At Astracan, Feb. 19, the cold was 28 deg. below the zero of Reaumur. * * * * * ROYAL POET. A volume of poems by the King of Bavaria has just been published at Munich, the profits of which are to be given to an institution devoted to the blind. * * * * * The late Mr. Henry Hase succeeded Abraham Newland, as cashier at the Bank of England. Newland is buried in St. Saviour's Church, Southwark. The lyrical celebrity of Abraham Newland will not be forgotten in our times. * * * * * ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A fine white lion and the largest bear died here last week. This bear was the largest of the three in the pit, and was considered to have been the finest in England. He usually seized the largest share of cakes and fruit, and snorted and snarled whenever his companions secured any. He had latterly grown so fat that he could with difficulty ascend the pole; and after eating his usual breakfast, he expired suddenly. Like many other animals we could name, his _greatness_ was his mortal foe--and as Hume grew too pursy to write, so our four-footed friend became too gross to climb. Toby, with all his ill-treatment and attachment to strong ale, is still alive and well. * * * * * LIFE. Man is a glass, life is the water, That's weakly walled about: Sin brings in death, death breaks the glass, So runs the water out. GEO. F. * * * * * LINES WRITTEN ON A LADY'S WEEPING AT HER MARRIAGE. When on her love, with heart sincere, The maid bestowed her hand, she dropt a tear. Delightful omen of her life's employ, For they who sow in tears shall reap in joy. J. R. R. * * * * * OLD PRICES. Echard, in his "History of England," gives us the rates or prices of the following provisions in the year 1299, being the 27th of Edward I.:--A fat cock, 1-1/2_d_.; a goose, 4_d_.; a fat capon, 2-1/2_d_.; 2 pullets, 1-1/2_d_.; a mallard, 1-1/2_d_.; a pheasant, 4_d_.; a heron, 6_d_.; a plover, 1_d_.; a swan, 3_s_.; a crane. 1_s_.; 2 wood-cocks, 1-1/2_d_.; a fat lamb, (from Christmas to Shrovetide,) 1_s_. 4_d_., and all the year after 4_d_. only. Lastly, wheat was sold for 20_d_. the quarter, and in some places for 6_d_., or 4_s_. of our money. * * * * * LIMBIRD's EDITION OF THE Following Novels are already Published: