24th. Great curling match at Eglinton Castle, which Lord Eglinton won by nine shots. The curling was not tried upon hare.
This month, called MARCH, from Mars, is full of bluster, For Boreas doth his windy forces muster. Mars and old Boreas give mutual shocks; One sending equal blows, the other EQUI-KNOCKS.
1st. Dr. Candlish lectured at London Wall amidst great confusion. The congregation not being in a candle-ish humour, refused to be enlightened.
7th. Lord Teynham moved in the Lords for the abrogation of the clause in the Poor Law Bill separating man and wife. The motion was lost, several of the peers declaring the clause to be very beneficial to both parties.
25th. The Thames Tunnel opened, and the public let in; the privilege being no longer confined to the shareholders.
Whether this month to Flora or to Ceres The Romans gave, admits of many queries. _Aperio_ is "to open:" this suggestion Proves 'twas intended for an open question:
1st. Public curiosity excited by the announcement of the invention of an Aerial Ship. It was predicted that the ship would fall to the ground; but it never rose high enough to allow of the prediction being verified.
12th. The Servian question settled by the Russian cabinet stipulating for a new sovereign. The old sovereign had not sufficient weight, being, probably, one of the light sovereigns that a proclamation had been previously directed against.
25th. The prizes of the Art-Union drawn at Drury Lane Theatre; and Her Majesty presented the nation on the same day with a prize—in the shape of another princess.
MAY formerly was sacred to Apollo: The ancients little thought of what would follow,— That MAY—descending to the lowest deeps— Should e'er by fate become the fête of sweeps!
1st. A molar tooth extracted from a person during mesmeric sleep. He retained his unconsciousness in spite of his teeth.
16th. The Greenwich peerage became extinct by the giving way of the stone structure. The slates on the roof remained firm to the last, and behaved like bricks.
25th. Sir Valentine Blake moved for leave to bring in a Bill to restore the Irish Parliament. The motion not being seconded, he took leave of his own accord, and withdrew.
Juno and JUNE so nearly are the same, One from the other must have got its name. The sign is Cancer, "crab:" and all admit That Juno's crabbed temper it would fit.