... MIZTRATURM. T/hc ajpproachtg Do..f.l o' I P'oepry and Civil Despotismn in £srOpr.- Philp and Evans, Biristol. In all times of politioal commotion aid chnnge, prophecy has beon the favourite study of rnsids of a particular cast. Tho sangpine and imaginative have endeavoured to find the events ?? over them in the dark mystories of Daniel and of St. John. A heated fanoy has ever roendered the ...

... ZraTEZZr VARZEVINB. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.-Thomas-d-Keinupis. QUxErs ELIzABEtE.-Bishop Jewel, in a private letter to his friend Bullinger, 1559, observes, that Queen Elizabeth ret- fuses to be called head of the church, as it was a title that could liot be justly given to any mortal. Ncwsrso.scas, ...

... 1.ZiWERIEY VARIETfES. FEMALE MAusoscTxoSI 'There is to Me, says Byron, something very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence even if one is not in love with them. I always feel in better humour with myself sand every _thing else if there is a woman within ken. ?? is a psassage in Tillotson. that Should. be perused hy sit those notorious. for what is called 1drawing ...

... jaoctrp. THE PRAYERI OF POVERTY. 1P AV pity onl the poor, We know that thoul art kind, Whose waants and woes oppress; And good anthou arteire; Lord, hear them offinrup once more And we would borw ith patint Their prayer of deep distress! mind 0! hear thens when they cry When God our prayer 60nics, Tor daily bread to 'I'hee! Bist not in anger. Lord, Look on their woes with Mercy's Agolist thy ...

... .LDZUSEZVZLNDS. The holiday folks have had no lack of amusements during the week; indeed, the proprietirs of the several public enter- tainments seemed to vie with each other in their efforts to produce something worthy of the public patronage and sup- port. aT'HE TuEATE.-The winter season at this establishment commenced on Monday night, with a domestic drama called I Susan Hopley, founded on ...

... REVIEW OF THE . BRITISH CORN- TRADE.I FProm 'he Mark-Lane Brpress, Dec. 5. Although thle wheat trade still remains extremely dull, some- thing like a stand seems at length to have been made by holders at least the decline in prices submitted to at the principal pro- vineial markets held during the week has been trifling, and much less than might have been expected, considering the very ...

... COU2lT-Y-BETaLF6 AN ?? SHOW. ..The annual show of stock for prizes chiefly given by Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., took place at Court-y- ella Farm, ?? on Wednesday last, Dec. 14. There was a more'than usually numerous attendance of gentlemen, far. mers, &c., but the stock was thought scarcely equal to for. mer years. The company afterwards dined together at the King's Head, where every ...

... t c rat ur e. Fisher's Draiving-lRoomn Scrap-Book for 1843.-Fiaher & SDI), London.I Fisher's Dr'nwing-Room Scrap-Book this year presents au c unusually gorgeous appearance. Portraits of Her Majesty, 1, Prince Albert, tile Prince of Wales, and tile Princess Victoria, a adorn the Outside of the volume the inside, at the same time, tj being as rich as ever ill those attractions which have made ...

... M1izEARY V&RIETZES. FLUENCY OF SPEECte.-Tho common fluency of speech in many men, and in most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scareity of words; for whoever is master of language and has a mind fall of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate in the choice of both, whereas common speakers have only °on sat of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and-these aro always ...

... Thetrp. H Y M N.-By Tiboagxs R. J. POLSDI. Go from thi3s nsorld of sin To realms of bliss and love; Thy Saviour calls thee-enter in, And dwell with Hilm abovet Go to thy Mlaker-Glodl Beyond the reach of pain; IEter thy Saviour's blest abode, Nor sutler death again. Fled from this earth, no more Shall sorrow wring thy brow; Thy flight is fought-thy warfare ' o'er, Thou 'rt more than conqu'ror ...

... voctfJ. - * OLD CHRISTMAS. OLD Christmas j9 come with ills mirth and good cicer, And a welcome we'll give him to close tile old year; He comeo with at right hearty greeting to all, And festive companions Rock round at Ills baUl; 'Fhrisfld of youth anld of ago, or tlhe richl arid tihe pooi, With his ;y stirriig lauglitor hle cntcrs our door; Tig but ?? in thre year tlat hc iasieo thiS way, And, ...

... wiSHIONS Fon TANUAr.Y. (fFrewom1 Tlhe Landor, and Paris Magazine of Fashion. ) Mlany morning toilettes in Paris are made of drap, with tight sleeves, corsagV high and tight, worked in braid, or trimmed more frequently with wide biiis of velvet. Pro. menade dresses of pekmn, satin, poult de soie, with sleeves of noderate size, a little fulness at the armhole, and jockeys formed of a rounded ...