... | . w AB - I The year is dcad I Like to a dying friend, Who droops and fades and weaakens day by day, We watched the old year linger towards his ead, And slowly fttoker -likeaa laxp, away; Until from out the socket one laet spark Spz~ang fashing up, then letus in the dark.0 The year is dead I and niy a gallant life Has gone to tell the greatnesa of his faDl. The year is dead I and deeds of ...

... I I Times change and we change with them, says the old Latin adage. Many a sermon has been preached upon that text since first these words were written-sermons illustrated, too, from time to 1 time, as in every age events have occurred pointing 4 to the changeable nature of human institutions and the constant onward progress of human civilisation. 3 Times change indeed I What need of going ...

... FASHIONS FOR JANURALY. ?? I (From Le Follet.) The weather having at last become more season- able, the winter materials decided upon exhibited for the last two months are now brought into requisition. We are very glad to welcome the return of brocaded silks ; there is hardly any dress more suitable for an elderly lady. Young ones Lave'not yet adopted it, excepting for tunics or portions of a ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, &o. Trirze od Wales Theatre.-Morning Performance.: The Pantomime TheQaeea of flearts.-Evening: Done on Both Sides, aud the Pantomime. Theatrealoyal.-Mtorning terformanee: The Pantomime LittleDiok Whittlugtou. '-Iivaning. ' Theionsehold Fairy, and the Pantominic. Royal Amphitheatre.-The Pantomime IIHirlequlnBlue Beurdmi.and IThe Laughing Hyyrna. Varieties Uleatre. ...

... .I. - I Prince of Wales Theatre,-Done on Both Sides, and the 'Pantomime The Queen of Hearts. ThentraeRoyaL-. ThefouseholdFalry, and l'ntomime LIlttle Dick Whittington. Royal.Amphltheatre.-The Laughing lytena, and the Pantomime Harlequin Blue Beard. Varieties Theatre.-The Burlesque ?? Arthur. Now Adolphi Theatre. -The Pantomime Harlequin Dicky Sam and the Liverpool Liver. ...

... INEW YEAR'S TREAT TO a STAET BOYS OF LIVEtPOO The street boys of this Populous and buy to the number of about 400, were cutert&IU evening at the Concert Hall, Lord Nels ea with tea, bunloaf, fruit, and other Ixu n assenblage, which Was a meot unnu ul and one, consisted only of those known as * lads-such as shoeblacks and newspapers NId vendors-and for the new year's treat vided them they ...

... GRAND CONCERT AT ST, GEORGE'S.! HALL. Through the enterprise of Mr. Haddock, an opportunity was last evening afforded.to all classes of the inhabitants of this town of hearing a per- formance of the Messiah,5' the sublimest musical composition extant. Frequently has this marvel- lons oratorio been submitted to the musical public, but it never satiates, and. the numerous audience which ...

... (Frorn Punch.) Get out, Old Year, get out, get out I And don't keep lingering here about, We don't care whether you've got the gout, Or what's the matter, but just get out I You stupid, sorrowful, sad old year, You maundering, mischievous, mad old year, O law, w're heartily glad, old year, To enjoy the kucking you out ! Your life's a chapter of griefs and woes, You were always treading on ...

... ,I Last evening the first of a series of penny Ul readings and musical selections in aid of the funds Is of the Boys' Refuge and Night Asylum, Soho- street, was given in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson- street. Mr. Councillor J. Robinson presided, and there was a large attendance. The CAmniculA said the condition of the street boys of Liverpool was really pitiable, and he was sure they were all ...

... I Prince of Wales Theatre- Done on Both Sides, and the lantomime The Queen of Hlearts. Theatre Royal.- The Houuch9ldFairy, and Pantomime Little Dick Whittington, Royal Amphitheatre.- The Laughing Hyecrn, and the Pantomime Harlequin Blie Beard. Varieties Theatre.-The Burlesque 'l King Arthur. New Adelphi Theatre- The Spectro Husband, and the Pantomime Harlequin Dioky Sam. ...

... pUBLIO AUEMEMTS, &o. TieOfWales TWeeAtre,_..'DOAe em% Both sides,,, and the Pantomime The Queen of Hearts.,S Tbeaitre RoYlaL ?? 1antomiino 'Lit tie Diak'Whlttiugton.~. ]Z3lg nopll' ?? Ulughing Hyrena, and tihe Fantumknei arleq ui Blue Beard., Varieties Thoatre.-The Hurlesque 4 Kirg Arthur. 3Teow .delphi Theatro.-A Comio Dr, Dichyosa and the LiverpOol Liver . 39Y8i Colosseum Theatre. ...

... STRANGE STORY' Or' RECLUSE. | The Livcr-wooe Daily Post tells the following remarkable istory :-In a populous neighbourhood not an hour's walk from the famous tofee-shop, and exactly on that line of demarcation whiobh divides the borough of Liverpool from the township of Everton, stands a house which for years pst has been remarkable to passers-by. Surrounded by other houses, whose decent ...