And laurel complete,—

And every one now

Is a king in conceit,

But as for curmudgeons

Who will not be free,

I wish they may die

On a two-legged tree!

WILLIAM PALIN.


To the proof that we are not unseasonable, here are in this sheet—Merry Christmas! the Turks, (of a darker hue;) Exhibitions; a Consolatory "Population" Scrap; Hints for Singing after a good master; a Bunch of Facts on Turnips; a column on Liston—that living limner of laughter; and other seasonables.