... LECTURE BY LOLA MONTES, The celebrated Lola Montes has been lecturing in Canada on Female Beauty. According to the Canadian papers the lady proceeded to ask where beauty lay? Where, she said, ' shall we look for this source of power? Often, perhaps, in a mare dimple, sometimes in the soft shadow of a drooping eyelid, or again, beneath the tresses of a little fantastic curl. Alas?' and she ...

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... THE ROMANCE OF THE WREATH. BY JONtATHAN FREXE SLINGSBY. The Roses! the roses ! how bright ts their bloom, With their Ply-painted leaves and their breath all perfume, In the pride of its beauty howv richly it grows, like the fair maids of Albion-the beautiful Rose. ?? the rose hath a thorn; he who grasps it will smart, And the rose bath n canrker that oats to its heart, And the rose leaves will ...

... Mr. Bnclistone has issued an address--at six- pence a line-to intending dramatic authors. ?? has recently been aggieved at a legal deci- cion which recognises t e liability of theatrical managers in respect to pieces sent to them by strangers for performance. The verdict in court of law was nominal, but sufficient to carry a precedent. Portion and parcel of the dread- ful past was ...

... LITS BRATU BE., WAY-SIDF FANCIES. A hearty welcome to the daughter of Thomas Hoed; especially whexn she approsohes bearing to ns a volien of graceful conoeits; ligtt, rapid, n sp artling sketches, with here and there touches of pathos that remind us of the author of The Song of the Shirt. And the filial reverence expressed in the opening page of the volume that is now in our hands, is not ...

... I A MISTARF ABOUT A PASSPORT. - I spread the document before him on the table; he bent down and examined it curiously, as an antiquary ever a worm- eaten manuscript, but with a look of utter bewilder- ment, for he had never before seen an English pass- port, He turned it upside down, sideways, aslant, back to front, every way, in short, in his endeavour to discover a meaning in it; but in ...

... LITERATU RE. JOHN BAJIIM, THE IRISH NOVELIST.* ISECOND NOTICE.] Banim-Os we have already written-vanquished his grief for his early love, and turned manfully about to face the world. He abandoned art, and devoted himself to letters. He left his father's house, and miade his way to Dublin, where he became a contri- butor to some newspapers. He managed to form ,ome useful acquaiintaflces; still ...

... dNEVER FEAR! Never tremble-never fear ! Though dark clouds are hov'ring near, Antd above is spread a shroud, Dark and drear; There's a star behind the cloud, Never fear! When the bosom heaves a sigh, Or a teardrop dims the eye, For a Lover insincere ; Fear ye not-oh! never fear! When grim sorrows overtake thee, Or misfortunes poorer make thee, God above will uo'er forsake thee, Never fear! ...

... NOVE.MBER. Oh !dreary dark November ! When hollow wvest-winds moan, The herald of December And wintry days so lone Is The flowers are dead, or dying, That cheer'd us in their prime, Anda summer birds are flyingg To summer sky and clime, Oh ! murky, chill November Through thy inclement reign I vividly remember Mlaids sport not on the plain- In quest of' hare or pheasant The muffed sportsman ...

... THE EXILE'S DAUGHTER. Lustrous stars glow dim, And fado from the brow of night, While the last note of tho vesper hymn Wiuigth its mournful flight; Wafted from far, as if augels uoro Somr sister soul to a Lethean shore, Bless'd as tho starry dreams stgt, Like fairy visions, on joildraigh seepl for the dewy evoe Hath touehed the cords of aloving heart, As ench ?? hand shall leave hA balm that ...

... PABLO FANQUES CIRCUS. The Allied Circus has come in T0r a fall share of public I patronage this week, and the succeqs of Mons. Fanque. the tproprietor,, has been well earned by- the, excellenoe of hle arrangements, and the liberality with which he has catered. , His liew and'ample building presents a great Improvement on the old circus. Not only does It accommuodate vast numbers, but by its ...

... . ?? THE RETURN FROMI BATTLE- THE last solemn trumpet has sounded- The sword shall return to its sheath, And warriors cease to assemble Beneath the black banner of DeathI No more in the red light of battle, Shall standards of vie wry wave; 'No more shall the roar of the cannon Prolong the sad dirge of the brave I Hark, hark I-,t'5 the tramp of the soldier I Strange faces the colours surround ...