... ?? 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; ...

... THE THIRTY-FOURTH EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOITISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH. ' .hUf at~tlJsa1, Lfl~flJUfltefl (cOaMrsIcsAM.) On a recent visit to Edinburgh, we were gratified to observe the large number of visitors to the annual exhibition on the Mound, and the careful examination of the various paint. iags made by the greater part of those present. This augurs well for the prospects of art in ...

... = t= -T- ?? THE THR:FEESCORE A'N'D TEN-, I- - . A Pa I ?? (From the Gentleman's Magazine.) The following animated lines are, we undersand, the effusion of a veteran poet, the Rev. D:- Croly; and were produced by him at a recent select literary party at Brithtern on proposing the health of the senior Memtber in the Chair, himself well known as the Editor of Churebill, aflJ one of the oldest ...

... THEATR E PlEACHINGS. I . 1 A x b (From the Saturday Reviewi.) It is only an act of justice to observe that Lord Shaftesbury, in his recent reply to Lord Dungannon, said all that could be said in defence of tire ianolvation both on rcligious fecling andl common SCnse wilob0c has rccently beenl inaulgurated under his ausSics. On ali ?? it was admitted that there is a n-anifest iceoilsrreity and ...

... TREATRE ROYAL. JA- o PEWS. If Mr. Benjamiri Webster found it difficult to meet the taste 'of Glassgow playgoqrs with his certainly decry able re- preseatition of the leading character in theobadly wrought out plot Of ?? Heart, we hesitate not to say that in Riclard P.fdefhe Les chosen a character in the persona- tion of which he will be able to confirm the good opinion in which he is held ...

... L I T E R A T U R E. TDr,. HAN. A AND Il iettersto a FriendH Xy John Carment, A. M., k.S; tdnbur; Thomas Constable & Co. Taos wimho tahe an inten!t 1 esaasta air ate aware that the quiet of the F *d ucl bas be an considerably dis- turbed of late,-lot onlsp by the jkeld'ient in the Cardro~s case, butb- a controversy which has sprung up amongst her ,own ministers. The occaseon of the ...

... !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 ...

... LITERA TURE. EE~~~J~,AND ITS ASSOCIATEDl DUTIES sa ?? ]vy. By Lient. A. H. Alston, R.N. Together with a Treatise on Nautical Surveying, for the use of the Officers on Genera] Service; with 200 Illustrations, London: routledge, Warns & njutledge, Farringdon Street. TEIS work is inscribed to the midshipmen of the Fleet, and is written for their guidance. These young gentlemen, in- cluding Prince ...

... PURSUITS OF AN ENGLISU COUNrBy GENTLENMAN.* (From the Athenfeum.) When the master of the Tedwortl H unt died, ia the autumn of 1858, at the age of eighty-two, there was a display of moral feeling on the part of the public most edifying to witness, Society was seized with one of its periodic fits of virtue, and having recourse to its favourite system of vicarious punish. ments, sought to ...

... LI TERATURE. DANacEavY HOUSE. By Mrs. Henry Wood. Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League. WVE are not too fond of tales ; of thrilling interest, such as the one before us; and, in the work of moral and social reformation,. ve do not know that it is the best policy to endeavo r to horrify sinners into repentarce. Man is a bold and stubborn aniimal ; and he is more easily drawn by the Yooings of ...

... DIES TihA'. (From Flarke ?? for M=rch.) [Tie 'DitIs ?? ia petaP&?3 lbetter knowna than anything etee Nitlien he ?? ?? 6f 'nediheval literature. Its author ' F projbaul Tihososs of Celaun, a ?? town near tie lake, Ilein;)o 1'4e grand and terrible dffect with which ill % Cs& ' s r s, certain stanzas of this poem are made to ftll likie thenlir cni the ear of poor guilty Margaret, who has cexae ...