... BEN THE TOUT; OR, L0OKINGO OUT FOR A VIN{ER. It's wery 'ard, and so it is, To arm one's bit o' dinner, A lookin' hout, upon the tout, To find a Derby vinner. But here I lies and skins my heyes, Watchin' the Derby lot- To giv' the hoffice to my pals, And help put on the pot. The time have been, I'd thought it mean To take a touter's place, When, togged in silk and leathers clean, As jock I made ...

... THE MUSIOAL T WN C'OUNCIL OF BATHGATE. I; i Our readers will remember a paragraph we a quoted from the Glasgotv Ilernal, appropos of the I Bathgate Town Council being stung out recently by a member to the strains of ' Roy's Wife of Aldivalloeb. If we may judge from this report, compiled from the same paper, that circumstance has been the source of considerable annoyance to several of the ...

... uec. THIS number of the EDINBURGH contains a variety win of substantial and interesting articles on well- asho selected topics. The first-.Iudia under Lord sysi' Dalhousie-is a clear and orderly account of the the rule of that able administrator. It defends him ear] against the charge of puirsuing systematically a rmd policy of annexation-a charge to which the and events of his ...

... THE MAGAZINES OF TVE MONTH. [FIRST NOTiCE.] B7LAcnwooD opens with A Months Visit to the Confederate Head-quarters, by an English Officer, whowritesverylikethe Timea' corresponden at Richmond. There is an identity of opinion as well as of style. The Chronicles of Carling- ford are brought to a close, and we shall next month, we hope, have the a' Tamer Tamed' continued. The number closes ...

... Last night, Signor Cnio gave a concert of pianoforte music in the Masonic Hall, George Street. There was a fair attendance. The pro- gramme, which was somewhat long and agreeably varied, comprised several attractive pieces, among which we may notice Goria's Nocturne, La RE- veuse Etude, and a grand duct for two piano- fortes on airs from Verdi's Opera of The Sicilian Vespers,in which Signor ...

... A writer who hag travelled extensively says that he witnessed rather a strange scene in Shak- speare's beautifultragedy of Romeo and Juliet. It was at one of the Western theatres. The piece had passed off well without interruption until the last scene. The character of Romeo was excel- le-ntly enacted and loudly applauded. The very model of the lover was before the tomb of the Capulets, ...

... SPIRIT OEF PUNCH. THE LESSIO OF T15 YEANU Go hbaee, ill year, with robes that reek of war, Hands that strock down the laboer of eur North My curse go after thee beyond the door That darkens at thy ghastly going forthl I Away, foul behlauae ! give the Young Year room, | What lie is lilse none who await himis know At overot his loeks still meed tlh fire of doom, Worse year than thou the ...

... (FROM THE BRITISH WORKMAN,) My country thou hast sinned. This cotton dearth, With all its bitter crop of want and woe- Canst thou not read in it thy punishment For wilfulness and greed ! Couldst thou not find, BTb'e-taught England, for thy potent gold, A nobler market than the slave's forsooth, To buy in ? There was blood upon the bales, The brand of goad, and lash, and gory chain, And thou ...

... The writer of the Tinecs' City Article sounds another note of warning on the subject of the mania for new companies, and especially for new banks:- Those whohave the slightest prudencewill take warning, but an immense number will go On uitil they obtain wisdom upon the only terms onl which to a certain class it can be conveyed. S.) log as premiums are quoted, so long will tho coopetiitionu ...

... MORNING CONCERT OF THE DROECFLEr- IIAMILrON FAMILY. On Saturday afternoon this gifted family, consisting of Miss Berthla and Miss Eminy, solo violinists, and Master Carl, solo violnrccll;st, assisted by their father Mr Adam Htamilton, gave a morning concert of clarsical chamber mesic in the Masonic Hall, George Street. it is now nearly a, year since ve last had the pleasure of hearing these ...

... 0601;i?.,A 0 ottrm. I TRE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. I| A LAY FORI THE TIMES. Weary, and wretched, and lorm, Fain'ing, and ready to die, A multitude iry, till break of day, Pining the dreary hours away, And this was their yearning cry .Help ! help ! help ! Before lifs ebbs away Before our bodies sink Into the lifeless clay. Almighty Fathe' ! sead, In this our hour of woe, Some loving, Chris-like ...

... L-1 11Oficts, Gob's GLORY IN THE HEAVE-NS. By W-ms. LATCe, , D.D., Principal and Primarius Professor of c Theology, University of Queen's College, c Canada. London: Alexander Strahan and t Co. , To the widely-extended circle of readers embraced by the most popular monthly of our day-GOOD n WORDS-the chief features of this intensely in- teresting volume will be familiar, a large portion of its ...