... Amongst the materials in favour this winter, plush will decidedly hold a high place; not the old-fashioned plush, but one with a shorter pile. It is used for bonnets, and also for dresses, so that one may have a whole toilette to match. We do not, however advise our readers to adopt this fashion, for the only result arrived at is one of a monotonous uniformity producing anything but an elegant ...

... | JOR-GENERAL SIR ZDWD. OUST, I ' O K.OB., B.L, ?? &a. I Ab. Birkenhead, Oust eodit you, Ye mean and paltry lot; There's not a dozen gentlemen In your degraded spot. Your troop ?? of dastard slow polloe Are not a farthing worth; So I will supersede them all, And county men send forth. Yen, I-old Wallasey's true pride, To teach you each your jobs- Come forth from Leasowes ancient halles, Ye ...

... rUBLIO AEIWEMTS, U., TRHI DA-gA ] Priace of WalesTheitre.-ThOrlslI Orphan, aonra an d~'l!The ton Boy. Ro lnskteei ft er DI l~tdPerfomcances, &e. Royal Clogaaeum Theatre.-Jnlfbo JnmbO. Scarlet Flower, anid The; Masquenmde B l b New Adelp&lTheatre. -Th Draina, e tJ w o4is oan St George's Hall. -Performance on es Organ, by Mr. ?? T. Best. Concert HEll, Iord Nelson street.-lT munto's ...

... -BYo THE T LAA- I A ViiWOMH orrthe HUN, -Sea-k~gh' daeu8hter from oer ,Aead sud Dae are nwe, z^an igondu panoe in Qar welcome of thee, WeicHOnler, thurders of fort and of flet I Wel1oei her, thunderiug cheer of the street I Wt owe her, AU things youthful end sweae I atter the blossom under her feet I Breoa Oarbpy lad, into earlier flowers I Bea, ic 0 bfI, in the nsw-budded boersar Weloo1 her, ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, e., TRIP DAY. AuraFloyd, 3gal t new Ghost Dra a The T ree tpirts, an ?? ?? , ?? Ih a hnd Wode CrrlI Fam-It , &c Te Great Easlefll.-VlestOr conveyed by the Rock Concert Hall Lorfl Nelsen-stTeet-Wkvhinoton Friend's Diorama -Ihe Wari Amerlca. ~St. James's HaJIl-The Chri'sty Minstrels. Parleisn Gallery ot loatoIp, Ptran d tertmeet. Free Pnblio usem, tlulina Browneetreet. ...

... 11 _- . . - THE TITMOUSE.- n the garden, says St. John, II see the titmioe (Parts c00r'le s), searching for, and feed- ng on, the nests and eggs of the common garden spider. The little blue tom-tit is of great service to gardeners as a destroyer of many kinds of insects, which would increase to a most injurious extent without the aid of those prying little fellows who are seen everywhere and ...

... (1 LIFE'S A SHORT SUMMER. [FOR THE PRESTON CHRO111CLE.] The days, the months, the years, How swiftly are they spent,- A flood of joy, of tears, A shrowd, a monument; And over Fancy's seat Will patter little feet. We wither as we grow; Our life bath barely breath; Like flowers that early blow, And bear the seeds of death, Long ere the zenith s won Our earthly race is run. The triumphs of our ...

... I ITERARY EXTRACTS0 A MOUNTiiw ib LABOUR BeRNGS FORTH A MoUsE.-A few bald: and sentimental falsehoods rapped out in one Ia ac. were attributed to .tbe joint intellectual effort of the following remarkable men :- Wesley, Channing, Luther ,Volnegy Priestley, Whitfield, Cicero, Sythen- borg, iahomet,'eand Comibe. This groat company of (distinguished men were quoted as the Joint authority for ...

... ENDURANCE. BY CHARLES SWAIXN. Ever struggle and enduranee ?? there no repose ? I cried; Gives the world but this assurance,- Others hues have lived and died I On the broad highway of being Crowds on crowds still ever go Nothing more beyond them seeing Than to toil with foreheads low. To a spot I wander'd dreary, With thick branches overlaii, For the sunlight made me weary- There seenmd solace ...

... WESTERN ELOQU3ENCE continues to improve. A Wis- conain reporter sends the following sketch. A lawyer in Milwaukee was defending a handsonje young woman ac- cused of stealing from a large unoccupied dwelling in the night time, and thus he spake in conclusion ?? Gentle- men of the jury, I am done. When I gaze with en- raptured eyes on the matchless beauty of this peerless virgin, on whose ...

... ' EPITHALAMIUM. Ring out, wild bells ! your song of ubilation; Ring out, old bella! your chorus loud and high, Till heart and voice-throughout this mighty nation Swell the broad deep of universal joy I Troll the glad story-fling It far and wide, The tale. prophetic of a kingdom s weal- That ALBERT'S Royal SON, our hope and pride, And DAusa FAIR at Hymen's altar kneel. K~neel-'rmid the ...

... I AMUSE ME NTS FOR THE WEEK.I Dt p- PRINCE OF WALES THEATICE.--The engagement ,e of Mrs. Stirling has proved a great success. Though r. the comedy of Masks and Paces has been per- a formed throughout the week, the house was as thronged every night by audiences who evidently en appreciated the talent of the deservedly popular J. actress. With regard to her Peg Woffingtoin we - have heard ...