... LITERATURE -0- OLD AGE. A. songless bird, a gawrden without Ilowers, Ariver..bed dried up in thirsty hours, Asterile field untutored by the plough, A withered blossom on a withering bough, A filickerintg ligiht that fails when needed mold A thoughtthatdies r et'i full bon, Fair morning hopes that fail era day be done, Pair Lie eso ESeeningifair, SO coldly bright, Fair Life, beloved of L~ove, ...

... Since the establishmont of the Wakefield cattle market -upwards of 100 years ago-there have been some large asnd eplendid exhibitions of fat stock, but never, it is be- lieved, was there a finer colleotion of good useful beasts than was offered yesterday. The peus were ?? to ovesfiowing, there being nearly 1,700 fat baasts exhibited by some of the principal English, Scotch, and Irish graziers ...

... tITEFRARY AN] ART GOSSIP. Tdiddlemarch is about to be published in 4 vole, by M~essrs. Blackwood and Sans. The suhecriptiolis for the children of the late John a. Brough have now reached nearly £i600. The Wandering Heir isi the title of lMr. ChYIjee Rieads's new story in the Christmas Number of the GYro)il ic. N~a hoe says it is expected that Sir William Jeonnor wil be the President of ...

... ?LITERARyGO?SI? The firt irssue of the Inef Ian Clsarfiveri has been ub, Montevlerdi, the Romanu sculptor, is at wvock OD a teS The celebrated Dsnish author of faliry anld othor tilc~, H. a. Andersen, is seric-aely ill.' There are at present 10S registered newvspapersB English and vernacular, in Bengel proper. The Baptiste are promised a new weekrly religion5nei paper. The fitet numnber ...

... =IEATR IIEBID:ELBERK-oN TEE TERRACES We stood upon the castle's height,E So lull of old romances: The moon above shone clear and bright,I And silvered all cur fanucies.l Thu Neck ar murmured in its flow, The, woods with dew were weeping,l And, lighting up the depths below, The quiet towin seemed sleeping.i The battlements rose grim and still- ] la mnajesty before us,l And hloating faintly uip ...

... WESIrMINSTER PLAYS. (lIrom tde Daiol Teocgrapl .) The Adelphi of Terence was acted for the third and last time this year un Thursday night, and the Prologue and Epilogue were circulated among the audience as well as represented on the stage. It seems a pity that the real pathos of the Prologue and the genuine fun of the Epilogue should he lost on any portion of the audience or the public, ...

... ?OflKSllIRE OThRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW, n.vfllrnl ? ,? *3?? t I - - The sixteenth annual meeting of the Yorkshire Society ( ? ±i?e Christmas Exhibition of Stock, &o,, took place yeeterday, in the wool sheds at York; and, notwitlistand. ing tte previous reports of oatt?.c plague, which has now y?app?ly to a11 appearance been stamped out, there was a larger show of cattle than Inst year. The ...

... l oih Opene d yealterda bo OT rp~l ?? by tbe firat sndic8tior af ?? weather-U shNemarp, bright, froty day-°&aa oE 2aonethe t te mvanyr- iictns~sr wofl theapO bee Cbs a on fe l moexhbted evur, dub III the icidy of *the Cattle Markiet. A Chdsr a fatlsto n ho wiuth hae mserablde Woeaterfthe past fwol also no doubt haeveoperasted sadly against its success. he welati.Ther ho~ever, Was just the ...

... OR, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 1872. SATMAuY. To greet my birth there blazed ten thousand fires, And from the steeples brazen tongues rang out Their merry welcomee, for the warm desires Of Nations were to me. Unworthy doubt Tbereof no plce could find; altho' about 2De were what oft has made the warmest cold- An orphan, kinless, like untimely sprout Flom parent tre% o'erthrowa: yet did I hold The ...

... IGOOD THINGS FROM PINCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1873. LNEfS TO MY LADYaLOVE. (By a Comneon-ppao sPerson.) To thee, were I a bumble bee, I'd hourly wing my honeyed flight; To thee, were I a ship at sea, l'd ati, tho' land were in my eight; To thee, were I a pussy cat, I'd spring, as tho' 'twexe on a rat. To thee, were I a stickleback, rd swim aasast as flne could move; To thee, were I a hunter's hack, ...

... LITERATUR E. . THE LEGEND OF THE HOLLY, The crown of thorns Lord Jetbu wore On Calvary, the day Tie died for us, th' apostles bore With reverence away To one, that holy man who gava Christ burial within 3His sepulchre, the newmade grave, NO man had yet lain in. To GlasltonburyT oepph came, And brought that eacred crown Christ lore, when on the Crosis of Shama Ho laid his tired head down. With ...

... LEEDS. Yesterday was generally observed as a holiday in Leeds, the principal places of business, in accordance with the recommendation of the Mayor, remaining closed through. oat the day. The weather was much more seasonable than that experienced on the preceding day, the atmo- sphere being bright and clear. The different places of entertainlment were well patronised. The festival per. ?? of ...