Poetry

... voury. 1 THE STORM. Hark! holy the wind comes gathering ia its course, And. s.wyeping onward with resistless force, Howls through the silent space of starless skics, And onl the breast rti the swoln ocean dies. Oh ! Thou urt terrible, thou viewless Posver! That vid'st de troying at :he midnight hour ! Wo hear thy mighty passion, but the eyo Knows nothing of thins awsfuti mlesty. Weasee all ...

POETRY

... II ,1, ,11 O.E' . I - IJ he ;i e il t'cd wit d snt;vr, '3 li rie er ht, rtttcI is lt)t ?? I Ao'd Ili s t.-Ct4atf.ItS t ioW tO faly,. The pilci on Oli tree ndil 0le aIpri:, - t Nvi tlte 'o chill 1:at1 waeS StrkTi.l dubll) ?? ?? 1Ow e',Ct lhibi 1:1t, Y. t .it.,bin juhall still haivu lis el uitut. ?? the seilzlin It s sileIc'tI hle title ' hich ertt ctzitid [fly ?? y Ir;uiV -isut tt~e atorois o ...

Selected Poetry

... ,stiectro vortrij. FAlIVilELL TO DECEMBE R. Hail to thee! bail to thee ! summer day sun I Brilliant and long is the course that VO a run Lightning thc rose on the straw-covered hut, Storing the hedges with berry and nut. Flash on in the strength of your glorious pride, Scorching the green-sod and gilding the tide. But my welcome is ncithlr so long nor so loud As it is vhen you pcep from a dark ...

LITERATURE

... LITERAT UR'.E. The Silkhs and 4glhians. By SHi A1MAT At.r. X I I Iu r ay Shahamat Ali is one of the imost proini-iiig off- shoots of that rysteul of E nrop.'an Cli ueatimti .a- blished in India by tile genirotrS phllila tilropa of t Lord Anmierst's governt nt, tile benctits of se ibtelt to the natives of that country have subse(lulently been extended and lollowt'l up by tihe ('eliltlitellf Ila ...

HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS

... HOLIDA Y' A MUtWSE TS. DRURY-LA.~TL TH!EATIIE. (ii ristrn'ili 1A come again, and the genijui of pantomnsie J ogain at work. At Oid Drury Hecr Majesry,, Flervaotfi Carrie out oil Sliturday night w~ih IHoi~helliii ?? S;- George ctod th~e Dragon, a subject~ which hue, .lready bee-, fnre~quently dramatiIed, but Which Vet seemed to afford ionpIL nmiterials for II showY ?? : 4d indeed nothinqg ...

GERMANY.—Vienna, Dec. 1. —Lord Ponsonby, the new English Ambassador at Court of Austria, since the notification ..

... incorporation of Cracow, has lived retired, and appears nowhere, lie is said to have received, on the 29th, a note from Lord l'almi nton this subject, which he immediately communicated to Prince Mettemich. The recent accounts from Leinberg, say those person* of the array who have been condemned to hard labour in fortresses were removed to Kufstein. All of them, thirteen in number, belong to ...

ASHBORNE FAIR AND STATUTES

... t-1 - I - f This fair, held on Tuesday, Dec. 15, was well supplied with ci a cattle of all descriptions; ant those which changed hands o Iwere sold at reduced prices. Though a great many fat sheep |0 e were penned, but few were disposed of. Beef may be quoted E Dat 6id., and mutton at 6sd. per lb. . The show of fat cattle was first-rate, but more.limtted than ' usual. The principal object of ...

A FRIGHTFUL PICTURE

... A- ilIGHTIJUI, l.l'r-Ul'i,. C oi 'llolil'l, al ?? e of tlie ?? of ?? ik, i I¾ pul.i0i bctti to tbe Dukiie of \\Welling oi1l, ?? I, xt- O lla',1 Ul h1 d sn much of tile dlisthess in thO ?? piiIS 01' the COMM0V, I WeN'1t on the 1ith t nstaut to. 131 re, IIre zl, Ii top ive the histalicle of :e l !le I visi'cd, 11s an ?? oh' thl 't''to o0 the 12'tile CsOlS dlistrict, I s:1ill state simply Nvwh:It ...

Literary Reviews

... aiterarv ucxicWo. M 'Coas's3B PRESBYT5IRIAN AL.ANACK AND CURASTIAN R8)a F'itSilANcrR, FOR 1847. B eelfasta: I ?? I A'COmab This is the eighth annual issue of the Presbyterian Almanack-one of t he most instruactiv o publications of its class which has ever fallen into our handn. By its general arrangement, its pleasing selections, and its laborious accuracy, The editor proves himself not merely ...

Selected Poetry

... ,.electay joirp. THiE OLD AGE OF EARTH, There are wondrous things on the aged earth, 'Tie speeding to its close; From the very heart of the prosperous world The prophet-thunder growss; And as this sphere whirls round and round Upon its endless way, And as the laws of the universe From their boundless centres saway, From the everlasting hills of Heaven Look down a seraph-race, And gaze upon the ...

MR BALFE'S NEW OPERA

... A no:lcer new opera was produced at Drury Lane Theatre on Friday night-the promised one by Balle. The character of -Mr Balfe's operatic ability is pretty gene- rally understood by the visitors of Drury Lane Theatre, and Tho Bondman exhibits it in all its pleasing facility and ele- gance of conception, together with a certain improved feeling in the arts of instrumentation, attributable, no ...

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

... Itsi- DEATH OP MR. W. H. KPARNS.-This distintguihbed srs. viola performer and orchestral composer expired on Mon- e-t- day, at h.t resideute in Princes-place, hennilton. Ile t re- Was a member, and rth' of the brincipals of the 1'hilbar. tbe mnonic Soeiety, first viola 'it the Ancient Concerts, of bong nay standing in the band it her Matjesty's Theatre, and one of e in those engaged by Mr. ...