... (From Punch.) UxCONoxOUS REPARTEE.-Uncle Dick (an eminent ?? Well, Johnny, and what are you going to be?- Johnny: I shaU be a judge, like papa !-Uncle Dick: Ah, but you haven't brains enough, my boy !-Johnny: Oh, then I'll be an artist, like you ! A BAD ENDING.-Well, William, what's become of Robert ?-What, 'aven't you 'card, ?? I Not defunct, I hope I-That's just exactly what he 'as done, sir ...

... I HINTIO OF INDUSTRYk1ND- ART I ABERDN. , I . . I MP 4xkihiltoawof Inustry ah4~Axt, mtider.,tle usu- I1 ie Off tbe Aberdeen United Txadesi~ouncil, wbih1Oh QPSZIG in 'the Town and County 1Ea11o~xAberdeep, to-, day promaises to be -fae of the, rmot interesting gnd2 snstructive-fesatres.-of this holiday season. .The ex- lisbition is creditable i3Ya high degree to the Trades Council, with -whom ...

... ?? ?? , , I I -. ;, . -. 'TI PAKTo One of beat, It not the beat, of the nisay 610e1eaa pantomlmes that -Messrs. Chute have produced WRS hO pronounced verdict by the large and enthusialeitdle nd who witnessed on Saturday night the -firs representation of the pantomime of Dick Whittington and his Oat,' at the Now Theatre Royal, Park-tow. The story Is well told, the piece is capitally mounted, ...

... CHRISTMAS ASMUEMEN'TS. I- ~ . Any and varied are the entertainments of o day to which we are invited. Pantonime hat M yet bappily departed from amongst u, and on thil occasion two are offered to the public. Lit* Red Riding Hood- at the Gaiety will lead of with a mornimg performnce ommencrng at one o lodA and the evenmeu performance wfill begin at bak past eeve,. Suiffcient ?? hts already bW ...

... THE COLOSSEUM FANCY FAIR With the advent of December the various bazaars and fancy goods warehouses in the city have begun to assume that gay and attractive appearance which in former years they were not wont to bear till Christmas week. Goods appro- priate fer Christmas and even New Year pre- sents have been laid out, sand in one or two instances tradesmen have so far forestalled the festive ...

... S.. Tho' fiery an' fiercely the sun may arise, He'll be pale ere he sinks in the west, A match will be waged till it e'en shakes the skles, An' a vict'ry be scored for the best. You brag o' the brave wha ha'e won for you fame In the red ranks o' danger so grim; The.brave for the present, whaurever their hame, r Are the skips with the best Dicket bruine! Chlorus-Then, hurrah I Johnny Frost in ...

... THE SUN, THI PLANETS, AND THEIR SATEn- LITES, by Edmund Ledger, M.A. (rector of Barham). g London: Edward Stanford.-Of all the studies to which I men have turned their minds, none are so fascinating as is that of astronomy. The starry heavens have been the theme of ignorant wonder, of daring speculation, of lofty l and pure admiration of something beyond man's power a to fathom; and they ...

... CHRISTMAS ENTEIRTAINMTS.i OLPIC T The Lady of Lyons was rdvve& on SatUrday evening at the Olympic Theatre, in substitution for Mr. Hermanis version of Adrissne Lemouereur, with which the present season at this house was hegun a short lime since. Miss Marie de Grey follows up her impersona- tion oi the great tragedy-queen of the Thfetro Frazisais by a performance of Bulwer Lytton's heroine, ...

... GR.OSVENORI GALLERY. -~ ~ ?? - - A The exhibition of a large number of the works of Mr Alma Tadema gives great importance to the whiter collection at the Grosvenor Gallery. The splendid west-room is entirely filled with the works of this eminent modern master, who has been one of the most industrious workers of his time, and who has carried technical skill in painting to the highest pitch ...

... TIHE PANTOMIMTE AT TIHE ThIEATE| rIOY AL. 'Hop-o'-my-Thumlb commenced its regular run or. Boxing-night, and has attracted crowded houses durinn the week. bhe shrill laughter of delighted juveniles. combined -with the gratified jplau-dits of no less enter- tainedl ol..eters havel! combinled ognc ?? 1dM-l amos sucessul itegivetherantvomiiue~f ho SS2i° a rnost sulccessfull inauaguration. It is ...

... Few of those who observe carefully tho action of the nianagers of our agriculturil shows will say that they sin osl thi sido of imuposing uudue re-trictions. Their prize- lists and forms of entry are loose to a degreo; aud tho exhilcitors aro allowed to deal, with tho couditions pro- scribed, very much as they happen to choose. If an exhibitor be naturally careful aud precise, he gives infor- ...

... PARISH OF ST. JOHN'S, NEWCASTLIL-The annual Christmas dinner to poor children in this parish took place on Tuesday, in the Bath Lane Infants' School, and was attended by about 200 children. The dinner was prepared by MIr Wilson, Groat Market, in his usual capital style, and consisted of roast beef and vegetables, plain pudding. oranges, coffee, &e. The vicar and the cburhtwardens with alarge ...