... VICTORIA AND ARIEL. The tender intended to the QUEFK'S yacht, 11 chri3tened the Fairy-sweet name, is it not I And so talismanic. the mind straightway teems With f¡mci8 aerid-midlu:11mer TJiffht diea:r.« I Albeit of Ro' alty ne'er the mean fia:terist, Yet 10) 31 and true is the soul of the Satirist. Then iray we, wherever VICTORIA may wend her, Her fairy may iollow—a kinci one—a tender I ...

... WHAT IS TDlE 1 What is time ? 'Tis a rapid stream That drag along aiI here below, Its W3ves ruffled as they are rell, Absorb lIlh:ngs here blow. What is time ? 'Tis a tide of wind That never ebbs but always flows, And on its bosom we shall find Our lives are hurried to their close. What is timc 1 A hold cestroycr- Beneath his hand high mansions fall, The paiace grand, the stately tower, ...

... Tbe Co&teloi! of Tnwdi On Thursday week, at the quarter sessiona for the coun'y of Bucks, held at Aylesbury, it wos resolved, on the motion of I. R. Barker, E-q., after some opposition on the part of Lord Nugent, and some discussion, That Mr. Cox, the chaplain, be sent for, and asked what confession (if any) was made by Tawell, and under what circumstances it was made, Mr. Cox was sent for, ...

... CUSTOM -HOUSE, April, 10, 1845. Re- moved under bond from Londonby ivlr. Yv iliin.ru Bird, twelve chests of lea, iOiQibs,, duly paid thereon, £111. 9s. Id. On Wednesday last, the foundation stone of the Wesley an School was laid in Working-street, by the Rev. Wm. Pearson. The children and tYic-nife met in the chapel, at two o'clock, and at three, about three hundred walked m pro- cession to ...

... PUNCH'S POLICE REPORT. SIGAMY. A man, named Peel, was yesterday brought before the magis- trate, Mr. Bull, at this office, charged with having intermairitif with a female named Free Trade, his former wife Agiiculturu being still alive. Their Graces the Dukes of Buckingham aod Richmond, and a gentleman named Ferrand. proved the fact of the former mar- riage; but, upon cross examination, ...

... The Trecastle Murder.Execution of Thomas Thomas. Early on Thursday morning week, the arrival of immense ciowds of people in the lown of Brecon testified the intense ex- citement which every circumstauce (elating to the murder of David Lewis, the Cardiganshire butter merchant, had exciied and by ten o'clock, the hour appointed for the execution of the convict Thomas, no less than from 10 000 to ...

... COURTSHIP. A man, to be euccettfui in love, should think only e/ his mistress and himself, Rochefoucauld observes, thsl lovers aie never tired of each other's company, because they are always tolkinp; of themselves. THE KEY TO WOMAN S HFART.—Democritus informs us that the tongue of a live frog, applied to a woman's heart while sleeping, will make her speak the truth. Pliny (xxx.ii. 5,) ...

... We are informed that the Llynvi Iron Company have commenced building a new furnace, forge, and revolving mills at their works. The numoer of men lately engaged at the ,d works is large, whose wages wore on tho 1st of last mouth advanced five per cent., and a further advance of 74 per cent. takc-s place from the 5tnoi Apiil. ExTftAoiujiNAKY FECUNDITv.—Mr. John Gordon, of Berry Fnrm, Llanddewi, ...

... WWNISDAV, ÅPIIL 9TH. Petitions against any further grant to the College of May- nooth were presented by Lord Duncan, from congregations ofdiesenters at Bath by Mr. Acland.from placcs in Somer- setshire by Mr. Bernal, from three places in Dorsetshire by Mr. Plumptre, one from Kent, signed by 19,000 persons and by Mr. Hindley from a number of places. IMPEACHMENT OF SIR R. PEiL. Mr. Ferrand gave ...

... AoHIUiA Vii\NY. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ABRRKAVRNNY. —John Nevdl, Karl of Aherga* onny, died lately at his seat, Eridge Castle, near Tuabridgu VV t lis. His lordship, who suc- ceeded to the title and estates two years and seventeen days ago, was in the year of his age. He had long been in a delicate state of health, and never attended in the House of Lords but once. The late Earl having never ...

... COlon TrMe, j The following suiemect of ihe arrivals, of grain, paise-, and flour, into London, during the half year terminating 29ih March, with an account of the receipts of the corresponding six months ending 30th March, 1844, will, we think, prove interesting to our readers. In the first quarter succeeding the harvest, the difference between the two periods is not very important as regards ...

... THE BACHELORS BALL. This long-tslked-of festival, which for many weeks past has been the prevailing subject of gossip in the fashionable circles of our city and neighbourhood, look place at the Vicioria-rooins Thursday evening. The pleasures of hope have now given way to the memoiies of the past—the dreams of ardent youths and hopeful maidens have been realised and the Bachelors' Ball can no ...