... The new yeai haa ao far opened promisingly for the trade in most iroa oentres ; there is now* more activity than bas been tbe ease at the corresponding period for several years past, aad tbe improved tone appears likely to be maintaiaed. The local pig-iron trade shows increased briskness, and prices of Derbyahire foundry piga are quoted —No. 1, 41s. ; No. S, 395. to 405. ; No. 3, 37a. to 385.; ...

... X-Ittriarg UnA artiMi?. 'DI M[SPIICIALLY CONTIBUTED.] n- I hear that the Hull Literary Club had a most suc- as cessful gathoring on the 9th inst., on the occasion of IBt their fourth annual dinner. I have before me the toast list, cleverly illustrated by Mr. T. T. Wildridge, ty and with Shakespearean mottoes happily selected by he Mr. William Andre ws; and I find that among the in speakers and ...

... Si I tqattly. Tile Biblical Mfuseum. By JAMEs Comlsrsc GRAY. 01l1 Testament, Vol. VI. London: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, Paternoster-row. We know no previous commnentary in which the Book of Psalms hats been treated in is similar way to that adopted by Mr. Gray, and we arc not acquainted with any commen- tary, at ozice so suggestive, so practical, so concise, and so thoroughly devout. It grows in ...

... C% ?, # C4?1,lf ylifurt. * I I L .Dresden C/sinei, and lklie,' .osgs. By F.EH.NVWfTIIEBLY. London: DI PRosE and BATEMiAN, Lincoln's Inn Fields. This charming violuimeof songs by thieauthor of Nancy Leoe '4Jack's Yarn, and other we'll-known cornpositiolls, is a, very welcome addition to literature of this class. Anyone who can appreciate a good song will be very much gratified by this book. ...

... C, ?? 0 A!, I t?riltll I, e. Oi1 The Alre Journal. No. CCXVIII.. February. London: VIRTUE and CO.. 214, City-road. lie Professor Anisted is contributing a series of articles on ?? River Sicenlery, the second of which1 treats Of rivers in Ce mountain limnestonec districts. Tire professor: thus speaks ch -of our Derbyshire rivers :-Ci 'To tire ?? Itrirestoin ae reilsi iris(1 tire most ...

... I ? qtrg. V_ KATIE LEE AND WILLIE GRAY. Two brown heads with tossing curls, Red lips shuttilng over pearls, Rare feet wbito and wet with dew, Two eyes black snd two eyes blue; Little boy and girl were they- Katie Lee and Willie Gray. Rho had cheeks like cherries red, He was taller 'loost a head She had nrins like wreathbof snowv, And swung a basket to and fro, Half In thought and half in play, ...

... X-Itqattly. O0,'d Nanty. By ATHYjtIA. London: BEMUOSE and Sobs, 2i, Old Bailey; and Derby. O.U NaSaty is a powerful sketch of character, showing how trouble hardened a young and attractive woman, who, for fifty years, shut up her heart against all consolation, intil the touch of a simple child starred the feelings she hal so long repressed, and aroused thoughts which would not let her rest ...

... C. - . tilt. Tins Book of the Rabbit. Part XI. Edited by LrONAReD U. GILL.. London: The Bazaar Office, 170, Strand. D With this part Mr. Gill completes his book on rabbits. th The text is contributed by various emlinent breeders and I exhibitors, and the book will really supersede Rayson's, B wvhieh has hi~therto been re-arded as the standard work on A the suibject. A capital Onex renders ...

... 'it at tie. ?? I MIAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER. [SECOND NOTICE.] Th,'l Nbiefeenth Centuris. No. LVI., October. London : C. ICEGAN PAUL and Co., 1, Paternoster-square. Lord Derby's paper onl ` Ireland and the Land Act occupies the place of honour in the Nineteensthe Century. We have already quoted a paragraph from this paper, in which his Lordship shows that the Act will fail 'as a measure of ...

... @ot1trg. ?? ?? A TIME OF PIACEi. Gol.hell leaves ftllal a ?? .Inv; (hwi!at~s ie icie1stl tetitav~ 5, Sealt is sfit:) Itu.hitei w'hisp.wr, allds ?? w s sy, CON'allmer rshllille-utl dI ift. ?? Ahnt the elpts fel ic till mtn Ke\' (Y'he rivoee iclm i l;e a tilre .! 'tatd.) Long ago fistli that lilil hill-cre.it (Theu year wa e11011:. Sletlls t lwv/,! Iremalc : Brake tile ihist thalt tih etoi tie ...

... Vqtrg. CLOUD DREAMS. Fresh is the wind it, ito blowing Over the Spnrigtiile blor, High ar the eloudo in their ge0irg Atret vrherr the wimdo ptrsiet; Wtith beauty their nol1y cowing, Whito with their owt content, tjily they go without bnowing Wheneo como or whither Celit. Fromu Eouthward to westward driteid All of thls April day, Fell lightly they ensinsg, ulifted Over the eity'N grey; To.eIt ...

... TARrETIES. . ?? -1 her When two gushing young women make a great display of usts bdngehother good-bye, it may be called1 much adieu of ?? Courier. ord- A Western editor received a letter from a subscriber, lave asking him to publish a cure for apple-free worms. He and replied that he could not suggest a cure until he knew vith what ailed the worms. An Illinois man was arrested, and fined ...