... voctrg. SUNNY DAYS IN WINTER. SU.MMERn is a glorious season, Warm, and bright, and pleasant; But the past is not a reason To despise the present. So while health can climb the mountain, And the log lights up the hall, There are sunny days in winter, After all! Spring, no doubt, hath faded from us, Mlaiden-like in charms; Summer too, with all her promise, Perished it our arms. But the memory ...

... bieWb. No. X3. Two GENERATIONS; OR, BIRTIr, PAREINTAGE, AtN EDUOCvTION. A Novel. By the Earl of Belfast. 2 vols. London: Rkicharlu Bentley. Wa arc prepossessed ii ravour of this very agreeable and instructive o)vel by its almost epigrainmatic pre- face:- - What were the agony of the showman, says the noble author, were Promethean tire to fall on his puppets, and were lie chained to his ...

... BELFAST EXTHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. IN consequence of the demand upon our space, which the proceedings in Parliament wvill henceforth neces- sarily make, we conclude our notices of the local exhi- bition with this paragraph. Indeed, we may say we have exhauistetlthenmaterial for criticism. Onepicture,nonly just added to the collection, we cannot avoid noticing. It is by Mr. Herbert, ...

... PJoetrg. WHAT IS LOVE? Is love a flower that only blooms Beneath ambrosial skies, And shrinks before those saddening glooms That dim the brightest eyes ? Ali, no! it is a flame of fire, That's brightest in the breeze, That flashes up its radiance higher Midst life's adversities. It is a sun that makes the breast The paradise whore thought Delights to revel, itf deprest, When the day's battle's ...

... . , ?? TiE-spectacle which the interior of the Crystal Palace presents increases every day in interest. Already the entire space East of the triansept has its fittings in an advanced state. - Stalls- and tables spring, up with magical ?? of tiis'paii .of-:the. building begins to present visibly the system of arrang- ment and distribution which 'the Executive committee have laid down for it. In ...

... _ _ to. WE CAN WAIT. HAnRK! the lisping tide retireth, With a sound akin to speech, Leaving there its farewell tokens On the level sandy beach. So, the waters of Life's rivers, Never cease to ebb and flow; Now, success, like moonlight, quivers- Now, the night-wind singeth low! But, good soul, expect not ever, That the waves will bear thee high, Every ebb should be a measure, Thou shouldst ...

... Jazbioai ant' farictieo.. THE COURT. ON Saturday, the Countess ?? arrived at the Palace about halt'-past twelve o'clock, from Claremoxit, for the purpose of paving a visit to her Mlajesty. Tie Countess was accompanied by their Royal HilihessCs the Duke and Duchess do Neanours. The Qtieen and Prince Albert, accompaiied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess iroyal, and the Princess Alice, wenit ...

... Sasliornt aub Yarieties. THE COURT. WsNDS9on, TuESDAY.-The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at half-past two o'clock at the Castle. The Privy. Council was attended by his Royal High- ness Prince Albert ; the Alaquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; the Earl of Miinto, Lord Privy Seal; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ...

... r2,rbicw333 No. 37. The PICTURE GALLERY; comprising Por- traits of Eminent Persons and Popular Illustrations. Part I. London: P. 13. Oofnacghi 4 Co. Dublin: Jaunes .M'Ulashan. TEn Messrs. Colnaghi, of London, under whose super- intendence this truly beautiful periodical is issued, are the most'eminent print-publishers, perhaps, in Europe -a reputation which proves more than sufficient gua- ...

... 3afbirX0.- No. 25. DUBLI1N UMVERSITY MAGAZINE. February. Dublin: James Mf'Washan. TiE question of tenant-right and the doctrines of the Tenant League are ably, patiently, and temperately discussed in the editorial article of this number. What man of sense can refuse his sanction to the following recommendations, with which the essay concludes ?- If our present system of landlord and tenant ...

... 9octrg. STORMS OF LIFE. TJnI firm set oak must bend before the storm, Which oft distorts the beauty of its form; They are but some passing gales, yet pow'r have they. To change the beauty of the growing spray. And thus it is with maln-the storms of life, its sad reverses, and its petty strife, Bend the stern purpose, ujar the gentle growth Of kindly feeling and of generous worth, Not wholly ...

... ?? aulb I7arictic. .I THE COtlTT. ON atturdav, the Queen, accompaniedl bv ?? Royal and the Princess Alice, walked in the Hiomise Park. Prince Albert left the Castle at nine o'clock, for tile station of the Great Western Railway in Wind- sor, and travelled to town by a special-trai.3 His Royar Highness, af'ter presidingr at a mecting of the Royal Commission for the Promotion of the Exhibition ...