... NoTwr'TsrTANDIxN the dulness :of the weather, and the want of harmony between it and the data'of the alruanap, every one is occupied' with preparations for the sea-side season, and none! but light fabrics are thought of. ;For instance,i-barege is the principal article for derni-toilette, either sprinkled with small bunches of flowers, or embroidered peas, of a darker color than the barege ...

... THE SAINT AND THE HERO. YiE holy knaves, to whom the crowd It stupid adoration knelt, To see, whilst abject heads they bowcd, The blood of Jaunarius melt: A grcater miracle behold Than that of simulated gore, Which melts when hot, congeals when cold, But which your silly dupes adore. Ye linow how It3ly ha6 bcen, Thank most Yuurselves, for weary years, of slavery a mournful scene- A wretceied ...

... FAS HION. T H E CO U RT. BALMOnRAL, SrePT' 2.-Her Majesty, accornpanied by the Prince and Princess of' Leiningen and the Prikicesses Alice, Idleina, and Louise, and Prince 'Arthur, 'drovo to 'Alt-ndw-Guissadh yesterday, 'and rode to the Falls of Glasshalt. The Prince Consort went obt deer..stalkzing. ' Lord Charles L: FitzRoy has succeeded Lieut'-Colonel'tlie ?? 'Ros' in attendance on her ...

... T.HE COUR T. BAgMORAL, AUOUST 29.-IHer Majesty, accom- panied by Princess Alice, and attended, by the Hon. Beatrice Bynrg, left Alt-na-Guissach yosterday'morn- ig, and returned to the Castle in the evening, having ridden round by Loch Callater. The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking, and rutnroed to the Castle in tile evening. The Prince aind Princess of' Loiningen amrived at the Castle ...

... FASH ION. T IT E C O U It T. BALMORAL, SEI'T. 1T0. Her Majesty and the Piince C inn(.rt, ?? l-y the Pr'incess Alice, and at- tendeld by the Ladihs and Gentlemen in WaVitingg, attended Divine Seivice yesterday in the Parish Chmrer of Cratihic. The lov. A. Anderson officiated. There was no addition to the Royal dinner-party. We regret to learn that the Marciiioness of Done- gall is seriously ...

... ]3RENNUS AT THE SCALES. AGAIN the hills of Italy Echo the din of war, Again the eagles gather To Rome, from near and far, Again the seven-hilled city The conqueror s giuerdlorn stands, But not, as erst, with conquest's sword f~eld in Barbarian hands! When Rome, an illfant giant, First crowned her seven-folf height, The stalwart North its swarms poured forth To crush thI, rising might. There ...

... TUE ART JOURNAL FOR SECEMBER. London: J. 3. Virtue. Belfast: J. fharton, Waring Street. TimE engravings in this number are particularly beautiful and interesting. The first i; from Copley's very pleasing picture, The Children of George Mll., in Ivlich we see the youthful form of the Duchess of Gloucester, who but three years since was, in ripe old age, consigned to the tomb in St. George's ...

... THE COURT. HOLYROOD PALACE, SEPTP.MAER 16.-H-er MlIjesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied ity the Prin- cesses Alice and Helena, and attended by Lady Churclhill and the Equorries in Waiting, drove this moning to Cramnonud House, the residence of the Duchess of Kent, and alterwards attended Divine ser- vice in the Parish Churchl of Cramond. The Rev. Di. Colvin, minister ot Craniond, ...

... AIMISTERIAL SUPP'ORT-OFFICIAL SERMON AND ORDINATION CllAROE OF THE REV. S. D. WADDY, EX-rPIE5IDErNT OF TrlE WESLEAN METICODIST (ONFER3NCE. London: George John Stevenson, 54, Paternoster Row, and all Booksellers. Tils, as advertised in another cohimn, isacondenscd report of the official sermon and ordination charge of the ?? of the British Wesleyan Con- ference, in which, amongst other matters, ...

... T HE CO UR T. BALMORtAL, FRIDAY.-Her Majesty, accompanied bv the Princess of Leiniagen, Princess Alico, and Prince Arthur, went yesterday to the Falls of the Garr-a-walt, and then rbde to Craig Clunic. The Royal party afterwards drove to Castletown. The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking. The Prince of Leiningen went out grouse-shooting. There was no addition to the Royal dinner-party. ...

... A SONG BYA S E SCEP'TIC. Me go to Swarry oder night, To see d(e man fly out ob sight: By spirits he Wotld rise, fey said, But flrst de room mnust dark bo made. Cl{ORUS. Sich a gettin' lip a stare, and a playie' de accordion: Sich a gettiu' up a stare, when nobody can see! De table first dev try to turn, And berry soon de dodge I learn: yolu move de knee beneath, and so Do table's taught toj ...

... RoyAL BOTANIC SOCIETY-AUTUMN SHOW. Yv.TItDAY, the Autumnal exhibition of plants. ftl,,ers and fruits, in oionexion with the above Society, was held in the Royal Botanic Gardens, and jl alhost every department it was immeasurably superior to tho collection on any similar occasion willin, at least, the past ten years. It has unfortu- nately happene'l that recent flower shows in the Botailic ...