FEn:IUA!Y 1-5, 1862.] FUTN-. SONG FOR THE THRONG. OR, VERSIFICATION FOR THE NATION. No. VI.-THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. J4- What, will all these accomlplis.l, shih, sir, ho, sir I What will all these accomipllli, li. ' Why they'll talk till all's blue, built what they will do, You may sum with an empty rouiul O. 0 You may suni will an empty routii 0. .-, ,, HAT, going to Parliament, high, sir, ho, sir? FROsM OUi USED-UP CONTRIBUTOR. What, going to Parliament, ho? Oh yes, that I am, sir, to soo my Sim,-Pleaso to picture to yourself the oIllowing scein. .I inri 7 ^ LORD Pxar, sir, breakfast parlour, with plain, biriealst pE,' nj't,. Tim : 2 p.i. S- The curtain draw up for the seedy-looking maen is scatel t the table. Alro l hiis tbhuitihtl ;'.o: -- "I' show, show- I is twisted the wet towel of sobriety. Tir ,'ietl ipy sda-irof,' bi,' i --7.' %--' The curtain draw up for oi the table. Hlo ygrous. To h/inti'is Pih:m, hu ii, ii i'. the show. that a dirty little boy in the passage i,-tils to soe hiii. l I r,, oa: agant. Curtain. And who will there be there, Now, sir, I am that seedy man, and the dirty little boy in thII high, sir, ho, sir ? passage is one of your emissaries. lle has corio for copy,:llil I hIav\ Li tI- A, nd who will there be there, no copy to give him. I have hoen dancing until six o'clock thi: moirn- -_ ho ? ing. I am always dancing until five or six o'clock in tlihe Ilornini finr Oh, DERBY and DizzY, uncom- I am in request at evening parties, and my dancing is aiil Id to e lHg- only busy, gestive of VESTR s in his best days. Am I (1 ask you) in a cindilit io ro turn out PA3m, GLADSTONE, to furnish copy. for your remarkable periodical ? Is it likely to Ibe ui and Co., Co.-- to your standard? My tonguo is parched, my lips are fervrish, my To turn out PAr, GLAD- hand shakes; I have an unpleasant sense of a generally provanling STONE, and Co. tightness. I attribute it entirely to a throc-quarters-of-an-hour doist "Who else will be resnt. heih. of a Prince qf Wales's Galop with a fat girl:- Who elsp nill be presetflL heighl. rirs ho. sir ? Tum ti rum ti tiddity rnm, ti rum ti rum ti rayl Ti rum ti run ti run ti r ti rum ti r m t u, ti liddy fol 1 il1 Who else will be present, ho ? Endeavour, sir, to picture to yourself the feelings of a lmia in thli JOHN BRIGHT the famed bruiser, as vicious as Cnruiser, condition who is waited upon by a small boy clamorous for copy. And ARTHUn, the Buck that's a Roe, Roe- Not that I mean to imply that your boy is actually shouting aloud. And ARTHUR, the Buck that's a Roe. No. He is sitting on one of the two slippery hall chairs, whiling away Whom more shall we spy there, high, sir, ho, sir ? the tedious moments with snatthos of melody. The effect is heightened Whom more shall we spy there, ho ? by.an obligate heel-and-too accompaniment on the stone floor. If oi, Why, the troublesome HoRSMAN, that Stroud can't divorce, man, may take his word for it, he is no other than the famous old lBo Rin.t 'Cute LAYARD and Caustic B.O., O- (O!). He says so himself. After rejoicing for somo time in hli. 'Cute LAYARD and Caustic B.O. identity, he proceeds to express his views on the doctrine of lMcltnip. sychosis. Ho would choose to be a daisy, if he might to a flower What others will meet there, high, sir, ho, sir ? (which is not at all likely). Branching off abruptly from specuillatliv What others will meet there, ho? philosophy to the poetry of the affections, he proceeds to cnlighl en ni, Well, SIR EDWARD B. LITTON (with boots of tight fit on), on his views with respect to one NANCY, with whom he wishs hle wi:;. And HENLEY the prosy, and slow, slow- I second his wish, heartily. Appreihensivo that this unsiolicil.it Inhu't And HENLEY the prosy, and slow. of confidence may convey the impression that ho is unskilled iln lthe cunning world, he goes on to say that, though a young provincial, yo, And who'll be beside there, hcighi, sir, he, sir? are not to suppose on that acconut that lio is easily imposed iiupn. And who'll be beside there, ho ? Altogether, he is anico boy, but lie is always coming fbr copy. lie is Why the NEWDEGATE sawney, and JOHN the TRELAWNEY, never satiated. It is the only point on which we differ. Who differ in Church matters so, so- ,- hne in ro sRilicet. mnit Who differ in Church matters so. Multum dissimiles, at cetera plina guaelli " IIolAcIe (soniarhlrero). But won't there be others, high, sir, he, sir? lAct (soir). But won't there be others, ho ? Where is the copy to come from ? There is positively nothing Yes, T. MILNER GIBSON (rich Manchester's glib son), stirring in the political world. Why havo they settled tile Amerie.nl And the PEEL of the Irish 'tato, to- question so easily ? Why, sir, when I heard of the 'Tren t outrage, I And the PEEL of the Irish tato. calculated that it would supply matter for a couple of years, at least. I have piles of MS. written for your periodical, in anticipation of a Can you name any further, high, sir, ho, sir ? different adjustment, not to mention two burlesques and t, fire on Can you name any further, ho ? the then imminent American war. The farce is a convertible ilder, and Well, the great MR. WHITESIDE, who makes wrong seem right side, can be adapted from the American outrage on the British flng to the By his fine oratorical flow, flow- BRIGHT outrages on the Editor of the Times. But tlho bhurlesq(ies ar By his fine oratorical flow. ruined irretrievably. For weeks past I have been occupied in anpIt- Can you menon another, heigh, sir, h, ir? ing the comic business of my pantomimes to the prosr t c:,iiiil,ion of Can you mention another, heh sir, Anglo-Americant politics. Two scenes are positively ruined. My Can you mention another, ho ? maagers are frantic. Why LEvEn, hight OanELL, who made it his quarrel, managers are frantic. S E, hih t O who mae it his qaelSir, there is only one subject to write upon, and that is, the recent On Galway the mail to bestow, sto- fight for the championship. Tho following is all that I can do upon On Galway, the mail to bestow. that head. What is the difference between a bear's cub and Mit. Whom beside shall we see there, high, sir, ho, sir P KtN ?--Why, the former is licked into shape, and the latter is licked Whom beside shall we see there, ho ? out of shape Why the White who is red, as of KINGLAKE is said, You see I have literally written myself out. (His "read" is spelt otherwise tho', tho'- Yolu: USED-UP' CoNTulitmoIe. His "read" is spelt otherwise tho'.) [We print our unhappy contributor's letter wil.h a two-fold object. Firstly, because we think that its publication may prove a beneficial But who'll be the tag-rag, high, sir, ho, sir? 'lesson to him; and, secondly, in order that those who imagine an And who'll be the bob-tail, ho ? editor's conch to be a bed of roses, may see the style of man wo havo The O'DONOGHUE braggart ("the ra'al Irish blaggart")- to deal with.-ED.] A A 1t- l- t n B A row row- j da wit-w-- niU g}alIillO JI lOa u U lu n a r a,, And the gallant Brass Band in a row.* * Query.-Pronounced to rhyme with" c SWIY is half-boiling water, over a low fire, like a musical instru- ....>,, -t meant ?-Because it is a dull simmer. __________________________- 0 LJr 19 I I _~ ~ ~~_ __ __ UNY --1UD.