another on the left; which are intended for him (as the personification of the Father,) and for the Son, and for the Holy Ghost, on either side of him; and all the cardinals having gone through these motions, and the inferior priests having kissed his _toe_--that is, the _cross_, embroidered on his shoe--high mass begins. The pope kneels during the elevation of the host, prays in silence before the high altar, gets up and sits down, reads something out of a great book which they bring to him, with a lighted taper held beside it; and, having gone through many more such ceremonies, finally ends as he began, with giving his benediction with three fingers, all the way he goes out. During all the time of this high mass, the pope’s military band, stationed on the platform in front of the church, played so many clamorous martial airs, that it effectually put to flight any ideas of religious solemnity.” In England, _Lady Day_ is only remembered as the first quarter-day in the year, and is therefore only kept by tenants who truly pay rent to their landlords. A few years ago a country gentleman wrote a letter to a lady of rank in town, and sent it through the general post with the following address: “To “The 25th of March, “Foley-place, London.” The postman duly delivered the letter at the house of _Lady Day_ for whom it was intended. CHRONOLOGY. 1688. Parochial charity schools, for the education of the children of poor persons, were instituted in London and its vicinity. 1748. A fire broke out at one o’clock in the morning in ’Change-alley, Cornhill, London, which raged for ten hours, consuming all the buildings in ’Change-alley and Birchin-lane; and in Cornhill, from ’Change-alley to St. Michael’s-alley, including several celebrated taverns and coffee-houses, and many valuable shops, including five booksellers. There were eighty houses destroyed by this conflagration. 1809. Anna Seward, the friend of Dr. Darwin, and recollected for her life of him, and for her poetry and correspondence, died in the bishop’s palace at Lichfield, aged 66. She was born at Eyan, in Derbyshire. Her poetry is easy, rather than vigorous. * * * * * FLORAL DIRECTORY. Marigold. _Calendula Officinalis._ Annunciation of V. Mary. ~March 26.~ Oxford Term ends. _St. Ludger_, Bp. of Munster, A. D. 809. _St. Braulio_, Bp. of Saragossa, A. D. 646. THE CUCKOO. Now in many situations may be heard the cuckoo. Its distant note intimating dislike to human approach, comes upon the ear as a soft welcome from a shy stranger:-- Hail, beauteous stranger of the grove, Thou messenger of spring! How heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year?