... diviidenrd declared at the meeting, and much I dissatisfaction was expressed by the slcareloroders at their ''being miado April fools of. 'It was said that hald the amount due froni Mr. Hudson been paid, the dividend would have been 4:1 per cent. Tint RAILWAY ...

... Europe. In France, one thus im- posed upon is called Un poisson ?? (an April fish). In England, such a person is called an April fool; in Scotland, a gowk. Gov.k is the Scotch for the cuckoo, and also signifies a foolish per:, on, being in fact from the ...

... 'nore1 honoureJ in the breacvh than in the observanc,' anmd this is par1ticularl . the case with the practice of nllakillng April fools, which is more evidently than nny other the relic of aI barbarous age. It is tile that it is nowv confinled to the lower ...

... ungallant) it adonis a singular instance of the certainty with which one jyranny begets another.—Peoplis and Howitt's Journal. APRIL FOOL'S DAY. [From Mrs. Loudon 's Lady's Companion.] Many of our old customs are more honoured in tbs breach than in the observance ...

... Rellqvod oom 'Skipper, Maria Dayj'Mllffigan,, Maui-ice DalyHalf-and-Half,a ?? Madeboil re of, 'by'Greystead, Peter Simplel April.Fool,.b. g..by-lon,'SAM'Ho'od, Ditto in-I 9f Carving, Vainhopet: The Victim,. Come.Again (latc'riMdUhoinsed), At owntie hos; ...

... London, Saturday Evening. WE read in the country papers of the weather being so wondrously fine that the birds are making April fools of themselves already by laying eggs and proceeding to the usual process of oviparous propagation. This ornithological mistake ...

... ?? 64 -Half-aod-Ralf. . ?? .8 ._ '10 8 B. mn. by Gray-steel .e.a 9 10 2;,, Shiron ?? 7'DeGinkle . ?? 010 It~ ?? ?? tO 7 April Fool. ?? 121 Tbe ?? 9 10 7 Reindeer ?? 08, 124 St. Leger ?? it 10 7B..g..bylon.'IN\. 9S JOe Little ?? ?? .972 MariaDsy ?? ..10 ...

... ile. aged. Os 110 b-Bmgdove. •*« .»*t .oib- Melford. aged. Oat Io.b—Orey-ateel, aged. Oat MHb—De Ginkle, Trt , gft 101b—April Fool. yra. Oat lulb—Reindeer, aged, 81b —loo gelding, aged. Oat 81b—Venice. Oat 7lb—Monia Daly, aged, o*t fib—Skipper, aged. ...

... soon gag the praters on parson-parrot point, and country cousins coming up.r e bd May meetings here will find themselves April fools I, calculate upon commotions about the Scarlet Lady thrilling as as those whereof Mrs. Sloane is now the be 01i Apropos ...

... Parliament met on the of February magnificent promises were made ; two months have elapsed and we now find ourselves nation of April fools. The people have shut their eyes and opened their mouths, in the hope of some parliamentary blessing, but none has been ...

... and girth three feet nine inches; it contained no less than six gallons of liquid. The Wobst yet. Why were there moie April fools on Tuesday than on any previous All Fools' Day? Because the census (senses) of the people had been taken from them on the ...

... been unpacked ; it is expected that by the end of the next week nearly the entire of the foreign goods will be unpacked. APRIL FOOLS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-011 the Ist of April, to the surprise of those employed at the entrances to the Exhibition, several ...