... i THE I0CAB I: GOA TIhad about oixksi a . of~- ~ uuw. elgur miles to go-i was the 221nd o lat December, close uponten o'clock at2 night; wheniu opened the ifrot door, the fgi stle, slowly into theriall in lazy u gayyelndo scarfs.. It did not look pleasant or promis'ing.I glanced across the street, And could dimply meake out the ground..and ?? windows' of the houses opposite. 'Theupper ...

... Shortaskirts for walking dresses are found to be so cmnfortable that many ladies are abolishing all trains -except for full dress occasions-and are having mrrning wrappers made short enough for the skirt to emape the floor. These are especially pretty'when ncde with great clusters of gatherings that are now simuch used to hold the fulness of the back breadth. A pretty model of this kind is of ...

... John Wingfield, So, a chaff-cuttor, 8, Parkmewsj Kiibuni, was brought before Mr. Rutzep, the Marvlebone Police-courtyesterday, on the ohargeof murdering bis wile in Denmark-road, the ult. The prisoner had been originally charged with attempted murder only, but. since he was remanded tbe woman had died. The coroner for Central Middlesex has opened inquiry, which stands adjourned. The prisoner ...

... 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, ?? 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 ...

... MAGAZINES, &v. There is a6 variety of good reading in Thre Corrrhllff 1afoparirir this month, independently of the continuations of the nowv well-known fictions of ,Mademnoiselle de Blersac arid White Wings, a Yachting Romance, ti the former vivll sustained, and the hitter as fresh and C lively ais the c lement on which the scene is mainly laid, axt Dr. W, W., Hunter continues his well ...

... TIHE ORGANIZATION OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE. * A COLLECTION of the papers which Captain Colomb has read at various times on the defence of the empire is specially interesting when at last there seems to be some reason for hoping that continuous attention will be given to the subject. Captain Colomb is one of those who for several years past have been striving to convince the people of Great Britain ...

... AIUTOBIOGKRAPHY OF A CHARTIST. all N1:MBRuesa 9. ity, He who the sword of heaven will bear, t Omn Sbhould be ns bolv as zevere; of Pattern in bimself to know of Grace to stand, virtue to go, of ?? or lose to others paying, tha Than by Self offerices weighing. . ,ur. These words Ironm Shakespeare were applied to the too Chartist trials of 1843. of Fergas O'Connor, and 08 others, ery at ...

... ?? E AVAf MNl. \WILLss Ai7non, produced at the ADELPHI on Saturday evening, is a far mnore vigorous production than his domestic dramna, entitled Forced from Home, brought out last week at the DUKE'S Theatre. The latter piece is clearly based upon the model of those suburban melodramas in which the great object is to present to the autlience incidents of what is called thrilling interest, ...

... C) I 1.101- TENDER AND TRUE, by W. Arthur Law, late 21st R. S. Fusiliers (Remington and Co.).-Author and publishers alike have combined to make this work readable ; the former has steered clear of that fatal error of modern novelists, prolixity, and has ruth- lessly cut down his tale to the compass of a single volume, whilst Messrs. Remington, mindful of the faults common to their profes. ...

... MkR D. H. HABKINS5 AT THE; THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. E _ *A6v I - Ihe excellent mnagement of our popnlr theatre never was more truly ?? thin by the judicioin sequence of entertainmeuti during the present season. Following upon the sucoesdal run of mirth.provoking pantomime, lovers of strong drma were well ?? by the production of Drink, and Ghefashioableesection of plsy- goere have this week ...

... ON A1ILT. The MArq'ue3a of Buto was a Ruost at tlho recent ar eunual dinner of the r-yal scottish Acadomy, Co ?? propteod tha success of that inetitation. In IA 171 dcing Bo, the noble lord asid :-With these wordK fur put in my mouth, and standing in this place and p!h bofore this audienc3, I cannot help feeling that in 1r, mind and thought you aea but a Fmall part of an aeeembly much lavger ...