... BRTIiSH WORKUMAN, for April- The number for the ensuing month of this magazine, which, for the excellence of its pictorial embellishments, the general style of its typographical execution, and the fine, manly tone which pervades its literature, stands at the head of the penny periodical press, gives an account of Sir Richard Ark- wright, the poor barber whom King George knighted. Sir Richard, ...

... FPESToN GUIlD-At some period subsequently to the granting of the charter by Henry 11. the burgesses of Preston established a custom peculiar to their borough of revising the rules and regulations under which their affairs were managed. This custom was observed once in twenty years, its designation banded down to modern times being Preston Guild. The first of these interesting observances of ...

... ?? - -- I ;radctito- I I G==~EMS OF THO°UGHT. Osun, ?? than extraordinary natural ?? a vast majority of in. pawer, has bee tue secret of sbeendisti gih for extiu- btanceS among those h oriar Mcelts , to youir enemy is forgiveness; to your Thieabe t tinig to g to y, rienyour heart; to your child, a Opponent tolerance father, deferenco; to your mother, con- good Ta;npld t a Isr pmiload of you; ...

... GEMS OF IllOUGHT. Wiie mesrssorly urged aud lpressed I powr hic teythought they bud ntick lv0011 workfiltli to whom nIO material isworth- Nature Is telii,tinwlte luxboratorythere reno waste prodlrt~ ~ittd cose fertility Of invention is incea- ~o 'oAGAINST L's -Whbat inextricable conl- worldfor s-srhivebern in, but for the variety is-bt ,e- fu~ stod is te faicos, thle voices, and, the hand. ~~ ...

... 1?ottq. I SURNAMES. Men once were surnamed from their shape or estate, (You al may from history worm it,) There was Lewis the Bulky and Henry the Great, John Lackland and Peter the Hermit, And now, when the doorplates of misters and dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner's trade, figure aud calling, surnames Seem given by the rule of contraries. Mr. Box, though provoked, ...

... Vidtfno from I iunjb.py THE REAL MMLRE WAY--The projected telegraph line from Alderney to Cowes. YOUNG l'RkCTITIONER: Hl'W, very Odd-I mnust have made some mistake; there's nothing the matter with this tooth. Never mind, try again I CLERICAL BOREDoM.-Thea Abbd Domenleh, in his record of priestly experiences in Texas, describes how he drove his errant congregation from his garden Into his ...

... ORInG OF ST. BARITOLOMEW'S, ST. THOMAS'S, AND CRBMf3S Ho8FiTAsi. - In. the beginning of 1633, Dr. Ridley, Bishop of London, preached before King Edward, whose health was. then declining, at Wlstn4nster. The subject he selected for this discourse-in which he urged. the king, in eloquent language, to take care that a more effectual provision should be made for the poor-was charity.. This ...

... I G~-- REFLECTIONS O 0AvIfG LEFT A PLACE OF RETIREMENT. Yn COLERIDGE. SermoniproP';orn.-Hon. 1°' Was our pretty cot: our tallest rose yeep-d at the chamber window. We could bear tsilet noon, and eve, and early morn, T wsea's faint murmur. In the open air Our myrtles blossom'd; and across the porch hick jasmins twin'd: the little landscape round Was grcen and woody and refreshed the eye. Wt was ...

... LITERARY - EXTRACTS. YoaarA or'V ?? of the- most remrkanble instances of ,the:, voracity :.of the pike: occurod during the.. last few- :years -to ' Mr- L.-, of Chippenhamy, Wiltshire. This gentleman had a trim- mer in the river Avon over night, and on proceeding the next morning to take it up,' he found a heavy pike ' a~pa. rently fast npon 'hishoibks.1 In order to extract these, hU was ...

... ' L L -11 IV -- - SONNET TO THE 9LD YEAR. Thou slumberest with the past, old sixty-three, But thou hast left thy foot-prints on the earth, And good may grow thereon. How at thy birth Grew glad the dear ones we no longer see I My heart was sad and aching to the core When jolly winter brought thee by the hand To claim allegiance for thee. Blithe and bland Thou gav'st me merry morning at the door ...

... %9frltfn-o froin IlVitmb.,, A ONE-POUND NOTE.-(By ?? tbe franchise to one-pound voters and then will the elections be made according to the wil! of the Sovereiya people. A COMPIROMITSE WITH A CLOUD.-The important ques- tioa of smoking in railway carriages night be satisfac. torily sett'od if an. act of parliamcrnt were passed as early as possible next session, compelling every railway travel- ...

... jtfckitng4 fraon 1ur;b.' FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY.-Photographio portraits are taken by day. Portraits in oil, by Knight, R.A. A PASTORAL.-How should a shepherd arrange his dress? In folds. A SENSIBLE COMPLAINT.-Accounts from Paris, among last week's news, inform us that the cholera is sensibly on the decline. We rejoice to hear that the cholera is taking a course that shows so very much ...