Bring me the wassail bowl,

And this shall be the theme we troul.
"Here's to thee, Pride!

"And Fashion! e'en to thee;

"And Health, and Wealth, and Glee;

"To all-yea, to the very caitiff, there, that lowers,
"And calls it piety, on all our mirthful hours."
Now let the choral band

Join hand in hand,

And deftly foot it, on the sparkling ground,
Ice bound;

And bear the joyful greeting round;-
Now strike a fuller strain;
A fuller one again;

Now let the "gifts" be sped,
Till not a hand be left ungarnished.
And now, once more, the burden bear,
And let the wretch be mute, who dare.
"To each and all, love and good cheer!
"And happy be the New-born Year!"

W. V.

ANECDOTE OF

SIR WILLIAM JONES AND THOMAS DAY.

ON removing some books at the chambers of Sir William Jones, a large spider dropped upon the floor: Sir William, with some warmth, said to his friend who was present, "Kill that spider, Day; kill that spider!" "No," said Mr. Day, with a composure for which he was remarkable, "I will not kill that spider, Jones; I do not know that I have a right to kill that spider: suppose when you are going in your coach to Westminster Hall, a superior being, who, perhaps, may have as much power over you as you have over that insect, should say to his companion, Kill that lawyer! kill that lawyer!' how should you like that, Jones? and I am sure, to most people, a lawyer is a much more noxious animal than this poor spider."

To the Editors.

GENTLEMEN,

THE oldest Welsh document I know, is a мms., in the opinion of the best judges, of the tenth century: it consists of a few pages bound up in the middle of a volume, in the Harleian library, in the British Museum, marked No. 3859. It was pointed out to me by my friend Mr. Petrie, keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, and appears to be either a portion of the work of Nennius, or of a Chronicle of the Six Ages. The volume has the words “Britannia insula a quodam Bruto consuli Romano dicta," in one part; and concludes with Finit aλext, or something very like it. Although but a fragment, this Welsh portion is especially curious as a specimen of ancient orthography; and that it may be the better understood, I shall attempt to give the modern mode in a second column.