... pretontod from tnking their meals rce~u1&ly.-OhrdisIsie, New Street, Bly. rinishimaO5 100 Go70 CHRISTMAS B3OXEq,-Wat~e' Almanaok for 1808, useful all the year round, gratin to all cuatomdrs during rho ChristMas weak. at his establishmnenl Thle Great Western ? ...

... OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER, On Friday next we propose to publish our usut series of Christmas stories, by local writers. The will contist of the following pieces:- The Veritable History of the Three Jacks. The Coastguardman's Story. Ho-Ki. The Sculptor's ...

... obair, With friends around to freely share, The Christmas fun, and Christmas fare, And frolic at their will. rd so re are once more gathered together in amity and love, as befits all Christmas souls at Christmas time. goppily our usual oustons of meeting ...

... CHRISTMAS EVE AT VICTOR HUGO'S. TO ?? EDITOR of teo DAILY POBT. Sir,-Permit me, through your columns, to give your readers a description of a fcle I witnessed at the house of by. Victor Hugo. On' the 24th December, about twelve o'clock at noon, there ...

... CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. a. If the morning's reflections of the holiday keeping pub. lio were not of the moat roaea'e and joyous oharao or yes. nl terday, the blame certainly oould not be laid tr tho g account of the morning itself, for a brighter ...

... LOCAL NEWS. Tine FEURDMEN': AiD ASSOLIATi0N.--.-t a meeting of the Committee of the Biruringhamn and Midland Freed. men's Aid Association, held at their rooms, 101, New Street, on Tuesday, it was reported that a delegation of eight gentlemen-vie.. Artlmur ...

... Lyttelton, &c. The Bishop of Rochester preached at Witley Church on Christmas-day, the ofertory (£13. 0s. Dd,) beibg devoted to the suffering p or In his lordship's diocese at the east end of London. heir Royal Higbnessoe the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale also paid ...

... Testament book of the Revelation, ?? relates to the new heaven and the new earth. Of the four heads the fourth is the most important, toucis'g, as it does, on the interpretation of the meaning of the New Jorusalem foreseen in the vision of Sb. John. The ...

... every honest reformer in the House of Commons to redeem his pledge. Mr. SPURGEON, in taking part in the special New Year services, in London, has been talking on the state of Churches. He held that conversion was the most important thing that any Church ...

... Jewlsh, Russian, and Greek Churches, the Mahomnedan mosque and Chinese pogoda-ennounces his intention of giving ah series of illustrated lectures on this suggestive branch of the divine art, in the school rooms of several local churches, in the course of the ...

... well make a new precedent by avoiding the old practice. There- fore, instead of waiting to be sacrificed, he saves trouble to himself and others by quietly walking out at the back door of Downing Street, and hand- ing over the key to the new tenant, with ...

... NEWS OF THE DAY. At the half-yearly meeting of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, held at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, a purse of £1,000. and a piece of plate were presented to the Rev, PATRICK BULI., in recog- nition of his being the inventor ...