... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Continued from our 7th page.) MONDAY. In the IIOTJSE of LORDS no business of importance was transacted. In the HousB of COMMONS, on the order for the third reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bil!, Mr. Disraeli said he wished to call the serious and earnest attention of the House to the state of the public finances, and thought this a fit opportunity. It was argued, ...

... LLAWHADEN CHURCH.—This Church having undergone ■3, complete restoration, will be re-opened on the 13th of Jane next, when the sermon will be preached by the Lord Bishop of St. David's. A collection will be made aa the occasion in aid of the restoration fund. Mr J. Dudley Phillips, eldest son of Dr George Phil- lips, of this town, passed a highly satisfactory examina- tion at the Royal College ...

... BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The CalSinal Archbishop of Paris, who is about to leave for Rome, has declared (says the France Centrale), ft if the Holy rather should leave his capital, he would o w him wherever went. ^British Guinea fears were entertained of rising fit the Creole population against the Portuguese. C The 70th anniversary of the birth of Pope Pius IX. .was celebrated at Rome on the 13th. ...

... THE JURORS or THE INTERNATIONAL EXHl BITION. It is not very generally known that the majority of the jurors of the various departments, both British and foreign, are composed necessarily of men eminent in the walks of commerce or trade-upon the several contributions from which they have to exercise a judicial and impartial verdict. As a juror may ba likewise an exhibitor, he is very properly ...

... HISTORICAL NOTES. BARROWS, ETC. Barrows are artificial mounds or hillocks, which are to be found in all parts of the world. They have been as repositories for the dead. In some places they have been formed of stones, and are called carneddau cairns. There are many of these heaps of stones to ae seen on the different hills in South Wales. Barrows are common on the Wiltshire downs-a person can ...

... HOWES' AMERICAN CIRCUS,,—On Friday, the above circus paid a visit to this town. The chiefattraction of the establishment wss Heenan, the Bencia. Bov, Champion Pugilist of America, who appeared on the oc- casion. MOUNT ZION CHAPEL.—The re-opening of the above chapel, and the recognition of the Rev. Levi Lawrence (late of Merthyr), to the pastorate of the congregation assem- bling in the above ...

... On Friday (yesterday) morning a man named Taylor shot Mr. E. Mellor (of the firm of Mellor and Son, agents) with a pistol, and the unfortunate man soon after expired. Taylorisin custody. In Taylor's house were found his three children silent in death, and clothed in white dresses. On the breast of each was a paper bearing on the back the name and age of the children. On the front was an ...

... The Northern Whig gives the following additional details relative to the murder of Mr. Herdman:- On Friday morning, the intense feeling created by the dreadful murder, the previous evening, of John Herdman, Esq., of Cliftonviile, Belfast, was rather increased as the news spread throughout the town, giving the full details of the horrible circumstances, and the fact that Wm. Herdman, a cousin ...

... EATING THE ARTICHOKE. The Federals are working out the old metaphor, and eating up the South leaf by leaf, as a man would eat an artichoke (remarks the Times). It is a pleasant occupation to one, not too hungry, leisurely inclined, and with plenty of time on his hands; but the artichoke is not a vegetable exactly adapted to a passenger who has but ten minutes for his dinner, and who has to ...