AN IRISH DIAMOND.--The _Cork Examiner_ of 28th ultimo contained an official advertisement, signed by the High Sheriff of the County of the City of Cork, requesting certain persons connected with the Spring Assizes to attend at the Model Schools, as the Court House had been destroyed by fire. Amongst those thus politely invited to be present on so interesting an occasion were the Prisoners! * * * * * PATERFAMILIAS ON HIS CENSUS PAPER. Head of the Family! That makes me quail. I am the Head--and thereby hangs a tale! This big blue paper, ruled in many a column, Gives rise to some misgivings sad and solemn. Relation to that Head? That Head's buzz-brained, And its "relations" are--just now--"much strained." Citizen-duty I've no wish to shirk, But would the State do its own dirty work-- (My daughters swear _'tis_ dirty). I'd be grateful. Instructions? Yes! Imperative and fateful! But, oh! I wish they would "instruct" me how To tell the truth without a family row. "Best of my knowledge and belief"! Ah well If Aunt MEHITABEL her age _won't_ tell; If Cook will swear she's only thirty-three, And rather fancies she was born at sea (Where I am now) my "knowledge and belief" Are not worth much to the official chief, BRIDGES P. HENNIKER, if he only knew it. A True Return? Well, if it is not true, it Is not _my_ fault. Inquisitorial band, I've done my level best--Witness my Hand! The bothering business makes me feel quite bilious, Peace now--for ten years more! PATERFAMILIAS. * * * * * "FACTA NON VERBA"; OR, PIERROT IN LONDON. "Of the best! of the very best!" as ZERO or CIRO is perpetually affirming of everything eatable and drinkable that is for his own benefit and his customers' refreshment at the little bar, not a hundred miles from the Monte Carlo tables, where he himself and his barristers practise day and night; and, as this famous cutter of sandwiches and confectioner of drinks says of his stock in trade, so say we of _L'Enfant Prodigue_, which, having been translated by HORATIUS COCLES SEDGER from Paris to London, has gone straight to the heart and intelligence of our Theatre-loving public. [Illustration: A BLACK AND WHITE EXHIBITION.]