... A WELCOME (CONDITIONAL). TO 1880. a tly v-A UiJ VL 4JAS.LV ti .. *UOO. JoyOus farewells to the Old Year i Gleams of bright hope for the New! If it come a frank and bold year, Keeping a fair promise true. Welcome! doubly welcome, EMylay, If thy unworn features shine With a hue less obstinately Dark than those of Szv'ngt-ntre. Welcome, if the mask thou tearest From the State's dishonest face; ...

... I. (1) flee..1&o'lqtrrl. A Scottish Christmas ooon star ?? / 1 An sdodon Cc ?axe of Allen ?? world- I renowned oaAtQrLi, 'i'i.c ikotle aaonocrdi ft will donbtieoa meet wirn a .oe'u ty vti1oe.i?,. all tha wore that toe-honk is ?udowett wash hreaorv, I acute the itlahigims it011 I cod Roger fookwed in a ye-sr by .e aeqeet ot cto:ny ants )Iagfy,' i. he;ng ,aUYi?t ?? 'OOlflCLa.-d ?? ?? rt.nal ...

... Quids. Not enly has the title been alteiod, but the arrangement of the contents greatly improved and the size enlarged. The paper and style are also better, and the size of the volume is increased by sixteen pages useful matter. Another novel feature is the introduction of coloured leaves assist finding the divisions relating to foreign and colonial mails, money orders, savings banks, ...

... I1TERATUER. Notes on Coal Kining, intended as an Assist. ar SO once to Candidates for Certificates of H &sCo2poteney. as CoZliery Managers. By pr k TBEVO F. THOMAS, Colliery Guardian m O,(ffice, L~ond ...

... wo are instly proud of the progress of Belfast , and oo loeo to 8peak of the rapid irocreaae of the wealth W and omrmerolil importance of the town, The Re ?? of its ratable property Is perhaps now double Fr what it was twenty years ago. Spaces that were ve Iben cultivated fields or grazing ground for cattlo sn re now covered with busy streete. A marked Im. As pmvemsut has been made in our ...

... PASIMiONS ULO1 JN\C'AIS. The happy idlea of comb11juiling thet TMdi1 mind I)ar, styles of colour and mlat erial h,,IS pr .11od l k t Jml- ?? Ul and hariniio ios brsc:ido. 1',i behiL -L. 001',' ill trillltlilltiS, blvit ill a1n111ItLI'-, 2ff,10 kit noi dres-ses. All dark colours heii. 1u,10W I, broetide triiniiunug is gelenerlly o -I li-ghtcer hc1 of onle plain coloutr a~ru now Ieceolji ig` I t ...

... IFA-FIONS FOR JANUARY. (Froi@' Ic Folet.} I -he toal1 ahsence of suerner weather durins the 5!za just elapsed, and the long snd dreary .Fiter ?? which we art stiL pasang,imakot6.eadr.n7t of the Vew Ye ...

... Mr. Evelyn Ashley has to the world in two volumes what is practically a new Life of Lord Palmerston (Bentley), and better one ! cortainly than that which was before the public in five volumes. It has what the former work lacked —unity of composition aud sentiment. Lord Dalling and Bulwer, who was the biographer of the earlier portion of Lord Palmerston's.life, was a of great literary ...

... t ?? T . The Queen drove f b W. cess Lbuid : 2 i dsasaftst ,T -3e Eoa bri Viidira bl the ossojr eo t Maith h Majesty, ftt theagmil e flya'nt 7 The Rev Canon and Mre Pte..had : honou of :dinng wthtW the luee and h B.1 Mr Gourley Steel, of Edinbur th sltr] of submitting to hetr ajesws flupiott b18 aew pi ture, ' The Two Tahe9Deer,. his THE ViC9RPGAL C0Oakr. 1he following is tae progra U t ...

... THlE 11OTAITITON F SHOws. P 'The sibijct. Of the rotatiI ,f the ,hows of thle High. ii hid loit as frequently cooe ,I ilet 1 iorsi-, III ati 'setieg y !O t Seaso y and olsewhde.l610 the opinlion of ti oe iibs having been thatt thle mnore renint. *-,r 1i least acceassible distriots should he jf u. ~ r ,ther' propiosals have froimi time tm time heeii lmade. Thle -esult of the deliberation of at ...

... LONDON BANKRUPTCY COURT, LINCOLN'S-INN-nELDS. Baroas Ma. Hazliit, sitting as Jidgb.— Applications, motions, to., 11. Adjourned petition, at 18. Private sitting : and Co.. at 12. Mr. Registrar is the registrar tho day. The Court closes at two o'clock. ...

... LIT ETRA T V R E. THE LIFE A'ND LABOURs OF THE APOSTLE PAUL, in a4 Continuous Narrative.,.- , Charles Michie, M.A., Rector pft:SkIver Streets Ala y sAberdeehi. ThirdtEdition, Re- P,,tec l od, Sons, Edinburiti it *aird edition ...