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 ON iis LASr Lans.-Thio POPE is suffering from an orysiprlatouls
 CUCULLUSeNONFACITrMoNACHUM.-Although"thehooddoesnotmake sore on his leg, which is staled to be "very irritating." No) idoubti,
the monk," Loan CowlEY seems to make a hermit of himself, and any his Holiness has increased the inflarmmation by his attempts to gel
one who nourishes the hope of a visit to the Embassy finds it to be into the Italian Boot. At present he hais only put his foot in it.
a cell. FASIHroNAuBL INTELI.GENCE.-Wo should like to see it.


 y HAS had placed at its disposal the fol- 1 111 aieo given hv 'TIcn AIIIIr t l,
 lowing letters, with a promise that the or some one pl :uiio d il h th
 Surest of the correspondence shall be necessary social evils yeltpt servant,
 handed over as it proceeds. namely, i' you wint, a tiing. don,, do
 S To T PRTLEBOY, o R. it yourself, is good, ind lippl)ieal)le to
 BOTCHIERBY, MP.P., Biggleswl other thn neely practical ues. Ii'
 ,11 l "flr no one will praise yon, laud yourself
 I DEIEI SIR,-Acoardin' to prommis I if youcan't hi a cornet plnyr, bl'
 a drop a loin to inform that me and master \ your own trumpet. Ac! ini oin th11:
 '- < ( pt and the rest of the fammely arrived salf' p \ riucipl', M l. JOIN Cointy Ji: .\rri.
 ,.- in Lunnon on the Forth Instance. He ,o \ sxs, who colmpiled a liook al'or
 I have had us all up in the drorin-rum to \ I Doctors,"' s entilled his nIw inovt I
 see him speck, which was a great treat, i' "Otisn. i[iE's Cood Work." I'<r
 the cheers being partickler soft and me iias Missus. CuAPMAN nd II.Mi,
 Sfallin' asleep in the heasy wun. MB. .. sohlighlycsltee the oalovo-niinionll
 S GUGGLES the butler was putt into tho o u~n-,litt they livo insisted uiIoin
 middle of the rum.on the tall strate- publishing their olpiuion in this for:,
 2 bak'd chair Missus calls a "pray do," expecting that every one will, like the book (and tlihy will likeo it'
 S'. and Master said he was to be the book, by the way), be bound by it. On word to the utlior: FI
 S Speeker," which MR. GUGGLES said he wishes you success, JOIN, Toto Cordl, JEA.\ i'r:SO. W have l so Id 1.,
 couldn't speck, but would give a song or twelfth number of Orley l'armn," by AN'rroNy TRoi. uri. which, r
 Sa centyminx, whereupon master told it comes from. the aftreail I l.1;.l;,.- lirm, should havNe liri'
 ." 'him the Speeker wasn't expected to called CIIA.PAN and ullY ...... i.. I the author look to it,. I',
 s'' seek. Little TioDY, the page, wor putt is now spending a week inl Ildiai, collecting iIiterials Ifr a1 tweb.
 in tho back to make noises in opposition volume history of the Aniorica civil war. We believe M i. Tsir.:
-and he did bray and cackle wonderful. Master said he done it as writes twelve pages of six dillhrert works per iminite, while rePaii t
well as if heed been a M.P. I wish I cud reklck the speech for it DESCARiES' Philosoply and their lighter literatlro of t1110 itllInu Il,
wor a fine won surenuff-but I fell asleep, and wot's more, master IsnarEL in the original le1brow.
wasn't over destink, having gott some date stoans in his mouth.
Which he said MR. DE MOSTHINIS used to do it to improve his R-tikn- -
lashun, and they did Roll about a good deal for certain, so I suppose the
foreign gentleman must bright. Master always addressed GUGGLES A FRAGMENT.
as Sir," witch you may be sure delited him uncommon, and he gives CENE. A Club. Time, 3 7.i.
it as his apinion as Mastur is a great Orrider, by which I spoas he (lid Gcnitloiman discoverncl. re-
means a Rumun to talk. inly Times of 25,th Jaiunar.
 Young MISTERI HENRY come home before Master had got to what Old Gentleman. Tey ? wl ih t
h1e called the pererrashun, so we was broke off in the middle. M. God bless mo! dear! duar!
HEXRY is very diferant from his Pa as regards Polly Ticks. Hees a (reads.)
a Liberrul (not that the old gentleman wasn't pretty free with his f
cawin' at the eleckshun) and says there's a Radicalous difcrance :p 1(P0T ; '.t'I iAi-
between their principles. Master hees for Church and Croun-and a' xoI I pirillro Mi, 'ltuntin
good many crouns its koast him to get an oppertunety of represent- i bLight I'.ir or Melseger-
ing hisself to Parliament. But there's the study bell wringin so 1 lim, me! d(i.r n! lilhtl
must ceese or I had lots to say-but a footman can't always take his ,- Porter or M\lssenger! A cler'v-
his own Tim- by the firelock-so good by for the presents. Hopping nimn of I ('Ih1-ch of o igl:.In
it finds you as well as it leafs me.-1 am yours truly, rdced I i 'or lllo !
 JON LIVVERY. I'or llowls I:! helh re is a
 To the Same. .leso.on I r our w(,I-f1lId bi:hll,
 MY DEAR SIR,-Anxious to maintain friendly relations with the -- ir iport-wino aliiosItihs! lis m
county which gave me birth, and desirous of displaying to the eyes of (l"!.s at irh.) ]'vo ju.t, a
my representatives an example of earnestness, probity, and patriotism, -collple of hours rito spaIr; I'll
I shall endeavour, amid the multifarious duties which occupy the time I've a great llind to yes, I'll
and engage the mind of a Member of Parliament,-I shall endeavour, write to the Times about tlii:
sir, I say, to forward to you at intervals an account of my stewardship, blot on our social system. (Sils down and ewrtites a letter, rtio crlnlii
such as may interest my friends, silence my opponents, and reflect in length, to the Times on Church abuses in general, anil, lurraliltg i.
honour and fame upon the ancient and enlightened borough of particular.
Biggleswade. Should you, sir, consider it likely to redound to the T e : 5 p.m.
credit of that town and the profit of its inhabitants, you may forward Old Gentleman. ITa! that's done. I think I've astonished
my communications to the editor of the Biggleswade BElte Banner, half-a-dozen bishops I could mention. To think that fellows, who,
with the request that he will give them a prominent place in his valu- perhaps, are unworthy to hold a candle to this poor gontlliionli, wlh
able and talented columns.-I have the honour to be, etc., in his humility will be content with tho humble duties of a i nr o
 Eaton Square. BoBus BoTcHERBY, M.P. porter,-to think, I say, that these portly pluralists., who don't do l
 P.S.-You had better give JAWKINS that five pounds, as he threatens day's work in a twelvemonth, should foed luxuriously on thlo brain-
to tell the opposite party about the purchase of his brother-in-law's work of others, while this scholar, this Christian gentleman, is starv-
vote. As SMITH wouldn't vote for me, you had better give him notice ing! (Refers to advertisement.) Hey ? what's this ? (read:.)
-say it's because his daughter ran away with WILKINS, who is a *"--for a young married man whom ho can strongly recommend."
married man: I will not encourage immorality among my tenantry.; see it al o y sl
When SYKES comes out of prison (I think it was eight months he had Hum i semo mistake hero; see it all now-very stupid-trouble fi,,
for that case of perjury), you can let him have SMITr's house if he nothing-only read half of it-very s.upid---very.
promises to support the right party. Tears letters to Times into ery small pieces.
 P.P.S.-If you send this to the Banner, please tear off the post- [Exit old tle t
script.-B.B.