Public Amusements.

pernik , acting as the priest . Hortense de Caylus overhears the p lan aud contrives by her influence with the Queen to render the marriage real . Marcillae is reconciled to his fate , and Pompernik sent home to his old chateau and disagreable wife . The p iece contains some very pleasing passages , both plaintive and sparkling ; and the humonr of several of the situations is still more striking . 'Xo these latter , Miss E . Heywood and Herr

Forme ' s did ample justice ; while Mdlle . Jenny Baur and Herr Reichardt were no less effective in the more serious scenes . The . performance , therefore , went off so successfully as to justify a desire for its repetition . ADELPHI THEATRE . Public favour has of late years set in so vehement a tide in the direction of Hibernian dramasthat it is not surprising

, that , in adapting to the London stage the little French piece called " Le Gamin de Paris , " Mr . Dion Boucicault should have chosen to recast the Gallic metal of M . A anderbuch in a purely Celtic mould . Accordingly the " English " version of the play is brought out under the title of "The Duhlin Boy , " the scene is laid in the Irish metropolis , and the characters are one and all Milesians , and racy of the soil . Mrs . D . Boucicault plays the character of this

paradoxical wayward Dublin boy AA'ith a hearty appreciation both of its humour and its sentiment , relieving the tragic passages with sudden gleams of mirth and drollery , and softening the comic ones with tender traits and touches of feeling . Mr . S . Emery , as a gouty old officer with a volcanic temper , but his heart in the right place , acts ivith spirit ancl energy ; and the gay deceiver of the story finds an efficient representative in the person of Mr . Billington . The piece has been received with applause by a crowded audience .

The International Exhibition Of 1862.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862 .

_ lhe difficulty Avhich has been experienced in providing sufficient space iu the building for the immense number of exhibitor has led to a project for providing a Supplementary Exhibition . The proposal has the sanction of the commissioners , and if there is a fair probability that the additional space to be thus provided will be well filled , it will no doubt be carried out . The site on Avhich the new Supplementary Building is to stand is a iece of ground at the Avest end of the

Cromp open well-road , of about three acres in extent . The building will consist of a nave and side aisles , 600 feet in length , and the breadth will be about 400 feet . The roof will be glazed on the same principle , slightly modified to suit the circumstances of the case , which was adopted at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park . Sir Joseph Paxton has undertaken to complete and have the building decorated in three monthsandin the eA-ent

; , of its not being finished by the specified time , to forfeit all claim to remuneration . With that extraordinary fertility of invention which Sir Joseph Paxton possesses , he has de \ 'ised a form of building which , in its way , is almost as great an improvement over his ori ginal plan for the Exhibition of 1851 as that ivas over the other modes then submitted to the

commissioners . The entire building would he made up of parts , which could be put together or taken down with marvellous rapidity . There are but five distinct pieces required for the erection of the Avhole building , and each of these separate pieces are made to & t into others in such a manner as that no screws or bolts , or nails would be required . It would be premature to speak at present of the manner in which this latest feat of rapid housebuilding is carried outbut that the desiand

, we may say gn arrangement are so simple that one fe ' els almost ashamed of English inventors for not having found it out before . AVhether the Supplementary Exhibition be carried out or not , a model of the plan of the proposed building ought certainly to have a place within tbe Great Exhibition , in order that persons ivho intend to emigrate to any of our colonies may see Avith what facility they can take with them the materials for providing themselves

the shelter of a house in the new and strange land . Military men , & c , may also take a hint by ivhich they can improveupon the present mode of hutting and encamping troops m active service , or in the camps of instruction . AVe may add that the Supplementary Exhibition building , if erected , will he decorated b y Mr . Owen Jones ; and , judging from the vieivs of the interior which we have seen , the building will present some of the happiest effects of decorative art ivhich we have seen for many years . The supplementary exhibition is to open on the 15 th May , and continue open until the end of October .

Poetry.

Poetry .

HINDOO ORIGIN OF THE AVORLD . Then , there was no entity nor nonentity , No world nor sky , nor aught above it—Nothing anywhere , Nor water deep and dangerous . Death was not ;

Nor then was immortality , Nor distinction of the day or night ; But " THAT" * breathed without affiation . Darkness there was . The universe was enveloped in darkness , Aud was undistinguishable water . AVho knows , and shall declare Avhence and why ,

This creation ( ever ) took place ? The Gods are subsequent to the production of this world . AATio , then , can know from Avhence This varied world uprose ? HE who in the highest heavens is ruler does know But not another can possess that knowledge . J . L .

The Week,

THE WEEK ,

THE COUET . —After a protracted stay in this country , to which the sorrows of her Majesty has no doubt greatly contributed , his Majesty the King of the Belgians , on Tuesday , took his departure from London , en route to his oivn dominions . His place by her Majesty ' s side Avill be taken up to day by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal , who is expected at Gravesend at two o ' clock . The Prince of Wales left Dover on Thursday the

6 th , and on Wednesday arrived at Vienna on his way to the East ; and his Royal Highness received visits from the Emperor and the Archdukes . His Royal Highness , who will travel in strict incognito , will be accompanied during his tour hy General Bruce , Professor Stanley , the Hon . R . Meade , two equerries , and a medical attendant . The treaty betiveen Her Majesty ancl the Grand Duke of Hesse , relative to the marriage of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis of Hesse , a nephew of

the Grand Duke , ivas published on Saturday . The housekeeping expenses of the young people are to be met by the interest on the £ 30 , 000 voted to the Princess by Parliament , and the " appanage " of the Prince , ivhich is fixed by his uncle at about £ 3 , 300 a year . The Princess will also have for her OAVU use the annuity of £ 6 , 000 granted by Parliament , and a jointure and residence are securved for her in the event of the Prince's death . The AVardenship of the Stannaries—an office held by the late Prince Consort , and now purely honorary—has been conferred on the Duke of Newcastle .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —Parliament was opened on Thursday , the 6 th , Avith Her Majesty' sSpeech . In the HOUSE of LOEDS , the address was moved by Lord Dufferin , and seconded by Lord Shelburne . Lord Derby expressed his concurrence generally in the course adopted hy the Government ivith reference to American affairs , but he thought they ought to be cautious how they entered upon negotiations which had for their object an alteration in the princiles upon which international law

p ivas now regulated . He alluded to one or two questions with reference to which some explanation was necessary . One of these was the " revised code , " some of the provisions of which he condemned . On this subject , Lord Granville assured the noble Earl that the fullest opportunity for discussion would he afforded , and the Government were ready to modify the minute according to the vieivs of Parliament . Lord Russell also briefl

y addressed the House . He said there could he no doubt that the American blockade Avas ineffectual ; but still Her Majesty's Government " had no desire to press hardly on the Northern States . " The Address was agreed to . On Friday , Lord Granville , in reply to a question from Lord Derby , promised that