... NO. XXVIII. THE OLD MAID, There is no person, in giving whose character, we, the L Zo~daS, have been so ungenerous to as we have with the p11t. old maid. She has been spoken of as hard-hearted, sullen, cruel, and fond of nothing but tea, cats, and scandal. So ,t as the original picture been drawn, and thousands of copies have been struck off, not only in novels and other tales of fiction, but ...

... ANOTHER ARGUMENT FOR THE CHARTER. It is a sad, but not a singular fact, that when a class of individuals bad once succeeded in establish- ing itself between the labourer and his hire-as in the case of the coal-whippers-the more oppressive the exactions, the more injurious the interference, the greater is the indifference with which its pro- ceedings are viewed by the authorities; it matters ...

... THE PUBLIC-HOUSE DECLAIMER We are seated in what is called the I parlour' of a public- house, and our companions are about half-a-dozen gentle- men who keep shops in the neighbourhood. Their tastes are diverse, some patronizing brandy and water, others sipping diluted whiskeyta third party quaffing the distills. tior of the juniper berry, a fourth section of the assemblage drinking west ...

... ACCOITNT OF THE SENSATIONS OF THE NOVICE AFTER HIS FIRST TRYST WITH TRUTH. believe that none of my readers will dispute the fact o t3 being -the property of any excess of feeling to rende hose so visited incapable of enjoying that holy balm, sleep. thaer struggling 'with certain things for a time, the spirit oar become ao exhausted as to fall into a temporary obli. :ioh; hut during the first ...

... G I N-SHOP S. It Is a very remarkable circumatanne that different trades c appear to partake of the dlisease to which elephants and dogs are especially liable, and to run stark, staring, raving mada periodically. The great distinction betwveen the animalsc and the trades is that the former run mad with a certain derreo of propriety-they are very regular in their irregu. lariliss. We know the ...

... The Nenw Concern is always opened in one of the newest -nmost elegant streets in the City, and the particular ;dlng in zwhich it is situated is generally the most ele- rn it-the flower of the flock. T' ieouter door, whisk is a folding one, is a splendid It is covered with crimson cloth, and studded - fi with olustering, glittering brass nails. It has a ;-qle of massive brass handles, of the ...

... ; Mr. Fellaws, in his account of his Travels in Asia Minor, t relates the following surprising fact, proving the extreme ! R. tenacity of life possessed by the vulture. He states that, I T at Loadicea, he shot one of these voracious birds. I It was,' j he says, ' shot at about ltine o'clocir, and at the time was it washing' itself in the strearn after its hearty meal upon the i r t dead camel. ...

... Society, such as it is at present, will not continue to exist. As instruction descends to the lower classes, these will discover the secret cancer which has been corroding social order ever since the beginning of thie world ; a complaint which is the cause of all popular discontentand commotions. 'Ihe too great inequality of conditions and fortunes has been able to uphold itself so long as it ...

... ~ser a Ira. It was impossible, says the author of 'The Angl]r in hl i of Ireland,' to travel even one day through the interior of ri Ireland without being forcibly reminded that I was in a m ,ere perfectly different country, and among a totally dissimilar ol lay people, from those on the Saxon side of the Channel. The l ely general aspect of the country through which I this day P passed, as, ...

... PRESENTATION OF A SILVERt MEDAL.-On Thursday, October 1, the officers and brothers of the Loyal Victoria Lodge, No. 1695, of the Bishopwearmoutb District, met to Present P. G. Langton with a handsome silver medal, for his valuable services while ?? through the various offices of the lodge. After the usual preliminaries of the lodge had been gone through, N. G. Borbeck called upon P. Go Wilson ...

... DREIT OP THE DRURY LANY COMPANY.- MR. BRAHAL. The triascendent powers of this greatb vocalist are but; little deteriorated by age. His songs, anif rmore especially those of a sacred nature, have stilt the msame mrg d, int-.- fluence on his auditory as they Lad twenty or tlirty yeas since. One fault Mr. Brabam nlib fallen iuto-ttisais, im. parting to certain melodies he executes a tei great ...

... THE BROKEWS MAN. ?? . . . . . . .4h- wictemout of the Ilate election ithas subsided, and ?? toa-stateciof omparative trapputlltiyii we Areoenabliad to devote our attention to those EP tyPJIQQI Wnsos ~whoek little, share in our. party contests, 0r an the turmoil. apd bustle oft public life ; and we feel pinopr plar ?? g here; that in collecting I materials for this task wre have, been -greedly ...