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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

and, in due season, it must triumph. The present may be overcast; but
when all is darkest, a glory may be growing even in the very bosom of
the gloom : even—as it has been finely sung by him who sang The
Forging of the Anchor—even as

'•-persecuting Diocletian showed

Cheist prostrate under Jove on medals broad,
Even when the heavens to give mankind the sign
"Were labouring with the cross of Constantine."

A beautiful thought this, beautiful with the hues of hope ! Is it not
so, ask? A Little Bird.

THE PL)ITERS AND THE POETS.

into his hands as he perambulates the public thoroughfares. The
Bridge-water Treatise on the Hand, may find fifty companions to go hand-
in-hand with it, among the innumerable essays on the foot, that are
issued by the various advertising bootmakers.

We have lately perused an admirable chapter in one of those works
upon the high-low and ancle-jack, in which a great deal of antiquarian
gossip relative to high-low-jack and the game is brought in with an
adroitness that filled us with astonishment. We were much edified
also, by a playful allusion in the same quarter to the famous battle of
Ey-lau, with reference to which the author suggests, that " Ey-lau, had
it been written High-low, ought to have been graced with the presence
of a Bltjcher and a Wellington." We hope for the sake of the
craft, that the authors are reaping a rich harvest from the demand in
which their talents appear to be at the present moment among the
votaries of trade, but as most of the works are circulated by gratuitous
distribution, and as things are usually valued and paid for according to
what they bring, we fear that the love of fame rather than the fames
(anglice hunger) of the writers will sta»4 a chance of getting satisfied.

We remember, we remem-
ber," as the song says,
when it was the pecu -
liar boast of Warben
the Blacking Manufac-

poeV^td^hel^al PORTRAITS TAKEN HERE IN ANY QUANTITY.

used to be seen in the j The Nottingham Journal advertises to give away, in the course of
back premises drinking ;the year> «five portraits of the Dtjke of Wellington." We are
inspiration trom a quite puzzled to know how these five Portraits will be managed p Will
blacking bottle, and j they be all on footj or all Q]1 l^rseback ? wiu tliey jje ali taken at t]ie
polishing oft verses on. 1 same &„e^ QT distributed over different periods of the Duke's life ? We
the essentials required ; Wld g-ye an imaginarv \\st 0f them:—

tor polishing oft boots 1 L Portrait of the Duo: op Wellington in his long clothes,
in the most effectual j g_ portrait of the dttke cutting his first tooth,
manner. I lus famous 3 portndt 0f the Duke SCOuring the Indian Empire,
bird ot song is no longer , 4 Portrait of the Dtjke tossing up with Marshal Sotjlt for the
a rara avis, for there is battle of Toulouse.

scat ceiy a concern that . 5 portrait 0f the Dtjke with one boot and one shoe, on the memo-
relies on the counte- fiei_d 0f Waterloo, shaking hands with Napoleon, previous to the
nance of the million commencement of the battle.

tor support, that has We s]l0uld llke to add a sixih to the list_ It wotdd be just a9
not a poet or an author of some kind or other upon the establishment. imagjDary as any of the preceding.

Some rely on the voluntary contributions of enthusiastic letter-writers 6 por'trait 0( the Dtjke rewarding with his own hand a Veteran of
who divide their time between swallowing pius, rubbing m ointment, Peninsula

and forwarding laudatory epistles on the wonderful effect of the treat- We would sooner have the sixth than the whole five put together,
ment to which they submit themselves _ _ . It is not too late for the Dtjke to sit for the likeness now. We will

The collected letters of a certain Earl enjoying & sort of alphabetical find the Yeteran—and the Medal too.
pre-eminence m the peerage, and enjoying also the very worst, But stop—we have just found out the secret of these five Portraits,
health—for it must be an enjoyment to experience the balm you gee ? It <g hec&use the Dtjkb is Warden of the Cinque

cures for his constant ailments—the collected letters of this scion of the ports< Tjepend upon itj there is to be a Portrait for each Port,
aristocracy would form a good-sized volume and would make a capital j We are determirie(i not t0 be outdone, so we give notice that we shall
companion to Chesterfields Letters to his hon, under Ihe title ot a i bave a
Nobleman's Letters to his Doctor. His Lordship must, however, rank
among the mere amateurs of authorship, and cannot be included in that
honourable list of literati who furnish, not only the fruits of their fancy
in gentle song, but the result of their research and industry, in the
more solid shape of elaborate treatises on boots, coats, hats, and that
great science, second only to that of self-knowledge itself, the science of

HUNDRED PORTRAITS OF MR. HUDSON
ready for publication, as soon as he accepts the Chiltern Hundreds.

Bombastes a la Francaise.

Otjdinot is still vapouring away at Rome, much to the annoyance of
Austria and Naples, for he claims all the honour of having restored the
Pope to his papal chair. Now, as Italy has been compared to a Boot,
and Rome forms no small part of it, since it is the soui^ we propose a
large caricature of Otjdinot, as Bombastes Furioso, making to his allies
the celebrated speech:—

" Who dares this sacred hoot displace,
Must meet Bombastes face to face."

The King of Naples would not make a bad Fusbos, whilst the
Emperor of Austria might be introduced with great effect as the
stupid old King Artaxominos.

Six v, Half-dozen.

The Bar is such a noble profession—it defends the widow and the

orphan!

Yes; but then it must be recollected that for every Barrister that
defends the widow and the orphan, there is always one that opposes them.

So that Bunch seriously advises any young man about to wed himself
to the Bar, to take good care he chooses " the better half."

Run to the Abbey ! Choose your Place for a Statue!!

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