... 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, ...

... ' LITERARY, EXTRACTS.', I. ai CLEANqEEI;-gMan is an amphibiousw animal, and -ac ought 'topass -ome small portion of caoh'day.in the,water In fact, a largeiv . ziot the larger proportion' of disesg s arises from leavig' the pores of the- ski closed, whether with natural exqdation or matter-from without, aluW dirt. _ It is quite a mistake to suppose, and the idea must at once bedone away with, ...

... oidcktna from Apticb. I . -_ STRANGE COI. -Forty oM pounds I THE CLOAK oB RNLOIGON.-A Cardinal. DOnE To RAGs.-Austrian finance. THE AnOLITXON op FLoaorpo._-The time when* the nvwilbe so well manned that you will not find a room on board a ship inwhichyocanswing acat S a ' It THE PRETTIEST LITTLE BABY IN TiE WonID.- The only one point upon which the female sex is ever unanimous-the baby in ...

... 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! ...

... MA~RCH. (Fre. a he Poetoy of S~priig by, Goody'a Ba-aby.) Thy ~~'oMarc lis ringing loud and clear; TyhiIa te UOs tones of wrath, I hear; Drivjngthrough heaven, thouwlyogchrte! ThyoJfi Slashes en, and naught impedes its circling course, through the sky's aure meads, iairi wheeled, cloud compassed and with aery steeds. Fred upon wind, in winged strength they fly; Their proud necks archingZ, ...

... StNwsil]?.-There is life, health, and comfort, and a springing well of gladness, in the sunbeams in England. in India a different tale might be told; but here the sun paints the cheek with bloom, the breezy air gives fragrance to the breath, brilliancy to the eye, and elasticity to the step. To those addicted with rheumatism the dry atmosphere draws forth the envenomed sting of pain, and thus ...

... i--, -: ? -, - ?? - 11 ?? , ? i?, .1 VIOLNES PEEPING. (From the G*rd ners' weey Magazine.) icJr 'ild their lttle stems, Nevcr aspiring, Emblernsot modestworth, Sweetan d.retirint. When the rough wjid and storm Spread desoladton; They in their humble form, F!id preservation. Never waste predous hours Courting 'amblton - Learn from the violet flowers. Truast and 6ubmlssion. Many too late have ...

... 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 ...

... ? . ? ! Uftlifty , from II VU & II: - t , - - tub CONFESSION OF A WursKEY DRINmx l- Scotland, with all thy faults, I love thy still. Boy: 'Two a'p'ny 'errins.-Shopkeeper (severelv): If what, sir?-if yoa-what, sir?-Boy: Well, if y a' got emtI Why should any one afflicted with defective legs turn clergyman ? Because he would cease to be alayman (lame ?? W~HATs i' As NAm.-The London Irish ...

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... (From Le FolleL) Throughout the reason gold and silver gauze has been very fashionable for ball dresses. Tarlatane, with flounces embroidered with coloured spots of velvet or of gold- spotted all over with gold, silver, white, cerise, &c.-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 tunic; body ...

... NEVER GIVE UP. Never give up !-it is wiser and'better Always to hope than once to despair: Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical Care: Never give up I-or the burden may sink you,- Providence kindly has mingled the cup; By trials and by trouble undaunted, bethink you, The watchword of life must ?? ofvB up ! Never give up I-there are chances ...