... !dEom01s QT A BANKING HOugE. By the late Sir William pri Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., author of the Life of Dr. Beattie. 'William & Robert Chambers, Edinburgh and- bi' London. 'Glasgow: Hutcheson Campbell. do be ?? ?? has rendered much service to the hi! public by inducing the family of Sir William Forbes to pDer- sh mit him to publish this interesting paper, after it had re- ro mnainedisn ...

... mar . . . I-- -- I -f _! _ ?? __ L A That which Manchester makes up her mind to do-she does well. Art has found among the cotton lords of Lancashire her best, and most iagnificent patrons. The finest private collections of modem pictures in England are to lbe found in the palaces of the great cotton spinners and manufacturers. W~e have now to record the starting of a noble Manchester project. ...

... ST. AUGUSTI XsDJ- eass so r -~lesa nsile floo Oer, e oh chu7,td lake uad v G 8q~l liT'5 od heaven in the ?? s ...

... -4- COME AGAIN, SWEET SPRING. Ob! cornc again, sweet spring, With your fair flowers to smnile on mead and lea; My heart it longs to hear the gay birds smig On leafy sbrub and tree. To coans the wood's dim ways, And haunted glen, whore murmuring stroamlots flow, Spots dear to me, as in those careless days- Bright days of lDng ago, When light of stop and gay, n 'Twas mine to wander, Morn and ...

... FA-SF- [ON.. T 11 E C ( U IR T. LONDON, TitURSDAY.-IC'V Al Mjestv file Queen heold a Court yesterday afternuou hit St. Jaines's Palace f1sr thb reception vxclusively of otlic(ers of Volunteer Corps. T'he otilceir begamn l(o avrive at twelve o'clock and wcre conducted to tlhe Drawing-rooni, Queen Anne's-room, the Guard Cliamiber, Banquet-room, iiid Other apartmetits ofrtile Palace, alnd ?? ...

... NOYDAY F POPULAR CONCEMTS. Tho Concert last night presented features of the highest interest and novelty, and attracted a numerous and brilliant audience. We have seldom, indeed, in our notice of cham- ber performances, laid before our readers so admirable and unexceptionable a programme as the following:- rAIRT 1. Grand Septet, inl - flst nmajor, Op. 20 (for violin, viotla, Clrirmot, barn, ...

... LITERA TURE. Paaing Thoughts on Relsgiorn. By the Author oft Amy Herbert, Thoughts for the Holy t Week, &c. London: Longruan and Co. N There are probably few things easier of acoom- s plishment than to write sermons for the drawing- e room. A very elementary knowledge of Christian t principles, upright habits, a mind habituated to r devotion, and a happy knack of illustration, are all c ...

... IOYODAY POP U,.4fR OOCE1N78S le The success of the talian Night, which took place a, fortnight since, warranted the directors iso providing another I~ ii selection from the teamoe school, which, acoordingly, was.1t Igiven last evenirn'5, and proved even mere attractive than the.first; St. Jrumes's Hall, indeed, being crowded in, every te part. ?? genera] desire the grand quartet of ...

... L YCE I'M TREA THE. Thirty-three years have now, as nearly as possible, passed since Banim's playof ?? iife, taken from sis own Trles of the O'Hara Family, was performed for the first time at this theatre, then called the English Opera House After the lapse of just a generation, this play was resusci- cated last evening from its dusty death-a Shakeperian. epithet for the grim enemy ...

... ;1l, *fotlanvi . i * Mr. and Mrs. Kean appeared at the: Theatre Royal, Dundee, on Wednesday night, in Hamlet. ' ;- -EARTuQUAK'.- About eight' o'clock on Tuesday tmorning a slight shook of earthquake was felt ia n the valley of' Upper Strathern. .The tremor of the, -earth *asislight, but, as usual, the shock was aecom- Yplanied ?? loud, rumbling'noise, resembling that of I distant thunder, and ...

... I . = _ == I HOPE. By F. SCHILLER. All men to speak and to dream are prone Of better days before them; We see them pressing and striving on To the happier g oal that's o'er them: The world's renewed as the world decays, But man hopes ever for better days. Hope leads man into this earth below- Round the merry boy see it hover; It lightens his youth with his magic glow, Nor quits him when life ...

... FASHION'. THE COURT. It is expected that the Queen and Prince Consort, with the Royal Family, will leave Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, for Windsor Castle, to spend the Easter recess, The confirmation of Prince Alfred will most probably take place during the visit of the Queen to Windsor. The ceremony will be as simple and in- ostentations as possible; and the precedent already established in ...