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LINES BY A LADY,

... Lo :INES BY A LADY, E BUGGESTID BY THE S ATE IN WHIOC THE POOR S:Lwict WERE IN WHEN LANDED NFOM THE GREAT TASN~AJXA. 0, Brltania, bow thy lofty heads Take olfthy crown of fame, And sit in dust and ashes, For disgrace rests on thy name; The men who fought so boldly 'Neath India's burning sun Sick-dying-and neglected When their conquests anl were won. After all their toilsome marohes, Their days ...

GALLERY OF SCIENC ENAD INVENTIONS

... GAtLERY03'OrF I AND I . NV .-qNN~oss',.J ?? ?? Oi Friday evening; a nuii~ ,1 df &1eaiegtleifibiiid't' various learned societies of ther-town, .corstituting a committeo,/hold6 ainotsing fi'the onv7e,rre Pubiabli 'Library, d o take binto consideratio the masingemient' of that bort otepof th inldftiesg.l*ch has bow n called th~a~e~'O Iivenle'q. Lie4 .-Ooloool. Broyvn os l urderitsd. Our f ...

Pickings from Punch

... ?cfugfns fromI jontb. TAUTOLOGY.-Calling a woman an angel.-Jen&ias. HAVE YOU ORDERED THOSE COALS, DEAR ?-Happy is the husband whose wife never asks him for any Jawel- lery, save black diamonds I LARGE DESIGNS. -Louis Napoleon, having failed in setting the Thames on fire, has been obliged to content himself with crushing the Universe. Georgina: Well, Gus I and how did you like your party ...

POETRY

... r - r: THE FORGET-ME-NOT. [FOR THE PUMSTON CUiSONICLE.3 And thou, wee flower, Twinkling, like living turquoise, by the stream, Nor cherished for thy native worth alone, Bat for the touching sentiment thou breath'st of loved remembrance, and, by fabled knight, pronounced Forget-me-not. Bloom on, sweet flower, In heaven's Own sapphire bue baptized; and when The blast that wings destruction comes ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... __ | GEOR)H THE FOURTH.bWant of taste ?? many other things painfully distinguished him. He at one time seri- ously proposed to dress all naval officers in red breeches and waistcoats I To the remonstranoe made against this barbarism, he replied with the old expletive tacked to a sweeping r em, dress 'em as you win, they'll never look lke gentlemen1 Such was the taste of the man who Would ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... LITERAAY EXTRACTS. ANCoNA.-In the ancient church or duorno is kept the famous picture of the Madonna, attested to have opened her eves in 179.5, at a moment of great peril to the state. Fifty years after (in 1845) this miracle received the confir- mation of the Papal authority. Nine days of religious coremony inaugurated this event, which at every succeed- ing anniversary is still commemorated ...

THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY'S SPRING CATTLE SHOW

... DUBLIN, TUMSDAY.-The Eveninq PIsf says the ,spring cattle show of this year, held under the aus- ipices of the Royal Dublin Society, is the most suc- 's cessful, extensive, and illustrative of the progress of Lr agricultural science in Ireland that has ever been o presented in Dublin. The breeding stock, par- ;t ticularly in the short-horned section, are not only n healthy and in pure ...

THE CALEDONIAN BALL

... ri'f1 VAt O: AX3I B rL. ; ?? In ' ' t:! S J ?? ' f . 7'1 i;:: ?? R : 1. 'r I ' M re..a B Ihersad ,patrod' I* c hes,.hkg tnlse, .wnol bjq ?? ?? w,asring o 'a hf'woaikteA ontV e y.6. ?? e ian ever : leta the y ike~ were .sepn~fo fompnt 551pg warir~o thedditfi otptiq t~onsp or h> duar nq~aperee wplfith d ba (ites ~thont.~ on ,op in fh~~k3e. ?? o,.tgujia.$~ jitlejI~r.* . Bevealu* patides ai bls ...

FASHIONS FOR MAY

... I Fi-o-,ihi-, -Frzee innetyih mai{;eriatl 'f or sliinui 'aim i e grs t jdar' We havo the 6pinglire ctoblde, a AVxrte89 Jasilk and itbol,. ?? awth~osho H al on of deep cololirP, alinost snvariy on a df round. 'The littleostripes of blade ?? ti'ed'are aso8.still in vogupe; thepoils'de' cbdvre, with ,snall cheq es forined of silk stripos krepadine do l. ine, wI soamalflowers; suinier popiin, ...

POETRY

... K - OKTR I ?? , Y. ,- :- I., - BE AU T IFP UL ' W O R'LD!I- .BY P'ItFESSOB' DLACKIL : Beautiful world! E : Though bigots condemn thee, My' tongue finds no words I For the graces that gem thee I Beaming with sunny light, Bountiful ever Streaming with gay delight, Full as ariver ' * Bright world I brave world I Let cavillers-blame thee I I bless thee and bend, To the God who did frame thee! ...

POETRY

... ABIIT AD PLURES. (From Lyrics of Life.) Calm are the holy dead When the passion of life is o'er, When the green turf flowers o'er the resting head, And the turbulent dreams of the world have Rled, And the wild heart throbs no more! Blesed are the holy dead, Though dark was their lot before; For heale are the wounds that on earth have bled, And dried are the tears that on earth were shed For ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... : || _1 . _ MAOAUILAY'B CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS.- The critical and historical essay may be set dovin as the creation of Macaulay's genius. That which was purely critical had already attained great excellence in the hands of Jeffrey and Smith, and that which was merely historical had been approved of if not admired, by the readers of Southey and 1lam. But that which was eminently both ...