FEBRUARY 22, 1862.] -IE IT i 2)



 WVO-EO THE STTJJECT ? THE OPENING OF P.\RLIA,%ENT.
 ON the Sixth bheanl the Session,
 VERY few persons have not the faculty of dis- And this is our impression
 tinguishing individuals by their style, costume, Of the speeches and addresses,
 or some peculiarity or other: and most men The failures and successes.
 of any importance at all have a peculiar habit, n, irstl, fo e Lords!
 costume, or style. The reason of the backs only And, irsly,or the Lords!
 of the two here depicted being presented to In eplly to Royal words,
 the observer is the fear of giving afJrot-; The answer did not suffr iu
 it may be that the meaning of the gifted artist B't ian the speech of SL u.,RiN.
 S-t in the speech of oHEI.HIDIINI;
 Should have thus been necessarily apparent, id no fir that we could tell ,bur
 and exposed in the twio cnseinble,-PERHAP.S. D no r th ud tell br
 It may be that they merely represent two But ancient b oth were sur ilas v
 friends of a recreative disposition starting on T And a fairish speech by l)uss m ,,
 -_ sporting excursion, shooting and piscatorial. Closed the house without, a tussle.
 __ The gun in the hands of the one is a suggestive
 l fact; the bag of the other may contain sand- In the Commonns, MR. oPeinr'N
 wiches or ground bait; and held in the same Was a pretty plain and shortI man :
 hand may be a fishing rod or umbrolla- But MR. WESTirlN Woon
 PERHAPS. Was not so very goo;t
 Or it may be that the episode suggested is And BEN.IAMIN DISIIAI,
 this:-An adventurous and daring follow, fond Spoko elaborately but slally ;
 '" of excitement and shooting, has been sporting And after him Loin) PAI.lMSTON
 and trespassing on a neighbour's property, Spoke in his best and cldinestt oin'.
 disarranging his household, destroying his Next Government chosei," said II.i-
 preserves, and severely harassing and annoying FIL),
 S-- him-putting the whole neighbourhood in dis- "For their labours not, a I:ul field ;"
 S.-- order. However, he has at last apologized, When up jllumped PI'A'T MlAGUIE,
 .\ -, n wheedled the old gentleman into a good temper, And blazed awny lik( liro
 and prevailed on him to accompany him home At MAi. Sr:cilu:T.\i I'i.,
 to dinner-PsmtHAPs. Who but ill at rase dlid flel;
 The last solution is, that a cunning soldier of fortune has succeeded in enlisting a person of groat Especially when Sc:ui..v
importance in his regiment. The recruit has accoutred himself for a rainy day; and the two have Assisted PA'r to bully.
departed for Mexico, thence to Cayenne. It will be observed that the soldier is amusing his companion And thus the day they spent
in a confiding, jaunty way, and is whistling-" Marlbrook," PERHAPS. When they opened lParliament.


 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
 SAVING promised, my dear FUN, to
 let you have some news of the
 sporting world as soon as possible,
 't I hasten to keep my word. I have
 been a frequent visitor to TATTER-
 S- ALL's lately, and have had the
 Pleasure of meeting our old acquaint-
 ance, the self-complacent JACK
 H IonRNa, who is still a constant
 Attendant at "the Corner." On
 ": this occasion he seemed excessively
 B pleased, having, it appears, lately
 made a "plum" by a lucky specu-
 lation on the Turf. There was very
 little done on my first visit, and the
 parties in whose presence I was
specially interested (being, by the way, unpaid since last Derby,
when I made that large sum, on the strength of which all my out-
standing debts were settled) did not put in an appearance. I fancied
that my eye caught a glimpse of one or two of them entering the
yard, but on my advancing towards them in the most friendly manner
(being really glad to see them), they suddenly seemed to have
forgotten something (ono said audibly that he'd left his pocket-
handkerchief at home, and the other made the same remark about his
toothpick), and walked away at a pretty sharp pace. One individual
(from whom I could have sworn that I had won fifteen pounds
at Newmarket, where he mysteriously disappeared after the race),
on my offering to shake hands, positively denied all knowledge of
me, and called three horsey-looking persons to prove that his name
was not SNACKS, though up to that moment I was under the firm
impression that he himself had given me the information. However,
to business. I gathered from reliable authority, that SIR R.
BULKELEY'S colt is strongly backed, which I am delighted to hear,
though the animal has only got a very light weight to carry. I
believe the colt is to run for the Chester Cup, which will in that case
be a Colt-Ohester Cup. As to the Northamptonshire Stakes, I hear
that there is a great anxiety shown by every one to get on Old
Calabar; this is very foolish, as it must be well known that only one
can ride at a time. But I did hear of one selfish equestrian (I forbear
mentioning names), who got on at four o'clock, and did not descend


untiltwo next morning; which foat, I take it, was intended by the
expression, "he got on at four to two;" I don't envy him his ride, a:I
protracted horse exercise is very exhausting. Betting men are
making up their Legers to suit the Derby, so as to win on both.
JACK HoRNER was just informing me that Northern Light is riporitel
to be a dark horse, when Mn. SNACKS (above alluded to) striik in, fand
told us thathe was struck out. I heard on Tuesday that Santa (ChlIs
was the property of MiR. MuNDY. Every one is agog about Agag, biut,
his owner is so often talking about him, you would nevor siiispect thnt
he perpetually had A-gag on his lips. Tlhe appearance of A AnMIAl
Rous at TATTERSALL'Sis the signal for the chorus Up Rols yo, 1the1n,"
by all the habitius of the Corner. I would write you more, but,
alas! domestic misfortune proven's me. On Monday last, imipelled
by headlong passion, 1 made an offlr of two to one, the fiiiinri
number relating to my fists, the latter to my wifb ELI.iAz:TII, andI
after some little fencing (she resisted with a firo shovel), I was siil)-
sequently taken-by two policemen to the station-houne ; no one
appeared against me, and on my return home to my EIT.IZABEli, lmy
BET was off.-Yours truly,


 A SONG FOR BRITISH COLUTMBIA.
 IIuniloo hurroo!
 For Cariboo!
 Our fortunes all arc made, oi !
 Let's pack up our sticks
 And be offlike bricks,
 For the modern El Dorado!
 Then dance away!
 There's Gold to pay
 The piper for our '; .. ::
 So let's tie up our duds,
 And be off in floods
 To the now Columbian diggings!


 WIIEN LORD PALMERSTON recommelnds a nobleman for the "honour
 of the Garter," may the nobleman be sail to be his lordslhip'
 nmomi-kiiee ?
 FROr ocuR STUTTERING CoSaREsroniFENTr-W hat tree resembles
 a South American ?-A c-codar! (Seceder.)