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THE WINTER CONCERTS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE

... THE WINTER CONCERTS AT THE CIYST.fI, P&LACE, n The fourth of a series of concerts given on SaturdaVq ,- the new concert rooms at the Crystal Palace, took place on Saturday. In addition to a vory well selected prograzlmui of instrumental music, Mr. Maniue had secnred the scrvicei an of the Orpheus Glee Union, snd also introduced to lie Dn public a young lady from tho Rloval Academy of Mcsic. g ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... BHAUTY Of A Corrus: PLANTATION.-,Anything i1 the. al way'of cultivation nmore -beautiful or more fragrant t~bah- tul a coffee plantation I had not conceived; and oft did 1'say. aij to myself that if ever I became, frown health or otherwise,. in: a cultivator of the ?? the.tropics, I would cultivate'b the coffee plant, even though Idid so ?? pai of the profit that might .be derived from so ...

LITERARY AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP

... Mqr and M rs Howard Paul al~liear~ in London on !Moii I day, inl their comic and musical1 Patchwork, which will be given for the first tine at St James's Hall, The cc entertainment is to be iembroidered with fiew patterns. di A boy prodigy on the flute will probably be a young.. ' lion of the London ?? Drew Dean, ten years cc .of age. He is apupilof Richardson andhlis performedl before the ...

Poetry

... hwtnI THE GALLOWS TREE. C, JO11S WATTS, A NOnRIUt alAN or 1.1s11Tr D EDUCATION. The night is darlk, no star is seen, I Black clouds the sky obscuring, A drizzling rain is falling fast, let nell and wonon hurrying past, In one thick tide are pouring-. From cast and wvest, and north and south, The thick'ning current's coming: Is it to viewv sonc noble sight They are abroad this checrless night, ...

Poetry

... docttr. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. P EFLLYCHIAD. b 0! Dduw ein HargIwydd da, t Cadw Victoria, t! DOW cadw hi;i Bydd iddi 'a dyner Dad, a Er lies a Iiavydd ein gwlad ; Rbag y derfysswal gad Duw cadw hi. p A'th ddwyfairj waewffon e Chwfll ei gelynion, P Na chlyw eu cri a Alltudia 'n chwyrn o'n gwladt Bod camwedd, lhid, a brad: d Ein trugaroccaf Dad, a Duw cadw vhi. c Teyrnasedi hon yn hir, I gynal ...

Original Poetry

... Original POMrP . THE DAY OF HUmILIATION. W~ith penitelit and i nanxiois hearts, just God, we benld befuse Tfhee, For aid a(d ?? iii our need we ?? implare Thee;- For dark clouds risC, and storim-winds howl, portenld- ingl desolation And evil lusts sti; i1tioll UL to dra(l the sword 'gainst nation. 0 Thou, whose high and. hol thic no in ri, liteousness is funded, W1 hose sight by distance, noro ...

Original Poetry

... . orighlal vorill). CHRISTMAS. I fain would garnish the poor manl's board, SilCe Charity's ?? are plea-ant; Alittle woohld iakec front tile vvealthl maial's honrd, To give all who need it a present. 'Tis pleasant, tile peasanit, to please with a present, on Wlhen Christmas appears in his holioay aheen - Then let us his table spread now wiilst wve're able,- ph Now, nout whilst tile holly ...

Original Poetry

... .origfilal ViDetly. THE WORLD. This world is as a world should be, Be others what they may, Its surface yields variety, All-beautiful and gay. It gives us grass, it gives us corn, As seasons onward roll, And flow'rs in myriads tj adort, Each noolk from pole to pole. This world it is a glorious one, Improvilng year by year, And as it circles rousd the sun, New things their hcads uprear. V'en ...

Wit and Humour

... Mit nub gamour. SELECTIONS FROM I DIOGENES. ADVICE TO BARNU1, THE KING OF HUMBUGS.-NOW ou! ve written your life, try and mend it. JusT PUBLISHSED, by Alessrs. Palmerston, Panmure, and Co., a cabinet edition of Rokeby, in scarlet cloth, gilt, and with an ornamental heading; price-the hoiwur and safety of teo British nation. TWO OF A TRADE NEVER AGREE. We understand that the difficulty ...

CORWEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... COIRWEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The -second Annual Exhibition of this Society took plhce in a Marquee, in a field near Corwen, on [ues- day last, the 31st ult. The doors were thrown open at half-past one o'clock, and although the weather proved rather unfavourable, the tent became immediately crowded by the subscribers and otbars interested in the success and usefulness of the Society. There ...

Our Library Table

... Out I(braip Zablc. OUR IRON ROADS: THEMS? HiSTORY, CON- STRUCTION, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES, is the com- prehensive title of a very handsome volunm, now on our table, by Frederic S. Williams; and com- prehensive as it is, the contents fully justify it. The author endcevours, lie says, to sketch the rise and progress of the railway system ; to describe the various processes in the erection of ...

Poetry

... 11,11 Vocitp. ?? ?li1. 0 '2 1, 1'1 A -1' FUNEREAL DIRGE. Britannia weeps in sable garments clad, we H-Icr noble face is clouded now with grief: si Tier sons and daughters too are pale afnd sad, n And seem in tears to seek their woe's relief. Pop~ Death's iron hand has been at work once more, Cl To cause this said, this unicersal tear ; foli: Alas ! gloat Wellinigton they now deplore, be ii ...