... I WHY AM I SAD? (FOR THE PRESTON' CiHRONILE.) They think me melancholy, They tell me I am sad; 'Tis. true, ofttimes I'm thollgbful WVhen all around are glad. And strange mysterious longings At times my heart e : feel, Far from the scenes of gaiety, In solitude to steal. ,lv thoughts thbn always wander To childhood's happy hours, W'hen I sported on the wai:ng grnsb And pulled the fairest ...

... LITERARY XISOELLANEA. INSTINCT OF A SHEEP.-A, gentleman of Inverness, al a recent journey in the lighlands, while passing through a lonely and unfrequented district, observed a sheep hurrying towards the road beforeihim, as if to interrupt his prsgrese, ang at the same time bleating most piteously. On approaeing nearer, the animal redoubled its cries, and, looking s 6 cantly in the face of the ...

... =CAND T DPA ]A A T bdanchiester. I (ainsOil WN (3j.0tSPONENT.) TIIIATStx Rlfl }t i.L-(14;Monday Mr, Charles; Pittlre- Tappeared Kefor -l,rac~ster andience. 'ihe Per - iapr ed bcformenced s ibt ShilskespereO play of Kiug lea'.,,dapeS CMfur ?? rosthle text by Mr. Cs, es I. rin ws ci lit gentlesa n cased h tlrl etliractt, i nd Mrsw Cic sles 1'itt personated the Viol. Thc psi d:id cdllery wvere ...

... A very serious charge has just been made against the authorities who have charge of the National Gallery, which, if true, demands immediate interference. The charge is no other than the utter de- struction, by indiscriminate cleaning, of no less than nine of the I finest pictures in the gallery-nanmely, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, The Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca, and A ...

... . Saturday being the least day of the Smithfield Cattle Club for the reception of the specimens from the va- rious districts of England, to be exhibited on Tuesday next and three succeeding days, the vicinity of the bazaar in Baker-street, Portman-square, was thronged throughout the day by hundreds of persons. Amongst the earlier arri- vals were ;the specimens contributed by his Royal High- ?? ...

... THE DRAW MUSIC. &c. THE 'THEATRES. Excepting at the. LyGEyfx, nothing of novelty has been produced. The Corsican Brothers, ,Anne Blake, and Mr. Bartley's farewell performances have served to fill the PRINCESS'S, ?? the proverbial dull season of the ?? WELLs having withdrawn the magalfi- cent representation of I klenry V, has fell back on others of Shakepere's plays mere familiar to the ...

... I MR. HALL,,E's CONCERTS.-SEASON 1852-3. PROGRAMME. tl PART 1. Quintet ?? (InD Minor, Op. 78) ?? HUMlel. Song N.. Miss Deakin .* Rose, softly blooming Spohr. 'Grand Sonata-Piano ?? G, Op. 29, No. I) ?? .8eetloven. PART II. Quartet ?? :.(In G Minor) ?? ?? M°zar& !- ?? Miss Deakin .* The first violet ?? Mendelssohn. Nocturne (in 0 Minor, Op. 48)-Piano Forts ?? Caprice (in F Sharp Minor, Op. 9) ...

... This is, no doubt, a terrible book; a book of fate- although we have not yet seen it. It is, however, about to be published. For a correspondent ( ALPHA) writes as follows:- Two years ago I was victimized out of 61. To-day I received this note. Here it is from the printed circular-no doubt circular as the wedding-ring ! Su-I beg to acquaint you that having purchased the business of ...

... BY JOHN PURCHAS, ESQ. I Welcorfie Christma*-welcome Christmas- Oh! -a reveller bold art thou! With the misletoe and holly Wreath'd about thy jocund brow Though the blast is bitter piercing, And the vear is well nigh dead, Quaintly srmile thy frank rough features Out among thy berries red. A w !ve do thee wrong most grievous, Christmas ! if we make thee sad; 'Twas at Christmas, when God's ...

... OL YMPIC THEATRE. ig Miss EDITr HERtAUD made last night, as Julia in the er- Hunchcback, a first appearance, which was successful in it. a self, and which, better still, was full of promise of greater lesuccesses in days to come. The young lady is not altogether a novice upon the stage. She has frequently played in n Shakscperian parts at Richmond, and being the daughterof a literary gentleman ...

... The closing address to the Metropolitan School of Orna. mental Art, was delivered sit Somerset House last night by P. Burchett, Esq., the head master. The attendance was very numerous, and the chair was taken at eight o'clock precisely. The learned lecturer having glanced at the various im- provements which had already taken place in the school, for the purpose of rendering it more efficient, ...

... GOLD-YELLOW, PRECIOUS, GLITERIG GOLfl 1.1 Across the great Pacific Ocean, o'er those waves renowned of old, Came a roaring, end a sounsdlng>.ds mighty -SY of told: The farmers left the harvest, the shepberds led the fo d Abd wildly rushed In thousands to dig the earth for gobi. There are flocks upon the mountain, and cattle on the plain, And waiting for the sicklo are rich fields ofgolden ...