... The year has passed round With a whirl and a bound, And left us behind in its wake, While all we can do II our faults to review, And just reparation to make; For aught we have done 'Twas our duty to shun, For the future to be more awake. To be candid and just, And not take upon trust, The mere ivsi dixit of man, Nor woman, I ween, Though she were a Queen, And could draw a very good plan, By ...

... A ROYAL CHRISTMAS. A Courtly correspondent of the Court Circular has had a peep behind the scenes of Windsor Castle, and in- dulges his leaders with the following glowing state-1 ment:— ment:— Christmas is said to have been kept this year at Windsor in an extraordinary homely, retired, and agreeable manner. By especial wish of the Duchess of Kent--now seventy-four, it must be remembered and ...

... L O N DON MAR K E T S. CORN-EXCHANGE, MONDAT. There was a small suppiy of wbeat this morning from Kent and EIKX. The few paresis of diy on hand brought fully former rate*, but those that were damp mostly remained unsold. The foreign business was limited, at the previou* quotation*. The couotry Hour amounted to 16.246 sacks, with 440 sacks 1,490 brl». loreign. The trade in Norfolk* was slow at ...

... DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING FOOD TIIU REVALENTA ARABICA, At a cost of about a penny per meal, speedily cures constipa- tion, dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, flatulency,distension, phlegm, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia. sleeplessness, acidity, congestion, blood to the head, head- ache, loss of memory, indecision, nervous fancies, palpita- tion, heartburn, ...

... LECTURE.—On the evening of Monday last, a lec- ture was delivered in the Town Hall, Usk, in aid of the funds of the Usk Mechanics' Institute, by J. K. Applebee, Esq,, of Daventry, the subject being John Bunyan. The lecture was well attended by a re- spectable audience, who appeared to be highly de- lighted, and who testitified their admiration by warm applause at the conclusion of the ...

... According to a telegram received from Paris by Mr. Renter, the Russian Ambassador, Count Kisseleff, has declared to Count Walewski that the pamphlet Le Pape et le Congres contains, without considering the religious question, with which Russia does not intend to interfere, principles in opposition to the respect of authority on which the Russian government is founded, and that consequently ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN M'CLIN- TOCK, IN DUBLIN. A large and very influential meeting of the inhabi- tants of Dublin took place on Tuesday, at the Mansion- house. Captain M'Clintock on coming forward was received with loud and long-continued cheering. When silence was restored, he said: None but those who have been honoured by a tribute of public esteem, similar to that contained in the address ...

... CARLO DE LA RUE, v. PAGE OHLSEN, fc Co. This was an action for demurrage, tried before J. M. Herbert, Esq., Judge of the County Court at Cardiff, in November last, on which occasion the Court took time to consider its judgment, which was delivered last sitting, (21st December). As the judgment is one of very con- siderable importance to the merchants and shipowners in this port, we give it ...

... FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.—When unprinci- pled individuals have the audacity to assert that they make the original and only genuine Cattle Food, and endeavour to entrap the unwary by plausible advertise- ments, cautioning the public to avoid spurious imitations &c., it is high time for Henri's Patent Cattle Feed Company to state that they prepare the Original and only Patented Cattle Feed at ...

... Wetoa, Mr. J. W. Gilbart has retired from the position of general manager of the London and Westminster Bank, which he has held since its formation in 1834, and is succeeded by Mr. Ewings, the manager of the Blooms- bury branch. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have the honour of dividing the four archbishoprics equally between them; but the 36 bishoprics of the United King- dom are ...

... lrbe (Eoutt, &c. A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Tuesday. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROYAL NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. —On Monday morning the distribution of the royal new year's gifts amongst the deserving poor of the parishes of Windsor, New Windsor, Clewer, and the Holy Trinity, took place in the royal riding school, which was tastefully decorated with banners and evergreens, and the various articles were ...

... HORTICULTURE, (From Belts Weekly Messenger.) After the late severe frosts the weather has become altogether as mild, and the year closes with the damp, humid, murky atmosphere which is so characteristic and so disagreeable. Out-of-doors work is, of course, wholly suspended for the present, the surface of the earth beiner from the combined influence of frost and rain, in a most unsatisfactory ...