... L T E RA V U R L GOVERNMiDNT upoN FIRST PRINCIPLES PROVED AND ILI8s. TR&TiD AN&LYTIC&LLY. By JoHs GROSSMICTH. Piper, Stephenson, aud Speuce, Peters oster-row. Mr. Grossinith Is a man ot thought sud research, eminently a theorist, and apparently actuated by the best intentions towards his fellow-creatures. Whilst, however, struggling for the liberty of every individual, and endeavouring to ...

... TuE ELLISONe GALLERY.-We (Adienseutms) have to announce the fiundation of a new public gallery of art- the Ellison Gallery-henceforth to rank in name and standing with the Vernon Gallery and the Slieepshanks Gallery. Mrs. Elizabeth Ellison, of Sudbrooke Holme, in the County of Lincoln, has made to the Department of Science and Art tit South Kensington a most noble gift. It consists, for thle ...

... LITERA TURE. An Arctic Boat Jous'niwy in the Auttmn of 1854. hi By ISAAC J. HAYES, Surgeon of the Second tb Grinnel Expedition. Edited by Dr. NORTON SHAW, with an Introduction and Notes. Bentley. th Amongst the various expeditions into the Arctic as regions, of which thirty or more have been under- th taken since the final departure of Sir John Franklin bt in 1845, with a view either to ...

... ROYAL ITALUN OPERA CONCERT. A grand morning concert was given yester- day, in the Floral Hall, adjoining Covent-garden Theatre. This beautiful appendage to the theatre, us aour musical readers are aware, has been for some time open as a pro. zaeiiade on opera nights, and is now begun to be used as a concert hall, to wbieh there is nothing comparable either it London or (we beliere) in any ...

... GRAND 3PEMTE AT THE ClRSTAt. P'ALACE. The new season at the Crystal Palace opened on Friday, with a musical entertainrent, comprising the oratorio of Elijah, and fete, to henour the inauguration of the bronze memorial statue of the great composer, FelMx Men- delssohn-Bartholdy. The oratorio over, at somewhere about six o'clock, the ceremony of the unveiling of the statue of Mendelssohn took ...

... REVIEWS or BOOK8. SEVEL6ATI0XS o1r A ~'CATHOLSO Pumnor. Byttlos!1h v It ±h.Lauaucoxt Y ?? _Pat eoosler-etc ~.Tb4'or4a. of theoo~osi~s47i~~5well known, are BetVer diadloae~diby the priest to~ whomthey are ~confided.Lik the oiytt nsa o F; ynaeois$,they are veiled uijsntal 'bb- sau ay sac'6ti thda fr hoise especial hehoof they' are boonht ta lght.Mr.Mauicse has no,; b trayped tbe sanc- tit ...

... THE SOLDIER'S FATE. EoGYPVS sand iS lightly press'd O'er thy lifeless love, Mary; Soft and lasting is his rest, By the waving grove, Maryv Where the night in dew is W\eepillg, Nile's drowsy murmurs keeping, Breezes through, the palm-trees sweeping From the burning West, Mlary. Bright that fatal morining shone In the dapplir skies, Mary; When the brazen trumpet's tone Bade the warriors rise; ...

... LITERATUR E. En FUBrms. By Maria S. Cummins, author of The Lainplighter, and Mabel Vaughan. In Two Volumes. Lpndon: Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 47 Ludgate Hill 1860. TBE remarkable facility with which the present generation E can be whirled over the world has given birth to innumerable books of travels. Every one who ventures to cross the Chan- nel with the intention of doing Murray, and ...

... - AMiATEbR DSMIAT PEBRFOEanCZ. On Saturday evening, an amateur performance took place in the Prince's Theatre, on behalf of the fund which is being raised for the benefit of the family of the late Hugh M 'Dn. aIld, author of Ramrbles Round Glasgow, C.e. The dramatis perasea were, for the most part, gentlemen con. nected with the Glasgow Press, and the cause for which they were induced thus ...

... JNEW PRILZIURA'oNVIo COSCEBT'S. The fourth concert took place last evening, and attracted one of the most numerous audiences we have seen on any i occasion at St. James's Hall. The following admirable pro- gramme was given :- 0vwrture (Meilca) ?? Cherlubini. Aria, ?? Questi ivveuturieri infari (It Seraglio), Signor Bcjle ui ?? ?? ?? ?? Mozart. Scena, Ah *conw rapida, ?? Mine. Bw--ghi Mamo t1 ...

... JikA~Jitli UIUtj. *.'BOOsS FOR REvixw.-Books, Music, New Engravings, &c., intended for review, left at the establishment of Mr. C C. MITCHELL, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street London, t addressed to the Editor of the Derby Mercury,will be t forwarded and receive attention. o &Otland in the Middle Ages: 5, Setches of Early Scotch f History and Social Progress. By Cosmo ItNNs, Professor I of ...

... * The Little Crossing Sweeper. Only a copper, yor honor. Vide BAXnTERS P10XCnw My heart o'erflowetb to mine eyes' AnBud a prayer is on my tongue, When I see the poor man's children, The toiling, though the young. BAUSY lo)VlT Pity, Christians, the poor little crossing sweeppr, Pray do not drive him with severity away, Such usage may take root in his soul far deeper, Than you would have the ...