... S P E I N G. Ireye, where the tall plantation firs Slope to the river down the hill, Strange impulses-like vernal stirs- Rave made me wander at their will. I see, with half-attentive eyes, The buds and flowers that mark the Spring, And Nature's myriad prophecies Of what the Summer suns will bring. For every sense I find delight- The new-wed cushat's murmurous tones, Young blossoms bursting ...

... mnx. . TDOMAS AT=i SHARLES JAMES FoD RrrA(MP v W.-x How CHARLES JAMES FOX BECAMIE A REFosmra.-Fox sI bad displayed no-particular talent so long as he was in the n ministerial ranks. He appeared quite satisfied to receive his tj salary. and to squander that and a great deal more in p gambling 'but no sooner did his father, Lord Holland, set g him at ease by paying off his debts, the amount of ...

... T IT E CO UR T. LONDON, SATURDAY.-I-lS Royal HighleSS the0 Prince Consort rode on horseback with Prince Alfred yesterday morning,. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred and Princess Alice, and attended by hIC llon. Carolinc Cavendish, Mion. Horatia Stopford, Lord Alfred Paget, anl Colonel the Him. A. lardingC, went yesterday afternoon to thc Floral lail, Covent Garden. The ...

... TO THE 3DITOR OY THE REA. Sir,-As a constant reader of your journal I am aware that you take an interest in all that relates to the dramatic art, using that term in its highest signification. I am, therefore, induced to beg a short space in your columns to express, as one of the public, my feelings with regard to the outrage committed upon truth and common sense among a certain class of actors ...

... ?? NATAL: An Account of the Characteristics qui Cnd 0~ablties of this British Dependency, published hol ji#ide theauthority of the Government Immigration ?? tuder the the - :d4ance and information of emigrants. die 3Board, for the gu-- etJmsMnL., r Compiled and edited by Robert James Mana, M.D.1 Hi ?? Superintendent of Eduac9i.°n - Natal Lou- }l1 ,don *arrold k Sons, 47 St. Pauls Churchyard. ...

... .. i .. : _ .- _ _ . , t_ -.L.11.E ?? v -w~ --d __ v-1- ty *slhl n Egypt.'-Ani unpublishe I poem by EdPwin AstLerstoze, i the Dt b in Univeriity Magazine) Slowly, at length, A.s loath to strike, Aaron stretched out the rod: 'With large bright eyes upturned, and ?? lips, On heaven a moment gazed; then downward looked, And smote the water. A As when fire breaks out In a thick-peopled dwelling; ...

... TALES FRiO' BLACKWOOD. Vol. VIII. Blackwood I' and Sons. at We can add nothing to what baa already been said in ihi commendation of this popular reprint. Of convenient sise, of and printed in clear bold type, these volumes, reproducing be tit the choicest of Afaga's light literature, are always welcome, especially as reliefs to the tedium of a monotonous railway c journey. at PICTURES ...

... (lrom Le PdM1.8) Throughout the season gold and eilver gauze has been very fashionable for ball dresses. Tarlatane, with flounces em. broidered with coloured spots of velvet or gold-spotted all over with gold, silver, white, ceries, &o.-are all in favour. We have also remarked an organdi, with white stripes, which makes a simple, but very charming dress with two skirts or a tonio; body round, ...

... BRTIiSH WORKUMAN, for April- The number for the ensuing month of this magazine, which, for the excellence of its pictorial embellishments, the general style of its typographical execution, and the fine, manly tone which pervades its literature, stands at the head of the penny periodical press, gives an account of Sir Richard Ark- wright, the poor barber whom King George knighted. Sir Richard, ...

... * .0 ?? Bengala; or, Some Tzme Ago. By Mrs. VIDAL, a author of Tales for the Bush, &c. 2 vols. London: J. W. Parker and Son. We confess ourselves not very partial in ge- v .ueral to Australian tales, for the simnple reason that a the field has been either overworked, or that the f sympathies of persons here at home who have no 0 t relatives in that colony, or entertain no idea of emi- ( ...

... 94614-f Wit The Epigrams of Martial. Translated into English Prose. Bohn's Ctassical Library.-H. G. Bohn, 'London. MAROTIAL is celebrated among scholars for the witand purity of style of those uumorous books of shortpeoius whieh havegiven him a lastiu~r name in literature, but these produetions, while throwving a good of light on the manners, morals, and modes of thoaght of a mostdebased ...

... :tITERUYMISCELLANEA NAvTURsAL CoarAss-it is fact that* the vast prairies of Texas, a little plant is alwa ?? found, which, under all circumstances of clinmate to be of weather, rain, frost, or sunshine, invariablyt hanae leaves and flowers to the north. If a solitaw Its were makingt his way across those trackless ZiM l ayeller a star to guide or compass to direct him, he findu' without ring ...