... LE FOrLEr says, the unseasonable oharaoter of the weather has almost entirely prevented the adoption of those light and elegant toilettes prepared in anticipation of warmn days and sunny skies. Hence the fashion (which we hoped was but for a day) of large silk paletots, or burnous with a sleeves, is still almost universally followed, and we can scarcely wonder, under the circumstances, that ...

... TUEESDAY, AUTTGL'5 21. The show principally exhibited at this annual market are second blackfaced ewe lambs; but tbis year few of this description were shown, be- ing more scarce than in ordinary years; besides, many of them wvere bought in the country pre- Vious to the market, as many of the LrEeders of Cheviot sheep had to turn to the blackfaced breed in consequence of the last severe winter ...

... L ?? - T .wE L LI T~StAAT U'E. ~ TBE HifsroltY ObP t A'sieews H~c o ga LT c T EMNLRsaP YE-Afl': A Lecture. 'By D). Runeiman, D. D., states Minister of tblvt P~ariah, Glasow. Gltasgow: Robert that .Andesron5. Queen TPsis Lecture was delivered in the Corporation Gailleries boor C in March of Qais year, anid is now publisherd 61y rueqttt. It Slater is respeotfulby dedicated to Honi. A. GalbraithI ...

... FICKINGS F ROAx PUNCH. THE EDINBURGH REVISB SY. (TUESDAY, AUGUST 7.1 There's an ancient periodical, in blue and yellow bound, That appears on old Whi tatles as quarter-day comes round, And many a good od- tisvoned Whig would make L sad ado, 'Were a quarter-day to pass without his E&tinlurgti Review £! But not in ?? uniform of blue and yellow pied Wascdad that Edinburgh Review wvhichnow wakes ...

... -- rm~1e~atdio geiewo- ?? ;setirt~baVs9iie F~ibh~hhe ~ Ve fthat iraeq,;r~uetbng ' ...

... c I.-I - ., ' , Tits QUAtTEEtLY REVIEW. No, 1215. London: Murray. TJp is a very sup rior number of the Quam T L.v. It does t ot contain so many artictes as I it9 cotemporary the EBDINltUrGH, bat most of them have more skill and power, as well as cret r futloest. Two sra devoted to social s Sujee. TVi firiSt, which it will sirprise some p pc p e. anmost as much as gratify others, to find r' in ...

... I 'L -? ?? cr,Ttraff5. I ? CuRtOUS MODE OF TnAVELINeG.-Garibaldi, is in his autobiography, narrates how he and a fel-tt low traveller made an expeditious journey in a droll ?? and I set out for Rio Grande. Our journey was to be performed sD TE horseback, to my great delight and pleasure. W el travelled, as it is called, a escotero, which for ra- pidity leaves the post far behind. Suppose ...

... PICKINGS FROM PUaXCH,. A BULLYING BOY WELL WHIPPED. Oh, weep for the hour, When to Evelyn's bower The Lord Chief Justice with a birch rod came; * Master B. he looked aflfight, As very well he might, And wished he hadn't played such a cheeky game. Al aster B. has lots of tin, And he thought to save his skin By affixing to a cheqde his extremely solvent time; Dut Sir Alexander C.. Whipped the ...

... LITEBATURE, TEE HOLY BiBLs, with an Explanatory and Practical Corn mientary. IlustratedEdition. PartslandIL -Imperial At quarto.. lopdon, and Hope Street, Glasgow: James S. ; Virtue. ag _An wko know the very beautiful aud correct manner in irs which so niany valuable works have been sent forth into the ice world by Mr. Virtue will be gratified to learn that he is now ad engaged in -the ...

... P 0 E T R Y. THE REAPING TIME OF DEATH. 'Tie Aimnst;-Old Autumn, the painter, Is gilding the landscape aqaiu, Ard tie mower's heart is rejoicing, As he looks on the burnished plain. I stand in the churchyard at even, On the harvest I gaze abroad, Ai'I I think on the mighty Reaper Who gathers the harvest of God. I look toward the streets of the city, Where the tide of being rolls, And my heart ...

... I ~ --- e Tris Society hell their annual Show on Tuesday the 14th e inst. The day was unusually fine, and no pains had been r spared in decorating with flowers and, overgreens the exhli- d bitioen roomus, which, for four hours, wero literally crowded I- with, visitors. The display of flowers and vegetables were .5 very extensive * the goodly number of ornamental designs - and bouquets, forming ...

... ,RR - VUIr oriO 1* WELCOME TO VICTORIA. How many thousand faces Turged: to the wrestern skies;?5. How many watchge the sunset Flickering .down its myriad' dyea ? And when the gloaming gathered O'er mountain and o'er sea, Arose the frequent questio,-.- ,How willithe morning be ?I A dawn of murky shadow- A time of drizzling gloom- Or wvill the sun burst boargeon-- And brighten into-bloOrm? But ...