... LITERARY NOTIOES. BOcsWaLLes LOure oF JOHNSON. Parr XX tlondon Boutledge, Warne, anld Routledge.]-This number com1pleteo Messes Xoutledge and Co's handsome illu. trated edition of one of the most readable works in t*e Elglish language. It is a book into which, if within reach, no person can help looking, and, when opened, is eo fasOiladingr, that the perusal goes on from page to page, until ...

... __ LITEBARY NOTICES. TAH ART.JOUBNAI, POE JANRTun~-4csselsing, as does each nutber~of this adtmirable journal, art interest which is not~marely ephemeral, it is of less Cohaequenoo that the pressure, of other claims upon our attention ha# -somewhat delayed our notioe of the opening number fol the now year. Very vigotously, aad with much pro; mise, is the Year begun.. The circulation of the- A ...

... NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AND DERWENT - VALLEY RAILWAY. ri , . . . IOn Tuesday evening, a pubio 'meeting warn held in Ithe MUsic Hall, Shotley Bridge, to hear a deputation from the prt.vilional committee of the Newicastle and Derwent Valley Railway Company explain the objests contemplated by the -Itne which they propose to con- struot. The chair was occupied. by IHenriy Silver top, Esq., High ...

... . .. PrinCe Alfred has arrived at Florence. Lord PAImI Mton has been elected one of. the Elde.r Brethren of the Trinity House, in the room of the Earl of tminto decereied. The Gaathe eannounce that the Queen has conferred ?? Iroes upon Licut.. A. . Heatheote, 90:h le totbe T ou*ergeatoyt.Mtjor Champion, 6d h HusasrT; O3oiour.Sergeants Waliler and Garvin, Bugler Button, rivates Devane, ...

... Materials loi evening dress or full toilet are very magnificent this winter-rich silks, velvets, pluah, and taffetas of a particular make. The Wilki for visiting dress are of two kinds-plain or with brocaded bouquets and velvet. The taffetas lmperatrioe, reps, Pekin vel- vet, taffttas with velvet flowers, a new satin, with an exceedingly bright surfece, and those beautiful fabrics, with gold ...

... BLACKWOOD._SOIjd and self-oonfident, Blackweood opens tae New Year bravely, presenting a bold and commanding front to all competitors. Even the young and vigorous rival just issued from Cornhill will find it difficult to pluck a single laurel from the brow of this venerable maagasine; which has the ripeness end wis- dom of age without its decrepitude-the vigour and buoyancy of youth without ...