... 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 ...

... STAkNZAS. 0, there are spots on earth so bright And beautifail, that when dissever 'The links that bound our hearts in light, No star of Hope begenis our night, We seem to mourn their absence ever. 0, there are friends whose voice of love Stirred all the inmost founts of feeling, Whose memory o'er the soul doth move Like kindling ires of heaven above, Or music o'er sweet violets stealing. 0, ...

... 'THE UONITON POULTRY SHOW. The ?? .i;bision of the Honiton and East Devon Assoeiitioni for the Improvement of Domestic Poultry was held on Wednesday. and Thursday lat ttesarket House,,Honiton; Notwithttandingtlat thesre~ilst was ' inufvourable there was a learge amtandny 'of -whomn caie from a considehble distace. The show itself was all that could be expected, end more. There were upwards of ...

... I BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND .: . AGRIOULTURAL ASSOCIATION. The second exbibition of tbisassociatiop, which e this (Wednesday) afternoon at Pennycomequick, a sio'G. distance from Plymouth, promises to be, both in extent and importance, one which cannot fail to be of great interest to those engaged in agricultural pursuits. The number of implements which have arrived is large, and comprises many ...

... ENIGMAS. I. Take a preposition from an oath, and leave an interjection. . ?? My first is a female; a neuter my second; The sum of my third few desire to be reckoned My whole of the children of wealth is the lot, But hopes of a better in heaven, cheer the cot. Myflrst, a happy joyons thing, A general favourite's reckoned, Oft have I heard its cheerful voice, When resting on my second. But if ...

... On Friday,. Northernbay, for the third. and last time this season, was made the fitting site of a botanical and horti- cultural exhibition, under the auspices of the Devon and Exeter Society, and the resort, accordingly, of-under alli the cireurnstances-a considerable number of visitors both from town and country. Notwithstanding that, up till noon the sly bad been ominous of an' unfavourable ...