LITERATURE AND kBT. —M. Tonimin Smith writes a long letter to the Timer, deEcribing a book,disoovered somewhere on the borders of Wales, which he believes to be the 1, own pra3er-book , ' of Shakspeare. Mr. Smith Bays : We may expect other books belonging. to Shak ripeare to be Set found. ,, —Mr. Bouoloault, assisted by Mr. John Brougham and Mr. Emery, is to produce a new piece at the Theatre on the 7th, entitled, 41 Arrah as _Pogue ; or, the Wicklow Wedding, ,, whloh, he al leges, has been specially written for. the Dublin „ . „ . A communication from Flensburg has the fol lowing: "A,huge block of granite, which is to form the luneral monument of the Danes whowere killed during the assault on Dappel; was yesterday sent there from this place. ' It Is a cube, on which is the l'ollowing inscription: Here He the bodies of 200 Danes. • A plaster model of the Elaho Challenge Shield was placed in • the vestibule of the .Parliament House, at Edinburgh, °litho Ist, with a goodideal of ceremony. The shield itself has not yet been corn 'plated. It will be remembered that, at the last 'Wimbledon meeting, the'Scottish eight beat their ;English opponents in the match for this trophy. —John Leech earned a 'great amount of popula- Tlty by his sketches of Mr. Briggsb;• and it is a curl ems circumstance that he left town for Homburg on the day when' Mr. Briggs, of Hackney,, was mur dered (the 9th of July) - rand' died on the day when Muller was • convicted of the murder of Mr. Briggs- —Liszt has left Paris, after leavingin the hands lot Prince Footateisokl the score of a :grand mass composed some years ago for a cathedral In Hun gary, and which•will probably be brought oat this •winter at the wooer's organizing by IC Falk:den David. —The city of Paris lately voted a sum of £2,600 !or the repair of the•stained glass windoirs in the churches of the capital. THE STATE. REMEMBRANCES TO THE EDITOR.---U used to be a custom in the country districts, with newly-mar. _Tied couples, to• send on the eve of their union take, or a subscription, or something else of value, to the editor of their county paper. The custom has become nearly obsolete, but now and then we hear of instances which bring baok our recollections of the "good old times." A contemporary, in daysbarg, has been thus favored, and celebrates it In this strain Acoompanying two marriage notices published today were two delicious Cakes. A wedding cake in a printing tffice produces the most serene re sults. Its sacred associations, its suggestion of an unbroken dream of happiness, neutralize the rude diabolism of its gloomy walls, and almost but. 'lionize its young imps. It illumines its inky atmo sphere, and sheds over alt a hallowed light. It is the pure and beautiful amid blackness. In return for these delicious souvenirs of a wedding day, this