... M AR Y. Thou art bright as May morning, Maary, Thou art rich as the western brecze, And lovely aud pure as the cowslips Dihat welcome the labouriig bees. Thy voice is sweet mclody, Mary, Thy smile is the play of the sun That brightens the flowers of the meadolws When birds have their wooing begun. Our land has been vcalthy in Marys, Who lighted oar poets to fame; But I am so blest in thy ...

... ?? sit tT at lfrt. on' GENlts. By ;. W. JACKSON. Edin- burgh: Maclachlan & Stewart., -mniearkable work professes to throw an entirely 1:liht upflu the biography of emineutmen The ,no of the disciples and professors of the meomerism andf phreology, about which lerned men, both in the departments of letters 3 of sIciece, have expressed themselves sceptical- O-ltnOurs to prove that the great ...

... a X t c r t t t t. TnE WIFE's TEMPTATIONS. A Tale of Belgravia. By the Authoress of The Sister of Charity, &c. Two vols. London: Chailes Westerton. WnETMER this novel will or will not sustain the re- putation of its fair author, we do not pretend to say, the simple fact being that, not having any special interest in purely imaginative light literature, we have not read more than one of the ...

... SUIMAI'ARY. In the House of Lords last night, the corres- I pondence between the Governments of this coun- try and the United States on the right of search 3 dispute was laid on the table. A code of in- i structions has been submitted to the United States Cabinet for their approval, which, if agreed I to, will, it is hoped, prevent all misunderstandings i in connection with this question for ...

... EXHIBlTION OF THE RSOYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY. SECOND NOTICE. A most gratifying feature in the present exhibi- tion, especially when its average excellence is taken into consideration, is the numerical preponderance of Scottish pictures. The productions from a distance, forin, in-point of number, a very insignificant section of the whole, and are fewer in proportion than we remember to ?? seen in ...

... Ob ! vac8's me the thistle springs, In domicile o' ancient kings, Without a patriot to regret 'Our palace and our ancient state.-PERGrsso. What visions upward start While musing through these hallow'd halls, The touldering hotue of Scotia's kings, Their slow-decaying grandeur brings, As thought the teeming past recalls A sadness o'er the heart. The sceptered sons of strife In grim array thy ...

... 7 A - W ?? ARRAN FLAMES' SOOETY CATTLE SHOW. . ?? . . .. . . . I .. sA - This show was held at Issnlash -on rsesday the 16th inst. The following is the list of prize.:- l For the beet Ayrelhire BuA not undgee ?? years of age- Ilst Wm. Todd, Gleniee- !W, Mri Finlay l'ook, Torrylin. For the best Ayrshire bow, not uder 1ires yettofage vhich has had a omitf -dring the: crrent season- M'Callum, ...

... FASHIONS FORL VOLUNTEERS. ._ .. -- c ~ - , +. ' - ' (From the Spectator.) Artists of real talent as well as distinction are discussing the not unimportant question, how to dress the volunteer. They only seem to forget the sage precept of the ifumortal artist as the preliminary to dressing, first catch your hare, ' for this discussion is by no means useless. Ittends to promote the practical ...

... CATTLE SaOW AT CAAIBUSLANG. UAT.U1' 1 O AA WUN A' .;Az1 BU: LA.iN U. l0oo On Tuesday last, the Cambuslang, Blatyre, and Ruther- glen Agricultural Society, held their annual showy of cattle atet and dairy produce at Cambuslang. The judges for the (Ira cattle department were-AMessrs. John Anderson, Smithston, her Cumbernauld ; Peter Crawford, Dumgoyack, Strathblane ; t and Robert !K'Kean, ...

... Tan CURCun1 HIiSTORY Os SCOTLAND, from the Commence- ment of the Christian Era to the Present Century. By the Rev. John Cunningham, minister of Crieff. In two volumes. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Blaclk. IT has been stated that the man most competent to write the History of the Church ?? was the learned Prin- cipal Lee of Edinburgh, who has been so-recently called to his rest. And the reason why ...

... Air- Was blasen die trompeten. The storm-cloud of battle May threaten from afar, Where churlese are bedizen'd With the trophies of war. There the slave may sing of glory, Mid the clanking of his chains, While his brow betrays no tint of shame, Though branded like Cain's. But her glorious legacy Of untarnished liberty, By patriots won Long ages gone, Britannia nobly, proudly Iam. Then on I ...

... INK C R P gIlL0OPTIIC-lL ANiO L1TEf1AI.krZ I t r-es . . SUC. T Vihe olouwivng extract of a letter received from Professor W. Thomson, ?? Glasgow, Honorary Member of the Society, &c., was read at the quarterly meeting, on 18th October last, by Dr. Joule:- I have a very simple 'domestic' apparatus by which I can observe atmospheric electricity in an easy way. It consists merely of an insulated ...