... PROTrsANeTS, up I the hour is come, 'Tis your country's voice that calls Von- ror your God, for your Bible, truth, freedom, home, 1 Up, up! ere the worst befalls you. t Much too long have ve all idly lain, J While the coils were round you spreading- Up, or your children's blood shall stain The soil that your feet are treading. Oh. do ye not see yon shadowy hand? Your Church-will ye not defend ...

... A 70URNVEY THROUGH ABYSSINIA.; THIS book is just what it purports to be. The style is unaffected and sometimes graphic. These, however, are not the only attractions of the narrative. It affords an interesting colo ([ail of Abyssinia and its people, taken on the spot by an intelligent Englishman, remarkably free from. the prejudices which generally distinguish our roving countrymen. A previous ...

... T'w ; - ?? me Tt, , '0114-11 ?i ? , ?? IIIN V?? I Thisd4060,! h lan ig ti!the first of a series of c eulof ItOW , with which Mr. Mapleson intendj i,1 up the few weeks previous to Christmas. The company comprises most of the principal artists of the regular seasonand new appearances are an- nounced, of Mdlle. Clara Doria (a daughter of Mr. John Barnett, the composer), and Mdlle. Kellogg, a ...

... AT a Meeting of the Electors of this Ward, held within the Music Hall Buildings, on Monday, 28th October, 1867, On the motion of Mr And erson, Balmoral Place, Baillie Donald was called to the Chair, and Mr Peter Farquharson was requested to act as Clerk. Baillie John Fraser preposed Mr William Gordon as fit and proper person to represent the Ward, which motion was seconded Mr Charles Smith. ...

... THE FRENCH EX.E1BJTIOTN [Fromn erm own Correspondfent-] PARIS, Monday. Tu T reception accorded to the Emperor o r Austria by all classes, who, to tho number of 400,000, lined the Boulevar, a, on Wedne ...

... THEA TRICALS IN GERMAN7Y. [SECOND ARTICLE.] IN the previous article I touched upon the peculiar excellence of the German stage, as that of humourous realism--or the presentation of Chlaracter in its individual traits, with just that amount of accentuation which suffices to make it incisive and laughable, yet restrains it from running over into extravagance and unreality. The performance at ...

... [From Le Pollet.] The cold weather we have had lately has been the signal for the appearance of thoroughly winter toilettes, so that their form, material, and style may be con. ...

... MORECAMBE BAY, l3Y IILAi-im BELt, The tbrong had departed, The village lay still, a!thed in the soft moonlight That streamed o'er the hill In Luight's Bolerun silence I wandered alone, Ily the fisherman's cottage, Where the wild waves moan; And di eply I pondered Oil life's devious way, As the curlew'i shrill whistlo Came over the bay. The throng had departed, But whxrs were they now? The ...

... HALIFAX LITERtARY AND PHILOSUPHIC&L I SOCIETY. The anunal meeting of this society was held oil TuuEday night in the lecture room of the institution. Mr. STANSrEs.LI, the president, occupied the chair. Mcr, 1c4Ti1t Nicsisosoo, hieu, secretary, read the report, which wats vexy complete in its character, and well received. It stated that the arrangement with the Halifax Subscription Libiary had ...

... THEA TRICALS IN GERMALANY. [FIRST ARTICLE.] THE Drama is everywhere in Europe and America rapidly passing from an Art into an Amusement; just as of old it passed from a religious ceremony into an Art. Those who love the Drama cannot but regret the change, but all must see it to be inevitable when they reflect that the stage is no longer the amusement of the cultured few, but the amusement of ...

... Sillf Alto. THE WINTER EXHIBITIONS. hant0 The first exhibition of the winter fine art, seaco, I . which has noew become so completely accepted as a most sea agreeable antidote to the fogs of November, is now open the at the French Gallery in Pall-mall, where Mr. Wali Mr has transferred his interests from the Suffolkastreeot of gallcry. Mr. Wallis deserved well of his public When hie ma. ...

... THEAkTRE ROYAL MP, tOE CLA RiE IN OURS.n LAsT evening, Mr. Join Clarke, a clever metro- politan comedian, made his debut before a Belfast audience in Mr. Robertson's comedy, entitled Ours. There was a goodly attendance, and Mr. Clarke received a cordial and encouraging welcome -a welcome which, in coming seasons, we hope to hear frequently repeated. Mr. Clarke's fame had preceded him, and, ...