... Why is the letter R like a wedding-ring ?-Because it makes Mary many. A young lady, whose father is improving the family mansion, insists upon having a beau window put in for her benefit. A crusty old bachelor says that Adam's wife was called Eve because, when she appeared, man's day of happiness was drawing to a close. A man whio had been fined several weeks in succession for getting drank, ...

... TBE DEAD SH1IP OF HARPkSWVELL, SlY JOlIN (1. wianfILB. ,what flecas the outer gray beyond The sundown1's goldell trail ? TheC while 1ashl Of a sea-bird's wing, Or glealrs of sarnsti g sail ? Let young eyes watch from Neck and Point, And sea-worn elders pray,- The ghtist of what was once a ship is Sailing up the bay! Prom gray sea-fog, from icy drift, From peril and from pTllh, The bome-bourld ...

... The Christy Xinstrels at St. James's HAiL These charming vocalists and clever entertainers continue to attract and delight audiences as large as ever by their sweet warb- ling and amusing performances. Great as has been their success, it is no more than should have been the result of the exercise of the very superior talents of the members of the company. To our thinking, theirs is one of the ...

... rVX4111I1 A MAE'S A MAN FOR A' THAT. A NEW VERSION. IA mran's a man, says Robert Burns, For a' that and a' that; But though the song be clear and strong, It lacks a note for a' that. The lout who'd shirk his daily work, Yet claim his wage and a' that, Or beg, when he might earn, his bread, Is not a man for a' that. If all who dine on homely fare Were true and brave, and a' that, And none ...

... LITERARY NOTICE, ESSAS Ox THE IRISI Cauncii. London: James Parker D Co. Dublin: Hodges & Smith. IT was a happy thought which originated this work at a moment when the Irish Church is assailed and misrepresented by so many adroit and unscrupulous enemies, in and out of power. The volume before us shows that, at least, she has able and zealous defenders to rally round her in the hour of danger; ...

... LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND ART I SC RAP S. FSlicien David is spoken of as likely to obtain the next vacant membership of the Institute, Paris. The King of Hanover has conferred the distinguished honour of his newly created order Ernest Augastus upon Mr. Jules Benedict. The Orclhectru announces that the next three act opera which Offenbach will produce in the winter is to he named Caliph ...

... I OSESHOW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The collectiola of roses exhibited at the Crystal Palace on Saturday last, although of surpassing beauty, variety, and fragrance, was not quite so large as usual, the high winds of the early part of the week having car- r ried destruction into many a smiling garden and scattered r in the air thousands of magnificent flowers. But whatever 1: was deficient in ...

... | omac eot ofeea itrs, nW reviously Aldver- posed, byca;ibel and VirginTiaE ERAl. Ntihtnigti Tomissona ith rGrmms..j, ?? voaist was unsally e rt giav 's Xorning Concert. Herr Wilhelm or Mr.Ganz Gne conducts at half the morning concerts dtoing our London season, and is able to rely upon the assistance of iianfy popular artistes at his aunusl festival. On, Monday hepresented his friends with ...

... rASHION. A VAIROTIEs. I - - Vn.. .I, ~P ARRA I The Queen of Spain has bestowed a cross ux the first class of the vivil Order of BleneficaO upon John Cuannirghamm And Co,- merchants, Sevile0, The Duke of Edinburgh ha3 joined the Royal Navy Club of 17Be, and presented t) its charity 25 ?? Jourssnul, The Baroness.de Pausades, of Bachens has Justdleed atAiro(Ardennes), ?? years,-Coirtrur7a51. ,The ...

... It is impossible not t6 sympathize with the Commit- itee of the Ipswich Horticultural Society upon the unfor- tunate and mnexpected storms which 'spoiled their show ffi on Thursday afternoon. They had spaced no pains to Pprovide a good fete, and had engaged an excellent and l costly military band, ' and they looked forward to this showe as the one which they hoped would assist them to retrieve ...

... APART from the artistic and antiquarian interest of this splendid volume, it is significant as marking a period of change and advance in the history alike of India and of England. It is the first instaliment of a series of publications illustrative of the architectural splendours of India, issued under the superintendence of a committee of Christians and of believers in some one of the ...

... [Froee it Pellet,] We are happy to announce a deeided reactionary move- nment towards simplicity of attire. There can be no ques- tion that luxury in dress has of late been indulged in to an alarming excess. It is, therefore, gratifying to observe that the leaders of fashion now chow a decided inclination to allow the judiciously elegant to replace the merely ex- pensive, We nolonger see ...