... THE OLD AND NEW YEA R. With feeble tott'rifg step the year, i ith wallet full of WoOA, of broken promfises and vows, Through time's dark portalgoes. Yet scarcely had he reached it than ?? hears a chirping noise, Which seems to him as joyous as If 'Itero a romping boy's. ?? Who art thou at this midnight hour Thus chirping on thy way ? ?? am the uew-born year, I come s\ itn merry cheerful ray. ...

... REVI EWS. W e iftvo. reerived the following for the month (i I Dct be r bilrreview:_ Iica L Ob STAitDABD PItfLtCAI'iOSS. C C'ASSLL ?? (o. Ludofltte-hill, Lundon, ?? o I :i tent:h hil n)rV ?? . , , ,, , , 7d. ti[ Out Karilt aita li ts a>tl.,, ?? 7i. ?? ?? z ~.,pHi ?? i.tN. I ii 1' Strip ?? ?? ax . Y atint rlar I t lu,,;z ?? l 'Ih Il ll:,i Iil> r.est, P1 jt ?? .l.. ?? Uile it i s r n . part. ?? ...

... itiths .152, aid, ltIar- This yr-nis Clli: ltr~nia ?? of !ils C-paykie is Ii - rule ?? one. Th- toleured jtlateu ?? avW i'x w'ithe tin n ciii Lr do nut, to ouir thilink- Cip 1ii -l ?? tI l ILthe 10, irducie tons Of ?? years. But thnir is liito. the sliglittist doubt thl II.le Ito Ad irttri,-,j:e iii the tyic foiwlieli tli-, Gij'i isw-ular, tire dir ~od uas' ai'head -Af anvsto, 'Un int a, 'la ...

... A movement is on foot to promote the industries and arts of Walesby means of an exhibition ?? next year. The favoirable auspices under which the enterprise is promoted, and the strong support that bas been accorded to it by some Welsh mnembers of Parliament and other leading personages in the Principality, augur well for its ultimate success. From the profits of the exhibition a sum will be de ...

... Id I CARDOh'F FAT STrOCK SHOW.1 lo. i - in OPENING OF THE ETiIrFTIONI. A ttn numcrber of veans a tiles could be an-tt' upon b fnescre'n lur3d Cardiff, Viouh i was t- ?? anytbrng ...

... , 1WELSH NATIONAL MUSICAL I ASSOCIATION. - INAUGJRAIL MEEG AT SHREWS- caj BURBY. .uty Fe a ELECTION OF CCUNCTIL AND br (OFFIOERLS3 W. C(FoO OUR SPE=L ?? r.J ide SHREWSBURY, Tauasmy.- : f a A well-attended conference Of Welsh1 ?? be was held at Shrewtbury to-day, under the presi- o > dency of Mr. John TliotUs ( Pencerdd Gwalia ) tA to form a National Association of music for Wlrtes, and there ...

... ?? - I . . . e V have received We following for the month i5 ?? for review:- Ed SERIAL PUBLICATIONS. 56 1 .4 LgIsonE HOURt OFF1CZ, 56, Paternoster-row, 53 London:- 5L Lelsire Hour ?? . Sun day at Horne . ?? , 6d. i9 Girl's Own Paper . ,d 49 Bli's Own Paper ?? ?? ?? ed 4Y hill's B~ctorial 2d. 4t9 Children's Aimnanackk (1365) 4a Frienidly Greetings ?? ii 'Xract;Ilagazne ?? , , d. ql rn , ol ...

... ir 3t to eC '5 -a II for ay) hot tice ba- snt illy de, no it the bv ds. lel' est tenl eir m mI, n)e, ts, 4r.I he he I.f ir, ne, th, in. of lx- oli lot of oh al :1- in at re it MISS AMY RIOSLLE ATTIIETIIEaTEI RO YAL. When Miss Amy It-selle visited Calrif i, February last with i Tii ?? X.Rale's Doijbla Marripge we formid a ?? higit 'ipiort of Miss Roseile in thie ChsP rOle, anii %ev saii ,o. ...

... l ?? THEATRE :ROYAL. The Still Alarm, by Joseph Arthur, pro. duced olrigiriallv at the Fourteenth-street Theatre, mew York, ?? years ago, and transferred later on to the Princess's, London, is undoubtedly I. a step removed from the ordinary run i of melodrama. True. Oei first act opens Di 11 somewhat conventionally, but after that the con- St ? entionitiy ceases, and thine interest deep-us. ...

... I I -Att iter Iznnqof- A aht. or nlnA vpsirQ than ir..F After a lapse of- eight or nine years the West Glamorgan Agricultural Society havme resuscitated theirmlanual. fat stock show, under circumsetances which'auggur well for their future success. The ,timne in which the committee had to make all the, arrangements was short, and, as a matter of courise., the exhibitors from, the district bad ...

... THIE E~INPRE1SS FREDERiC s1 POEMll BY AN OLD CARDIFF JOULliALIS. I d Mr. 1;. W. trtyl',. Ln Cardifllians knrown and d rrf-speeted as edilor ofL the late CardifforaL Mfethrij n Crzr-dian, lOW edrO- of I he Londons fauiyyC'hrnie4c, It wii?1:aectrtlyi p iirsliedn jlrl p otl r theo Que:n, ?? ll ~ ~ grciosl I '.1ow, e t; hlp s addr.srd a poem, re-produced I l bl lr~vr to her lneperrral Maj~esty the ...

... t i-'I IenI It lOiSi~tSOCIETY S CON OEfr. i' Cry 1I nt ie irstI of thi~ Cardiff Orclirgi-err Soiete'Ns 1 1 the girhth seitsieiti. staics 'It elc-Jrtt' ta a i- given -at Cty I LIh 1210 Pi.rk-lirri ott .1% OiIvii,_Sii- ek-nittif ?? it tcairalr:Q ¶ it pa could riot corrv~nartr~tly ljava bevyr, Taoe. 0 lairL Ihi 2112O~lsttge eewr-r ot iiieseei~ty risturtilly rausts TIhi tire ott to hinquirku how ...