... FASHIONS FOR JANUARV 71- ..1 .. % , i Evelling Driwd'.-A 31ack crilp, fiock a t: -arcenet slip; the brdy is comlillsed irfe telS h ?? Orniaimnted wvitih deep vairvife. it ilt eel ret, each Vrtanlyke finislhul at tile poliat Ibai ornialliesit f sil clitille. Iiotllt foil s a ,ij e tcrisiixed biaclt unihile craile, the ftililIO Ij *d to thei middlle *If like ant lii, antit cotfilled il nD parate ...

... ?? songs of Branger, says a writer in the Illustrated Lo7doan ,eirs, are difficult to translate; all songs are, and lmore especially his-so terse, so elegant, so waaf so national, Bo idiomatic. The follow ing-which is an imita- tion rather than a translation-may give the English reader some idea of tse subject, the style, the treatment, and the philosophy of Beranger; but to know B3ranger ...

... THIE DYING CHILD. WHAT does the wind say, Mother, As it moans thro' the chesnut tree ? It tells of the coming winter, love, When the frost upon the lea Will chill the flow'rets' tender forms, And the busy busy bee W'ill leave his haunts of the summer time, And asray from the garden flee. I feel as thle' tle wind, Mother, That speaks of the frost to you, Spoke moro to inc of the honey-beo, And ...

... I A HAPPY N!JEW Y IR,.lb Bright and fredb, if a trifle too frosty For scent word wo after the har- The sllorllilg is :;plcnd1_idly Itracnig, Til counitry (ldligbItfn', thougl la, . Th1e nky is Ii t1Ur(jUOiSO n11 oOlOliV, The soi, while it d1o.:zles the e(yes, Waruss the skatels, hot six soli(d ?? Thi ice on ?? ?? I ies; The wood in the didntcoe is purplo, Wit! bmarely 'a luff, grecn or ereo It ...

... I Venice! enslaved no more: thy name No longer.breathed in pity or in scorn La! the fair future spreads before thee now, Bright as the dawning of a golden morn, Thou Niche of nations, mourn no more! At last may cease thy ?? tears At last may hopes of happier days to comle Blot out the sorrows of thy later years. Queen of the Sea, enthroned once agni, Bind oil thy brow its dliadem of Ilidc And ...

... VARIETIE.S. When is a. sailor most like a thief ?-When he takes a 1 messmate's watch.-Rsn. VERY e Av .-Will the Fenianfollow his nose ?-The head (s) centre of the Fenians is cut off. LnineAT.-Old Skinflint has a pound of beef and six potatoes on his dinner-table every day for himself, wife, and two boys, and gives what is left to the poor, because, he says, he likes to set a chary trable ...

... TrHE INTERNATIONAL EXHTIBITION. The Exhibition has been very nomerously attended deering the week, the number of half crown s'i?eters ranging each Of day from about 11,000 to 14,000. The flr't issue of tite et shilling tielsets was soon exltausted, the Queen end the as Bank of Eugland being amongst the largest purchasers. 3e Tho shilling days coennoecce on Monday next, cc Tisere are some ...

... IV THlE YICTORIA THEATRE. - Excellent entortainment continues to bo provided by the managers of this Theatre. In consequeuce of numerous applications for a lowering of prices, this step hIUS been adopted, and the result has been gc favourable, as shlown ty the increased attendanee, that the present taritl will be con- tinued during the remainder of the season. On Friday the 4th itsst. Sheridan ...

... The annual School festival for the year 1867 was cele- brated on Monday at the College School, which progresses, under the direction of the talented Head Master, the Rev. W. Tuiorwell, of New College, Oxford, far beyond the most sanguine expectations of its most ardent supporters. Major-General iffuabee presided, and the proceedings commenced by the delivery, in a masterly manner, of the ...

... Somebody says that at wife should bh like a roasted lamb -tender and nicely dressed. A bachelor adds And without any sauce. A short-time before Judge Foster's death, he went the Oxford Circait ill one of tire hottest summers that had been remuem bered, wvhel his charge to the Grand Jury was as follows - Gentlemen, the wleather is extremely hot, I am very old, and you are well acquainted ...

... Ducks Agricultural Association. I . .1 A.. . - . . .. The Annual Meeting of this Association was held on Tuesday last, at Buckingham. The show of stocl was extremelygood, and the show-yard wasvisited bya goodly number of finrmern and gentry of the neighbourhood. The, sheep exrcited mucd admiration but the greatest curiosity was one which had been' brought over from tbe Cri'oea, and wvhici, ...

... THE post which by the smithy stands, All cramp'd and bound with iron bands, Has stood there many a day. The loit'rers who those nails have driven Into the post, all split and riven, Have long since pass'd away. Those notches, cracks, and broken nails, Are relicts of the village tales; And every rift and sprain Shows how the bumpkin's horny hands Ta-'d hard the post with iron bands Each time he ...