... I . I The Salopian Journal staes ?? ' person wagered to hit 600'penby' pieccs in'b'P06 ehofs,' t hich he did without mlising one~ of Lltum;'l He'efired {Vitth a gun, 'ad was five hours 'nnd ten muinhtes' i'perf didrign this feat; , n .umbierof posso'ngers durihg th , peat week O9 672, n'd oun of 19s. 4d. '. ?? in ,the N~etherfandtnExtract,of a letter rc, ;ceived ,at.Ioyl',s; fir tbeiriagnt ...

... YOU TELL Mr, OFT, DMY MOTHSER !-ThiS iS a charming com- position, both as to words and music, the joint-production of two very talented ladies; the former by Miss Agues Strickland, whose Lives of the Queens of England placed her at once very high in the rank of English authors; and the latter by Mrs. Kingston; whose simple and majestic chaunt, embodying the last prayer of Mary, Queeh of ...

... PUBLJC AUJSEMENTS. a~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rASTER HfOLIDAYS.-POLYTrEcHNIC IN- aSTITUTION.-A conipleos arrangemcent of COT'fON SPINNING MAOCHINERY,consistiig of aCarding, Plovifg, and Spinntng Frame. May's niew Mlicrosicope, magnifying 74,000,I0it tinies, A asow Series of Diss iving Views. The Science of Electricity demonstrated by t the Colossal Electrical Macisine at a Quarter to Three daily, and B st ...

... .. .. - . . 1. . .. . . _ - We pray the attention of the public to the following very sensible reflections on those shows, which we find in the Clare Journal, a Conservative newspaper:- These shows are got 'up for the benefit and to gratify the vanity of our gentlemen farmers, not certainly to ad- vance the interests of the people at large. The premiums are for stock that the small farmer can ...

... LITERARY, NOTICES&. I -:.Poss. By William Henr Leatha n. London: Xngmans and ti t Co. *nudat hi the Olden line ; Hearse Clifforde and Mar- T. garet Percy, a Ballad; * The Siege of Granada ; and SEmilis t n d hontelro, a Balabd,-In fulfilling our promise of ngaiu notgoing of . the works of Air. Leatham. we are gratified In being enahiod to confirra our previously expressed oplon of tho ...

... I i .1 ? t -- ?- - -MR-,-HORYERIS,-RBI?oRg. - - --.a- To TnB EDITOR oP T111 MORINIING CHRONICLE. Baa-As Kelly, April 11, 1843. SI R-AS you were good exiough some time ago to publish a anbstract wbich I made from 11r. Horner's Reports,a show- I iug the proper number of fastories in his district, In the coerrectrioes of which abstract I was not at all shaken bv the dissent which was ...

... HOWDgN SPRING VAIUR it, The attendance of farmers and dealers at iflowden t Spring Fair, on the 15th aud 17th hist., was numerous anl respectable, Amongst them we observed some trort London, and others from the midland counties. There , , was a greater showv of horses on Saturday, thau we have P s noticed at any previous Spring Fair; and altogether there u was a fair quantity of business done. ...

... PE0 T RIY . .IIE PRlAYER FOR ALL. (hior thre J',-jrou pour' Toes'' of 1icreor Itirqo.) Tn prycl , Il child ! alln 0, be thv first prayer ?? or fin(| si Is iranl nightl,, with an.ioras care ;stir hr d 1rIt first cradle, who took ?? irfit soul 1l t'i ?? tnI, arid gave it to the Nvwold ; thenl rife d; lo: bC, still drallk herseltf thte g:l oi life, Ald lert for thy young lips the. honird bowl. ...

... FINE ARTS-ROYALIoRISH ART UNION. - A1 genra meeting of the mnembers of this admirable and'I highly ~lWi~hig inistitutiton wes hekld'en,'~hturday, at thei Board-rdomi of the Royal Dublin Society, which 'was kindly I~ placed at their disposal, for this purpose.: 'The apartment l, wavs well filled, and amiongst those present wve observed-. t Sir George'T. Hodson, Bart., Sir John' Burke, Bart. ...

... DUBLIN, APP'IL 16. Bt FraOM OUR OWN CORIMESPONDENT.l . REPEAL MEETINGS-DESPATCH OF MILITARY. de Yeesterday a considerable bodyof troops arrived in Clones, county of Aloneghian, consisting of a detachment of the firet battalion of the Rifle Brifade, from Drogheda, and a compauy from the depot of the 43d, at Enniskillen. A ja portion of the 54th, on its way to Dublin, was suddenly r stopped In ...

... First in the wreath of beauty twine, A lovely flower that blows Where leafy groves their shade combine, And the tangling briar grows. ',he second with its snow-white head Seeks the sequester'd nook, Or where it may its beauties shed, The clear and purling brook. Next take a flower whose native soil In foreign clinims is found; Where still its wave the bounteous Nile Spreads o'er thelthirsty ...

... - I TATURE. - d Tue scoeti~sh fleirejs. A novel, In three vol9. [Newby. - o This novel Is written with spirit, and the Interest is well h kept up. We should suppose it to be the production of a n young writer, and if so, we have no doubt be-wJil do better Pt things. The plot contains marny improbabilities, and some hackneyed incidents; but in spite of these, the teader is carried on to the ...