... (From the hew _Mrithly Jilagazine.) BY THOMAS 1100D. . Oh,:bed! oh, bed! delicious bed! That heav'n upon earth to the weary head; But a place that to name would be ill-bred To the head with a wakeful trouble- Tis held by such a different lease; To one, a place of comfort and peace, All stuff'd with the down of stubble geese, To another, with only the stubble. To one, a perfect halcyon nest, ...

... OXFOR3D CERISTnAS DoIEaT S-qGW. .1 .. . - Thto display of meat at our1 annlual, Christmas Show, on Saturday iastywas pronounced by SCveral emlinentgraxier's andi agricunlturist s to su rpass unl y thinK of' the Riiid evtoc exh ibited in Oxfor'd M1athot. Although there was nout Sis large a quait it y of thaot enoi'mously fat inut tol th at wts lutve seen on previouis Occasions, yet, fur ...

... ROYAL OXFORDS3M1RE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. PIte - ?? - . s ~ - ^ ' * ?? ?? ' - The fourth shoo for this season was holden in tbe Town Hall, in this city, onl Thursday last, and was well attended, tise hall e being crowded the greater part of the afternoon. The plants exhibited were not numerous, but some of them were very supe=ior, especially some Aehimenes, shewn by Mr. Baxter, . Curator of ...

... T'1HE ONIN IVRRSK. s:F( ?? i) ievery ?? nbont me,-. tienrae *if geoo.-e ithin, ivithout Me. 'OD) is hJeYO: I feel it so: lie gidcs arnd blesses all I do. Is my soul (Iast down and shiling,- Sorrow's bitter auguish drinking? ?? revives me, ere I fall, And ruingles honey with the gall. .1o temnptations sore oppress? Nnst I sills vith grief confess? still He hears sue, when I pray, And Wipes my ...

... I (ricoai THlE WORLD op rASIIION.) WALIiN-G Dn.ssis.-The materials most in favoui are rich looking satins, poplins, poldins, and plaided cloths, Dresses of thle grenat satin are nowv ornamented round the bottom of the skint with two broad biais of velvet, of a shade rather darker than the dress. The bodies are made high and plain, as well as the sleeves; the latter being simply ornamented ...

... OXFORD CHRISTMfAS CATTLE SHOW. le Onr Christmas Paet Cattle Show took place on Wed- 3fnesday last, in a close belonging to Ma'. Symonds, near Worcester collego, arid was admitted by all the visitors- to be superior to last year's exhibition ;-tlrere was agood (it iipetjtion in all the classes with tire exception of South- d1kowvn sheep. The Stock was of superior quality and rt SYmmIetry, ...

... ?URAL SONNET.-OC'TO13I?R. BYV SIR. J1. JONE9, Auzllor of S~portzcues. 'ReItegee1, T1,e Uot/iedraI Bell, anvd sthe1 Trayedies. Thee whbods asesume their robes ot russet hile 'Anaber'd,'ofibronz'd, or sanguinMd, in the sun;-- The falling lehves the mnoisten'd ground bestrew- The phea~sant-dr~ops !-anid huntin~g is begunl. Aginil, the healthiy pluugml~ne!I turn tbe soil: rho thrashlers ...

... THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES GREAT CATTLE , SHOW. Birrninyk7ain, A'ornday Ariyit. - The award of prizes for fat cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry, entered for this, the first annual exhibition of agricultural animal stock, upon an extensive scale in the ?? counties, took place this morning. Before enter- ing into further details, it may be well to mention the origin of the exhibition. At ...

... THE MARTYRS' *MMORIAL. JlAIL ! aged walls, an'd all 7e holy nisades What lingerinig Vpilit hov'ring near pervades ? What means this light, bright as thoe oon-day giare P What mean these sighs, that steal alolig the air? As shadowy echo oft r-epeats the sound, Borne o'er the landscape from some glen profound. Now 'nild these wvalls, encrrsted thicli b time, llere, wlhere the souls of Mairtyrs ...

... Tbe ?? i Sooly is juist jpul~is/sesl. Wlrittenl fb J. iis'aton, authxor lappsjy Land:- Come buy a Song, come buy a song, You're welcome while I've any Come buy a song, come buy a SO1g, He e's twenty for a penny. I've got lots, and take your choice They'll mnako you feel i, clove And as mine is a singing voice, I mean to tell '1L ovel. We shall never seo the like again, Away with melancholy ...

... %. en~s --d s -p }w+TnL.tP ?? no fl- Q. The second exhibition for the- season of this Socicty took place in the County Hall, on Tuesday last, and was well supplied with every production of the season in fr uits, vegetables, and flowers. The attendance of visitors I was more than usually large, most of the gentry of the r surrounding neiglhbourhood having honored it with their I presence. The ...

... THE S~MITHIlEILD CLUB, ANN UAL PltlZl,' CNT'LL'E SIIOW. Ih ' iiitilixiit Lo C; cattl, slII ( p),I pi' c. by this ecaciet r. coliln itilled to-day ( Vdiia) It i.s7 ]Jl( cliit whlat is it bids fair to bi' at least as Sa~ ~t~isctoIry In its piromuoters ats ally foitoci'u ?? ut the Mail liar,'! 1JUIIiei lii tile ?? occasion. thio pitioril of ari'iicitllv itlillatitig ai1d distovi'l~,iig th ...