... SWALLOWS. Now, o'er the harvest meadows green Their arrow-headed forms are seen; Now, o'er the pool they skim, As if they wished to dive below, To those far-sinking skies which glow Down through the waters dim. With skilful wings their white breasts lave, And oft the smooth translucent wave, Records the daring feat; Until they shyly dart away To where the severminig insects play, In some calm ...

... The most crowded housa of the season was on the occasion of the amateur performance last night, which went off with considerable ecla. In the Honeymoon, Capt. M. Potter Macqueen, who is most popular with an Exeter audience, personsted the Duke Aranza, and again gave evidence of the ease with which he can depict character, whilst bringing a natural dignity to bear upon the part. Capt. H. E. ...

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... It will with reason be expected that we shall this month be able to give our fair readers some decided information on the subject of winter fashions, and we doubt notthatthe following particulars will amply satisfy them:- With respect to materials for walking dresses, thicker and warmer textures are now appearing in great varieties. Plaids are very much in favour, both in poplin end inwooilen ...

... e~o tP,ints, Jlooiv,~e, for review, tire reqacoted to be left O at31r. C. 3fkheh i Red Lioin Court, Fleet -street, London, I adrsged I To the Edlitor or thte ExETEu FLYING POST. ;I 27ltese wtilt b' dd0y fiwvardell, and receive an early notice. o ii LE~i :ND Mi Tin:ir ?? Dunn. pr-inter. Minelhcad. 11 rfheoe 1Ceqii- Ilhicit are tf 111 alousling dcscription, arca prtiltedill itoid If toe Ct ...

... P OETRY. NEW YEAR'S THOUGHTS FOR 1860. Bty TMEi .UTHUO OF 'THE PAtTRICIAN'S DAUGlHTER.' Unconquered Time! who knvow'st nor halt nor bourn,- With unietarded wiog, unnoting eye, Thou near'st the lamd.mark where the nations turn Their gaze on half an age of destiny. Another fifty ?? dust of thrones Falls scattered from thy pinion. Fame and death Their dissonant cry of paeans of groans- Are drow ...

... On Friday last, at the Athenscum, the Rev. T. Hineks delivered a lecture on the Poets of Humble Life,-Thom, Prince, and Nichol. W. Hichens, Esq., in the chair. The lecturer observed that the poets he had chosen for consideration were comparatively but little known, but they were truly deserving of a more wide spread repu- tation. They give us the result of their experience,- they' tell us of ...

... - From the Faamly Fttnd of January, nnd serted in ourpaper, In 'gay hnliday time 'twas the fashion of old, For each household its budget of gifts to unfold; And Grand papa's codoming was hail'd with delight Bytheigay-sprightlycirclewhogreeted thtaight. .Bat lot a new era has opened its store. Of a'rt:and of stience, 'and nature'S richtlore ; ' And Grandpapa vows that he noew will display.: The ...

... On Tuesday the number of visitors was 68,161,making the total number si~nce its opening 2,488,986. The amount received was £3,240 12s., of which sum £1) 10s. was the produce of the sale of season tickets. On Wednesday, notwithstanding the wet and gloomy character of the weather, rapid streams of visitors con- tinued to flow into the building, the number at the close showing the respectable ...

... HIS LOVE FOR ME. [i e brings me flowers from eartb's wild gleus, JAnd lilies from the far-off fena, With hare-bells blue new-born of lay, And hawtlhrtt from the bedge-row's spray. It gilds each flow'ret that I see, Ilia love for me, his love for oe I I would not change for countless gold, For all that mighty monarctb hold, For pride, ambition, glory, fame, For laurel.wreath or ?? nanme; I ...

... Bobbe, P, ill, pi ir, S.cr., teri rer, are requested to be lcf at .1fr. C. Mitrche11', lied Lion Court, Fleet-street, London, addreose? To the Editor of the EXETER FLyiNG POST. These swill be daly forivarded, anti reeeie aen early notice. A Letter to the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., on Mte means of Bettering the Condition of the Artisans of England. By Iron Hand. London: C. Mitchell, ...

... The Stonemason of Saint Point, a Villae Tale, by AlphonsedeLamartiie. London: H.G Bo.bn,Yora street, Covent Garden. A simple rural tale, told in that earnest pathetic style wbilhftamartine can frequently so admirably employ. The following quotations are examples of the feeling with which the author has written the 6Stonemason Of Saint Point : ,'Very well, there are msoments, on Sandays in the ...