... 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. ?? ...

... SOUT.cl WALES ART SOCIETYI AND SIETCIINNG CUIJI3. ?? I As OP'IKNL-N OI(F TIIf, WI NT ERIt SESSI IN. ENAUGUURATION BY LORD WINDSOR. Iline s inter segtorn of tine oul Ih \ValsArt so ciety v and LSktelninig CIlub W!1`4 (ipelied a it In ?? i-its', PMunr~h Ii n S~aturday sfrernoun ., wlncn Lo~rdI WiXndrsor, tin iire~sAn1i, dcliiieirrd Ii 'onitt in-iugnir .1 addresi on art, Owing to tins, exnrent 4 ...

... fy . 1 e;n SECOND DAYS JUDGW1G. t, _ l Good aS wore Ahe exhibits to be seen at the rts Cardiff Vat Stock Show on Saturday, those wbo L visited the Exhibition Buildings, eoath, on Meo- y- day had a greater treas, for since the opening 2. some splendid cattle had arrived from tthe bin st London Christmas Show. The Shorthoms had ~s beeau lef over from judging on Saturday, and these vvre e really ...

... d - ls Te arnnual concerts of the Orchestral Union c 'and Were held at the Tomperice-hail, iPem- I5 n broke Dock, oil Tlursdav and lmjidast a evenings. This orchestral band has now? rt attained to considerable enminence. Tha orehes- c tra at tihe concerts numrilared 40 peroriners, , augmented by, eine, m1embers of 1ie 0 t tinod of the Worcester Regiment, in garrison. e 'Ihe building was ...

... A BARON UN TROUBLE AT N EWNHAM. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. 3 Silt LE0NARD PARTHUEST IN CUS'TJODY. At Newnham Police-station (before Mr. E. ?? a young geutleman, dressed as a petty offier, and Withl an sir of superiority about lion, wi a c brought up charged wvith cthtainteg the isum of £25 from Carles Suborn, farmer,of Awre, near Bisikeney, and a simzilrar sumn fromn ArthLur . Ebbore, ...

... 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 ...

... : S -r n o s . L a x ?? D 0)0- It ie srcrcely ?? to remind our readers of Drk- the ?? of thlo .Mesiah' by tbse Cardi Muicral Asrneciagion on Wednesdny next. TM, eib nare of the oratorio is in i !self R sulcient recorn; ?? mendrion to ensure a good perfonnon'e, and it ii eto be ?? that the efforts of tba .dsscciation, wbich hafs done so iAe &c. Jo provide first-class entertainments inr C0$ ...

... 6 DICK NVBITTIINGTON - AT E THE GtLRAN D OPERA HOUSE, e |CARDIFF. Y I -- ly - > Tim Messrs. John, of the GraMd Opera House, Caruiff, aro to be vongrarulated upon their first Cpartoin'ief Dick Wlittngtoo, in Cardiff, for, Id allowing fur i trace of wesakuess here and there- 1111- tie evident resuitof haste-a better production of i7 its kind, better sustained, and bettor staged ur- could not ...

... 'lHE 'IHEATIRE PAr''. L by Tlhe New lurk corretpundnrlri, of the Phtitadd' ) to phia'6dyer, Writing tinder dte December 14, sase ood -u0o OE Lhe new ciaul custunts Lithit is steadily hle gr(itri;g I1n ?? is Lku e theutre patty. This ?? thatI a nutitber of persons of both setps, bu ei: hsr by ' pooliig their isauiCs, or on thle ?? day ltiol of cite of thleir numuber, go to thu theatre to. ...

... _ THE SNOW-DROP. Pretty snow-C.rop, sweetest flower, Once again we see thie here. Thou art welcome, in my bouer Stay and live, the eye to cheer Other flowers,,rich in colotir,. Fanmnd by sumrmer's gentle br ze, Grace our lawns, their fragrant odour Soon attracts the busy bees. But thy tiny snow-white mantle, Drooping o'er the Garth so cold, Peeps among as, blooms around us la the snow, thy ...

... * .Oi.ULzLR. O'ONCEl.Tt l ?? (APkDIFF. TIh s-cord of thc sa-ies nf Steori, el fur Iputnr (ecnr;s promnuted Its I Ito Crd'i¶C-ra] CJ. 'UInin ?? iiven in th. Prk-ia?1 nn Sturiav . Tlin orclnx. .31r. telues St uvao rig iridri t~ii ?? vx:ifl's, Ant isX asirded anl cscar -411ellt ?? s po.i:inn an oil; f 1 h- nih-i- . uin5 b:.te ctk;:t-s tiir.,uolrnu: tVC coun! r- is So S 5n- We] 3 n'.sn that it i ...