Poetry.

Open the lattice wide , Amy , that the scent of the summer flowers May come on the wings of the summer wind , and cheer these angnish'ci hours , That the twittering song-birds' lays may ring- in my ears from their blossoming bowers . My head is heavy aud dull , Amy , and n weight lies on my heart ,

It seems as if death were drawing near , and the hour when u-e must part ; For the songs of the birds they ring in my cars like the chimes of another land , And the skies above have changed their blue to drifts of the golden sand , And I feel upon my life-strings tho play of an icy hand . And I'm willing to go from lifeAmyfrom life with its misery

, , , For I feel like a broken reed that has toss'd for years ou a foaming sea ; I long to lie 'neath a bluer sky , and to dream of a fairer fame , Than that which has woo'd me on to despair , and shatter'd me with its shame—That has crush'd the blood-drops from my heart , and toss ' cl aside my claim .

I lvoo ' tl it with all the hot , hot blood , that pants in the young heart's veins , I loosen'd the curb , plunged in the spur ? , and spum'd the checking reins ; But ever it slipped away , nor could I the coveted laurel reach . I maddened I Oh , talk not of patience ! Content , yon fools , would you preach ? I ivoald not have lost a throbthough now I lie sha'ter'd upon

, the breach . But lift mo up in your arms , and let me sec the old church glade , 'Tis pleasant to look , in our dying hours , upon spots where we have play'd , AA hen the jocund laugh of young careless hearts sped gaily the summer time ;

'Tis pleasant to die in the midst of flowers , though hack'd down in our prime ; And 'tis pleasant to die before wc hear the echo of age's chime . Lift me up 1 I see there the great lime-tree , and beyond it the wi . v _ v <_ main , And the stars come faintly peeping out , the jewels of a holy fane

, And a sacred calm fans my aching heart . Yes , -Amy , I am at rest ! I'll go to sleep on thy loving heart—ou thine , whom I've loved the best ! And we'll meet again where we'll never part , in the land of the Peaceful and Blest . ANTHONY ONEAL HAVE .

Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending Dec. 8th, 1866.

MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC . 8 TH , 1866 .

Tuesday , Dec . 'ith . —INSTITUTION OI- CIVIL E . VCIXEEKS , at 8 . Wednesday , Dec . . 5 th . —SOCIETY OF ARTS , at 8 . Wednesday , Dec . ot . li . —GTIOI . OGICAI . SOCIETV , at S . Thursday , Dec . 6 ' fcli . — CHEMICAL SOCIETV , at 8 .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

N THE' COURT . —The Queen drove out on tbe morning of the 21 st ult ., attended by the Duchess of lloxliurghc ; and his Lloy . il Hig hness Prince Leopold wont out walking . The Queen , with Princess Beatrice , attended by the Duchess of Iloxburghe , walked and drove on the 22 nd ult . Her Majesty , with her B _ oy . il Highness the Princess Louise , and attended by the

Countess of Caledon , walked and drove on the morning of the 23 rd ult . Prince Leopold went out walking , attended by Mr . Legg , and Princess Beatrice rode iu the Home Park . The

Queen , accompanied by her JRoyal Highness Princess Louise ' walked and drove in the afternoon . Her Majesty drove out on the morning of the 21 th ult . with Princess Beatrice , attended hy the Hon . Flora Macdonald . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds in the afternoon , accompanied by her Boyal Highness Princess Christian . The Queen , their Koyal

Highnesses the Duke of Edinburgh , Prince and Princess Ciiristiaii , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , and the Ladies in Waiting , attended Divine service ou the 25 th ult . in the private chapel . The Kev . R . Duckworth officiated- The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Friiieess Louise , drove out on the morning of the 20 th ult ., attended by the Hon ..

Flora Macdonald . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , walked and drove in the afternoon . Her Majesty , with Princess Louise , drove out on the morning of the 27 th ult ., attended hy the Hon . Flora Macdonald . The Queen went out in the grounds on the morning of the 2 Sfcii nit ., accompanied by Princess Beatrice .

GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The health of London continues to improve , deaths from all causes registered last week being 173 less than the estimated average corrected for increase of population . There were eight deaths only from cholera , and 25 from diarrhoea . Those from cholera in the last seven weekswere 207 , 1-14 , 112 , 73 , 67 , 132 , and 8 ; and from diarrhoea 47 , 55 ,

32 , 28 , 33 , and 26 . The deaths of four persons killed by vehicles in the streets , and of It children and 3 adults from fire were registered in the week . The annual rates of mortality in tha week ending Mov . 17 iu thirteen large towns were per 1 , 000—Salford IS , Sheffield and Bristol 22 , London and Birmingham

2-1 . Hull 2 G , Glasgow and Leeds 29 , Edinburgh and Manchester 30 , Liverpool 31 , and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 32 . On the 22 nd ult . A ice-Chancel ! er Kindersley heard arguments in the ease of O-. ites v . Overcud , Gurney , and Co .. Limited . Mr . Oates ivas a shareholder upon whom calls had been made by the liquidators of the company , and he , with other shareholders , seeks to be

relieved from payment of these on the ground that false representations were made in the prospectus of tho company . The specific representation which is alleged to be false is that the business of the private firm which was to be taken by the company was sound ; whereas , it is said that the private firm was at the time hopelessly insolvent . The

Attorney-General was opening the case as one of fraud , whan he asked for a postponement in order to enable the books of the company to be examined . The application was opposed , but the Vice-ChanccUor granted it , saying no harm could be done as Mr . Oatcs h : id paid his calls under protest . In the case of Mr . Peakc , another shareholder , however , the Vice-Chancellor

refused to grant the postponement , unless Mr . Peake paid in £ 10 , 000 as security for his calls . A banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the 22 nd ult ., wis rendered somewhat notable by a speech of the Lord-Lieutenant , in which ho frankly admitted that the population of Ireland was not in excess of the capacity of tiie soil to maintain it , and urged that every

effort should be made to induce the people to remain . The opposite argument has so often been advanced that it is refreshing to find Lord Abercorn virtually contending that the Irish , exodus is occasioned not by an inexorable law of nature , but by causes which are within human control . The trial of the

policeman Haeys , for perjury , has been concluded . The jury found him guilty , and sentence was postponed . Probably no case ever raised move important questions of the kind , or was watched with keener interest by both tho police and the public . The counsel for thj prosecution said he would not goon with the charge for cons piracy , as ho believed the other policeman , Barry , hacl been made tiie tool of Hayes . Mr . Cooper , on h e-