The southern press., 1851-04-25
rAslN OF PUNCH.

rAa4lNas or PUNCH
Coon Ngws ron MIHuTERs.---We see by the
Austrslian papers that . wonderful discovery
has lata1y been made of luminous wood Ut Port
Philip. AZ it seems from this intelligence thai
wood u capable Of setns illumination, there il
ahopt for tbs ChsRcsllor Of the Excksquev's en-
lighfen@enk
Lisss writse~ in Lseyers Office, on Tie .4gpsSdes
-4~e qf Spsisy
Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays,
~ New divers birds ars heard to sing,
And s0ndry flowers their heads upraise
Hail to the coming on Of Spring!
The songs Of those said birds arouse
The memory VI our youthful hours,
A. green ~ those said sprays and bOughs,
Az hesh and sweet AS those said flowers.
The birds saforesaid--happy pairs
Love. mid the aforesaid boughs, enshrines
In freehold meats themselves, their heirs,
Administrators and assigns
Oh, busiest term OF Cupid q Court,
Where tender plaintiffs az tons bring
Season Of frolic and Of sport,
Hail, as aforesaid, coming Spring
An Iutsyssting Qusstion--S'rhe mother of .
large fam "" has written to US to inquire il
children viii be admitted at the crystal palace
at At theatres, at half price. She expresses heI
Indignation that nothing il said in the list ol
pfacHs upon that important subject. She is equal
w indignant also about the insulting silence that
il uasint&ned upon the subject Of @babes.'
Thsy xrv net even mentioned in the document
aiipdsd 10! W. find it difficult to answer hei
inuuiries, and 90 We have sent her letter to the
exhibition committee. We have no doubt thai
Prince Albert. who il himself largely interested
in the same question, will have it settled at the
next meeting Of the council
,GrGndmomd. what's the matter with
my pet!
4---Why, grandma, after giving the sub
jest sSery confederation, have come to the con-
clntion that--the world is hollow, and my dol
is stuffed with sawdust, so--I--shouid- like
if you please to be nunr'
vlNoles and Qusriss connecied ,oah The Census
We have received the following notes and
queries connected with the census; which oc-
CURED to us a. involving some Mise points foI
the exercise Of aaybody's ingenuity. t4
II is statsd that independent ministers" are
to return themselves as such. Would this head
include the government, who might be described
rs ministers independent Of a majoritye
'RarIsters are to state whether they are in
" actual practice" Messrs. Briefess and Dump
were 10 b puzzled by this instruction--both Of
them having been As motionless as statues fol
the last twelve months, and though always
ready to practice, never actually practising.
Ho! sayst thou. Caitif Why may cab
man, wtose horse is broken-winded, be snid to
be doing successful business
Because he drives royring trade! William
stand off!)
sNest Turn Outs, to be had by the Day, Weel
M~~,A - Y.n~---yorniro If tho Nhiu ministry
Extreme Uelicacy d. Feeling. The registrar
general, appointed under the census act hal
got himself into terrible disgrace by omitting tt
send to any of the ministers the usual form.--
His excnss ia, that re thought 1t would lool
like cruel insult to ask them where they slep
on the 3Oth of March, as by that time he made
sure all the ministers would be ouf."
The Majority on the Second Reading Of The Ec
clesiasticdl Titles Bill.
To prop time -honored creed, outworn,
EIsew here fast dying out OF Europe's heart,
Rome, an last resource of priestly art,
Invaded England with a hope forlorn,
Vain hope, Of feeble mlsconception born,
With the sound Whole confounding the sick Part
The Public Body with the Oxford Wart,
Attack repulsed with universal scorn 81
Incense mere smoke, the unavaiing fame
OF tapers, nvocations lost in air
The world beholds, and nose-ed Nations stare
In wonder at the Popedom 3 bafAed aim,
Whilst Tyranny looks on in blank despair,
For that its cause and Priestcraft's 3 the same.
Prize Pigs for the Great Exhibition, Among
the articles sent to the Great Exhibition, ar,
.s 2s pigs and one bundle of IRON" Now, eigh
and twenty pigs of iron will require very larg,
sty and we should say, that one such pig shoult
be sufficient specimen Of the breed