... THE~i MAGAZINES, Ada. FinE December number of 'i'dc Coruleitl Atagathae is a capital daig one. In addition to some fresh chapters of Mr. Trollope's I story of The Small House at Aliingtofl, which will be dived all into with eager interest by all who have followed the progress Bun of that fascinating fiction, there arc continuations of two other my 1 agreeable tales- Cousin Phillis, aod ...

... Mr Sydney Hodges, Secretary of the Royal Polytechnic Society, communicates the following heartrending narrative to the Times A circumstance so horrible that, but for the evidence of my own eyesight, I should scarcely have deemed it credible, has just been brought to light in a village near this town. For some years past rumours have been current that the brother of a mason ramed Porter, living ...

... LITERAT URE. History of England from the Fall of WrolsY to tile Death of Elizabeth. By JAMS ANTHONY FROVtD, M.A. Reign of Elizabeth, vols. land 2. Losgnan- The first ten years of Elizabeth's rule have been accounted peculiarly fortunate in their freedom from domestic disturbance. It was not to be expected that the religious revolution with which her reign was identified could be carried out ...

... The first Subscription Concert of the present season (the zlinth one) took place last Tbursday night, at St. James's Iall, wbich was well attended. As usual, the programme comprised madri- gals, part-songs, and other unaccompanied compositions, the vocalists being Madame Lernmens-Sherrington, Miss Tayler, and Miss Alice Stanley, with a well-appointed and well-trained choir -in a word, Mr. ...

... I LONGWOOD CHRISTMAS FAIL (FROM A CORRESPONDENT) LONGWOOD, COUNTY MEATH, DBCEMBER ]2.-T7 celebrated fair was abundantly supplied with stock, it we except the show of store bullocks, of which there was a paucity. Dealers attended In great muster fromr Dublin, Navan, Kells, and many parts of Moth and We2tmeath, and the business transactions were on a, large scale. Graziers from the agric.ultural ...

... ' L L -11 IV -- - SONNET TO THE 9LD YEAR. Thou slumberest with the past, old sixty-three, But thou hast left thy foot-prints on the earth, And good may grow thereon. How at thy birth Grew glad the dear ones we no longer see I My heart was sad and aching to the core When jolly winter brought thee by the hand To claim allegiance for thee. Blithe and bland Thou gav'st me merry morning at the door ...

... THE SHOW OF OATEL1, FOULT PRY, AND DOGS, AT STOKE.ON-TRENT. 'Upwards of two thousand porsons visited the show on Tuesday, and yesterday the attendance was again very large. We append a list of awards, CATTLE,-Fat oxen or heifer, under three years old: Mr. J. Steele, Stoke, lst prize, £5. ; Mr. Warrington, Leek, 2nd, £2. Fat cow: Mr. Warrington, let, DIr. Mr. 3. Steele, 2nd., £2. Fat cow or ...

... THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHQOW .. ?? (Frot) the obsver of Yefeerday.) This great metropolitan agricultural gathering for 1803 will open to-morrow (Monday), for the second time at its new and improved home, the Agricultural Hall, Ielington, aud will again be honioured, not only by a visit from the Prince, but the Princess of Wales, who will for the first time have an opportunity of witnessing ...

... I BAILIEBOROUGHI FAIR. - I (FROMS A CORRESPONDENT) BAILIElOROUGH, Dec. 8.-Our December fair, on yesterday, was rather beyond an average, taken in the aggregate. 'The weather was favourable for the season, and theammuttr of purchasers In each department eaffi- cient to buy up everything offered for sale. The busi- ness tranasa1t10ot0 were, therefore, lively. Those on the look out for beef were ...

... It is enough to call attention to a handsome volume, containing the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Financial Statements of 1853, 1860-1863, waithb a SpeeCh oi 0 Tax- Bills, ]861, amd on Charities, 1863 (1). Mr Gladstone's financial career being full of present actual interest, this volume will be a most convenient book of reference for statesmen and citizens, the taxers and the taxed. As an ...

... I SPasAD EAGa.B.-The premises being required by the Nortb London Railway Company, this little establishment in the Kings. land-road closed on Monday evening last, which was set apart for the benefit of Messrs. Whittet and Sell, the Proprietors. Though the prices were more than trebled on the occasion, the Hall was crowded throunilout the evening, a proof that the two gentlemen above named have ...

... Xr. 5albin's Dioramic Pictures of the Holy Land at the Egyptian Hall. B3efore the opening of this beautiful exhibition to the public, when admitted to a private view of the eseries of pictures, we gave-now some weeks back-a brief account of the general character of the entertaiiment and the effectiveness of the whole programme. We have sioce paid a more critical visit to Mr. Telbin's pictures, ...