... POEBTRY.' . , NE W YEAR WISHES. A hiss for tho lips now muto and eold, A rose for the monud above their mould, A tear for the happy days that were, A staff for the burdens sad hearts bear Such are the themes that minstrels sing, Such are the thoughts that New Years bring! These are the thungs for which we sigh; These are the sobs of the days gone by. A hope for the meetings soon to coie, A ...

... : PoPr&A E}NTETATINUENT.-An interesting meet- ing of this description was held at the Botrd School on Friday, the 4th inst., Mr D. Williams, Tvrefriw, presiding. The Chairman. in his opening remarks, impressed on parents the necessity of training their children to be obedient, and to abstain from using' profane language Which is gO generally condemned tbhroughont Wales. The following is ...

... :-IROYAl rJUBILE 'EXHIBITION, : , I LIVEPOOL. , . [FiLoM OUR O;YN CoRnraPoNDENT.] A fhsappier idea cobd iot have been found by the. promoters, of the Royal ubilee Exhibition tnan to .bring~to'gether in'onlarge collection the woapons useodin itbe. differdut wars during.:her Majesty'e long and prosperonE reign. Almost every part of, 'tub 'globe has'seen~our. brave salilra and soldiers- ...

... OLD STORIES iRE-TOLD, IIUISH REPARTBE. a An Irish sergeant, having killed with a stab of his dl halbert a dog that had made a furious attack upoll F him, was cited by the owner of it before the d magistrate, who asked him how he could have tl jaken the fife of his canine assailant ? The ser- n geant having answered that he had .done so in, his ai own defence, the man of authority said, But ...

... . FORGE.VME NOT. Forgot nmo not ! \vhere'er thou gpest Let ins in thy a1inory dwol! Forget me not, for I have lov'cd thee ' More than tongue or p en can tell! Forget nme not, thou first and dearest! For the sake of what hath beon, Let me to thy heart be neerest If I may not dwell within I Many a heart hath oft been broken. Many a love alas!'is dead, Through some words, too idly spoken, Which ...

... THE LAST NIGIT (OF THE YEAR.' 'Tis desolate out ou field and merp, And all about the moorlands drear; The vin&'s woirdvoices ohiennd'go s - With a murmuied sobbing faintd low,: Like the mournoes in a burial-crowd- e - Each wild-wood ereiituro'is in its lair, ?? ,For the cold is shair iu the Ireeziugiair, And the earth is wrapped in a snowy. shroad. Faintlv skimmers the froz n stream, And tfie ...

... PORTMADO.O HORSE, DOG, AND I POULTRY SHOW. The third annual Show of horses, dogs, and ,or poultry was held at Portmadoo on Saturday, in fine int weather. There was a large attendance, and numerous entries. Of horses there was a large and to capital show. There was a small but fairly good Be. show of poultry. The entries in the various classes as wore-horses, 227; dogs, 112; 'poultry, 74. ' 'Mr ...

... oF1 TEE IXETER TEEFATRZ ROYAL. B T. ~~~stri 188 LIVES LOST. the R~psIBIi S C ENlES.FIGHITING FOR LIFE. of I l catasetropho occurred on onda Thnighe troe A tern he ?? of the fire is that ?? ?? ?? for its second seasonl only Eer.Terslhad ito' which OPas entirely destroyed, and that 1'70 the fortuinglt a'0e rioros y enough, tile house which hea lives avere thst on, but the oiroumstances of hus ...

... I CONCERT' BAZAA RAND CHRPISTMAS The Welsh Wealevalis of Llatidiidno lhave done a, ir good stroke of bi,inesq this week :towards clearinmi n off a debt of abontb R5'i0 on their Chapel.'; Theyhbad 0 not rnads'a pressiog appeal-to the general publiofor Id tbe Ssi'lews of war' for many years,aod ?? there- n. fore, wibh very good grace, come out as strongly as .r has been the Case Ibis' week; ...

... Ac is PC bhi sa bir no 'Iii tic Cc tw of MP Ph an Bc bo Pe !a) In ISE tb Bc to of SE ar in ii] in in y( lit it al aN fc fc as ti Si el pi vi a a II 1' Our Occa Ooauctry Ilustrated.-Part 28 has some fine illustrations of the Lizard district, St. Albans and York. TheEmcyclopecdicDictiopta'yc.-Parb 40 is just out. Ib includes - words from hippotorny to hymenena. Messrs Cassell and Company, ...

... ST. AS APR. lid COTTAGE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. M. On Friday, the annual exhibition of vegetables, fruit, and flowers, in connection with the St. Asaph ts, Cottage Horticultural Society, was held in the ,re National School-room, and was well patronised by be the ladies and gentlemen of the district, who, r ' judging from the numrber of exhibits sent to pro- ,re mote the objects of the society ...

... i WHO DID IT?-By Mark Mee (London: Wyman e and Sons, Great Qaeen-street). - This novel, I published at tbe popular price of a shilling, is des. a tined to earn for Mark Mee an honourable position among the writers of high class sensational. litera- 2 ture. The plot is admirable, the characters are bwell drawn, and the style attractive. It is one of e those books which never allows the reader's ...