... Farteties. i GEMS OF THlOUJGHr. We must not attempt an cagle's flight with the wings of a wren. A covetous una is a dog in a wheel, that roasteth meat for others. Nothing controls men so much as the plasid brow and un. tremublg lip. The wikecicslt liar is he who lies for an object; the greatest jar is lie who lies witht,ut one. There are nainy graceless preachers on grace-many un- obaritable ...

... HtURRAH FORt OtLt ELBM ! aY ELVA COOY. murrab for ?? I men Of tl nding; Who have sprung wkindt e Warst y branid, Bot willtg nor ager t brand eight oet burning. Buttegave bsrat rob tbey have fronts for a blow; Theyhav bm etfratd 5ee'how the'll win them; Show them lsure' a trigger, and eyes for a foe, They b0have 5d5 fgt roe Briton i in tbem. That WhiU prhe eGarey, and tbe Green, and the Bl*e; ...

... _tickUl front 4' l uncb, DARING FEATS OF EORBANSrHP. -The honourable member for Stroud has acquired considerable celebrity by putting his spoke in the wheel of the government. GivE IT 'EM.-Punch reads paragraphs stating that the savage Druses claim affinity with the Scetch. This is all bosh. But he is decidedly of opinion that the sooner the Druses are scotoh'd the better. A FAIR ATTEMPT. ...

... LiTrERARY EXTRACTS. l ?? FAnl;EaS .AND SPiRaRows- In St. Pierre's 'Studies of tt Nature,' we read of ann iucident that occurred in Prsia, or a s1 dir iSio:I f it. The farmers were much annoyed by sparrows, iV and sorght to eradicate them by a kind of poll-tax, the U authoritics allowiug part of the imposts to be paid in sparrows' neads. They succeeded; balt what was the consequence? In t twvo ...

... Gems of CDOIEPST)t. , I 0120~ ~charctes o a god u~hto dispense liherally. ad anoy atbsteaiously. the good lh ikllnouwt he miay lose, and T1hese six-the peavish, t ie gard, thoe dissatisfiod, the psntntlor thve srntpc'houand~ya' thosu who livo upon others' The ?? and most sats factory connections hi life are those formed between persons of co2'genial minds, equally linkei1 Together by the ...

... I MAGNESIUM WIRE.-The use of magnesium wire as a source of illumination for photographic purposes, &c., gives it a considerable degree of iraportance, and its rich and beautiful light during combustion contains actinic rays in abundance, and brings out every detail of the object to be photographed. Magnesium is, unfortunately, dear as yet ; but science will, no doubt, soon remove this ...

... MANaERs.-Tho first requisite to good mnanners, I am I convinced, is ease ; and that is never to be obtained by I dwelling upon self. Consideration of the feilings of others is true pohteness. To give a visitor a smiling welcome, a comfortable chair, seek for a footstool, drw down or raise a blind, so that there may be enough, or not too much light, undivided attention given to ?? they are ...

... TEN DAYS FROM HOME, WITH A PEEP AT THIE PARIS EXIIBITION. NoT --,t .NO. V11I. fl (Written fqr thse Chronicle.) ti a, Viilome Tussaud first operiod her exhibition in the a' P hio Royal, Paris, in the year 1772, and removed to Lon. g r,~182 onsequently it is now in the 95th year of its Mriee. For the sum of one shilling and sixpence each g sweeat liberty to examine the entire contents of the ~ ...

... ?? i N:. :1 . s i Rft-BpN I ! ;1 . i ! ! . li' ?? I' ,, :laRCIIERX *MEEi'JTG AT PnsN Y GARDDrie, NBA6 RuaBoN;.-On'Friday week an archery meetingwashikeld at .Pon y.gardden, the b'eautissfuil seat of LaduyFMarshall. Her ladyship gave a numb erlof ipripes forthe 6ecauom :amongst therm ' valuab]e gold bracelet 'Tbe!'6ontest coommenced at al 1 } -o'elock a:nd continued tillT3 a3inthe afternoon, ...

... |GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT CARMARaTHEN. A second grand musical Eisteddfod, carried on in a similar manner as the one of the lst inst., was held- in the MIarket-place, in this town, on WAediieisday, tile 23rd instant, in aid of the funds towards the erection of a new Church at Llanllwch, in the county of Carmar- . then. A preliminary concert of national music was given on the evening of the ...

... pi The materials this season are in great variety, an I the Ii .new shade of pink with turquoise and the early string th green are worn in the more elegant toilettes; some of fo the silks resemble a black net over colours, and is moytly pi used with flounces of black lace. English alpacas and (I foulards are very fashionable .in Paris; dresses of organdy, rp barege, chambery, and gauze, ase ...

... CHRISTMAS IN LANOCASHIRE. 1862. I My country, thou bast sinned. This cotton dearthb, With all its bitter-crop of want' and woe;- Caust thou not iead-init thy punishment For wilfuilness and greed ? Couldst thou not find,, ?? Bible-taught England, for thy potent gold, L A nobler market than the slave's, forsooth, To buy in? There was blood upon the bales, The brand of goad, and lash, and gory ...