5- i 1ission of America-we Bnd Dr. Brownsona views ron -i native Americanism' urged iu etrorg ...

... GREAT SALE OF'WORKS OF ART BY MESSRS. SOUTHGATE AZD BARRETT. The most extensive sale of lithographic drawings which has taken place since the sale of Roberts's Holy Land, is announced to take place at Messrs. Southgate and Bar. rett's, on the 15th of December and five following days. The sale includes the whole of the remaining copies of the mug-. nificent views published by Messrs. ...

... - - TESDRA, MUSIC, ETA. t'rrwy-f La.sxir-The last-w.ek~l'tttb Italian operatic ] pextrvmancss hasindeedbeena brilliant one. -On-Tuesday, -b Beethioven's magnificerit opera ?? FideIio -as played with T a cast of almost unprecedented, power.,, N eadame Ruder3-, e dorf', as the heroine, achieved in i.itnense triumph-ber A s9inging and acting both being admirable, We have seldom -r wit tewsed ...

... LIRERARY-VARIETIES. OusroiN or TiTuEs.-Tithe was first received by the Bishop, and distributed by him in three or in four portions, to him. self, to the clergy, for the fabric of the churches, for the poor. But all kinids of Irregularities crept into the ?? and stately unifomityof ths unversl taxend ts aministratioO. It was e retaied bythe Bshop;the ipovershedclergy murmured at le thei ...

... MUSIC AND THE DRAMA IN THEI United States. (FROM: A S1FECrAL CORREBPOEmT.) NEW YORK, MONDAY, NovTLnnat 17. Our anticipations are gladsomnely realized, and opera once more reigns triumphant in the balls of the Academy of Musics to the delight of all the influentials of our city. The doors of that well- known establishment were thrown open on Monday, and not a vacaut'seat could be perceived in ...

... LYCEUJ THEATRE. Since Mr. Charles Dillon's debut before a west-end au- dience his efforts have been confined to melo-drama, but the success which he obtained in that class of characters rendered hies appearance as Othello last night, for his be- nefit, a subject of interest with all who have seen in him the rise of an actor of considerable promise. Many who watched Mr. Dillon's occidental ...

... LITER>ARY GLEANINGS. A ROYA.L GLuroN.- It must have been no asy au unatter for the secretary to preserve his gravity in the o perusal of despatches in which pulitic and gastronomy - wore so strangely caixed together. Thid courier froul Valladolid to Lisbon was ordered to umake a dltour, so as 500 to take Jaraudilla in his route, and bring supplies for the the royal table. On Thsursdays he was ...

... LlU'ERA'T'UIRIE. ?? BooKs FOR Rcvirvre.-Brroks, Music, New Engraving &C., interaded for' review, left at the establishment of Mr.191 J. Mzee'TCULLI, Mvid Lio-oti. riit, F'leet-e-treet, London, ,addressed to thle Editor of the Del-y Mercury, will be forwvarded and receive attention. Orr's Circle of thle Jndtiafrial Arls. rarit 1. London : WN. S. COna and Co., Anmenl-c~i'ler. Messrs. OrF anti ...

... #rIC(ted '41?Ioctvll. GIVE BACK THY T1XREASURE, OCE.AN, (A GIVE hoack my treasure, occan! My playmate dear, oncoe more, Said a fair youth, wvho idle lay Stretched ou the slunlit shore; That sailor boy, belovedl by all, How could thy wrath destroy, And render lone all(n (dSolale 'the friendless, orpliall boy ?? Give back my treesuire, occan! A iveepin1 loalilen cried, As reclbsslv she ...

... BIRXINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIEBSa CATTLE AND POULTRY SHOW. BIRMINGHAM, TCuBnA1vwiN. f This show opened for the privatea view to-day. I The prizes fog csttle appeared in to-day's Daily News. The following are the awards for sheep: t SHERP. X ~~~CLAss XXIt.-L61C1TESP. Pen of three Fat Wet here, not exsoeding twenty-two, months old. Firat pzino, 101., eilver meal, as beat pen of Long-woelled ...