... Original Ilortrn. A NEW YEAtR'S CAROL. CoMr, sit round the fire, and l1 sing you a song, To welcome the birth of another New Year, For she comes to us joyant, and hopeful, and buoyant, Unbowed by a sorrow, undimmed by a tear. We'll quaff to the stranger a right merry draught, And wish her God-speed on her voyage through life; That o'er lands and o'er waters her twelve merry daughters She may ...

... Orig inal. ?? -F] HYMN FOR THE EARLY SIRVICE, GREAT GEORGESTRERT CHAPEL, NEW YEARS DAY, 1850. ar By T1an REV. DR. RAFFLES. tb tv With songs of thanksgiving and praise, tb Again In thy courts we appear ...

... ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY-EXHIBITION OF A I IMODEL STRUCTURE. A scene of a very interesting nature took place yesterday, in the board-room of the Royal Dublin Society, on which occasion his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and other dise tinguished visitors attended. Mr. Richard Turner, of the Hammersmith iron works, and his son, Mr. Thomas Turner, an architect of considerable promise, both in taste ...

... |I I FA RS IN JANUARY. w| * B~e~irvie-.Braa-Eght-. Forres- rvine- ippen- Th. 3. Ayr (2 ?? Angus-Cupar Fife- , reenla - Invergordon-Stonehaven-.Stratb-, aved-Huntly.. F- 4. leith-Kinnipthmont. U. 7. Alford-Ban ?? Tnn, Dceside. T. 8 ALness Bri&_le -,Ancbt. ?? '-Oldaleldrnni-Peeblep. W. 9. Fyvie-Glasgow* Th. 1i. Uelso-Whibora. .-vI h 6t'Elitg*iZ tos'.Stew2~ ' . 4.14., jaesct- ~ . ?? Ne,- . .Tu. ...

... C Y The papers in Blackwood this month arc few in number d but somewhat lengthy. The first is a review of tile chaili. Y tion of home and European politics during the year just closed, as compared with the posture of affairs in lelO cc. ?? garding the two as a year of reaction succeeding a sear of revolution. The writer seeks to prove that the reaction e must of necessity have occurred, as it ...

... liBYWOOD MECHANS' INSTITUTION. ?? 7 : :ANTTAT. 7IYV1T: ATi -. ?? *S3'J.-L)AA. 1U 1.AJ. Si'Fuly ANNUAL. FESTIVAL- prove The:-annuajsoirde of thenierbers of tbe Heyrood mechanics' lnstitution was heild 'on Monday evening,v withi fal the Wesleyen~ scool-room, -in thilt town. The room, :was wherf eleprantly decorated with. evergreens and-;artificial flowers,, kne while Over the platform~-where ...

... LITER AT U RE. The Duolin Universitt. Jfagazins is becoming more grave than formerly. It has leapt from the interesting to the instructive, and devotes the place formerly assigned to fiction, to papers fall of valuable and important information andprofound thought. It is a pleasing symptom-and one indicative of the intelligence of the readers of the Magazine. The first paper is one of much ...

... L,12ERA TUBE. The listo,' of Peter the Cr(el, King of Castile and Leon. Fram the trench ot PiaosPRTtMposrpi;E-. 2 vole. Bentley. Surpassed in energy and productiveness by some of his contemporaries, M. Merimre must nevertheless be reckoned among the most accomplished writers of X his t me. Few of his countrymen have their powersf SD ?? under control, or are so qualified to depict vividly, yet ...

... GRIANDFATHERiS PRIZE ENIGMA. kn old man sat in his antique ehair, Searching his lockvrz, and empt'ing their store; A rosy-faced boy, with golden hair, Accepted the treasures to count them o'er. Said he- Grand-Pa! do'nt go away, Until you've given me all, I pray! Then the old man drew the youth to his side, And with cheerful humour thus complied:- Into the kerchief which lies on your knees I ...

... *. muSiC. IA - - . . it LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS. t. The concert of last night was the beat and most successful of the Eeason. Exeter-hell was literally full in every 'part; for, besides the at'ractions of D Ernst, Thalberg, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss r. Poole, and .14., A. Newton, Sims Reeves made his r first appeaasnce this season, after a long absence ii t the provinces. Our deservedly ...

... FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENC& HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR, JAN. 1.-Her Majesty'S new year' gifts of meat, bread, coals, potatoes, blankets, and clothing, wero distributed this morning to the aged, infirm, and distressed poor of Windsor and Its vicinity, in the presence of the Queen and Prince Albert and the royal familyr his .lRoy&1jHl.gbnse5a Prince George of Cambridge, the ladies and gentlemen In walt- ...

... LITEA TUBE. .yew 'Edition of the Enscyndited MetropoWitana-The PhilosophJy of Language. BY Sir JOHN STODDABT, Rat., LL,D. Part 1., Universal Grammar. Grilffin and Co. There aie ,kw li~rary #robleas more difficult, or we -:gb± eayjimpossible, to Iealie thau th9 construotion of a work of $ener91 and e ernefreucefwhioftbe_ component pt shall' po-aea that unity, conseetive- ness, and completbness ...