... A stately pile once, this- Meet dwelling for a Lord: With turrets high Kissing the sky. Now naught remains to toll, Save ruins hoar and wild, The story vast Of glory'past. Yet beautifal amd fair, With ivy covered o'er, These faint outlines Of other times. An emblem fit, methinks, Of our sad lot to-day- These wasted walls And vacant halls. We fondly thought to while- With others far away- The ...

... 'The 18th volume of BLAciwoonD's TAIxe ?? i Di Caomri, the Fatal Repast, the Vision of COgliostro, the First Rec and Lset Kiss, the Smuggler's Leap, the Haunted and the to I Haunters, and thi Duellists. A most excellont and cheap compl. gre lation of light literature, well printed on good paper. 'aid TEn NEWSPAPI:S GAZETTEER AND GumE TO ADVERTISERS. to h An Annual legieter of Newepapers ...

... I FASHION AND ATIES.. I His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant enter- tained tbe following diotlngilaed company at dinner in tihe 'Vicecregal Lodge, on Saiturday :-Tii Earl and Countess of Carnwath, the Earl and Countess of Scafield, the lion. and rI 51ev. F. Grey and lady Elizabeth Grey, Miss Lascelles and Ui hliFS E Lascelles, Lady Grant, Lord Gough, thed Bigst Hon. Edward and Aira Cardwell, ...

... - 'TER AND A~i.tf.._p the many marked since .Adtap~torro of e~aruirc tol the rmtnI of ne),it war( ..aeevis ove or the Inii sitnpuldr that trees i- wivth uende secialiv for. the aftdfn,,.en. 'oV the i'ativ ?? mountain sbonld be in broad outline the ten d ,ms ibrmal Of trees. Toe vine, which is ro be tidinj .lecourpatioii of tuan, i. way ,-arolv ?? in) we its growth;' fa-hog, into festoons h,. ...

... The History of France. By Eyre Evans Crowe. In Five Vols. Vol. II. Longman and Co. The second volume of Mr Crowe's new History of France maintains the promise of the first, Upon a scale small enough to bring the whole subject within the reader's grasp, and not too small to allow treatment as philosophical as it is comprehensive, it appears likely that Mr Crowe is producing the best History of ...

... CIIELSEA 1'ESTRY A-VD CRENORYE GAItDENS. The representative council of the parish of Chelsea met on Tuesday afternoon at the Vestry-hall, King's-road, to receive a reply from Mr. SiMpson, the proprietor of Cre- morne Gardens, to a communication requesting to know whether it was hki intention to coumply with the nwishesof the vestryand the paridh by closing Creniorne Gardens attwelvo o'clock at ...

... WORCESTER mUSICAL FESTIVAL, (From Our CorrespondeMin.) (From or WEoDNSDAY EVEISNG. The College Hall was this evening crowded in every part (the gallery to repletion, to the evident annoyance of the fair, who formed a large portion of its occupants), the novelty of the first performance in this country of N. W. Gade's cantata, The Ell King's Daughter, proving an inducemsent to the muslial ...

... COUJRT ANuD FASHION. I BALMOPAL, AUGoST 3t.-Her MUPjeSty, accoriproird by tbe Princess of LAiningei', Priecess Alice, ane Prirnce Artbur. went yesterday to t*'e falls of Gorra WRlt, and then rode to Crasi t'lnnie. The royal party afterwards drove to Castletown. 'iTe Prince Consort went ont deer.-talking. The Prince of Loiningen went out grouse shooting. SEPTEMBnE 1 -1er Majesty, with the ...

... I . . THE ITAUIAN UPERA. l ?? If a brilliant opening may be deemed Indicative of triumphant progress, the present Italian opera engage- ment promises to be one of the most successful that we have had the pleasure of recording for many years. The unanimous encomiums of the London press had, in a, great degree, prepared us to expect frop Madame Grisi something like a revival of those ...

... | l I. - The Marquis of' Abercorn is at present at his princely residence, Ilaronocourt, and busily employed bUper- intending Improvements eoa Ills extensive estates. Viscount liamilton ?? lisa returned to Baronscourt from a tour of vishit to Ilil constiluonts In lhiacounty of Denegal, aud Lords Clauid and IJord Georga Htamilton hlave gone for a fewl days to Caledon Hail anid Colebsrook. Lord ...

... eAUY SL ESWT . ! lMACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITING&, (From the Times.) We are not of those who quaxrdl with the republiti~n of these miscellanies, or who joi a. ?? of the objections liieb have been taken by their ?? o i s the majority of snerit of the articles themeelves, bich, intemoiyo the instances before us, is very cofl5Pi.'U5, i3 a clear and sufficiet excus for their' speedy ...

... VOLUNTEER BEVIEW AT.KNOWSLEY, | ?? - , I-1 I This great demonstration, which has beeni for some timn.. a leading topic of conversation in Lancashire, camne t 13aturday, an a i yr epe,~u~, M[ore than tejj ?? ?? '''evlm in Knowal~ey~park, n acceptance of the jv_ _ its nobleoinei, ,thi Earl,,f Derby. A ?? - Itllaib Drmuef eni~enep. s was h6'ito b~;t-6q. ti~e r. men Wese (qece 0nn,'~~~lto ?? was ...