... Thepaperaof the past week tell U8 that the Examinations for the Newcastle Scholarship, have terminated but they failed to supply us with the questions put upon the interesting occasion. We are, however, enabled to give a few for the agents of Punch—like the spies of Nicbolas-are everywhere; albeit, it is hoped, with a different purpose. Q. What is your opinion of the Maynooth grant A. My ...

... PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER PITIED.—We have no sym- pathy for a railway speculator who is reduced to his'last shilling. None for an ill-tempered man with the tooth- ache. None for a stout man running after his hat. None for an alderman who is laid up with the gout. None for an opera singer who cracks his voice in try in» to bring out Q in alt. None for a dandy splashed by a mud-cait. None for a man ...

... I bBt&Sfi 8F^LLAJJDAFF; The following letter has Ksen afhtresscd by the Loici Bishop of Llandaff to the clergy of his djoc.ese:— Deanery. St. Paul's, April 7, 1846. HEV, SIlt. Frequent coip-itaiurs have been made to me of irregular marringes being celebraterl by banns in parishes where he parties did not reside. The evil uf Kite years scctns to have i lcreaseil, and some flagitious instances ...

... The Revenue returns have just been published; they present the following results:—The Customs shows a de- crease in the quarter of nealy half-a-million and in the whole year, of near two millions and a half. The Excise shows a similar deficiency of about £300,000., on the year. and about f 340,000. on (he quarler. Against this may be set an increase of near £400,000. in the Stamps, and about £ ...

... imnttng in t1)e THE PRINTERS CHAPEL. TwAS evensong time, when, after s. da, of listleness, the three pno'ers in the Almonry at Westminster prepared to close the doors of their office. This was a tolerably spacious room, with a carved oaken roof. The setting sun shone brightly into the chamber, and lighted up such furniture ss no other room in Lon- don could then exhibit. Between the columaa ...

... The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the Diamond, 28, and the Tribune, 28, to be laid down at Sheerness; and the Niobe, 28, to be built at Plymouth, on Ihe plans of Sir Wm. Symonds. They asp to carry 26 broadside-guns and two heavy guns on a pivot each. According to the lines given, they must prove remarkably fine vessels—roomy, commodious, stiff under canvas, and good sea-boats—totally ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE —— NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET.—WEDNB»DIV, 'AFXIS 8 Price per lb. to sink the offal. II. d. 8. d. Beasts. 0 51 to 0 6 Sheep 0 71 0 4 Calves 0 7 0 71 Pigs (per score) 8 0 9 Owing to the several arrivals of Irish stock, the market vrafl rather over-supplied s and, in consequence, stock was sold at a shade lower than on former days. There were good supplies from our own neighbourhood ...

... MEliTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. We perceive by placards in our shop windq^s, that the epiebrated Mr. Lover witt give his Musical linlertaininent at the Assembly Room of the Bush Hotel, 011 Tuesday evening, the 2ist instant. BRYN ZION CIIAPEL, DOWLAIS.—'The Anniversary of this chapel was held on Sunday last. when Messrs. E Watkins, of Canaan, & W. Morris, of Glandwr, preached eloquent sermons; and ...

... The object of all arts is the imitation of nature. To ex- ceed, or even reach in every case the perfection of the pat- tern, is impossible, but the more closely it is kept in view, and the more nearly it is attained, the more perfect the per- formance will be, and the more exactly will our own ends be answered. Any departure from the principles sugges- ted in the example set before us by ...

... CONSIDERING the importance of the corn question, and the gross ignorance upon the subject which has so extensively prevailed, we can hardly com- plain of slowness and deliberation with respect to the measures which have come so startlingly upon the monopolist interests. But at the same time we must condemn the factious spirit which has been shewn in some quarters, and cannot but deeply regret ...

... I HE SUCCESSION OF RACES OF MEN.—Generation after gene- ration takes to itself the lorm ot a body, and forth issuing from Cimmerian night, on heaven's missions appears. What force and tire is in each tie expends!—one grinding in the mill of industry; one, hunter-like, climbing tiie giddy Alpine heights ef science; one madly dashed pieces on the rocks of strife, in war wiih his fellow and the ...

... The following official notice from the Board of Trade esplaioa more fully, than has as yet appeared, the object of the bill which her Majesty's Government intend to bring forward immediately after the recess. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade *■ Whitehall, 9th April, 1846. If SrR,-I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to communicate to you the ...