... YSTORAI TIBERIAS. A X -11 - v- - l - ?? Y A WELSH ORATORIO. 1 This is the title of an Oratorio, composed by 1 by the Rev. E. Stevens, of Dwygyfylchi; the words _ by the Rev. R. Parry, t Gwalcinnai) ; the subject m( taken froin the 8th chapter of Matthew, 23-27 yn verses. We were much gratified at being present Di at a performance of the above Oratorio, at the a c Bethesda Independent Chapel, ...

... Our librarp Table. HELIG'S WAININo; a Cymrnic Legend of the 7th tl Century. By Lady Marshall. London: Joseph Iz Masters, Aldlersgate Street. TuE interest %%hich Lady Marshall takes in the litera- c ture and music of Wales, and the considerate pa- s tronage she extends to deserving mnerit. must pro- dispose the public of the Principality to her own li- terary efforts, When directed, as in the ...

... Out Library 'gable. BLANCWOOD g-iVCS us another capital number this month; we do not think we ever read a better. The j articles are all on subjects of interest, which are treated in a good spirit, and handled with great ability. The subject of 1Military Education' is admirably treated in the first paper; as is the connection between geo- logy and the cosmogony of the Bible, in the third, en ...

... ON T'HE CosMINGe-oF-AoE dv W. Ai. WV. GRIFFITH, Esq., oF GAERz, MARCH 14th, 1861. Am- So early in the morning. Cliristy's Minstrela. Friends and neighbours, we celebrate An event, now of no recent date; The birth of an heir to the Griffith name, May be one day celebrate the same So, early in the morning, So, early in the morning, So, early in the morning, We hailed the happy d(ay! Early to ...

... BEAUTIFUL SPRIN.G. The epring iB hero-the delicate-footed May, With its alight iingers full of leaves and fiowers And with it- cene a thirit to be away, Wasting In wood-paties Its voluptuss hours. A feeling thatie like a sense at wings, itsetloss to soar sbove these perishing things. We pass out from tile eity's fevei11l humn, To iind refreshment in tile silent aoode Auid Nature, that is ...

... (SPR0OALLY CONThIBUTED TO THE CHRONICLE.) AM lRICAN SEWING MACHINES PIAaDnEL1l'nA, NOv. 4TH, 1876. More than thirty years ago, I was staying for a sbort time in the City of Boston, Massachusets, where I had the opportunity of making the acquaintance of Mr Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, and of seeing his machine in working operation. Like most inventors he was poor. The son of ...

... THE MENAL SOCIETY OF NATITRA.L SCIENCE AND LITERATURE_ On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in the assembly room of the Queen's Head Cafd, under the auspices of this society, by the Rev. William Hunt Painter, of Bristol, on the 'Objects of a Natural History Society.' Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackville West pre. sided, and there was a fair attendance. Mr Painter said a Natural History ...

... This flourishing Society's first excursion of the I season took place on Saturday last, the rendezvous being Aber, one of the most interesting and i historical spots in the ncighbourhood. Notwith- E standing the threatexing aspect of the weather in a the early part of the day, the afternoon turned outc remarkably fine. A party of about 40 members, C assembled at Aber. Mr H. Barber, solicitor, ...

... F AS 1IION S FOR J UNB. Tihe mc de, a.s thal otling ae it is faiieslable, of wfearing Iwra'hie?~txs'es of f dt'ernl naterli.;s, lain britoglit in i;pda:nzJ ltiu-:ie h.r the hot dsyprof dhii slttitner, andl h-iP *m oi t-2?a arc tiiy azttvasttte. 'Tito boiltoce alre . - tlie c ~vn,.r i .h utatin iil bstii4; toat thin ta look retil en ?? s g~zl F i,; stripe l innust Is e tll I toncs try:ti j ?? I ...

... (From Judy). A PERcITINENT QuasrXoN.-2Mamk Da (to her boy of eight years): You should be thankful for my Correcting you wbin youa do wrong. Mafny boys have grown up to be bad, wicked men through their parent's ''iot having' corrected them when young Boy (in tears, and very penitent) Oh I Then did not Mr Gladstone's parents correct him when he -was a boy ? DougmCo HIAPPINEss. -An ...

... POEBTRY.' . , NE W YEAR WISHES. A hiss for tho lips now muto and eold, A rose for the monud above their mould, A tear for the happy days that were, A staff for the burdens sad hearts bear Such are the themes that minstrels sing, Such are the thoughts that New Years bring! These are the thungs for which we sigh; These are the sobs of the days gone by. A hope for the meetings soon to coie, A ...

... . SpEcrATLy WBtTTEN FOR relc No ari WALls CHRoiNOLic, BY FREDERICK LEY. I am, going to ?? ?? ?? ta-night, and I want you to oome with me, said my friend Mrs Barkertome. t o me. I c ome for afewdays' rews and' change, so did not care to go; besides, I had just become interested i n a new novel, and did not like to lay it aside. Thbank you, bub I ?? much prefer staying bore. I know no one ...