... 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 ...

... 1v atnJ. A SNOW SHOWER.-BY BRYANT. HERE delicate snow-stars, out of the oloud Come floating downward in airy play. like spangles dropped from the glistening crowd That whiten by night the milky way; There broader and burlier masses fall- The sullen water buries them all; Flake after flake, All drowned In the dark and silent lake. And some, as on tenderwinge they glide, From their chilly birth ...

... 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 ...

... ?? a1d ?? ri[E COUIRT. ?? ?? 26..-Lhe ' ditter P;:t 'tY yesterday i,lwhitlj hli- 11,yal 1liibiliitsl thel Prit.celss Royal, M jl Geot-ral the Ioo1. ?? t1 .1lcs. G(v3, Colonel tile I [lo. C. IB. an'i Mrs. Pllipt1,s, thie ?? of Winl(d- s ,ilul t. ilon. ?? NWlflelty, antod Mr. Glover. Tlit' followinig had tilm litootl, to reecivo ittvitalions in t c er(ejllt : -LadV E llizaietlt dio Ros. Colonel ...

... LI Y'ERA TUBE. Letters from ?? Quarlers; or the .Realtties of the War in Ile Cri'nea. By an OFFICEB on the STAFF. Muaray. The staff officer's letters and journals are valuable as a corroboration of the general accuracy of the reports from the seat of war furnished by the special correspondents ot the daily newspapers. It is true that the writer is very indignant at the audacity of civilians ...

... TO AN OLD PLAYAMATE. Ui u 1 U.i I Ij v A, BY BARillY CORNaWALL. (Froa 'lThe Kcepsaek, jest published by Bolegn, London.) Dost theou still reinellber me : 1 remember thee nnd thine, When the young and carcless bours All were thine and mnine When we hidl our eyes il flowers, Laughing at the ruling powers, Dreaming life divine. Dreams of bonks, or barren learning, Trotilled not our summer sleep ...

... 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 ...

... - CHRIST-MAS CATTLE SHOW. THE GREAT DAY. The show of fat cattle at marliet on AMonday was, %without fo exception, the finest that has yet been witnessed ; a striking m ?? was observable throughout. The quality tc displayed was of a very superior order. There was a general et absence of preposterously fat meat all on offer was fit for p: the table, and general excellence pervaded throughout. It ...

... I QUEEN ELIZAnETHSE CoiRTs ?? courtahip of this monarch wase like everything eae she did in I* life;-there'was in it an eye to business. The account of her tenrnets is, nevertheless, ourious. It is related by a FrenhO contemporary,-a sort of French Peepy. The Duke of Alenhon was the favoured per_ son on whom she bestowed her-broth! The duke crossed the sea, arrived in London, and lodged the ...

... 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 ...