... Seti|gr # Jperhrt FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1863. LrVES OF EMINENT MERTHYR MEN. REV. DANIEL DAVIES, D.D. There is one way of entering Dowlais which, if at night, and in the winter, will recall to some kind, Dante's visit with Virgil to the regions of All,ni (Hell) to be matter-of-fact, and, to the many toe exceedingly striking. I allude to the en- raQce by the mill, through the tumble-down sort of o&> ...

... THE RIFLE CORPS.—The 19th Company attended divine service on Sunday last, at Lantwit-Vardre. A very impressive sermon was preached by the rector (Rev. Horatio Thomas), in which the duties of volun- teers were pointed out. The worthy rector concluded his discourse by statipg that the volunteer force was not for the purpose of encouraging war, but to main- tain peace. PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. — On ...

... justice. George, whose tongue seems to be as slippery as his finest lather, talked at a tremendous rate to trie Court, but it turned out that there had been^ some attempt at a settlement; George had received 3s. 6d. and a noggin of gin to recover bis blood.—George Your mother got the money back, and I paid for tiie gin myself, no thanks to you for it.—He has got a strong back and I have not; ...

... COSMOPOLITANISM. MOVEMENTS everywhere indicate the wide- spread interest which mankind are taking in each other. True, we have to lament over Riany things which operate prejudicially to the interests of nations, and the complete triumph Of human liberty; but that only tends to in- tensify the yearnings which men feel for the Universal well-being of their species. Time and space are being, in ...

... It is asserted that the Italian Government has granted the concession for the construction of railways in Southern Italy to a society of foreign and Italian bankers, represented by Messrs. Rothschild. The capital of the society is 300,000,000 francs. Dr. J..O. M'William, R.N., C.B.-We deeply regret to have to announce the ueath of Dr. J. O. M'William, R.N., C.B. Dr. M'William met with an ...

... Grand Juries Secretaries (Ireland) Bill. Mr. HENNESSY moved the second reading of the Grand Jury Secretaries (Ireland) Bill, the object of which is to increase the salaries of the secretaries to grand juries. The bill was opposed by Sir R. PEEL, and at the close of a dis- cussion was withdrawn. The other business was disposed of, and the House adjourned. ...

... Money Market. CITY Mvr 13. The funds to-day are steady, at yesterday's prices, with little business. In the other mark-its languor pre- vails. Attention is chiefly occupied v i h preparations for lhars- day's settlement in shares aud foreign stocks, i^iiglisn railways in some instances are rather flatter. Great Luxembourg shares have experienced a fresh rise. Turkish Lorm Scrip is now quoted ...

... Lines by a High-Art Schoolboy. Written in the Nave of the Great Exhibition Building.) Food-trophy-ation is vexation. The telescope's as bad, The furriers three, they bother me, And Cremer drives me mad. HINT TO LONGFELLOW.—Wanted in the United tates. A poet to stump Lora Byron by composing a econd Siege of Corinth. DANGEROUS.— Of course the International Building is insured to the full value ...

... THE SECESSION. The following is an extract from the Message of Jeff Davis in Secret Session, conjecturally reported by H. Biglow, published in the Atlantic Monthly It's ne'ssary to take a good confident tone With the public; but here, jest amongst us, I own, Things look blacker'n thunder. Ther' 's no use denyin' We're clean out o' money, an' 'most out o' lyin'— Two things a young nation can't ...

... CITY, APRIL 29.-The funds to-day are firm, at the advance of | per cent. which took place yesterday afternoon. At one period of the morning a fresh improvement of was temporarily quoted. In the share and foreign stock markets, in which this is settling day. there is not much business, but general firmness prevails. English and Belgian railway shares are in request and better. The scrip of-the ...

... POETRY, ON A RECENT DIVISION. Sir John Trelawuy Found the road thorny, When attempting to sweeps oft a rate And—though but by one,' Has brovmly been done In his artful attack on the State. Tho' by the Whigs back'd, The Bads have been whack'd In their crusade against our good Church Defeated once more, As often before, The subverters are left in the lurch. May 15. J. H. + THE BLOCKADE. (GO, ...

... BOOKS. RECEIVED. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL.—This old-established periodical still pursues the even tenor of i sway: its pages con- tain matter of ah interesting and instructive character, which will be found well worthy perusal by all classes of society. CHAMBEBS S BOOK OF DAYS.—The present number of this very useful and entertaining book is replete with selections in connection with the calendar, ...