... RA~, - I THE~. M RAL OF THIS MILD CHRISTMAS.' Another year i9 nearly gone, Avnd COtritm5s comes again, tse passhig time, - l ntO twith icy tread, in snowy nantle wrapt, t A* he was wont to steal Upon the seene.. The vra blod coursees l his throbbitag veins - ili forehead wvears no rigid aspect now To oh ii the poor with' cold severity, - And smiles arouid hbs thin lips playing, cheer, 's . ...

... voetip. A CHRISTMAS HYMN. Uav sv. a; :. Dvalcnfl. Whet Christ from Heaven, his pure abode. Descended to our sinful clime. It was IoI in the summer Imontlis, But in the dreary winter time. No silken coush recelved him then, In a rude manger low he IYa,- 8nt seraph guardians stood around, And angels hymn d his natal day. O'er Bethlehem's delds a lambent light . Ere morning dawned vras seen to ...

... . l 'e One of the best indications of the advanced state of I It society in the present day, is the marked improvement n manifested in the amusements sought for by a great por- J > tion of the people. The age of bull baiting, bearbaiting, n and other degrading so-called sports may be said to ?? ithave entirely passed away, and now are patronised re- lj it creations which tend to elevate the ...

... FRAaEr.-Frsser has commenced the year and his new: number with a dramatic scene, in which, under the title of Oliver Yorke at Home, he has introduced us to some of the sr-afisa personte of his magazine. Oliver Yorke, who appears to be the Christopher North of Fraser, is seated in his library, over a flask of Burgundy, indulging in a soliloquy upon the glories of editorship, and, as a ...

... | FOREIGN, CORRESPONDENCE AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. (aXOLsCIVE FOR THE ERA.) The Commission of Dramatic Authors, of which most of the literary men connected with the stage are members, and have agreed to be bound by the decisions of the majority, adopt occa- sionally resolutions which are not less offensive to the peblic than to the best interests of the stage. The avowed object of the ...

... - . -LIT-ERAT ?? PoATifY1tO1 T et MltLfON. By a ME IBER OF -PARULA- 1dENT. 4E#1ib'd by P a PsiaGGcts. *(Whitakef.),Evdi'y thing nowva.days is 'for the million- Singing for the Milw- ]iontt-'i*Morals'-for the Million.' The Masses, as they are politically called, are coming into fashion, and all science, art, and literature,, of every sortand kind, is served out whole-, sale; -The present ...

... (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) Cachernires, silks of every description, displaying peculiar beauty and varietv both in colors and style, with velvets, consti- tute the fashionable materials in preparation for the season. Gimp continues to be much used; nor do we see any chance of bugles declining in favor; indeed, fringes, resifles, berthes, and cei/fures composed of ...

... LITERATUE. ! ' i, I . 4- w.; * -THE COLD WATER CURE. f TittkDAReBlS Or TEIX WiTEX CUax. By JAMs VS ?? a d'3fMs5 M- GUL - M.-D. (Cunningham and r ii ?? anF ne* invention in the treatment of disease is brought forwtard~we ought to be greatly-indebtedtoho ne stien who devote thems~elves to eni imnpartial in toteseglo mediclt vetgto fits merite and laybefore unprofesaional readera such an ae t,~ ...

... g, TO THE EDITOR OF THlE blORNINO CHIRONICLE, a SIR-A stetement, copied fram the Observer into the M- Morning Post, being replete with misrepresentitiof, I it shall be much obliged to you to allow me to correct it. 1. I have never given any guarantee for the continuance of tire season. my tenure of the proprietors having been h limited, after eight weeks, to nightly oceupotion-anO y ...

... I _ _ _FASH.IONA I;L G-C . I WINDSOR, MONDAY--Thefollowing areepU toarv at the Castle this evening, On a iitt ?? to arrivo coneort ?? Portman, the Bishop Of Oxfor Sir Henry Wheat]e, a t ?? oaln. depa rt fln ai Edun Burk te R ight, Is. Vis o tecountyM] Attorney-Genleral of'the Duchy Of Corwal ViO1 e- bourne and Lord and Lady leasuvale took their departure front the Castle to-day. r ftecberatora ...

... FASHIONABLE INT L/G n WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING eb fineuess of the day, in addition to the atrat the Bence of her MaJesty at the Castle, caused an Ait Ley influx of visitors, who continued to arrive by the from London and various parts of the ...

... F-SHIONAJBL IE JNTELl I S Net The Queen and Prince Albert, accoapniea Princess Royal, arrived in London in a charlotain 114 minutes before five o'clock on Monday afternoon e mont. . hoe Marquis of Sligo, by the adviee oft siciens, is about to remove to Cowes, lsle of w' Al time. o Viscount Northland, M-P-. has returned to from this country. -° Sir R. Peel arrived in London on eayton 51anor. o ...