A IN7W YEA.R'S WEWOME TO TELE NEW ilit1NTETET.

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Let Faction's reign be past and o'er,

Though baek'd by men of station :

We've tried each Party oft before, But never yet the Nation. Then as the Old Year paws by,

And a,s the New comes on, Let's greet the "Nation's Ministry," Let's greet them every one !

Welcome to upright Aberdeen; Unselfish heart and true,

Who for his Country and his Queen,

Though old, has work to do ; The man whom Foreign Courts respect,

Though truckle ne'er did he—

Whom France, when free, had more approved- Than Galli* Malmesbury.

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Si. Leonardo, diligent and jtist, We miss thee from our list : But Cranworth will not long, we trust, Let even thee be mised.

To emulate thy well-earn'd fame Shall be his generous pride Who in ten mouths best gain tie same That years have oft denied.

Greet Gladstone next ; a man of thought And intellect refined, Who to life's 00111190)1 cares has brought A philosophic mind : Well has he striven from earliest youth In wisdom's paths to tread; We look for justice ;et, and truth, From such a heart and head.

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Praise Russell most, with whom we braved False Freedom's furious storm, Though ever in his cap there waved The plume of true Reform.

'Well might he praise with voice sincere The Chief whom late we lost, Who comes prepared his country dear

To serve in any post !

Let Palmerston be honour'd next : Though wont abroad to roam, His mind, in crisis ne'er perplex'd, Is sure to be at "Home."

Good blundering Walpole, how unlike!

The martial voter's friend—

But soft ! the fallen we must not strike ; The Year is at an end.

Newcastle next appears in view,

So calm yet earnest known—

'Who, sorely tried, resolved to do

His duty "with his own."

Heaven prosper each far-wafted thought, And every care assuage, Of one whore patient zeal has taught The spirit of his age.

Next solid Graham's commanding sense And daring shrewdness boast : So E.Itrong, so "cunning" he " of fence," We count him worth a host; A man of work, he never tires, Whate'er the task may be— would we had 'mong England's squires Some twenty good as he" !

Sir Charles shall learn in province strange "His business" well "to do."

What matter if their workshops change?

Our workmen are not now.

One New-Year's gift they bring alone, Too seldom brought before— They seek our honour, not their own;

i For Faction's reign s o'er.

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The generous grace of Herbert King,

Not lost these stars among.

And Cardwell, Peers true squire, shall bring Clear head and fluent tongue. Let Molesworth bold to Public Works Bring public spirit high ; And, while at home n,o task he shirks, Oft east abroad his eye.

Let young Argyll his thoughtful soul In our good cause engage ; And Lansdowne add, to crown the whole, The calm of bonour'd age.

Thus as the Old Year pipes by, And as the New comes on,

We greet "The Nation's Ministry " ;

lied speed them every one !

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Britannia' , of her Hero raft, Sees none his place to : We trust his mantle still is left, And some shall wear it still.

And one might deem his spirit bleat Smiled on you patriot band,

Who join, each selfish thought at rest,

To nerve their native heal