Poetry.

Oh ! couldst thou speak , wo surely then would hear , Did Druids hold converse , iu your cono-capp'd head , To fix the stars and cycles for each year , Or offer holocausts to gods instead . Pagan or Christian , wherefore unexplain'd ; Why standing lorn thou in Innisfail ; Wizard Round Towers , proudly have you reigu'd , The grand old architecture of the Gael .

Old bards have sung and senacliies relate , Thy founder was the mighty Goban Seer ; Who flourish'd back , beyond the Christian date , A wondrous architect without a peer . With many a castle and old fort , his name Is link'd by ode and Ossianic tale ; Wizard Hound Tower of his majestic fame ,

The grand old architecture of the Gael . Xive on , old sentinels of monarch time ; Your heirs are dead , your treasure-trove is gone ; Some grand old prophet , with a soul sublime , May tell thy secrets to the world anon . Live on , old warders , challenging assault , Inspire with hope , give courage to the frail ; Wizard Hound Towers , piercing heaven ' s vault , The grand old architecture of the Gael . C . C . H .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

HAYMARKET THEATRE . On Monday night a new operetta , entitled "The Miller ' s Daughter , " was produced at this theatre . Tho music , composed by Mr . Langton Williams , is light and pleasing , without advancing any strong claim to originality ; and two songs , " The first sweet dream of love "

and" Not tho man for mo , " respectively rendered with artistic skill and piquant liveliness by Miss Louise Keeley , well merited the spontaneous encore they received , and will doubtless bo found in request over the counter of tho music publisher . To the vocal powers and histrionic ability of tho vivacious actress who is

identified with the title , the operatic trifle was largely indebted for the applause obtained . The entire plot is conveyed in the information that Miss Louise Keeley represents the daughter of a rich miller , who wants his child to marry ono of noble station , and that after discovering the impudent pretensions of a discarded

footman , who passes himself off as a distinguished personage , the father readily gives his consent to her union with a young farmer , who has been an old sweetheart . Mr . Whifl ' en and Mr . Cooper , who made their first appearance on this stage in tho parts of tho youthful yeoman and the miller of lofty notions , have a ballad

and share of a trio . As a prelude to the moro substantial entertainment of the evening , tho operetta will sufficiently answer its obvious purpose ; and the composer , who received tho customary congratulations at tho end , has every reason to be satisfied with its kindly reception .

LYCEUM . " Don Ca 3 sar do Bazan , " a drama which , twenty years ago , went tho rapid round of tho metropolitan theatres , was on Monday night represented here , with Mr . Eeckter in the prominent part . Although one of his early personations on tho English stage , it was not till this occasion introduced by him on tho Lyceum boards ; and the evident gratification derived by a numerous and

Public Amusements.

fashionable assemblage , from the spirited performance of the daring but dissolute nobleman , suggests a regret that Mr . Eochter did not somewhat earlier in his managerial campaign present himself in an assumption which peculiarly displays the special talent of the actor . The romance and chivalry of the character are peculiarly

developed by the present performer ; and the lighthearted spirit with which he endures his vicissitudes , the polished gallantry with which he accepts the lady to whom he is so mysteriously united , and the keen sense exhibited of his triumphant position in the striking situation of the last act , are but so many marked phases of an

impersonation which is throughout distinguished by abundant proofs of sustained artistic power . Although only announced for six nights , the drama was produced with as much completeness as if its renewed representation was to be prolonged for a career of as many months ; and with Mr . Ryder as the subtle Minister Bon Jose ,

Miss Carlotta Leclercq as the gipsey Maritana , and Miss E . Lavenu as the boy Laxarillo , the admirable Bon Ccesar of Mr . Fechter received adequate support .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COUET . —On Saturday afternoon the Queen , accoinpauied by the younger members of the Royal Family , came up from Oshorue to Windsor . Her Majesty travelled from Portsmouth by the South-Western line , and reached Windsor about eight o ' clock . In the morning of the same day his Hoyal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge , with

their attendants , arrived in town from their trip to Dublin . The journey was accomplished without accident , though the Royal party was detained for some time at Holyhead . The Queen came to town on Monday by the Great Western Railway , and drove with her suite to Buckingham Palace , where she held a Court in the course of the afternoon . The invitations

comprised almost all that is eminent in rank , station , political , or diplomatic influence now in tho metropolis . In the course of the evening her Majesty returned to Windsor . On Tuesday evening there was a grand ball at Buckingham Palace , at which the Prince and Princess of Wales did the honours . The visit of tho Prince of Wales to Ireland was brought to a termination on the 12 th inst ., when the Royal yacht steamed out of

Kingstown harbour amid the cheers of an immense concourse of people . The regret of the Irish people at the departure of the Prince is mitigated by tho hope that his Hoyal Highness will revisit Ireland during tho course of tho summer , accompanied by the Princess of Wales . The Prince reached Marlborough House at an early hour on Saturday morning . Prince Alfred visited Vienna on Monday , and from thence proceeded to

Bonn . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the House of Lords , the 11 th inst ., the County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time and past . Several other measures wore ad vanced a stage . On Friday , Lord Shaftesbury moved an address to the Crown praying that the Commission appointed to inquire

into tho employment of children and young persons in certain trades and manufactures should include within its inquiries those employed in " agricultural gangs . " The noble Earl stated that persons who called themselves " undertakers" were in the habit of collecting gangs of children and taking them from parish to parish , hiring them out to the farmers . The results of this system , he said , were deplorable ; and his remarks were con-