The banquet was over in Magog's hall, The gas was put out, and the Mayor put to bed; And darkness had spread her dunnest pall _ _ Over civic mansiOn and coster's shed: When the old king of Pontus appeared in a cloud With an ermine fringe and a sable lining, And he cried, with a

The cattle-market, which has lasted for seven centuries, will next week be removed to another place never to return. In 1150, when Fitz-Stephen, the first topographer of London, wrote, horses and cattle were here sold. "The Statutes •of Smithfield," the legislative enactments of

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"A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End; and a Trip to the Scilly Isles." By Walter White. Bvo. Chapman and Hall: 1855. The book is fairer than its title. The book._ gives you, somewhat drily, but without "affectations," a straightforward account of a walk to the ; Land's End. But

Borbau AT SHEFFIELD.—On Saturday evening, a large steam-boiler, placed in the Castle mills, was being tested, preparatory to regular use on Monday, when it exploded. It was blown through buildings and furnaces a distance of 80 yards, and finally fell in the river. Several people

with Notes, Analysis of the leading of the Act, copious Index, etc., etc. By J. SCOTT, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. London : KNIGHT gr. Co., 90, Fleet.street.

in a Scottish e or construction. Every Scotchruau ought to possess this work. F. SitAw, Southampton-row, and Paternoster-row.

fret fibrarg. THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.' The War: from the Landing at Gallipoli to the Death of Lord Raglan. By W. H. Russell, Correspondent of the Times. By permission. Bvo. George Routledge and Co. 1855. How are we to review a work which for nearly a year and-a half has formed