... 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 ...

... ?t'ra, UTI.C,-, 0? ?? The first paper consite of soms SPIrite extrelo. from 6ther correspondence of teeebte nd m tis ?? stanllope--ti, lady, ?? It her from English Polsed e ey r E~ 'It asen Queen Amongst ?? ftl eet isted ?? sa f colliection, of stornes an ncdts 'oiteetcd r wtthth l~er'a of that amusing PerO~e~ -lbt ?? Som ofb the f sketches are Well toltcul5 hi~mrl be~avhing is: byn means ...

... Voctrp. 3M9DI''ATIONS ON THE P'OOR LAY.. B3Y A CONSERVATIVE P':Et. WIJY should I support mny neighbour On my goods-agailnst ioy will ? Can 'It he live by honest labour1- Call 't he beg,-or can 't he steal? Poor-rates make such sad confusion I- I, for osy part--cannot see Dow Join Thomsofn's destitution Gives him any claim on mne! Soith may n't own a somgle penny,- Alust I then mny pound ...

... jpottrp. THE VISRI AND THE PO WFBR. ONwARD-onward still aspiring, Through the ideal realms untiring, Wings the Wish its bouneless way Nothing of life's perils countinu But still higher-higher mounting, Panting for a further sway. Far-far behiad the Poweer moves slow along, Chain'd to the earth by heavy bonds of clay, Repulsed by myriad toils that round it throngs And bar its progress to ...

... patt.rp. - SO N NE T. CLOSE, close the book-the book of the old year I Enough I 've read- -enough recorded there i Sorrow, and death, and sin, on many a page (In dismal characters) mine eye engage. Bright names now carved on monumental stone- Names of the wise, the kind, the good, the gay,- Who were my joy on the year's primal day, Here, as my loved associates are shown. And thou, old year, ...

... - i~t rat u re. c/hia, I11etratoed: Parts 1. lo 11:-Fisher and Sot, LoItdo1. 'Ihis is aimost attractiveiwork. Ittocoalpies entiroly nowground, andl thc execution is svsrthy oft tho boldnless of ithe desig ai nd ofthte importance of tho sabjeot. 'I'be euriosity w'liot lhas so long lain dortetantt in reopect to the hitherto telrinutical ly-sealeod empire of China is fairly awaklaetd, and is ...

... foctrtv. ON READING SOME LINES IN THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON.) BAsD, in thy rich and cinseoi rhyme The groas of Poesy are shrined: They shall be valued long as time One lover of the muse shall find. But to this simple page belong The records of anection past; Not the vain breath of Fiction's song, But words on Reason's basis cast. A soul like thine, 't were woman's joy, And woman's triumph, to ...

... 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 ...