... 0.1 BooKs ?? R2EVrEwV.-Book`s, Music, New Engravings I &c., intended for review, left at the establishment of Mr. c C. MITCHEItL, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, I addreised 'to the Editor of the Derly Mercury, will be I forwarded and receive attention. MAGAZINES, &e. ( T14e Art-Jouroslw . No. XXV., New Series, January. t London: GeoitOE VIRTUE andCo., 25. Paternoster-row. Blackwood's ...

... #deded ?eocfvlf- 'FI.FTY-SIX AT TIIE BA.l. AT his session of Audit old Chronos was seated, To balance tils books of tie year 'Fifty-six The ledger lhe close d, iis ?? comrpleted, i'ut palised. ore proccedinm lris seal to affix. v What certiriCtLtO-tlhUS spollk Commnrismioner Chronos, ?? Slt I give to the year that lihs just passed tho Court ? Slall I bran id hins wi ith scorn, shall I Crown ...

... .itc'al 'l fltia-. AlRT JOU11AL. January. ILondon: James Virtue. Belflst: James Hartoll. Tnu Turner collection andl the National Gallery forms a leading nrticle in the Art Journda of the present month. The writer justly remarlis, that, since the original fouindation of the National Gal- Ierv, in 1824, no single event has talken place of so much importance to the advanceminit if art in this ...

... Ifoillioll, aml Tarldleo. TH1E c'ounRr. Win;Trson, WEOitSi-ty.-'rhe Enrl and Countess Granville and Iadv Caroline Barrington had the htnisor of' dining, with hrr M:tjestv yesterd iy. The llon. Charl-s A. Gore and Major-General Sir Henrv Barnard nr rrved in toe aftmrnooni on a visit. The band 0fthe Ist Life Guards plhyed during dinner, Her Majesty's privato band aftelwards attended in the ...

... THE post which by the smithy stands, All cramp'd and bound with iron bands, Has stood there many a day. The loit'rers who those nails have driven Into the post, all split and riven, Have long since pass'd away. Those notches, cracks, and broken nails, Are relicts of the village tales; And every rift and sprain Shows how the bumpkin's horny hands Ta-'d hard the post with iron bands Each time he ...

... MUSIC, &e. I DUBLIN DIABIlGAL SOCIETY.-The eleventi annual see- lson o1 thit association opened yesterday evening with a most attractive oenc(rt, which was graced by the attendance of a fashionable audience, filling the spacioue hell of the Auitent Concerts to its entire extent and capacity. Apirt from its merits as a musical entertainment, there were features in con- nexiou with this concert ...

... LITERA TURE. IrtraH QUARTxnLY REVIBW.-(Wr. B. Kely, Grafton- sfreet.)-Certainly, a largtr quantity of periodical matter, to say nothing of the quality which we can vouch to be excellent, was never before given for the small sum of thirty peuce, Hera we have a balky volume of original matter, containing nearly five hundred pages, at the lowpriceof balfa crown-a miracla of cheapness; and when we ...

... NVLINDSOR, JAN- ?? Lienerat andI Mr. eaufurd and Lieutenant Colonel Cocks (commanding officer 2d btctllon Coldstrealn Guards) had the honour of dining with her bijesty yesterday. The Right Ron. H. and Lady Mey Labou. ciere, the Provost of Eton. the Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of ,Windaor, and Colonel Parker (comnaundissg officer 7st Life Giards) had the honour of dining with her Majesty to.day ...

... ' - LINES Written by a pupil of the late Mr. Charles Nloholson, the Tn.. rivaed flont player, who died In London, about twenty years ago, and whose remains lie interred In the burial ground of old. St. pancras Church, London. Orpbans could woods and rooks in motley throng, By playing, with him cause to dance along; When Nicholson petformed upon his flute Thy sounds, Oh harmony I were no longer ...

... r?tu?. .BOSWELXL'S LETTERBS. * live , - pert The reading world could receive no pleasanter- real no more welcome -New Year's gift, than this mnox volume of letters, by Johnison's immortal Bozzy. UPO Rescued by an extraordinary accident from perpe- a fe tual oblivion, as packet of waste paper has proved a and hoard of literary wealth. S~ome years ago, a clergy- enri man had occasion to ...

... PABLO FANQUES CIRCUS. The Allied Circus has come in T0r a fall share of public I patronage this week, and the succeqs of Mons. Fanque. the tproprietor,, has been well earned by- the, excellenoe of hle arrangements, and the liberality with which he has catered. , His liew and'ample building presents a great Improvement on the old circus. Not only does It accommuodate vast numbers, but by its ...

... . ?? THE RETURN FROMI BATTLE- THE last solemn trumpet has sounded- The sword shall return to its sheath, And warriors cease to assemble Beneath the black banner of DeathI No more in the red light of battle, Shall standards of vie wry wave; 'No more shall the roar of the cannon Prolong the sad dirge of the brave I Hark, hark I-,t'5 the tramp of the soldier I Strange faces the colours surround ...